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Goodwill Mis By SCOTT PRUDEN Staff writer Having spent most of the weekend doing things like car washing, attending a sorority band party and shopping at K-mart, I had had about as much Americana in one threeday period as one man can stand. Luckily ? thanks to my WjkrfFwfrp^ <v.. ^^?3 ^ * flHHHRHHHHHHr 'k* *P* *? v**## >^ A member of the Chinese Youth Goodwill Mission Jazz 'stellar sic From staff reports p.m. in the Colle Musicians will gather for jazz and ministration's 1 jam sessions today at USC. Featured will The USC Jazz and Media Music sidemen" who ha Stellar Sidemen festival offers an all- greats and orch< day jazz clinic from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Anthony Jacksor featuring prominent jazz performers performed with B from New York and Los Angeles. All Jackson and C sessions are free and open to the Houghton of Lo public. drummer to W< "We're expecting to attract quite a Freddie Hubbarc few people who want to jam," said flutist Steve Ki John Serry, associate music school nominee, has professor and accomplished pianist Chicago Symphc and percussionist. Serry, who has Corea. been a pianist with Doc Severinson, is new to tne music scnooi ana nas mc iwu-nuui *. two Grammy award nominations. performances by A jazz concert will be held at 7:30 Media Music I MINIMUM $20 Pi With EVERY donation. Plasma Blood. Programs avail for all bloo< simple blood test is all that is neec if you qualify. Special bonus pr< students. i^v-\ Serologicals 2719 Middleburg Dr. Serologicals Columbia, S.C. 2 254-6531 STUDENT F00TBAL1 TICKET LOTTERY FOR CLEMSON QAMl NOT. 19, 1988 The STUDENT GOVERNMENT will h. in the Russell House Lobby 9 AM - 5 PM Wed. & Thurs. Oct, 9 AM - 3 PM Friday Oct. All University fee-paying student mit computer scan sheet to be Students who register more than c disqualified. A list will be posted of the studen be receiving the opportunity to by 3:00 PM Tuesday,Oct 25 in t Government window and variou: halls. Tickets will be sold ONLY to tho: students on Thursday Oct. 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM in the lobby in House. Students must present validated submitting scan sheet and when tickets. There will be no advantage to early. TICKETS WILL COST $20.00 CAi sion performei IlILlCpiU CUilUI 1 WdJ piUVlUCU Willi 5UiilC WClCUiiiC relief from the joys of the American Way in the form of the Chinese Youth Goodwill Mission's An Adventure in Chinese Songs and Dances. The group performed Sunday at the Booker T. Washington Center. I must admit, when I received the call asking me to do : * |p** % m r ~~ yxl|a JF HF wM ^^'h-w? r f'u (,j..uI,ha iemen' gonna ja :ge of Business Ad- members, the Progressive Jazz and Belk Auditorium. Fusion Ensemble of advanced music be three "stellar students and USC's Left Bank Big tve played with jazz Band. ;stras. Bass player Tickets are $7 for the public, $3 for 1 of New York has students. Sponsors include USC, iuddy Rich, Michael Yamaha Instruments and Pecknell hick Corea; Steve Music. s Angeles has been The jazz clinic offers the following Dody Herman and sessions: 1; and Los Angeles 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. ? open ujala, a Grammy rehearsal in the band annex on South worked with the, # Main Street. Performing will be USC 3ny Orchestra ancl * professors Roger Pemberton, Dick ^ Goodwin, Doug Graham, Jim Hall, Jon Schwabe and Serry. oncert also includes 10:15 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. ? Carolina's Jazz and bass clinic with Jackson in the band sextet of faculty annex. Affx I YOU'VE TRIED THE REST AID ^ & Whole j types. A If [4 Jed to see || Lv ogram for SPORTSW T-smns i. Inc. CaPs FREE ON Suite 105 Jackets AND DEI 9204 ? SAY YOU SAW THIS AD AND l inn n/i/in H /ao-jHHj i I INTERESTED IN j?'SEN! nve a table I Don,t forSet to si?n for 1 ) below. Sign up is in the l Floor, H. William Close 19, 20 I Thursday, October 13. 21 f AC s may sub- J BARNETT processed. \ CHARLESTON N/> >nce will be \ FOXM< ( J.W. HUNT AN / LAKESIDE PHAR its who will \ MACKTRUl buy tickets C MADDUX SUPP he Student f MAULDIN & s residence ) METROPOLITAN LI I NAVAL SURFACE W \ NC^ se selected / NORTHWESTE 27 from ) ONEITA INC the Russell 1 PEACE C \ PIRELLI CABLE ( LD. when ( PYA^ picking up ( STONE & WEBSTE ) U.S. GENERAL ACC registering { WALLACE COMPl >H ONLY s put on imp this piece, I was dubious. However, when I saw the literature that I was supposed to use in compiling this article, I was floored. This wasn't a bunch of kids who got together and said, "Hey, let's put on a show." Far from it. Sixteen students ? eight boys and eight girls ? make up the performing group of the mission, with two directors and a stage manager rounding out the group. The students are picked from 152 universities and colleges in Taiwan and must endure an intense selection period which involves both live auditions and tests of their English speaking ability. After the students are selected, they are subjected to a week of training at 12 to 14 hours per day. At this point in the