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Conductor Steinberg did as much teaching as judging. He went on the theory that all conductors are wrapped in conceit ("The degree of conceit among conductors is enormous, even in beginners"), and often cut them down so adroitly that, as one contestant put it, he "demolished your authority entirely, right...
Clap to Silence. One contestant stopped the music to complain that the orchestra was not following him. Snapped Steinberg: "They are going slow because you let them." At one point he clapped the orchestra to silence and commented: "One group played their eighth notes too fast; did you spot it...
Shirley Temple's Storybook: "I'll return safely, and with Silverbud as my bride!" cried Abu Ali, the son of Aladdin. "Farewell! I leave for Samarkand!" In as delightful a piece of fluffy nonsense as Storyteller Temple has presented this season, Abu overcame the opposition of a smoke...
¶ Two new shows shrugged off book learning: How Do You Rate? (Mon.-Thurs., 10:30 a.m., E.S.T.) matched the sexes in frantic little contests of mental and physical dexterity (reading garbled messages, changing light bulbs); Wingo (Tues. 8:30 p.m.) hustled over low-plateau quiz questions (name the first...
So said Arctic Explorer Lorenc Peter Elfred Freuchen. who never understood what a man wanted with the steam-heated creature comforts of civilization. Yet in civilization or out. inferior was hardly the word for Freuchen. who managed to fashion successful careers as newspaperman, lecturer, travel writer and novelist (Eskimo ). During...