Wyld Ryce

April 30, 1980
Putting together performances you won't find anywhere else.
TRANSCRIPT
FOR WYLD RYCE IS PROVIDED BY A
GRANT FROM THE DAYTON HUDSON
FOUNDATION.
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>> THIS IS THE TWIN CITIES
WEEKLY ARTS MAGAZINE.
HELLO.
I'M PATRICK CLEAR.
AND THIS WEEK ON WYLD RYCE,
WE'RE BACK IN THE STUDIO FOR
THE LAST SEGMENT IN OUR
PERFORMANCE SERIES FOCUSING ON
LOCAL ARTISTS.
NOW, YOU MAY HAVE A LITTLE
DIFFICULTY DISCERNING THE
SUBTLE DRAMATIC THREAD THAT
CONNECTS ALL OF THESE -- ALL
THE FACES ON THIS WEEK'S SHOW.
I MEAN, WHAT DOES A 12-MEMBER
SALSA BAND HAVE IN COMMON WITH
SCOTT NAVATNI AND HIS ONE-MAN
MIME CIRCUS.
FOR THAT MATTER, WHAT'S THE
CONNECTION BETWEEN THE
IMPROVISATIONAL AND JAZZ, AND
DOUG PLAYING A NERVOUS
TREASURER GIVING THE ANNUAL
REPORT?
WELL, THE CONNECTION IS,
THEY'RE ALL ELEMENTS THAT WE
HAVE WANTED TO HAVE ON THE
SHOW THIS YEAR, BUT THEY WERE
SO SINGULAR THAT THEY DIDN'T
FIT IN WITH ANYTHING ELSE.
THEY STILL DON'T FIT IN WITH
ANYTHING ELSE, SO WE PUT THEM
ALL TOGETHER FOR YOU.
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>> OOH!
THAT WAS SCOTT THAT VAT ANY
DOING, WHAT?
WILLY HOOPS ONE-MAN CIRCUS.
HE'S GONNA BE BACK WITH US
LATER ON TO DO SOME MORE OF IT
FOR US.
SCOTT IS A REGULAR PERFORMER
AT DUDLEY RIGS.
AND BEFORE BEFORE WE THAT WE
HEARD CORTISONE.
I THINK WE'D ALL LIKE TO
PROVIDE THE ENTERTAINMENT
COMMITTEE -- I THINK WE'D ALL
LIKE TO THANK THE
ENTERTAINMENT COMMITTEE FOR
PROVIDING ENTERTAINMENT FOR
TODAY'S MEETING.
NOW, BEFORE WE GET TO DESSERT,
IT'S TIME FOR THE ANNUAL
TREASURER'S REPORT FROM Mr.
RUFSEDER, RIGHT?
WHO'S NOT HERE.
OH.
SO WE WILL GET THE ANNUAL
TREASURER'S REPORT FROM HIS --
ASSISTANT, Mr. WALDO.
Mr. WALDO.
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>> THANK YOU, Mr. CLAIR.
CAN YOU HEAR ME ALL RIGHT?
I SHOULD TAKE BUT A VERY FEW
MOMENTS OF YOUR TIME THIS
EVENING, FOR I REALIZE THAT
YOU WOULD MUCH RATHER BE
WATCHING THIS INTERESTING
ENTERTAINMENT THAN TO A DRY
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
BUT I AM REMINDED OF A VERY
FUNNY STORY WHICH PROBABLY ALL
OF YOU HAVE -- PROBABLY ALL OF
YOU HAVE HEARD.
WELL, IT SEEMS THAT THERE WERE
THESE TWO MEN WALKING DOWN THE
STREET WHEN THEY CAME -- NO,
WAIT.
I SHOULD HAVE SAID, IN THE
FIRST PLACE, THAT THERE WAS A
PARROT, WHICH WAS HANGING OUT
IN FRONT OF A STORE -- OR NO,
NO.
RATHER, BELONGING TO ONE OF
THESE TWO MEN.
WELL, THAT IS THE FIRST
IRISHMAN -- NO.
WELL, ANYWAY, THIS PARROT, HE --
THE PARROT --
NOW, IN CONNECTION WITH
READING THIS REPORT, THERE ARE
ONE OR TWO POINTS WHICH
Mr. CLEAR WANTED BROUGHT UP IN
CONNECTION WITH IT.
AND HE'S ASKED ME TO BRING
THEM UP IN CONNECTION -- TO
BRING THEM UP.
IN THE FIRST PLACE, THERE IS
WORK, WHICH WE ARE TRYING TO
DO UP THERE IN OUR LITTLE
PLACE AT SILVER LAKE.
A WORK WHICH WE FEEL NOT ONLY
FILLS A VERY DEFINITE NEED IN
THE COMMUNITY BUT ALSO FILLS A
VERY DEFINITE NEED IN THE
COMMUNITY.
