Outstanding concert

A large crowd enjoyed Deering High School’s Holiday Concert Dec. 16, held in the high school auditorium, with several musical groups taking part, including the Jazz Combo, the Jazz Band, the Chamber Choir, the Handbells and the Concert Band.

Gil Peltolo led the Jazz Band, the Handbells, the Concert Band and the Jazz Combo, and Mark Nordli led the Chamber Choir.

All were good. The choir’s singing of the “Carol of the Bells” was especially outstanding. It was an excellent concert. Their leaders at DHS must be proud of them.

Famous photos

I appreciated the Nov. 28 New York Times, which had a full page of pictures by Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952), who it called the world’s best-known photographer of Native Americans. He devoted 30 years of the beginning of the 20th century to documenting the customs and lifestyle of more than 80 Native American tribes.

It wasn’t strictly news. The Times is selling copies of the photos. But it was interesting. The page is titled “Six Masterpieces, by Edward S. Curtis.” The six pictures are described, too.

The largest shown was “Canyon De Chelly, 1904,” which the Times says: “Curtis masterfully captured the relative insignificance of man and the grandeur of nature, by using the 1,000-foot-high cliff formations as a backdrop. The image, of Navajo riders on sacred land in Northeastern Arizona, is considered one of the 10 best ever taken by Curtis.”

The Times describes “The Vanishing Race, 1904”: “Photographed in Arizona, this image of Navajo riders was Curtis’s signature piece. It is the visual metaphor of his work over 30 years, documenting a Native American culture that was disappearing.”

“Crater Lake, 1923” shows a Klamath tribe chief in full headdress. He is overlooking Crater Lake, one of the deepest, purest bodies of water in North America.

“An Oasis in the Badlands, 1905” depicts sub-chief Red Hawk in South Dakota. Red Hawk was known as a fierce warrior and ultimately engaged in 20 battles, including the Custer fight in 1876.

“The Rush Gatherer, 1910” and “The Three Chiefs, 1900” are the other images the Times rean.

I shall keep this page. The pictures are thrilling to see. I must check to find out if a book of his photographs has been published.

Dems’ delight

Today’s recipe is from “Kick Up Your Heels In The Kitchen,” put out by the Westbrook Democratic City Committee, 1994.

PAUL’S SPECIAL SUPPER

2 tablespoons olive oil

1 large onion, chopped

Goodly amount of garlic powder

Salt and pepper to taste

1 pound lean hamburg

3 cans Franco American Spaghetti

Saute onion and hamburger in oil, adding spices. When hamburg is cooked, add cans of spaghetti and stir until hot.

It is signed, Voila! Paul LeConte