Word: concert
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...nectar that once fed them. They still cultivate a suave, Holyoke Street image: one part Andover Shop (where they frequently buy their neckwear), one part Gino's (formerly their official hairstylist) and two parts Hasty Pudding Club (of which they are all automatically members.) The Kroks in concert are remarkable for their uniformity; they spend hours practicing their snapping, for example, so that each Krok holds his hand the same way, curling the index finger, locking his elbow to his side and snapping in a quick J-shape. Their tuxedoes are identical, all with shawl collar, suspenders and white cozy...
...youngsters who showed musical promise at an early age, she had no real childhood. "All I did," she recalls in her fluent but slightly askew English, "was practice like crazy mad." She spent her youth studying cello, composition and piano ("I love piano. I still play but not in concert"), and gave her first public performance at age seven. But her budding career hit the skids when her father, a prizewinning virtuoso bass player, was judged a political risk by the authorities. "He was incredible bassist," she says, "but he was so much exposed to the West, he started having...
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...WHAT TO LOOK FOR: Berwick describes the show as a "rock concert" which will "get people excited about the visceral aspect of theater." Producer Rachel Altfest insists that this production will change people's attitude toward JCS. "[This show] is often thought of as hippie-ish, but our [production] is more hip...and it really tells a story as well." An advanced sound system will add dimension to the show, creating a "right-in-your-face wall of sound," says Altfest...
...trumpet player in the People's Liberation Army, began teaching me when I was 14. My tastes were strictly classical. In 1981 I joined the Beijing Symphony Orchestra and played in it for seven years. Things began to change in 1985, though, when the group Wham! gave a concert in Beijing. A year later, I heard my first Beatles tape. I learned to play an electric guitar. After that 1986 concert, I formed a band and made rock my life...