The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 194, Ed. 1 Friday, May 27, 1977 Page: 3 of 22
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Opry." Wendy Holcombe told
her mother two yean ago
Through an incredible senes
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home lor supper "We had tur-
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she recalled When Daddy was
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the bed When I started playing
it. I got excited and hollered
for her, she thought Id
dropped it."
Seven months later, she con-
vinced her father to travel
from Alabaster to Nashville so
she could visit the Opry
OPRY TICKETS
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played on the revered country
been associated with." Brown
said "Her personality projects
in everything she does I love
her She’s a doll"
It took (Tower, though, to
convince her to wear braces
He said the Lord would love
me just as much if I wore
them," she recalled
Wendy impresses friends and
fans as the ideal youngster
She's courteous, talented,
ebubent and a celebrity to boot
Her pigtails, braces and smile
make her a perfect subject for
Norman Rockwell
"It's so great to be so young
and so talented," said Brown, a
country music veteran "I ad-
mire her desire to want to be in
this business and be a profes-
sional."
In addition to the banjo, she
plays the trumpet, guitar,
dobro and ukelele. "I practice
a lot," she said "I play for the
goats when Mama gets tired of
listening."
music show and become a
regular on the syndicated tele-
vision program Nashville On
the Road, starring Jim Ed
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"It's a dream, the perl
eighth grader said in an inter-
view "I'm expecting to wake
up anytime "
It s been a fairytale fling for
a girl who gets a weekly $3 al-
lowance "if I'm good." does
chores on her family's farm in
Alabaster Ala , and is just
learning to read music
She s had so much TV ex-
posure that a suave man sat
down beside her in a hotel in
Atlanta and called her by
name It was Burt Reynolds
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they were unable to get Opry
tickets and spent their time in-
stead browsing through a music
store She spotted a banjo, be-
gan playing and caught the at-
tention of a local musician who
also was in the store
He took her backstage at the
Opry where site met several
stars and was invited bark to
perform
Since then, she has hired a
booking agent, appeared on
several television shows in ad-
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Wilson, another of the per-
formers.
The Waikiki Shell was a good
location except that sound lev-
els had to be monitored closely
because of a strict municipal
noise code. Leonard said. Some
fans and a few musicians also
complained that the sounds
from the three stages over-
lapped.
The promoters also feel they
were hampered by a ban on
sale of alcoholic beverages at
the city-operated facility.
"The concept is to present
basically American music, such
as the big band, blues and
soul," Leonard said. "We may
encourage other heritage mu-
sic, conceivably even Ha-
waiian."
But rock will not be included.
The troubles at the Newport
festival — residents unhappy
with unruly crowds — began
when rock music was in-
troduced, he said.
The
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palm trees, balmy tradewinds
and nearby pounding surf made
an unlikely setting. And an un-
familiar tradition resulted in
sparse crowds and big financial
losses.
But the promoters of the first
annual Kool Pacific Jan Festi-
val plan to do it again.
"Aesthetically it was a big
success, but financially we took
a loss." said John Leonard, lo-
cal promoter of the festival
which recently concluded a sev-
en-day run.
The festival was the brain-
child of George Wein, who has
produced successful jazz festi-
vals in Newport, R.I., New Or-
leans and Nice, France. The
Newport festival is now held in
New York City and last year,
after several years of red ink,
made a small profit.
Wein s performers in Hono-
lulu included Chuck Mangione,
Earl “Fatha” Hines, Muddy
Waters, Joe Venuti and the
Woody Herman band.
"There are problems to be
worked out, and it will have to
be restructured, but we want to
do it again," Leonard said.
A decision on whether to hold
the “second annual” festival
will be made in the next couple
months, he said.
The festival, held under the
pajm trees in an outdoor the-
ater across the street from
Waikiki Beach, drew 13,000 per-
sons throughout the week. Loss-
es exceeded $100,000.
But Wein remains confident.
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BRANDY ALLISON (jibbons.
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
James Gibbons of Baytown,
celebrates her second birthday
Friday. She has two brothers,
Terry and Boyd, and two
sisters, laura and Karen.
Grandparents are Mr. and
Mrs. J. W. Roberts of Groves
and Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Rob-
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Walker Graduates
DAVID RAYMOND Walker, son
of Dr. and Mrs. David G.
Walker. 904 Fleetwood, is a May
graduate from Rice University .
He received a bachelor of arts
degree. _
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He said Wein’s first festival
in New Orleans drew only 300,
while 150,000 attended this
year’s program.
Honolulu is not a jazz town,
and the promoters had a hard
time selling the festival to the
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MICHAEL GENE Kibodeaux
Jr., son of Mr.’ and Mrs.
Michael Gene Kibodeaux Sr.
of Crosby, celebrates his first
birthday Friday. Grandparents
Mr. and Mrs. Frank T.
Gilbert, Mr. and Mrs. E. H.
Gregory, all of Crosby, and
Herbert
Channelview
grandparents are Mr. arid Mrs.
Edward Gilbert of Crosby, Mr.
and Mrs. John Livingston, Mr.
and Mrs. Emmett Gregory, all
of Baytown, and Mrs. Mattit
Morrison, of Channelview.
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Brown, Leon. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 194, Ed. 1 Friday, May 27, 1977, newspaper, May 27, 1977; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1145050/m1/3/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.