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Stellar Jazz By JENNIFER JABLONSKI Assistant Copy Desk Chief Every note of the music is a pearl, and if you're not concentrating on sounding every note, you're missing a few pearls. That's the advice jazz composer Bill Holman gave to a student jazz ensemble rehearsing one of his pieces Thursday for the Stellar Jazz Festival VII concert. Even so, it's hard not to miss a fpiu nrvfpc u/hpn nlavincr a Hnlman IV ?T HViVil ?? I ?Vi I O XXV1IIIUII tune. "These are tough charts. Some of the toughest, but some of the best I've played in the four years I've played in this group," said music education senior Tim Deyton, who played trumpet in the concert. World-renowned jazz writer Bill Holman of California was in Columbia last week as the guest artist for the festival, which started Wednesday and ended Friday night at the Koger Center. Friday's concert attracted several hundred people. "Holman's been hired by everyone who's anyone in the jazz world to write for them ? 'The Tonight Show' band, Natalie Cole, Woody Herman and Count Basie are just a -Carolina Cat freshmen for - By STEPHEN BROWN Staff Writer What do you plan to do with your life? For incoming freshmen, questions about the future may create unnecessary stress or terror, but counselors for this summer's Carolina Camp hope to help set the new recruits on a clear and painless course. Carolina Camp is an extended orientation program offered in addition to the one-day program students are expected to attend. From June 23 to 24 trained counselors who are current students will assist the rising freshmen in getting their bearings on a large-scale campus and in making good judgments about career decisions. Amy Prosser, student director for Carolina Camp, said, "We hope to teach students how to incorpo rate classes ana organizations into a secure major. One of our projects is a dream resume in which students will include what they hope to have accomplished during their college years." During a time when career options are very specific, and more students are constantly changing majors, camp counselors hope to impress upon new students the value of choosing a direction. Career tests like the Strong Interest Inventory and the MyersBriggs Type Indicator will be administered to Carolina Camp participants. These tests aid in the career decision process. "We encourage students to seek out career-related experience," Carolina Camp adviser Viki Sox said. "Carolina Camp will be a launching ground for future involvement as we explore the leadership, social, resource and faculty components of the university experience." iT.VA,UlUIIIg IU UIC WlllWC Ul M.U" missions, 25 percent of humanities and 23 percent of science and math freshmen are listed as undecUSC student among the be By GREG RICKABAUGH Carolina! Editor USC alumnus Chris Knetsche is one of the nine best bikers in the state. Thanks to him, though, the other eight are part of his team. Knetsche rounded up the best bikers in the state and has been t:? n.. . WUIHillg W1U1 J1III DU5CI Ul Cycle Center to get sponsorship for the team. "Those nine guys will win at least two or three state championships," Knetsche said. The Cycling Team, made up of a majority of USC students, races all over the Southeast, bringing home top finishes almost every time. Buser, who is team president, said the bikers' team status makes it is easier for them to get sponsors. "What this team has enabled me to do is go out with a resume and get them some sponsorships," Buser said. But the main thing Buser is thinking about is the big Columbia race planned for October of this year. "It's great for Columbia, be : Festival featui few examples," said Bert Ligon, as- not hea: sistant professor of USC's Jazz Stu- growing dies program. Addre young i USC's Jazz Studies director Ro- Holman ger Pemberton, who directs the Left band wi Bank Big Band, divided Holman's Tonight four-day visit as guest artist of the feet the j festival into clinics with student "They jazz performers and writers. band, an Stellar Jazz is a festival put on ^an(^ on once a semester that includes lec- 100 wrence tures and rehearsals for students , , q|U/O and culminates in a concert. This semester it was sponsored by Peck- 1 y nel Music and USC s School or .. ,, . said. Mus,c- Holm; The concert was a combined per- clarineti; formance of USC's Left Bank for the i Group Combo, directed by Ligon, 20-meml and the Left Bank Jazz