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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...performers belonged to a San Francisco trombone choir called the Bay Bones. Reinforcements included the entire trombone sections of the San Francisco and Oakland Symphonies and the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra. One musician came all the way from Florida. Brant's music is fairly frequently played by major ensembles, but he has no illusions about the practicality of a work for 80 trombones. "I think no further than the first performance," he says. "Probably when Berlioz wrote his Requiem, which needs four brass bands, it didn't appear practicable either. But he wrote it, and it got played...
...just that generally offers more living space for less money than any other craft. (Houseboat sales came to $17.5 million in 1978, an increase of nearly 23% over the year before.) A modest 38-ft. houseboat with sleeping space for six may be bought new for $38,000. Major costs thereafter will be about $1,200 a year for insurance and perhaps $2,700 for marina rental. In northern climes, electricity and heating fuel may add another $1,000 a year. Many marinas provide shower rooms, laundry facilities, security, and free parking. Says Jim Cole, head of special services...
...major discouragement for would-be water rats is the parlous shortage of dock space. There's a three-to four-year waiting list at Miami's city-maintained Dinner Key Marina. Southern California's spectacularly beautiful Long Beach Marina has been booked solidly since the day it opened in 1956. Many private marina owners will not accept live-aboards because of their demands on dockside services. As a result of berth control, there is a whole subsubculture of hide-aboards, who tie up what looks like a weekend cruiser and then surreptitiously move in, lock, schlock...
Goldman is co-author of "Dope Incorporated," a recently published book which documents a British intelligence trade conspiracy and which likens major Zionist organizations to the Mafia...
Looking at the University's athletic commitment, especially to the major revenue sports, football, basketball and hockey, coach Frank McLaughlin said, "I can't believe a school that prides itself on excellence will settle for mediocrity...