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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
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day jazz clinic from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Anthony Jacksor
featuring prominent jazz performers performed with B
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John Serry, associate music school nominee, has
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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.
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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
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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.
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1:25 p.m. to 2:10 p.m. ? flute
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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.
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