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.entertainmen \A/nvVM <? 1%, IVV Cll II l~U|J Ui By Hiram Brinagar and EiMia Grcanlaaf Spectacular lighting and special effects, beautiful costumes and slick choreography I played a big part in Prince's efforts to outdo one of his warm-up bands during Sunday's concert at Carolina Coliseum. But there were some in the packed coliseum who remained more "in tune" with the enthusiastic performance of The Tyme I than with the showmanship of the headlining act. Prince opened his concert with his funky hit, "Controversy." Surrounded with steam and bright lights, the young singer toyed with his audience through a provocative delivery, looking for reaction - and winning it - as a bright search light scanned the coliomim IOVUAB*. FROM THIS beginning, Prince structured his show around his new hit single, "1999," accenting special effects and lights. The theme was carried with smooth professinnnlicm hut fhrwo in the* onHioiuut uiVin I came to hear recent favorites were in for a let-down. Prince focused strongly on material from his new album, much of it still unfamiliar . "1999" has received a good deal of national radio airplay, but other tunes from the LP have remained obscure to all but the most dedicated fans. Admittedly, Prince's showmanship was as effective as ever. During one slow IIQP miioinal on I? iHiuaiuu^ mi The USC Concert Choir, directed by Arped D ensembles performing this month. I Author's story I By Vichi Jinnatte . Readers will find no deep underlying themes, no twisted plots, no mysteries to solve, no characters to analvze. But in I Danielle Steel's latest novel, "Crossings," they will find a heartwarming drama of love and romance. Steel's fine tradition of romance novels has proven her to be a master storyteller with a flair for warmth and personal courage. Buried in Steel's pages are heroines to whom the reader would like to be compared. Each story has a rich, beautiful young woman who striicrffles with life's nroblems I only to come out more triumphant in the end. The women are all princesses, debutantes, daughters of millionaires, bom with silver spoons in their mouths, crowns on their heads and unselfish love in their hearts. There are i*j rich snobs in Steel's I stories ? just ordinary women like ourselves who we grow to admire. ONE WOULD believe, with characters such as those, that the story would be too unrealistic, so why bother reading it? This is where Steel's art shines. Despite the advantages borne to the i heroines, they ail face problems normal women do in their everyday lives: they lose their husbands to war, their children suffer with handicaps, they are disowned by their families. Steel makes one believe in the heroines. Iuw IS |iui> 1(1 Uicn Dimes mm iwivcu w iwi along with the heroines. But in the end as true love is finally discovered, the reader can rejoice with the heroine as if she had . found her own love. In "Crossings," Steel's typical pattern comes through on the first page. One knows ^ mmmmmBmmmmmmatmmtmmmmmmmammmmmmmmmamm miu uumpeu number, for example, he left the stage only to return rising up in the rear of the stage on a brass bed. Prince's overt sexual connotations were amusing, and he and his band ? 1 11 1? i_l A _ m i ? uupiayeu uieir laienis ior dancing as well as for playing instruments. But by the end of the night, with only one encore, it was apparent that Prince had aliAKA#! fkn 2M mamma ...?4k oiwivu uic opvuii^in ai? uic cjfco ui auiuc wiui the show-stealing members of The Tyme. WITH SONGS such as "Walk Your Body," "Cool" and "777-9311," The Tyme brought the audience to its feet to stay. Against a backdrop suggesting an old house, the group delivered an enthusiastic and "classy" per forma nee. The group offered a solid dance show and involved the audience throughout the concert, earning enough applause to bring the group back for an encore prior to Prince's performance. The Tyme actually was sandwiched between the main event and the first warm-up, a group of showy women called Vanity 6. Thlo Vtr&o n vumit olKnm ''Mao nuo 5tw?|/ xicio a wn aiuuui ^nuvicu^ nao" ty Girls," and its performance Sunday did not shy from that description. Vanity 6 appeared in provocative body suits and high heels, relating a slinky, Las Vegas showgirl image. With a purple fishnet over a pink backdrop, the group proved to be a fun opening act, with many of its dances verging on vulgarity. sembles prepare ) ' I larazs (I), it one of several university telling mastery s book review exactly what to expect from beginning to end. All Steel's novels are the same. Man meets woman. Man and woman fall in love. Man loses woman. Man finds woman and they live happily ever after. The only thing that can't be guessed (which makes it so intriguing) is how or when the heroine will Vin?* 1/vtrA AUIU IICI u lUV^. "CROSSINGS" ' HEROINE is Laine Crockett, daughter of a shipping magnate who, at 20, marries an old family friend, Armand de Villiers, Ambassador of France. Armand was 30 years older than Laine, which only served to make their love more fnrhirirfon and enthralling. On page 36 enters Nick Burnham ? young, handsome, rich and tied up in a marriage that only holds misery. At that exact moment the reader knows Nick and Laine were meant for each other, hut how they'll arrive at that blissful end can only be discovered by reading the rest of the book. The story is set during World War II as Laine travels back and forth from San Francisco, New York and Paris to avoid war-torn Europe, which eventually claims the life of her husband, Armand. Steel combines history and culture to i.. ? il 1, l create mure uian juhi anuuier ruiiutiice novel. One feels the pain brought on by the war. While in San Francisco, the reader can feel herself climbing the many hills. In Paris, the Champe-Elysees is drawn out for readers like a pictured map. Every last detail in Steele's descriptions is picture perfect. 8M "SMfc." PHP 14 js with Prim Prince performed the title cut from his album "C on new material Sunday. for busy performii :rom Staff Reports TY , USC'8 annual Christinas concert program . will begin Dec. 3 when the University Or- , < chestra and University Chorus, under the direction of Robert Jesselson and Arpad T1 Darazs, respectively, perform at 8 p.m. at the Asbury Memorial United Methodist Church. end On Dec. 5. the Concert Choir will present a Chu 7 p.m. concert at St. Andrews Baptist A1 Church, with the performance repeated the mai following evening at 7 p.m. at Eastminster cho Presbyterian Church. . will These Christmas performances are normally given at First Presbyterian Church, but fire damage to that facility forced relocation of the concerts this year, Darazs 8 said. "We are grateful that these churches are going to host us this year," he said. wv< The featured guest ensemble at these concerts will be the Palmetto Mastersingers, a 70-yoice male chorus comprised of USC us: _ a % a m ?i ? ? i a m nnn suiaems, iacuicy ana administrators, plus ? "excellent singers from the community," F Darazs said. forr succeeds again ir . / it-i? fUl I 1' '1 ~ ' i ,'j* v rr ^ ^_'-%x j|" :e's act ontroversy," but focusad primarily ng season lese concerts' major work will be the stmas Cantata. Traditional American foreign carols will be sung and special ists will be featured. le Christmas season performances of university Chorus and Orchestra will Dec. 12 at 7 p.m. at Mt. Tabor Lutheran rch. long with these Columbia church perforlces, the Concert Choir, University rus ana oiner use; musical ensembles perform selections at the 10th annual istmas Music Festival Dec. 7 at Carolina seum. .The festival will begin at 8 p.m. free parking is available in Coliseum tie Concert Choir will also present sral private performances for Columbia anizations, including the Kiwanis Club wii piuviura ati aiuiiuti sciiuuiiwup iur u 1 choral student), the USC Women's Club the Columbia Evening Music Club. or more information on any of the pernances, call 777-4106. i latest novel 9 style throughout her latest ttovd*