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6 • The Red and Black • Friday, October 19,1990
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Gargantua Platoon, a local alternative theatre troupe, will be
holding auditions this Sunday and Monday at 7 p.m. In the Tate
Center reception hall. They are looking for people “to join, not
just for a play, but to be part of a troupe."
Windham Hill artists to perform
By KELLY THRELKELD
Contributing Writer
The “Winter Solstice Tour,"
featuring Windham Hill re
cording artists Liz Story, Phil Aa-
berg and Nightnoise, starts in
Athens on Sunday, Oct. 21. The
performance is being sponsored
by the Contemporary Concerts
division of University Union.
The tour format will showcase
the artists in solo, duet and en
semble performances. Included
in this seasonal tour is material
from Liz Story’s new release “Es
cape of the Circus Ponies” and
Nightnoise’s ‘The Parting Tide.”
Philip Aaberg will perform
songs from “Upright,” possibly
the first Windham Hill dance re
cord. Included in his performance
will be the popular /f Nutrocker,”
which is a dance version of “Nut
cracker Suite,” and his newest
piece, “High Plains.”
Aaberg*8 range of abilities —as
a performer, composer, arranger
and keyboardist — make him a
welcome guest in the studio, at
performances and on tours with
artists ranging from Peter Ga
briel to the Doobie Brothers.
Liz Story will perform her ar
rangements of “Greensleeves"
and “Pavane” from the “Winter
Solstice III” collection. Her latest
recording, “Escape of the Circus
Ponies," represents a different
style for Story — one that’s re
hearsed, yet leaves room for im
provisation. With this, she’s able
to easily communicate common
feelings held by her audience.
Also on the program is the
quartet Nightnoise, which will be
performing a piece entitled
*‘Snow is Lightly Falling,” for the
first time.
“When stuck in Tokyo due to
snow, I looked outside my hotel
room into the bamboo forest and
could not help but to miss my
husband and home," said Triona
Ni Domhnaill, the band’s com
poser and singer, when asked
what inspired this piece.
Nightnoise is made up of three
Irish and a New Yorker. Ni
Domhnaill said that their style is
hard to pin down to any one cat
egory.
‘There is a definite Irish influ
ence, and a little classical,” Ni
Domhnaill said. “But (it’s) mostly
an amalgamation of all styles."
Whatever their style, it works.
They’ve recently released their
fourth Windham Hill album and
have succeeded in producing a
cross-cultural sound that reveals
the unity of four distinct musical
personalities.
The performance is being held
in the Georgia Hall of the Tate
Center at 8 p.m. Tickets are
available at tne Tate Student
Center cashier window. Prices
are $5 for students and $10 gen
eral admission.
Benefit features Athens native
By LEE FULFORD
Contributing Writer
The multitude of people con
verging on Athens for the home
coming weekend may be hard-
pressed to find something to do on
Friday and Saturday night.
The Morton Theatre Restoration
Benefit featuring Calvin Smith is
tailor-made for such a dilemma.
Smith will treat his audience to
two hours of show-tune favorites,
which will be followed with a wine
reception where the audience will
have a chance to meet the per
former.
Calvin Smith is primarily a
singer, but he spends much time
acting on the stage as well.
Smith graduated from Cedar
Shoals high school here in Athens
and his dramatic career began lo
cally with the Town and Gown
Players.
He became a virtual overnight
success. He toured with Morgan
Fairchild in “Gentlemen Prefer
Blondes,” and is currently per
forming with Cathy Rigby in
“Peter Pan.”
After this weekend’s benefit,
Smith will go to New York for the
Broadway debut of “Peter Pan” at
the Lunt Fontaine Theater.
Smith will be singing a variety of
old favorites, such as “Moon River”
and “Misty,” as well as songs from
his current show. He will be accom
panied by the talented Alan McAr
thur on the piano.
“It’s a nice family type of eve
ning,” benefit director Sissy Toro
said. “It’s the best deal this
weekend — for seven dollars you
get a couple of hours of music, a
wine reception and you get to meet
the artist.”
All proceeds from the benefit
will go towards the restoration of
the historic Morton Theatre.
The Morton Theatre was built in
1910 as a home for vaudeville acts.
The theatre was styled after the
Ford Theatre in Washington, and
is now one of only six existing vau
deville theatres in the country.
