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.entertainment _ mi l_. warm-up oai By Hiram Brinegar and Eddie Oraenlaaf nun Spectacular lighting and special effects. to.n beautiful costumes and slick choreography ? Dl played a big part in Prince's efforts to outdo *Jon one erf his warm-up bands during Sunday's ]j concert at Carolina Coliseum. 88 * But there were some in the packed col- B iseum who remained more "in tune" with the enthusiastic performance of The Tyme than with the showmanship of the headlin ing act. Prince opened his concert with his funky hit, "Controversy." Surrounded with steam .r* and bright lights, the young singer toyed n? ?. ? ? it - ? ? wiui ms aucuence uirougn a provocative delivery, looking for reaction - and winning ^ it - as a bright search light scanned the coliseum. mv FROM THIS beginning, Prince structured cer his show around his new hit single, "1999," gro ; accenting special effects and lights. The per tluma itmo norriafl iirHVl omnnili T uivitiv TT u? vaittviu mwi ouiwui JJI uico- A sionalism, but those in the audience who we< came to hear recent favorites were in for a a g let-down. Thi Prince focused strongly on material from ty < his new album, much of it still unfamiliar . not "1999" has received a good deal of national \ 9 _ . % A _ a.%. a ** a%. w a racuo airpiay, dui ouier tunes irom me l,f stu have remained obscure to all but the most Vej dedicated fans. ove Admittedly, Prince's showmanship was be as effective as ever. During one slow dar USC musical ense i JRfljJH The USC Concert Choir, directed by Arpad Darazs ensembles performing this month. Author's storyte I By Vicki Jinnatte Readers will find no deep underlying themes, no twisted plots, no mysteries to solve, no characters to analyze. But in ? Danielle Steel's latest novel, "Crossings," ex they will find a heartwarming drama of love en and romance. i Steel's fine tradition of romance novels m? has proven her to be a master storyteller Mi with a flair for warmth and personal tlx courage. Buried in Steel's pages are thj heroines to whom the reader would like to . tri be compared. fir Kflrh stnrv hflk a rich h**niitifiil vnuncr I woman who struggles with life's problems only to come out more triumphant in the Cr end. The women are all princesses, wl debutantes, daughters of millionaires, born tin with silver spoons in their mouths, crowns Ar on their heads and unselfish love in their wl hearts. There are no rich snobs in Steel's foi stories ? just ordinary women like < ourselves who we grow to admire. yo rii ONE WOULD believe, with characters mi such as those, that the story would be too w< unrealistic, so why bother reading it? This is ar where Steel's art shines. dis Despite the advantages borne to the ' heroines, they all face problems normal women do in their everyday lives: they lose cii their husbands to war, their children suffer El ? ii 1 a (I .. L. Iwiin rianaicaps, iney are cusownea uy uieir i? families. I Steel makes one believe in the heroines. cr One is put in their shoes and forced to feel nc along with the heroines. But in the end as wi true love is finally discovered, the reader fe can rejoice with the heroine as if she had Pi found her own love. re dc In "Crossings," Steel's typical pattern pc I comes through on the first page. One Knows id competi iber, for example, he left the stage only sturn rising up in the rear of the stage on ass bed. Prince's overt sexual connotas were amusing, and he and his band uayea ineir talents for dancing as well or playing instruments. ut by the end of the night, with only one ore, it was apparent that Prince had red the spotlight in the eyes of some with show-stealing members of The Tyme. ITH SONGS such as "Walk Your Body," >01" and "777-9311," The Tyme brought audience to its feet to stay. Against a Ir/lrAn onifrtAofinrf nn />!/) K/MIAA n\u vp 0U55VOUI15 an V1U 11VUOU, U1U 51 UU|I vered an enthusiastic and "classy" pernance. he group offered a solid dance show and Dived the audience throughout the cont, earning enough applause to bring the u(i uuua lw an eiJtuie pnur iu rmire s formance. he Tyme actually was sandwiched betin the main event and the first warm-up, roup of showy women called Vanity 6. s group has a new album entitled, "Nasjirls," and its performance Sunday did shy from that description. anity 6 appeared in provocative body ts and high heels, relating a slinky, Las gas showgirl image. With a purple fishnet ir a pink backdrop, the group proved to a fun opening act, with many of its ices verging on vulgarity. mbles prepare .