I DON'T THINK THAT MANY
MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY REALIZE
JUST HOW BIG THE WORK IS THAT
WE ARE TRYING TO DO UP THERE.
FOR INSTANCE, I DON'T THINK IT
IS GENERALLY KNOWN THAT MOST
OF OUR BOYS UP THERE ARE
BETWEEN THE AGES OF 14.
NOW, WE FEEL BY TAKING A BOY
AT THIS AGE, WE CAN GET CLOSER
TO HIS REAL NATURE.
FOR A BOY HAS A REAL NATURE.
YOU MAY BE SURE.
AND BRING HIM INTO CLOSER
CONTACT, NOT ONLY WITH THE
SCHOOL, WITH THE PARENTS, AND
WITH EACH OTHER, BUT ALSO WITH
THE TOWN IN WHICH THEY LIVE.
THE COUNTRY TO WHOSE FLAG THEY
PAY ALLEGIANCE, AND TO THE
TOWN WHICH THEY LIVE.
NOW, THE FOURTH POINT WHICH
Mr. CLEAR WANTED BROUGHT UP
WAS THAT IN CONNECTION WITH
THE INSTALLATION OF THE NEW
FURNACE LAST FALL.
THERE SEEMS TO BE CONSIDERABLE
CONTROVERSY GOING AROUND THAT
THIS WAS NOT DONE AS
ECONOMICALLY AS IT MIGHT HAVE
BEEN DONE.
WHEN, IN FACT, IT WAS DONE
JUST AS ECONOMICALLY AS IT
MIGHT HAVE BEEN DONE.
IN FACT, EVEN MORE SO.
I HAVE HERE A REPORT OF THE
FURNACE COMMITTEE SHOWING HOW
THE WHOLE THING WAS HANDLED
FROM START TO FINISH, AND I
THINK THAT YOU'LL SEE THAT THE
WHOLE THING WAS HANDLED --
WELL, THAT PRETTY WELL CLEARS
UP THE END OF THAT WORK.
THOSE OF YOU WHO CONTRIBUTED
SO GENIOUSLY LAST YEAR TO THE
FLOATING HOSPITAL HAVE --
GENEROUSLY TO THE FLOATING
HOSPITAL HAVE PROBABLY BEEN
WONDERING, WELL, WHAT BECAME
OF ALL THAT MONEY?
[ Laughter ]
WELL, I WAS SPEAKING ON THIS
SUBJECT JUST LAST WEEK, AT OUR
UPTOWN BRANCH, AND AFTER THE
MEETING, A DEAR, DEAR LITTLE
OLD LADY, ALL DRESSED IN
LAVENDER CAME UP ONTO THE
PLATFORM AND, LAYING HER HAND
ON MY ARM, SAID, Mr. SO AND
SO -- WELL, SHE CALLED ME BY
MY NAME, Mr. SO AND SO, WHAT
THE HELL DID YOU DO WITH ALL
THE MONEY WE GAVE YOU LAST
YEAR?
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WELL, I I JUST LAUGHED AND
PUSHED HER OFF THE PLATFORM.
BUT IT HAS COME TO THE
ATTENTION OF THE COMMITTEE
THAT PERHAPS SOME OF YOU, LIKE
THAT DEAR OLD LADY, WOULD BE
INTERESTED IN KNOWING THE
DISPOSITION OF THE FUNDS.
NOW, Mr. ROTSEDER,
UNFORTUNATELY, OUR
TREASURER -- OR RATHER, OUR
TREASURER, UNFORTUNATELY, IS
CONFINED IN HIS HOME THIS
EVENING WITH A BAD HEAD COLD.
AND I HAVE BEEN ASKED IF I --
SORRY.
OH.
I HAVEN'T -- OH.
YEAH.
EXCUSE ME FOR JUST A MOMENT,
PLEASE.
OH!
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THANK YOU.
WELL, THE JOKE SEEMS TO BE ON
ME.
Mr. ROTSEDER HAS PNEUMONIA.
[ Laughter ]
THANK YOU.
WELL, FOLLOWING NOW, THEN, IS
A SUMMARY OF THE TREASURER'S
REPORT.
DURING THE YEAR 1980, AND BY
THAT HAS MEANT 1979, THE CALL
SOCIETY RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING
INDO NATIONS -- THE FOLLOWING
IN DONATIONS.
B.L.G., $500.
G.K.M., $500.
LADI AND MILLIE, $500.
IN MEMORY OF A HAPPY SUMMER AT
RYE BEACH, $10.
PROCEEDS OF THE SALE OF COATS
AND HATS LEFT IN THE BOAT
HOUSE, $14.55.
AND THEN THE JUNIOR LEAGUE
GAVE A PERFORMANCE OF PINAFOR,
FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FUND,
WHICH, UNFORTUNATELY, RESULTED
IN THE DEFICIT OF $300.
