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Wilson Phillips, Information Society and Alias will be performing
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Is encouraged to bring an unwrapped toy to the concert.
The Red and Black • Thursday, November 15, 1990 • 7
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Student dancers showcased in series
By LAUREL FRICK
Contributing Writer
Before you pack your bags and head home for
that turkey dinner check out the fall 1990
Young Choreofp-aphers’ Series.
The show will include jazz, tap and modem
works choreographed by students. The perfor
mances will begin tonight at 8 p.m. in studio
272 in the physical education building.
The students take care of everything: lights,
sound and publicity,” Louise Udaykee, faculty
director for the dance department, said. “What
is so great about it is you never know what to
expect. The students’ work is so fresh.”
Udaykee said all students can participate in
the Young Choreographers’ Series.
‘There’s no screening process," Udaykee
said. “You simply decide to do a piece, audition
and select the dancers for the parts.”
Three pieces for the series have been choreo
graphed by graduating dance majors in order to
fulfill the requirements for the bachelor of sci
ence in education degree.
Jacque-Lynne Nutbrown of St. Johnsbury,
Vt., choreographed a modem piece, “Brea
kaway,” which explores her past experiences
with cliques and how she eventually learned to
break away from them.
“It is something that I needed to express and
the best way for me to do that is through
dance," Nutbrown said.
In “Breakaway," Nutbrown relies on cos
tuming to get her point across. All of the
dancers wear black clothing and hoods. At the
end of the piece, one of the dancers symbolically
removes her hood and thus, breaks free from
the crowd.
Michelle McDaniel of Columbia, S.C., choreo
graphed a duet, To Chain a Soul," which ex
plores drug dependency. McDaniel said the
piece is based on the experience she had doing
an internship working with drug dependents.
McDaniel also worked with non-student Allie
Collins of Commerce, Ga. on the duet, “Look
Away From the Darkness."
Lilbum native Melanie Marlowe choreo
graphed “One Plus One Equals One,” a duet
with a problem solving theme. In thiB work,
Marlowe said she shows how a problem is
solved by “moving two bodies in space and
forming unity at the end.” She said the piece ex
plores problem solving on three levels: math,
dance and life.
Other pieces will include a solo by Amy
Carter of Grovetown, Ga., called “Kinetic Indul
gence.”
There will also be a tap number by Brandy
Ray and Christine Cunnigham performed to
the Pointer Sisters’ hit The Neutron Dance."
Bart Doerfler will perform “A’tude* to Ma
donna’s “Vogue” and Michael Rollins will pre
sent a work which deals with the loss of
cultural heritage.
The series also will feature a solo by Missy
Brumfield of Druid Hills and an improvisa-
tional piece by Sarah Dukes of Bamsville.
Tickets are $3 and can be purchased in the
dance department office or at the door each
night of tne performance.
Michael’s latest has acoustic focus
By MATTHEW HEACOCK
Contributing Writer
George Michael: “Listen
Without Prejudice, Vol. 1” (Co
lumbia)
leorge
chael’s first solo album, “Faith,
dominated the teenage music
market, the stubbled one is back
with his new release, “Listen
Without Prejudice, Vol. 1.”
This album is a marked contrast
to the former, as we find the singer
abandonding his sexy bad-boy
stance and focusing on stronger ly
rical content and a more acoustic
sound.
The first single, “Praying For
Time” examines the deteriorating
state of today’s society and the hy
pocrisy of those who have jumped
on the benefit bandwagon rather
than actually worked to make a
difference.
With such sharp-edged lines as
“charity is a coat you wear twice a
year” and ”it’s hard to love, there’s
so much to hate," it’s easy to pic
ture Michael sliding into a pit of
cynicism, but he ends the song
with its title of small hope, “maybe
we should all be praying for time."
The second cut, “Freedom 90,"
plays on the recurrent theme first
found as an unwanted freedom
from commitment on “Freedom”
from his duo Wham’s break
through “Make It Big.” It appeared
again in the church organ intro to
“Faith,” and now as a statement of
maturity from an artist who wants
to be taken seriously.
He admits in the opening verse,
‘1 was every little hungry school
girl’s pride and joy/ And I guess it
was enough for me” but then he
goes on to explain that he’s
changed his ways and that “some
times the clothes do not make the
man.”
