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-entertainme R dolfo (Kirk Bp*^| Stuart) hugs Mimi HBSfl (Julianna Gondek) BR' j outside a cafe during Friday's performance VKSfs ) of "La Boheme" by jg&if] the Goldovsky Grand wm:fi I upera I neatre at the WSg ? Carolina Coliseum. W r 1 v^8m . . ;> :.j^m^:^^-;!gS^ *' ^Sfll This cottumad woman dances during th Voodoo concert Saturday night Killer Whale: By Dean Foster Bethai ? guitaris ,?^eS ;;We Are -the Killer strong r! Whales." out in t, "Yes!...We...are the...Kil- "Emoti ler Whales." "Yes we are...the...Killer "Here Whales." World," "YeswearetheKiller- "Marler whales !...OOOOOhhhhh..." Tonight Now," * Starts" For a band with a sound all Gonna E their own, they really didn't need to remind the audience who they were ? their music Drumi did all the reminding. em, soc vocals o David Bethany, Jimmy Ja( Blakeslee and Murphy Pitts ^Ja, p played to a packed Golden ! K Spur audience Thursday and fl? sJf Friday nights. The band stayed mainly in the rockabilly vein while of- The fering songs from Graham powerful Parsons, the Specials and songs lik Chuck Berry. Teens,44 fit ?. : -v M- -- ~ J^aijj1 $ j^\ '^r : P53EFW / l^rf 1/ ^ : > v*is ^^p^?B?g i^y jMBf^H |r J 1 iI < -II /-ly j& h ; jftjjjrt^IsJi ? ? ? ? as< ,>?. ?p??wu;.'KiiauwttMUMti nMkfCHpUM n Sparse, s[ |p^/l enjoys sate wJr Halloween regalia, attend? the Campus Entertainment te| The concert, sponsored t Sj|fflBSfe featured Wall of Voodoo ai Beverly Hills Theater. Dev< W: ; Technical flaws and an ar flSHyira|9n^H audio portion of the show w of Voodoo's 30 minute set a ircw wave uuioc. x 11c iuiig-w IB jSB& 4m HI Hall, who took every oppor Br jBfclSra|[ future CEN broadcasts, anc efc^BB^HpM to make the experience a bil The irritation was reliev HgK|| took the stage. Featuring i HHjg group played in the true ne HH lines, monotone vocals and hB drove almost half the audiei After a short intermissic Si 44Whip It," one of their few MmM wear*n& their red and gr Mp thusiastically, even though The concert was telect V country. CEN will cond. response to the telecast co: e Oewo/ Wall of long series of campus broa( wno in L>ecemDer. s' rockabilly mu: ny, lead vocalist and by Bo Didley, an A1 Green t, has fluid but "Take Me To The Rivei hythm, which comes "Monkey Man" by t hese original songs: Specials, "Paralysed" onal Geography," Graham Parker, and a Ni Lowe -tune "Switchboa Susan." in the Modern "Rippin' Around," ^ ie," "She's With Me , Enthusiastic crowd " "Don't Talk brought them back for ei 'When the Shooting cores both nights, but th and "What You shows ended shortly aftc >0?? midnight. mer Pitts (the rock- "sual a"d V,SU k-em robot) added difficulty still plague an i n "Prettv Bovs " bv arran8ed Golden Spu "kson a"song'Acc?rdi"? fun of Hollywood problems are outweighed itts strapped on his I atmospltere Uf microphone later in students provide. ,v to sing the Elvis tune "Little Sister." The KiHer whales, ne, Columbia performance wi trio continued a be Nov. 17 at the TIGE1 I performance with BURN band party. Tl e "Venus" by the X- Cruis-o-matics will also 1 Who I>o You Love?" featured. \ Opera princip* g By Becky Burnatte | The Goldovsky Grand Opera Theatre opened the Carolina Concert Series with an intense performance of Giancomo Puccini's "La Boheme" before a large crowd Friday night at Carolina Coliseum. The opera was also performed Saturday night. "La Boheme" centers on the relationship between Rodolfo, a poet, and Mimi, a ! seamstress. The Goldovsky Grand Opera Theatre uses no understudies, but instead alternates singers in the principal roles. Mimi, played by Juliana Gondek on Friday, highlighted the performance with her lucid, sturdy voice. Gondek captured the audience's attention with her beautiful voice. She also had the most natural and smooth movement of the cast. GONDEK AND Kirk Stuart, who played I Rodolfo Friday, seemed to act in unison, their actions consistent. Together, they produced the show's most ^inspiring moments. The first act opened in Paris' Latin Quarter on a cold and dismal Christmas Eve I in the attic of Marcello, a painter. The painter and his friend Rodolfo were trying to keep warm and started to burn one of Rodolfo's most famous works. Some merrymakers entered the room and invited the friends to go on an outing. Rodolfo lingered behind to finish some writing, and Mimi entered the room. Rodolfo and Mimi immediately were infatuated and professed their love for each M other. lirited crowd |HR illite concert EfflHj trowd, dressed in an array of d the first satellite broadcast by |j; Network Saturday night at The >y^the Carolina Program Union, I id Devo in a live show from the >'s second set was broadcast in 3- I inoying host hurt the concert. The I as hampered by a poor mix. Wall ame across as nothing more than inded ramblings of CEN host J.J. 'tiinitv tn toll Karl inlrAC orir) nlnd 1 a two-hour wait for Devo tended B ed somewhat when Devo finally j impressive backdrop videos, the w wave style: hard driving bass SBflg synthesized keyboards. The beat h||||||H ice to the dance floor. in, Devo opened the 3-D set with commercial releases. The crowd, 8 een 3-D glasses, responded en- n i the 3-D filming was not that ef- 9 ist to 15 campuses across the 1 jet marketing surveys to test nnort Tho notumrlr ic nlannin0 n iiWA v A??V a* |/?w>unii^ M ?__ icasts, including a concert by The These dance Devo/Wall of 1 sic did the ren jet ^ ^ ^ 16 x, The Killer Whales performed to large crow nights. lis delightful ! The second act is probably the most humorous of the four-act opera. The action centered on Marcello and his former lover, Musetta, and their chance meeting in front nf a naiohhnrhnnH pafo V. ? wwv. v??v. "i IN THE third act, Rodolfa, perplexed because he did not know if he wanted to leave Mimi for good, discovered she overheard his discussion of the matter with Marcello and he decides to stay with her until spring. The final act was set in Marcello's attic where Mimi lay on her deathbed. The cast seemed to work naturally as a team. The characters' bodies flowed with the orchestra's m sic. Unfortunately, the orchestra tended to , muffle the characters' voices. Trying to interpret the muffled dialogue became bothersome after a while. ?% ; GOLDOVSKY CHOSE the orchestra's members from freelance musicians in New York and Boston. Most have toured for many years, and have travelled as far as 400 miles in one day to perform. Carolina Concerts events may be attended only by those who have a $15 season subscription. These are still available from the Coliseum box office. Future events are the Prague Symphony Orchestra (Nov. 15), Shi Ki Japanese dance company (Jan. 26), Victor Borge with the Atlanta Symphony (March 12), and the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre (April 1-2). All performances will be at Carolina Coliseum. Hwto ^UaMh^MM s take a dip at The Township during the foodoo concert. ^ linrlinn rhoto by *?rt? khoolef Is ai the Golden Spur Friday and Saturday {