After a fire in 1956, the fire mar
shall closed the theatre because of
inadequate fire escapes. Since
then, The National Registry of His
toric Places added the theatre to its
list of historic buildings.
The Morton Board of Directors
was formed to take charge of the
restoration process. Restoration is
expected to be finished sometime
in the spring of 1992.
“(The theatre) has nearly perfect
acoustics and when restored, it will
seat close to 650 people,” Toro said.
“It will be perfect for local perfor
mances ana one-act plays.”
The evening promises great en
tertainment, and helping out the
Morton Theatre in the process is
an added bonus.
The Morton Theatre benefit will
take place at the Town and Gown
theatre, located behind the Taylor
house on 634 Prince Avenue.
Tickets are $7 and are available
at the door or at the Downtown De
velopmental Authority (353-1421).
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Group fuses reggae and rock
By BEVERLY COX
Contributing Writer
What group has fused the sound
and voice of two rock n’ roll icons
and put it to a reggae beat?
The answer is Dread Zeppelin,
the band that’s made a reputation
for itself doing Led Zeppelin covers
with a reggae rhythm and is
fronted by an Elvis impersonator,
circa 1975.
‘The idea behind Dread Zep
pelin is pure entertainment,” said
guitarist Jah Paul Joe.“We have
fun, but we take it seriously. We
follow the teachings of Wayne
Ntfwton, in which we believe that
we exist to give our audience the
purest form of entertainment
available.”
The concept for the band began
formulating years ago in the mind
of Tortelvis, the rotund lead singer
who looks a lot like you-know-who.
‘The band was Tortelvis’ idea,”
Joe said. “He was walking down a
street in Hollywood one day in
1977 and heard a voice in his head
that said ‘Zeppelin music, reggae
style — the way it’s supposed to
be.”’
As fate would have it, Tortelvis
accidentally rammed into the back
of a ’72 Pinto containing the five
members of the band Reggae
Blades, which consisted of Jah
Paul Joe, Carl Jah, Ed Zeppelin,
FYesh Cheese and Putmon. FYom
this chance meeting, Dread Zep
pelin was born.
The band, which calls Temple
City, Calif, home, follows a strict
program of self-discipline on the
road.
“There’s no drugs, no alcohol and
no hanky-panky,” Joe said. “If girls
follow us back to our rooms, we
give them a copy of the Dread Zep
pelin Home Game and send them
on their way.”
Dread Zeppelin is playing the
Georgia Theatre tonight. Tickets
are $10 and are available in ad
vance at Downtown Records.
in full force Saturday
‘Stepping’
By AMY WILLIAMS
Contributing Writer
Webster’s Dictionary defines
“stepping” as moving “by executing
a step” or “conforming to a
marching rhythm.”
Webster obviously never had the
opportunity to attend Kappa Alpha
Psi’s Klassic Step Competition and
see what “stepping” is really all
about.
Tomorrow night, black fraterni
ties and sororities from all over
southeast Georgia will be partici
pating in the Third Annual Step
Competition sponsored by Kappa
Alpha Psi and Coca-Cola.
Over 10 groups are expected to
compete in the competition and vie
for $1400 in prizes. Along with
prize money, two local high school
students will be awarded a schol
arship from a memorial fund estab
lished in honor of Ricky Hudson.
A step show isn’t your typical
talent show dance competition.
“A step show is an African-
American innovation,” J. Martin
Lett, junior finance major and pole-
march of Kappa Alpha Psi said. “It
is an embodied expression of cre
ativity represented in a group’s
ability to perform perfectly syn
chronized steps.”
“Precision is the key,” said
Reggie Jackson, a sophomore bio
chemistry major. “We like to start
practicing at least one month
ahead of the show’s date. Practice
makes perfect!”
Perfection is what these per
formers strive for. The groups con
sist of 10 to 15 people making beats
with their feet, thus comes the
term “stepping.” Each fraternity or
sorority has their own unique way
of presenting their show, allowing
for individuality among the teams.
‘The originality of each organi
zation is expressed verbally as well
as through body movement,” Lett
said.
Kathy Jones, sophomore risk
management/insurance major, re
members last fall's step show and
smiles. “I had a blast! It’s very en
tertaining and great to see the
camaraderie among the black
Greek system.”
The show is Sat. at 8 p.m. at the
Coliseum. Advance tickets for $5
are available at the Coliseum or $6
the day of the show.
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