With its upbeat rhythm, funky
hooks and excellent lyrics, this
song is sure to be a hit despite its
portrayal of the pitfalls of rock and
roll stardom.
The album’s only other sure hit
is “Waiting For That Day.” With its
“Walk On the Wildside” inspired
intro and its Rolling Stones ending,
“you can’t always get what you
want...” it can hardly miss.
Many songs on this album could
find success on the airwaves given
the chance. Michael’s singing is su
perb and as always, his choruses
seem to inflitrate the subconscious
with their pop appeal, but if he
sticks to his promise of no music vi
deos in order for the public to truly
“listen without prejudice,” he may
find his mostly “hungry schoolgirl”
audience a bit fickle.
Whether or not “Listen Without
Prejudice, Vol. 1” achieves the
huge success of “Faith," George Mi
chael definitely has found a mu
sical road worth travelling.
Glee clubs unite for fall choral concert tonight
By BEVERLY COX
Contributing Writer
The University Men’s and Women’s Glee
Clubs will be performing their special brand of
songs and musical medleys in their annual fall
concert tonight at 8 p.m. in the Fine Arts Audi
torium.
The glee clubs are composed of non-audi-
tioned, volunteer singers that meet Mondays,
Wednesdays and Thursdays. They have a repu
tation for giving their audiences high quality
entertainment with a good sense of fun.
“It’s a long standing tradition here at the
University,” John Davis, a graduate assistant
to the director of choir activities, said. “It’s re
markable that it is so good, but it’s non-audi-
tioned.”
The women’s part of the program will include
pieces by composers Ruth Artman, Stuart
Churchhill, Norman Luboff, Henry Purcell and
Kirby Shaw. Pitch Black, a smaller, auditioned
group will be performing a selection of current,
popular tunes.
Under the direction of Joan Clark, a former
Clarke County School District educator and a
University graduate of the School of Music, the
Women’s Glee Club has blossomed in recent
years.
“It has been particularly popular in the past
few years and it continues to grow,” Davis said.
The Men’s Glee Club, under the direction of
Dr. Pierce Arant, will perform selections from
J. S. Bach, Lionel Ritchie and some spiritual ar
rangements by the late William Dawson. The
men’s auditioned ensemble, The Accidentals,
will perform current selections in a barbershop
quartet style.
Davis said he encouraged “anyone who is in
terested to come out and sing in the club. We
have a lot of fun doing what we do.”
The fall concert is free and open to the public.
The performance will begin at 8 p.m. in the Fine
Arts Auditorium.
Guitarist to play his ax at Georgia Theater
By LYNN BARFIELD
Staff Writer
It’s not important that I’m not
an entertainment writer. It is im
portant, however, that my fellow
students get a chance to see a good
artist here in town, so I’ve sneaked
this bit of info to vou all.
Appearing at tne Georgia The
ater tonight is a dude who licked
guitar strings with Jimi Hendrix
and John Lennon. Yankee born
(but Georgia bred) guitarist Glenn
Phillips picked up a guitar in 1966
at the age of 16 and never put it
down.
Within a vear, he was playing
with the Atlanta-based Hampton
Grease Band. They released the
now legendary cult classic, “Music
to Eat" with Columbia Records.
But Phillips forged a solo career
after the death of his father and
calls that period in his life a
turning point.
“I became determined to do
things I wanted to,” he said.
He recorded his first album, Lost
at Sea, in 1975 at home on a four-
track tape machine. The album
was distributed in England by
Virgin Records. It was voted a
number one release by readers of
Melody Maker magazine — the En
glish version of our Billboard Mag
azine.
Seven albums followed, and his
latest release, “Scratched by the
Rabbitt,” Phillips was done with
his “hands-on" approach.
“I make records on my own and I
don’t talk to the record company
while I’m doing it,” Phillips said.
The album, released by two
small Atlanta labels, features
guitar with a unique twist. Phillips
said he goes from jarring and
piercing to soothing or electrifying
in just one set.
He said he concentrates on doing
his best on every song that he plays
and to give audiences the same.
This album took me a year and
a half to write and another year to
make,” Phillips said.
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