Connie Robinette
Connie Robinette
Tape Librarian
Writer and tape librarian for South Carolina ETV's vault.
Stories
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Great Performances: Pavarotti and the Italian Tenor (1992) | ETV Classics
May 17, 2024Pavarotti and the Italian Tenor celebrates the singing traditions of Italy, highlighting in particular, its cherished tenors of the past. The production also offers homage to the love and pride of a father, son, and community and chronicles Luciano Pavarotti’s path to fame... -
Spoleto Festival USA: Now You Has Jazz (1981) | ETV Classics
May 03, 2024Against the sound of a lone jazz piano played by Columbia, SC local Brian Honess, Spoleto host Bob Edwards reminds us that jazz is uniquely American music and that has its place on the Spoleto stage alongside operas and concertos. Edwards notes that jazz is music that makes... -
Spoleto Festival USA: A Little Day Music (1981) | ETV Classics
April 26, 2024Host Bob Edwards observes that chamber music is conversational and elegant music fit for a place like The Dock Street Theater which was built 20 years before Mozart was born. Co-Directors Paula Robison and Scott Nickrenz describe how they plan their musical menus as if they... -
Art’s The Thing!: 224 (1988) | ETV Classics
April 12, 2024The tape vault gives us a gift from the past with this 1988 interview with Gian Carlo Menotti,festival founder and artistic director of Spoleto. While Menotti says that he is continuing in his role at Spoleto, he is working on a succession plan to keep the program going. He... -
The First Edition: Tell It All (1972) | ETV Classics
March 15, 2024In 1972, we find Kenny Rogers and his band, The First Edition, on tour, riding a Greyhound Bus with an ETV production crew in tow. Kenny observed that he tended to get more attention than the other members of the band and the TV production gives each member an opportunity to... -
Connections: Historic Sites (2011) | ETV Classics
February 23, 2024Charlestown, now Charleston, was the primary port of call for slave ships and there was a time when slaves were in the majority in parts of the Lowcountry. Connections takes us on a journey from the Lowcountry to the Upstate, highlighting important Black History sites. First...