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?╟÷ei par X-r nau logg con my I:J brigl emb ties 0 gulf ches the wMc the 1 oath rise into of t ing L their ity, 1 were the d was Th for th tracti trains sorgs Exhib the I Orche. ski's | in Lo s t er techni brillian tion (S The tion of mem oers expireu a*** week and they are being replaced with members of the London, New York and national tour- ing companies. Betty Grable, star of the David Merrick pro- duction, retains her lead role in the Las Vegas version, as does Max Showalter who plays Ho- race Vandergelder. Both have won critical ac- claim for their outstand- ing portrayals of the wiley matchmaker and gullible bachelor respec- tively. ?╟úThe four companies are so letter perfect in their portrayals, there will be no visual differ- ence,?╟Ñ said Producer Merrick. 0 ?╟úAudiences will be treated to a top- flight show, whether they see it at the Riviera, in New York, London or Chicago.?╟Ñ ?╟úDolly,?╟Ñ which has been playing to record-shatter- ing audiences in the Versailles Room, is expected to run beyond Labor Day and possibly until the New Year. >.. ...% ^ r Louis Prima at Sands Louis Prima, who has become one of the biggest attractions in show busi-, .. ness today, opened at the Sands March 2 for a seven-week engagement beginning a million dol- lar contract, largest ever signed by any show business personality for the glittering resort town. The Sands will present three s h o w s nightly of the great new sounds of Louis Prima with Gia Malone, and Sam Butera and The Witnesses, in the Celebrity Theatre. gl'W ?╜U1U uiie Vx axtr wco v vjL j all swing erp^; soloists. A white American jazz crit- ic came into the room and the saxophonist changed the subject. Even though the Amer- ican critic was widely known for Ms under- standing of and sympa- t h y with the Negro cause, the jazz musician couldn?╟╓t speak as frankly before Mm as he could before the British writer. The sound of the voice is different, that?╟╓s^ all, and with it goes a whole phase of sociology. GOODMAN Liner Notes... ?╟≤ Bassist Don Garrett, who was with the John Coltrane group, is now working with saxo- phonist Dewey Redman on the West Coast ?╟≤ Prince Lasha, the avant-garde saxophonist who recently has been in England, has returned to the U.S. - ?╟≤ Stan Kenton goes to Denmark in March to conduct a symphony concert. He?╟╓ll take a band out on the road this summer and is currently ne- gotiating with a New York group for a Neophonic orchestra in that city similar to the one he has conducted in Los Angeles. ?╟≤ Trombonists Carl Fontana and Bill Harris, both formerly Woody Herman players, are now permanent residents of Las Vegas working in the show bands there. ?╟≤ Trumpeter Howard McGhee and tenor Budd Johnson have joined the Tommy Dorsey band, directed by Urbie Green. ?╟≤ Bob Dylan?╟╓s British concert tour begins May 5 with a TV appearance in Dublin. ?╟≤ British bandleader and saxophonist Johnny Dankworth is writing the muSic for a pilot for a proposed U.S. television series.?╟÷R.J.G. TV?╟÷ALOHA SUNDAY STAR-BULLETIN & ADVERTISER Honolulu, March 13, 1966