THEN FROM DUES AND CHARGES,
$2,354.75.
NOW, MAKING A TOTAL RECEIPTS
AMOUNTING TO $3,640.75.
NOW, IN THE MATTER OF
EXPENDITURES, THE CLUB HAS NOT
BEEN SO FORTUNATE.
THERE WAS THE UNSETTLED
CONDITION OF BUSINESS AND
THE -- IN THE LATE SPRING TO
CONTEND WITH, WITH THE
RESULTING RATHER DISCOURAGING
FIGURES, I'M AFRAID.
EXPENDITURES, $23,574.85.
THEN THERE WAS A LOSS OWING TO,
WELL, SEVERAL LITTLE THINGS,
$3,326.70.
CAR FARE, $4,452.25.
OH, AND THEN Mr. CLEAR'S
EXPENSE ACCOUNT, WHEN HE WENT
DOWN TO SEE THE WORK WHICH
THEY ARE DOING IN BALTIMORE,
THAT CAME TO $256.50.
BUT I'M SURE THAT YOU WILL ALL
AGREE WITH ME THAT IT WAS
WORTH IT TO FIND OUT WHAT
THEY'RE DOING IN BALTIMORE.
THEN UNDER THE GENERAL HEAD OF
ODDS AND ENDS, 2 200$537.50,
MAKING A TOTAL DISBURSEMENT OF
$4416,546.75 OR A NET DEFICIT
OF -- WELL, SEVERAL THOUSAND
DOLLARS.
NOW, THESE FIGURES BRING US
ONLY DOWN TO OCTOBER.
IN OCTOBER, MY SISTER WAS
MARRIED.
AND IN THE GENERAL CONFUSION,
WE -- THE HOUSE WAS ALL TORN
UP AND WE LOST TRACK OF THE
FIGURES FOR MAY AND AUGUST.
BUT ALL THOSE WISHING THE
APPROXIMATE FIGURES FOR MAY
AND AUGUST, MAY OBTAIN THEM
FROM ME IN THE VESTRY AFTER
DINNER WHERE I WILL BE WITH
PLEDGE CARD FOR THOSE OF YOU
WHO WISH TO SUBSCRIBE OVER AND
ABOVE YOUR ANNUAL DUES.
AND I HOPE THAT EACH AND EVERY
ONE OF YOU HERE TONIGHT WILL
LOOK DEEP INTO HIS HEART, AND
INTO HIS POCKETBOOK AND SEE IF
WE CANNOT FIND IT THERE TO PUT
THIS THING OVER WITH A REAL
BANG.
BANG.
AND HELP US MAKE THIS JUST THE
BIGGEST AND BEST YEAR THE
SOCIETY HAS EVER HAD.
THANK YOU.
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>> THAT WAS SCOTT THAT VAT ANY
AGAIN.
I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU NOW
TO PHIL HAY AND PAT MORIARTY.
THEY'VE BEEN PLAYING TOGETHER
SINCE 1973.
AND THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE
HEARD THEM PLAY AROUND THE
TWIN CITIES HAVE HEARD THEM
PLAY A WIDE VARIETY OF
DIFFERENT STYLES OF MUSIC.
BUT THIS IS THEIR FAVORITE.
IMPROVISATIONAL THREE JAZZ.
THEY DESCRIBE IT ON THE BACK
OF THEIR ALBUM AS HOT, COOL,
LIKE GUINESS STOUT, THIS MUSIC
IS MEANT TO BE EXPERIENCED AT
ROOM TEMPERATURE.
A VIRTUAL REDEFINITION OF YOUR
SENSES IS AT HAND.
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>> WELL, THAT'S IT.
SEVEN SHOWS, THREE AND A HALF
HOURS, AND WE HAVEN'T EVEN
MADE A DENT IN THE WEALTH OF
TALENT THAT'S AVAILABLE OUT
THERE.
I HOPE WE'VE MADE SOME PEOPLE
AWARE THAT NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE
A TERRIBLY DIVERSE AND VITAL
ARTISTIC COMMUNITY HERE, BUT
THAT FOR THE MOST PART, IT'S
MADE UP OF ARTISTS WHO SHARE A
DEEP COMMITMENT TO THIS AREA,
THEY'RE HERE BECAUSE THEY WANT
TO LIVE HERE AND THEY WANT TO
WORK HERE.
AND IN THE BUSINESS AS
TRANSIENT AS THE PERFORMING
ARTS, THAT'S A RARE COMMODITY.
I THINK IF WE AS A COMMUNITY
COULD RETURN SOME OF THAT
COMMITMENT, THEN THE POTENTIAL
FOR THE FUTURE WOULD BE
TERRIBLY EXCITING. I'M PATRICK CLEAR.
THANKS VERY MUCH.
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