literature, I was beginning to get tired myself. But I read on. After the first week, half of the candidates drop out, and the rest go on for even more training and evaluation. Finally, after two months, the group is whittled down to 50 students who become members of the mission. The paraphernalia fell from my hand. I was exhausted. I came to the conclusion that if I didn't attend this show, I wouldn't be able to live with the guilt of knowing how hard these kids had worked and then denying them a journalistic presence, and so I slipped into my reporter clothes and made my way to Booker T. Not surprisingly, the audience consisted mostly of Chinese- and Taiwanese-Columbians, but there was a healthy sprinkling of just about every other type of folk as well, speaking a wide variety of languages. Sort of like a Tower of Babel reunion party, I thought. It was enough to make a Mr. Suburbia like myself feel like Mr. International. But now about the program itself. Elaborate costumes and intricate choreography were the order of the day as the members of the mission took the stage beneath a long Chinese dragon. Appropriately titled, "The Dragon Dance" began the first half, called "A Mysterious v^iiiua, wmen itaiuitu stvciai vanaiiuua wii aiiva aua^iations of Chinese history and folklore. The most spectacular of these were "The Ancient Battle," which featured complex dancing along with some honest-togoodness swordwork, and "Wang Chao-chun's Journey into the Barbarous Land," which was adapted from the Peking Opera. m today 11:20 a.m. to 12:10 p.m.?jazz piano clinic led by Serry in the band hall on South Main Street. 1:25 p.m. to 2:10 p.m. ? flute master class with Kujala in Fraser / Hall. (/ { 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. ? drum percussion clinic led by Houghton in mme? the band hall. 3:35 p.m. to 4:40 p.m. ? yvrg'1 Yamaha WX7 woodwind controller /&\\ clinic with Kujala and sax sectional ^ |L?? clinic with Pemberton in the band annex. \1A 4:10 p.m. to 6:10 p.m. ? open |ljl rehearsal and artist quartet with Ku- lyt jala, Jackson, Houghton and Serry. | For more information call Serry at JltX 777-6565 or 777-4280. NOW TRY THE BEST! I JMM m_ : fl EAR, INC. J O Team sporls ? q~~" PUS PICKUP 6#" 8ll'r,s JVERY J PAY NO SCREEN CHARGES! Llral, ?ne 108 Latonea [ ' WORKING FOR THE GAMEC' ORS!?J bhe organizations listed # Placement Office, 6th S L ! Building, deadline is ( lA/\ BANKS ) iVAL SHIPYARD \ DOR ( ^ D COMPANY / MACEUTICALS ) t DKS, INC. \ n LY COMPANY ( J JENKINS / FE & AFFILIATES J EAPONS CENTER \ 1 JB IT :RN MUTUAL ( )USTRIES ) }ORPS ) Ti CORPORATION ( 1 MRCH ( SHACK ) t R ENGINEERING ) * OUNTING OFFICE ( ? JTER SERVICES ( ^ Lid ressive show Show Review | - After the first few segments, I had to remind myself that there were only 16 people in this show, because they were accomplishing costume and ? beyond my comprehension ? makeup changes faster than I had thought possible. Next were I he Court Dances ot the iang Dynasty, which featured the young ladies of the troupe performing such dances as the Capacious-sleeve dance and the Longsleeve dance. These were quite graceful and lovely. Don't take the name for granted, either. Those sleeves were at least 10 feet long from the shoulder. The court dances were followed by "The Golden Pasture," which presented some of the traditional dances and songs of Mongolia, as well as a beautiful romantic piece called "The Courting Swallows." After a 15-minute intermission, the program continued with "Folk Melodies," which actually succeeded in topping the first half of the show. The second segment of this half featured an amazing Kung-fu exhibition, involving some rather tense moments for the audience as the students slashed and jabbed at each other with various nasty-looking weapons. Only once during the whole evening was I struck by a sense of corniness. "The Cozy Island" was intended to "present a lovely picture of Taiwan's rural life," but ended up as a sort of Chinese Oklahoma. It succeeded only in proving that people in other countries make their rural in- < habitants look just as goofy as we do here in the States. Finally, "The Love Songs of the Yunnan Province" provided a lovely end to a culturally enriching evening. This segment featured four love songs strung together with a loose plot of conflicting love interests between four "lads and lasses of the Yunnan Province," and managed to be romantic and funny at the same time. Needless to say, I was quite impressed. When I spoke to one of the students afterwards, she told me about their busy schedule, which usually involved only three days in each city, with a total of 25 stops during the course of the two month tour. With that, my respect for the members of the Chinese Youth Goodwill Mission increased tenfold. Corner of Assembly & Whaley 252-0005 0 a small 2 topping pizza # and 1 large coke. Only $2.00 Explr? 103188 J OCK? Call 777-7726 Z~h I ^NK \w 1 J fou're Invited o a Birthday Bash! [hursday, October 13 laker Street Salad laked Potato w/ Two Todduics JL JL ?-/ iled. Beverage AND 5irthday Cake >3.65 merstreet