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Symphony performs c By DONNIE CORNELL Staff writer Two student conductors took their turns at the podium before the USC Symphony Orchestra Tuesday night at the Township Auditorium. The USC school of music presented the performance, which included pieces by Weber, Mozart, Wagner, Mendelssohn, Donizetti and Tschaikovsky, under student conductors David Rudge and Rin Jong Yang and symphony director Donald Portnoy. Rudge, in pursuit of his music degree, conducted the symphony on Weber's "Oberoo" overture. The piece was bright, with prominent parts for clarinet and french horn. Clarinetist David Gresham and French horn player Sylvie Anglin received special recognition for their contributions to the piece. USC pianist Hyangmin Soh was in the spotlight on Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 21. Backed up by a select Christmasfill weeken By SUSAN NESBITT and TOMMY JOYNER Features editors Did you ever think about the fact that in "The Twelve Days of Christmas" six of the gifts are birds? And thflt all tr?M cnH nn hpino ? ...?v Vi.VIV WAV 12 partridges in pear trees, 22 turtle doves, 30 French hens, 36 calling birds and 42 each of geese-a-laying and swans-a-swimming? Yes, it's that time, boys and girls, and there are Christmas events galore and so much more for you to do this weekend. Listen up, folks, this one's free! The sounds of Christmas will fill the coliseum today at the annual USC Christmas Music Festival. The 8 p.m. performance will feature the Symphony Orchestra, the Concert Choir, the Left Bank Jazz Band and Carolina Alive, as well as the Carolina Ballet and Palmetto Mastersingers. Also today, Current Address, a new fusion-rock band, is making its debut at 7:30 p.m. at the Irmo High School Drama Lab. The band is fronted by local wiz guitar teacher Tom Carson. Tickets are $3 at the door. The S.C. Philharmonic Brass ( Si lTbi Tickets will he snlrl 1. Russell 2. Tickets in 1 Al Cotton GEORGIf uo Atlanta, I with the Chai Lii will be on sale Special Pri orchestra it Township | Review j portion of the orchestra, Soh displayed her talents to a respectably. large audience. Another student conductor, Rin Jong Yang, conducted the Prelude to "Die Meistersinger" by Wagner. The brass and percussion gave this piece much energy. Other highlights were soprano Ronda Paoletti's performance of a piece from Donizetti's Italian comic opera Don Pasquale and the symphony's performance of Tchaikovsky's famous 1812 Overture, under conductor Donald Portnoy and with the accompaniment of the USC Philharmonic Chorus. Those who haven't seen the USC Symphony Orchestra perform will have the opportunity to do so on Feb. 24 and April 22 at the Koger Center. type events d calendar Features*?!! Weekend Quintet will be in Five Points tomorrow hoping you'll come and "Get Comfortable With The Classics." 1 They're ringing in the Christmas shopping season from 2:30 p.m. to ( 3:30 p.m. on the grass triangle at the ' north end of Saluda Stieet. If you want a chair, you gotta bring your own. * Later Saturday, the Columbia 1 Youth Orchestra performs at the < USC school of music's Fraser Hall. The 5 p.m. concert will be the group's first of the season. It's free ' and open to the public. Along with < the full Youth Orchestra will be performing the advanced Sinfonia and the String Ensemble. * More music! The University c Women's Chorus, the Philharmonic A Chorus, the Concert Choir and the USC Chamber Orchestra will perform "Bach Magnificat" by J. S. Bach, "The Ceremony of Carols" by I Benjamin Britton and "Missa Brevis in C" by Mozart. First Presbyterian I Church is the place; 7 p.m. the time; . I Again, the event is free. JTUDENT TICKETS ERTY BOWL 198 >C VS INDIANA ae fnllninic nn \A/oHnocrlo House Lobby 9AM - 4PM will cost $25.00 each, C Game will be played December 28, 1988 the Liberty Bowl Stadium 8:00 PM EST. n Added Attraction: Bowl Basketball Cla \ vs PRINCETON 7:C IC vs Lasalle 9:1 Georgia December mpionship Game on Decei mited number of tickets in Russell House Lobby Dt from 9AM - 4PM ce for Students $4.00 Ea Town Theatre's 495th pr 'B ad Year for To By SUSAN NESBITT Features editor They put me on hold. It didn't faze me, because I wasn't expecting things to go well with this call. I was trying to get tickets on the day of the performance, having only figured out Monday night when, in the week before finals, I could take time out for a night at the theatre. I called when the box office opened Tuesday and was greeted with a cheery "Hold, please." As I "held," I had visions of an evening spent standing in the rear