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• Published in: St. Louis post-dispatch
• Main Author: Contributors: David Bonetti, Daniel Durchholz, Cliff Froehlich, Kevin C. Johnson, Judith Newmark, Terry Perkins, Steve Pick
• Format: Newspaper Article
• Language: English
• Published: St. Louis, Mo Pulitzer, Inc 25.08.2005
• ISSN: 1930-9600

[Dave Hole] grew up in Australia, but his musical roots are straight out of the Mississippi Delta. Inspired by covers of classic blues tunes done by Eric Clapton, the Rolling Stones and the Animals, Hole sought out the original recordings by Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf and a host of other blues legends. He began playing blues-style slide guitar in Australian bands, but an injury to his little finger prevented him from using the traditional method of playing slide. Instead, Hole put the metal slide on his index finger and played with his left hand over the top of the guitar neck -- totally opposite from the usual approach. His 1992 debut recording, "Short Fuse Blues," gained Hole plenty of critical acclaim for his unique style. Touring behind a new live recording -- his seventh for the Alligator label -- Hole makes a rare St. Louis appearance at BB's. (TP) With a year-long installation of classic '60s minimalism at the museum and an exhibition of minimalism and its influence on current artists opening at the Pulitzer Foundation of the Arts in October, this will be a year of minimalism in St. Louis. The museum show, however, sounds promising in its own right. Along with Pop art, minimalism is the most enduring of the many movements and tendencies that transformed art from a medium of personal expression to one of distance and objectivity in the '60s and '70s. Based on uninflected fabrication, often by technicians, serial or repeated structure and formal obduracy or impenetrability, minimalism makes no attempt to seduce the viewer, but over the years it has grown on the audience, proving to be particularly influential on subsequent generations of artists. The museum owns important works by crucial minimalists such as Donald Judd, Frank Stella and Tony Smith. Also shown will be works by Carl Andre, Yayoi Kusama, Jo Baer, Dan Flavin and Carl Andre borrowed from local collections. (DB) CampBroadway, a theater-education program based in New York, is coming to town to audition young performers for the 79th annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Four hundred children from around the country will be chosen for CampBroadway, a five-day program in New York. The program prepares performers with rehearsals, a Broadway dance workshop, costume fittings and makeup tips, culminating in the nationally televised parade. Campers will perform the opening number, "We Give Thanks Today." It was written especially for the parade by Andrew Lippa ("The Wild Party," "john & jen"). Auditions are open to performers ages 9-13. At the audition, candidates will learn and execute a dance combination by a Broadway choreographer. They should wear dance shoes and comfortable clothes, and bring a completed application. The application is available online at www.campbroadway.com. The site includes more information about costs and program details. (JN)