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Sitters Dafia and Lilian Garcia add music to divaraa talents. Ttiey will sing with
tha band Mainstraet this waaksnd at tha Centennial Club in Gaston.
Violinist, conductor speak
By AMY MANCHER tion would cost about
P Staff writtr market.
A University 101 class learned about the life Chase said that at
of concert artists Wednesday when a violinist played in the same fas
and a conductor spoke for the class. Before she was 2 yei
Award-winning violinist Stephanie Chase play as both her pan
spoke and played for the class. She was ac- before her. She said sY
companied by Einar Anderson, the conductor imitate the motions sh
of the South Carolina Philharmonic while playing.
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Chase, who won the Bronze Medal at the was a piece by Bach
1982 International Tchaikovsky Competition dancing and entertain
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The violin she plays was made in Venice in said she is only the s?
1742 and belonged to her mother. music, the first being
"They have been taken apart and copied, Anderson has beer
but the quality of the sound is not the same," SCPO for more than t
Chase said. rived in Columbia,
She said only 10 Stradivari violins exist in volunteer music assoc
the entire world, and that one in good condi- fessional group of mu
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Romantic Comedy explores
loves, life of young writer
By MONICA WASHINGTON
Staff writtr
Bernard Slade's Romantic Comedy opened Friday at Workshop
Theatre, combining love, laughter and excitement into a tremendous
comedy.
"If you like to laugh, then you've come to the right place," director
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turns of events in the play. With this cast, take my word for it, it's
funny."
The play reunites actors who performed in Lunch of Our Lives,
Columbia's long-running spoof of soap operas. Jean Caughman, cohost
of WIS-TV's "Carolina Today," debuts.
A three-act play set in New York, Romantic Comedy involves
famous playwright Jason Carmichael, played by Eric Shaw-Quinn,
and his assistant, Phoebe Craddock, played by Beth MeadowsCalvert.
Carmichael and Craddock fall in love, but don't admit their feelings
until 14 years after they meet.
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Saturday October 19 11-6
Russell House Ballroom
USC Campus, Greene St.
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By BRENDA BLYTH
Staff writer
Former Miss South Carolina Dalia Garcia
and her sister Lilian have made their way
from modeling to the music and television
business.
When they aren't studying for classes at
USC, these sisters sing in a local band and
serve as extras for commercials and TV
productions.
Dalia is a junior in graphic design, while
Lilian is a sophomore in media arts. As lead
singers in the six-member band Mainstreet,
the Garcias emphasize the fact that they are
sisters.
"When we were small, we entered every
middle school talent show and played up the
big and little sister bit," Lilian said.
"Onstage, our voices blend real well in harmony
because it is family harmony.
"We've always wanted to be in a band
together. Now we are, and no matter what
happens with Mainstreet, Dalia and I are going
to stick together," Lilian said.
The Mainstreet sound is Top 40 with a
touch of beach and country. The band plays
in the Carolinas and Georgia.
Dalia was the original lead singer for
Mainstreet, but when she was crowned Miss
South Carolina 1984, she had to leave the
band.
Mainstreet then asked Lilian to sing with
them. She was singing in her own band,
Oasis, at the time. After Dalia's reign concluded,
she returned to Mainstreet to join
Lilian.
The band has appeared at Carolina Coliseum,
Mayfest, Autumnfest and the
Township Auditorium during J.B. White's
Seventeen Magazine Fashion Show.
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$1 million on the open He said his main
select the music to
one time violins were selects the musicians
ihion as fiddles. music and conducts I
ars old, Chase began to the final performana
:nts and sisters played
le used Lincoln Logs to He told the class 1
e saw her families make 2,000 symphony orch
time conductor. Whc
ise played for the class in Columbia, there w
originally written for Anderson said.
ment. He said the Philh
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wn composer, Kim. She have included Dizzy
cond person to play his Ferrante and Teichi
ltzhak Penman. Juay couins win De
i the conductor of the February.
hree years. When he arthe
orchestra was a Student subscriptio
:iation; now it's a pro- for individual pe
sicians, Anderson said, available.
Romantic Comedy, Workshop Theatre's !
season, will run through Wednesday. Tickets i
for students. The show begins at 8 p.m.
State bands to compe
in festival at fair
From staff reports
The sound of rolling drums, brass and woa
ping feet will fill Williams-Brice Stadium on
Carolina State Fair Marching Band Festival j
The Carolina bands and the State Fair are
which will feature 24 senior marching bai
throughout the Palmetto State.
The top winner will earn the Governor's Cu
musicianship, rhythm and showmanship.
The State Fair opens this weekend, and th
place from 1-6 p.m.
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The Children's Concert, sponsored by th<
and featuring student singers and dancers, u
Sunday in Fraser Hall.
The theme of the program is "Hold the 1
concept is carried through the concert by inst
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and kelonophone.
Ron Davis, assistant music professor, will i
demonstrate an old-fashioned phonograph t<
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The Garcia sisters have had several individual
triumphs outside the band. Although
they have led separate lives, their accomplishments
have run in similar cycles.