of Town Theatre straining to see and hear the second show of the season. A Bad Year for Tomatoes. That's what I get for calling at the last minute, I told myself. But I was resigned to it. When at last it was my turn to talk to the friendly box office lady, 1 explained who I was and that I had a press pass for two tickets and sheepishly asked if any remained for the 8 p.m. show. "Oh, yes," she said, "in fact we just had a cancellation in the second row. Will that do?" What a nice lady. What a pleasant surprise. The next obstacle was the play itself. Let me admit that I read the review in The State, which was, for the most part, less than flattering. My previous good experiences with Town Theatre dispelled my negativity a bit, but still I wasn't sure what I was in for. What a bad attitude. What a pleasant surprise. A Bad Year for Tomatoes is a good play. Capably directed by Emmalee Robbins, the John Patrick comedy kept the audience laughing the whole time. Tomatoes follows the misfortunes of famous television actress Myra Marlowe, who seeks to "get away from it all" in New England's lovely Beaver Haven. Marlowe is determined to spend a year away from the public eye writing her memoirs. She resists her agent's offer of a new series and settles into a neat little house (set design by Technical Director Patrick Faulds) decorated in "early Sears Roebuck." Armed with a tape recorder, she's ready to turn out her masterpiece. But you know how it is in small towns; she just :an't seem to get the neighbors to leave her alone, and she can't get any work done. What to do? Ever theatrical, Myra ? known as Myrtle Dyrtle around Beaver Haven ? invents land acts as, when need be) her own homicidal mad sister living in the attic to scare them all away. Leah McNeely as Marlowe didn't quite seem to lave command of her numerous lines, occasionaly stumbling a bit. But she was firmly in control af her character. As Marlowe/Dyrtle she's good, aut her "Myrtle" just can't compare to her 'Sister Sadie." Myrtle's twin was thrown from a torse at age 10 ? landed on her head, the poor lear ? and hasn't been the same since. When /isitors have outstayed their welcome, Sis Sadie INTERESTED astqft /srf 8lHsbfJ?8 "{n?(/ to :> ; - v: ??? i8 |;: \ y December 7th. jf! ? ^ ash Only. ? V* T ssic f )0 PM | 5 PM I b I 28th 1 mber 29th $ f I UI I B( scember 7th 0* g "You ch Day v ^ oduction m/4<kAil' aII AMAHMjI . uiaiuGS aii"aiwunu I ^ ^ calls from upstairs and threatens to ? no, can't w give it away. And when she does appear, it's ? th I'm doing it again. You've got to see for yourself. in August Krickel plays Myra's agent Tom Lamont. The guy looks like an agent. He does a fine m job. yc Three very colorful women of Beaver Haven are portrayed hilariously by Bradelynn Boyce p. Helps (Cora Gump), Juanita Glass (Reba Harper) Ti and Lisa Riddle (Willa Mae Wilcox), and the al< small-town sheriff is played to the hilt by Steve Sn Erikson. ca But the real star is Bill Canaday, who delights sti the audience with his "Piney." Piney is the local wood-chopper/hog-slaughterer/manureshoveler/and more. Of all Myrtle's "guests," he f 1 IN WORKING FOR THE GAI Call 777-7726 ';j&. ?0 HAP1 II *j^KJV % UNIVERSITY RUSSELL The University Booksl JNIVERSITY CO APPRECIATIC December 5th - 8:30 a The Bookstore will he or>pn Mnnrlav V. or University Community Appreciatior ALL CLOTHING, GIFTS, and SOCL ?e 20% off the ticketed price for this or e automatically discounted at the cash JSC 1 r~ DIVERSITY 7 30KST0RE / ir Partner In Education" I pleasant surprise the most difficult to get rid of. The production rnefits from that fact; I even wished he'd had ore time on stage. In a show-stealing scene, he kes it on himself to crack some of the hickory its he's brought to Myrtle. He begins the job ? ith his teeth. And it only gets better. Canaday as e town character ? and in this town, that's sayg a lot ? is utterly charming. Director Robbins has a flair for detail, and her any "little extras" truly make the show. Keep >ur eyes and ears open; it's a treat. A Bad Year for Tomatoes continues with 8 m. performances today and Saturday, and resday through Saturday of next week. There is >o a 3 p.m. matinee Sunday at Town Theatre on tmter Street, within easy walking distance of mpus. Tickets are $8 for adults and $5 for idents. For reservations, call 799-2510. VIECOCK? . ' 3Y HOLIDAYS g X T yA X T TPV T>T\ TT^ T*V *-? tw YUUK fKlbJNDS ? I A.T | BOOKSTORE | HOUSE 1 :ore presents " ? MMUNITY I )N DAY I rr aa m - /:uu pm &December 5th, until 7 pm |? t Day. S \L EXPRESSIONS will j| le day only. Prices will m registers. g: %<3?=4r<^^