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1 JUT itOCK rstar in France Supe ASBURT PARK PRESS, Mar 23, 1976 A7 Brookdale toExplore Starts From Scratch Here Growing Up Ethnic I Ik 5 tem, Middletown Township, will supervise the final pro-. gram in the series in which eight to 10 children, she said, will offer their viewpoints on how they were born. 'They will construct their own themes, own pathways, '-and all the themes will deal with major emotional situations," she explained. 'The children with make use of their entire bodies and all their faculties and emotional senses." works with Brookdale unit of SCORS (Service Core of Retired Executives), and Earl: McLaughlin, an Irish-American, born in north New Jersey, who has worked for Bell Telephone and the Jersey City Urban Renewal Program. A similar program, focusing on women, will, be offered April 22.

Theresa-Trocchia, director of Children's theater for the Monmouth County Park Sys 1 1 11 fib pr fv tap i yw ctm 13104M STEREO 94FM Simon, respectively). "Atlantic released the album in France even before it was released here," comments Michel. "And they sold out of the entire initial pressing the very first day. But I still like to think of myself as an American performer now." Michel began formal study at the piano at age five, and six years later he graduated from the Paris Conservatory. He was encouraged to pursue a musical career by his father, a Russian immigrant who had written songs for Edith Piaf.

But his father so disliked rock music that Michel was not allowed to play anything more daring than the Gershwins at home. By the age of 17, though, Michel was singing American pop tunes on the street corners of Montmartre. Then after a 1966 appearance at a French music festival, he signed his first recording contract and had a hit single almost immediately. He soon became a major star not only in France, but in Japan as well. Michel says that he eventually plans to perform on stage in the U.S., but that won't happen for a while.

"I really only have eight or nine English-language songs to sing now, so I couldn't tour as yet," he explains. "But after the second or third album, I hope to go on the road. "TOURING IS VERY tiring, and there have been times in the past when I really wanted to escape from it completely. But I also need it; it's like a drug a masochistic need. I hate to tour, but I love being on stage." MIDDLETOWN TOWNSHIP 'The Hyphenated American: Growing Up in America" a program series, exploring the influences of distinct cultural groups in shaping the attitudes of children and later, adults towards work, play, religion and more will be launched at 8 p.m.

Thursday at Forum 4 at Brookdale Community College. Other programs will be offered at 8 p.m. April 8 and 22 at Forum 4 and at 7 p.m. April 29 at the Little Theater on the campus. The Thursday program airs two brief commercial films; "Momma," reflections of an Italian-American woman on her childhood, and "Film For My showing children growing up in an eastern European ethnic community.

The films will later be discussed by Richard Masluk, instructor in Human Affairs at Brookdale. The college's Cultural Program administrator Richard Andrus said the programs have been designed to "refute the idea of the melting pot in Amer- ica. Perhaps, there isn't a melting pot." Five Monmouth County middle-aged men of various ethnic backgrounds including black, Irish, Jewish, Italian will reminisce on their childhoods. The group will include Hy Klein who is Jewish, retired, and i i Vienna Helps VIENNA AP The city of Vienna will contribute nearly $6 million to suport its theaters in 1976. LEONARD BERNSTEIN: Signed for benefit Bernstein Set For Benefit I 3 449-7200 TV--JOvA 3 uanftet (flipper By RICHARD TRUBO What a difference a continent can make! In France, Michel Polnar-eff's name is as well-known as the Eiffel Tower or the Champs Elysees at least among rock music aficionados, He has been one of France's most popular rock attractions for nearly 10 years.

But in the United States, Polnareff is almost a total unknown. The curly-haired, bespectacled young whose first English-language album has just been released by Atlantic Records, is determined to succeed in the American record market although no Frenchman has really even done it before. "THE U.S. IS a nation that goes by statistics," comments Polnareff, who Is approaching the age of 30. "And a French singer has never made it big in the U.S., particularly a rock singer.

Other than Maurice Chevalier, has any Frenchman really been a star here? "The big problem with French rock music is that it doesn't have its own style. Rock roll will never belong to Europe. The music in France is a pale imitation -of U.S. rock." About two-and one-half years ago, Michel's lawyer extricated him from his recording contract with a French label and he fled to America to live permanently. He has not been back to France since.

Now residing in a large house with a swimming pool in the Coldwater Canyon section of Los Angeles, Michel has cocooned himself composing music not only for his own new album but for films as well. His Jiving room is cluttered with a' piano, tape recorders, a stereo, a videotape machine and stacks of record albums. 'He had just returned from-an entire night of composing much of the music for the upcoming Paramount feature film, "Lipstick," which stars in nn r-t '115 OCEAN FRONT Delicious Food complete dinners including PRIME RIBS of BEEF Au Jus pint our "FAMOUS SALAD BAR" a fa carte menu alto Serving Tues. to Fri. from 5:00 Saturday from 6:00 Sun.

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"When I started talking about leaving France, nobody thought I would really do it, because I had a rather comfortable situation over there. "When I arrived here, I had a bad time initially. The United States is a big nation, and I felt lost. I went around to the different record companies, and the executives knew who I was but just weren't interested in a French star. They shared my feeling about where French music was at, and didn't want to take the chance.

It was frustrating and disap rtlk na Tickets covering both the concert and supper are priced at $75 and $65 each. The orchestra, founded in 1842, is the oldest in the United States. It has performed in some 320 cities in 42 countries under the direction of the world's most distinguished conductors. Maestro Bernstein was music director of the Philharmonic from 1958 to 1969 and, at the age of 40, he was the first native American to hold the position. In 1971, at the close of a five-week engagement, he conducted his concert with the orchestra a milestone unequalled in the Philharmonic's history.

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The current nationwide swing marks the first time Maestro Bernstein, the orchestra's laureate conduc-. tor, is leading the Philharmonic on tour since it visited Australia, New Zealand and Japan in 1974. Buffet and cocktails will be served starting 6:30 p.m. under a tent on the Arts Center grounds; and the concert will follow at 8:30. The beneficiary, the Arts Center Cultural Fund, aepenas on tne ttenetit, other special events and donations to finance an extensive calendar of free events for school children, senior citi-.

zens, summer youth groups, disabled veterans and the blind. pianist, singer, com pointing. Finally, Michel approached Atlantic Records, which "wasn't really crazy about me at first, either." But after Michel played them a few songs, they signed him to a contract the first time a French rock singer had ever signed with a U.S. record company. MICHEL SPENT THE next eight months putting together his first American record album, titled "Michel Michel wrote the music for all of the songs on the album, with the lyrics being added by Toni Stern and Jacob Brackman (who have also collaborated with Carole King and Carly for custom-made draperies and slip covers call our home representative at 544-8300, ext.

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