< 11 " J'J: X J** (I), is one of several university Iling masteryj book review actly what to expect from beginning to d. Vll Steel's novels are the same. Man jets woman. Man and woman fall in love, in loses woman. Man finds woman and jy live happily ever after. The only thing a. l ^ ? / a 9a . _ * u can i De guessea iwmcn maxes u so mguing) is how or when the heroine will id her true love. 'CROSSINGS" * HEROINE is Laine ockett, daughter of a shipping magnate io, at 20, marries an old family friend, Arjnd de Villiera, Ambassador of France, mand was 30 years older than Laine, lich only served to make their love more rbidden and enthralling. On page 36 enters Nick Burnham ? ung, handsome, rich and tied up in a marige that only holds misery. At that exact anient the reader knows Nick and Laine sre meant for each other, but how they'll rive at that blissful end can only be iA/\??A?*Ai4 k?t HAfirlitirf fViA t*Alif fjf fViA K/wUr jvvvciuu ujr i^auiii^ wrc irai vi uic i/uvn., rhe story is set during World War II as line travels back and forth from San Franico, New York and Paris to avoid war-torn irope, which eventually claims the life of r husband, Armand. Steel combines history and culture to eate more than just another romance vel. One feels the pain brought on by the ir. While in San Francisco, the reader can el herself climbing the many hills. In iris, the Champs-Elysees is drawn out for aders like a pictured map. Every last iail In Ctoalo'a to nlnhira rVOtA III UVWXV U WV?FV? IJ/MVIU3 Ml V srfect. 3?t ?? 14 bs with Prin Jmmri Prince performed the title cut from his album on new material Sunday. for busy perform From Staff Reports USC's annual Christmas concert program will begin Dec. 3 when the University Orchestra and University Chorus, under the direction of Robert Jesselson and Arpad Darazs, respectively, perform at 8 p.m. at tl Ashurv Memorial United Methodist Church ei On Dec. 5, the Concert Choir will present a C 7 p.m. concert at St. Andrews Baptist Church, with the performance repeated the n following evening at 7 p.m. at Eastminster c Presbyterian Church. \n Th?!i? Christmas nprfnrmnnrpa nrp nnr. C mally given at First Presbyterian Church, ^ but fire damage to that facility forced ? relocation of the concerts this year, Darazs said. "We are grateful that these churches are going to host us this year," he said. a The featured guest ensemble at these con- ? certs will be the Palmetto Mastersingers, a j! 70-voice male chorus comprised of USC students, faculty and administrators, plus a "excellent singers from the community," Darazs said. f< :iirroorlc anain 1 ^UUUI/I/UU UIJUIBI I IBSuk HftnjHB^K fflHrnHBiP : ' 3^^^SBPw^^3lsSWHMM|afetS!^J^Btt!fcl{aBBlB!jSM!Mrt^^g^ .if, .iS^^B^ElSBmHmSBBBSSwIlllalsgSXSSUBS^^^^' ' # IflS HuBBl^ ^ - - ----- - -K - - " WW ------zr - - - -, '. \ r-- S : -: Ii | | .J'. . " ? pgj ' I- - - - ''7 SiBllS Js''zz 1??? -I; J"fZ C- 7"_" r . - . V - - - 1"^ s3PwaiM88HK3|^HBiBlgBjfjSpBfiW ?. Danielle Steel works her femiliar, successful m\ ice's act "Controversy," but focusod primarily inn coacnn '"3 These concerts' major work will be the tiristmas Cantata. Traditional American id foreign carols will be sung and special rioists will be featured. The Christmas season performances of le university Chorus and Orchestra will nd Dec. 12 at 7 p.m. at Mt. Tabor Lutheran hurch. Along with these Columbia church Derfor lances, the Concert Choir, University horns and other USC musical ensembles rill perform selections at the 10th annual Christmas Music Festival Dec. 7 at Carolina oliseum. The festival will begin at 8 p.m. nd free parking is available in Coliseum >ts. The Concert Choir will also present everai private performances for Columbia rganizations, including the Kiwanis Club which provides an annual scholarship for a FSC choral student), the USC Women's Club nd the Columbia Evening Music Club. For more information on any of the perjrmanccs, call 777-4106. r n latest novel I" ' !'<: - ^^^SSBSSS^Si^^x^c tllll SHra ssi : k' J li - - -" . . . ^-yz.-r::;- - ggp?gi|g5 | ting style throughout her letmt itov*l.