I was dazzled by: director/producer Tyrone Guthrie, “Man of La Mancha,” “Hello, Dolly!” (Dorothy Lamour), Hans Conried (“Absence of a Cello”), Kenny Rogers and The First Edition, Pat Paulsen, Skitch Henderson, Stan Kenton, Nancy Wilson, The Amazing Kreskin, Mitch Miller, Preservation Hall (from New Orleans), Glenn Yarbrough, Pete Fountain, The Back Porch Majority, Sandy Baron, The Ramsey Lewis Trio, Mantovani and His Orchestra, Drew Pearson, Robert Russell Bennett, William Stafford (Kansas poet; my guest teacher for a session), and the touring musical “Half a Sixpence.”

A plus was getting in free since I was either reviewing the event for the school newspaper or ushering via my service fraternity, Alpha Phi Omega. Great times!