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Shortly after, the Army sent their father, Lt.
Col. Edward Garcia, to Spain for eight years.
While there, the girls sang for church and
school events, as well as for their own
enjoyment.
"Whenever I was depressed, I would go out
into the woods and sing about how I felt,"
Dalia said.
At Irmo High School, Dalia and Lilian participated
in several pageants and musicals.
Both girls were voted "Most Talented
Senior" and were awarded All-State honors
in voice.
Lilian nas sung in many pageants and has
won several state titles, including South
Carolina Teen Miss Cinderella 1983 and Miss
Sportsarama 1984.
After becoming Miss Cinderella, Lilian
went on to represent South Carolina in the international
pageant, where she was voted
Miss Congeniality.
Although she has been avoiding pageants
for a while, Lilian said she plans to follow in
her older sister's footsteps and compete for
the Miss South Carolina crown soon.
Encouraged by her sister, Dalia ran for
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that title, she won the Miss South Carolina
1984 pageant, singing "Don't Cry for Me
Argentina."
"It was through musicals and chorus that I
realized I really wanted to make music more
than a hobby," Dalia said.
During her reign as Miss South Carolina,
Dalia represented the United States as a goodjob
as conductor is to j r
be performed; then he
he wants to perform the T
the rehearsals as well as
:hat not all the nation's
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he applied for the job
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armonic plays classical,
lusic. Previous concerts
Gillespie, Bob McGrath,
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By STEFAKI MORTOW
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If the autumn isi
enough yet, the fir:
in Columbia may b
ine festival, spc
dwind sections and step- the Columbia Muse
i Saturday as the South Columbia Music
gets under way. Association, will b
sponsoring this contest, a-m* t0 dusk Satur
nds from high schools museum grounds.
Chilifest is th
ip for the best display of Southeastern chili
tion. At last year'
e band festival will take ^on 'n Anderson,
was Jack Dunlop, a
resident and active
the Columbia Muse
cert I He brought Chili
uniuia tasi year i
said he makes "th<
' this side of the IV
and wanted to s
hometown favorii
r USC School of Music beat his recipe,
/ill be held at 2:30 p.m. The day's festivil
elude a Chili Co
Phone," and the phone Miss Chili Pepper
ruments including a sax- Hot Sauce contest,
etallophone, vibraphone and craft sale by
smen, a youngster
play the sousaphone and test, a porch sale, 1
) the audience.
ainment duo
will ambassador in Colombia, South
America. She spent a Christmas learning the
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Dalia received the opportunity to sing for
the Hawaiian Tropic International Pageant in
Daytona, Fla, and she hopes to be able to perform
at the international pageant in Hawaii
this winter.
"Right now, our career objectives are to
make the contacts, build a name for ourselves
in the business," Dalia said. "We are taking
this one step at a time. We want to do this
right."
Now they are searching for original music
and trying to beat the competition. "If you
just sit there and copy Madonna, you are going
to be just another band," Dalia said.
While the Garcias' main objective is to
finish their education, they are still taking
steps toward their goals. Every break from
school will find them in New York or
California.
In January, Dalia will be an extra on such
TV shows as "Dallas," "Who's the Boss"
and the daytime soap "The Young and the
Restless."
The Garcia talent stretches beyond performing
and into modeling. Both sisters are
models with the Millie Lewis Agency.
Dalia does the radio jingles and television
spots for the Jewelry Warehouse, and Lilian
has done a commercial for the Courthouse
Racket Club.
Lilian was chosen for the cover of Pi Kappa
Alpha's calendar last year, and Dalia was
recently chosen to represent USC in a calen-1
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Mainstreet will be appearing today and
Saturday at the Centennial Club in Gaston.
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rites the claMical use of violina for a USC claas.
I aHrk flavnr
o competition
and other entertainment.
The Carolina Chili Cookoff
n't "chili" highlights the day, with teams
st Chilifest preparing at least one gallon
e. of chili during an allotted
rnsored by cooking time. Teams of four.
um and the each with a contestant and
Festival three assistants, will be judged
e from 11 for the "true" chili taste,
day on the True chili, as defined by the
International Chili Society, is
ie annual any kind of meat, or combinacompeti
tion of meats, cooked with
s competi- chili peppers and other spices,
the winner Beans and spaghetti are
l Columbia stictly banned as ingredients,
member of Flavor, consistency, texture,
:um. aroma and color will be confest
to Col- sidered in the judging.
jecause he Showmanship will account
e best chili for 50 percent of the team's
lississippi" score. "How they present the
ee if any chili is just as important as
ties could how it tastes," says Pat
Kostelny, public relations
ties will in- organizer for the Columbia
okoff, the Museum.
and Mr. "Anything goes," Kostelny
, a display said. "It should be pretty
area craft- outrageous."
's art con- Admission is $3 for adults
local bands and $1 for students.
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