Ensemble. phones, Holman, 64, said he usually mmm doesn't work with college groups, but he's impressed with how proficient they are on their instruments. "However, I think they're a little weaker on the conception end of jazz, but I think that has a lot to do \ with the fact that jazz isn't Top 40' music anymore and they might mp prepares college life lared majors. Carolina Camp seeks to help lower these rates by helping students make wise choices. The Career Center has selected nine diverse counselors for the camp, and they have completed four sessions of training. "A counselor is basically an RA, a friend, an educator and an example," counselor John Arnold said. "We have studied the Carolina Creed, planned our teachings, learned how to administrate career tests and generated ideas to make the experience fun." Counselors have donated their time to make the transition to the university easier for others. Arnold said, "I enjoyed my experience at Carolina Camp, and I hope to show new students the possibilities available." Students went through two rounds of interviews to be selected for a counselor position. Judging from the large number of applications the Career Center received, the camp staff positions are attaining much popularity. A rhallpnop tr\ thp? Parnlina * ? VIIUIIVU^V tw HIV vui VAJlllU Camp staff has been to not overlap with the programs of Preview Week, orientation and University "We try to take the freshmen to places to which they would not normally have a chance to go," Prosser said. Camp participants will have a tour and eat lunch at the football m stadium, and Athletic Director King Dixon will speak about spirit and the responsibilities of athletes. Also planned for the camp schedule are a dance, a luncheon with a faculty forum and a leadership session. Carolina Camp provides a support network of friends in a re- H laxed atmosphere. Students from out of state gain lasting friendships to smooth the transition to college life. "I'm now best friends with a person I met at camp," Prosser said. bicyclists I ist in state I cause Columbia doesn't have another race," he said. The race is called "The Children's Hospital of Richland Memorial Criterium," and is expected to have a $10,000 purse. The hospital sponsors the team because the members often give safety seminars at the hospital. In addition, the team promotes health and gives seminars to businesses, schools and other hospitals around Columbia. The site for the race has not been decided, but Buser said he expects more than 200 riders to participate. The Cycling Team started competition last week as the racing season opened. They plan to compete in about 50 races throughout the summer. The team is known for placing in the top positions in most of the H races it enters. In fact, Knetsche said the team has a resume three pages long and growing. Besides Knetsche, the team includes Bill Dominici, Rob Reed, Jeff Corbett, Jason Selong, Andre Mesa, Tom Falter, Spencer Leuders and Allen Pritchard. ^ *es famed < r it as much as we did wit up," Holman said, ssing a jazz band many >eople are familiar with, bai said the fact that a smaller ^n< 11 soon be replacing The san Show's' big band won't af- wr azz field much. 're mostly a commercial d the idea of having a big ran a T.V. show hasn't been ^ liar overall except for La- in? Welk or something. Jazz P?s lys been a music for a mi- run id as long as there is an au- w^' t will slay alive, Holman ao I: in, a tenor saxophonist and conr >t, said he prefers writing medium of big band ? a P a^ ber group with five saxo- ^ N trumpets and trombones cerr I It's quicker th< them to c< mmw I We In I RHOOi J roe cash composer MM h a rhythm section. _igon described Holman's big- I id writing as "lots of unison I js ? all 15 horns playing the I rie lines at the same time ? and I itten-out lines that sound like I provisation." dolman, who was votea best Ar- m ger in the 1989 Jazz Times I iders' Poll, said sometimes com- I up with a title for a jazz com- I itition can be difficult. "I keep a I ning list of good possibilities I 1 me a lot and jot down names I think of them," he said. [olman cited the title of the iposition 'Ready Mix,' which Left Bank Jazz Ensemble 'ed Friday night, as an ekample. j vas inspired by a logo on a |pF lent-pouring truck, Holman said. j ? 11 BONUS CREDIT for $10 ir /:/? V 3n you think! After you've finis 3sh and make more books av< LYOUR ly all books with cum Spend Bonus on iny Merchandise ii 601 Main Street 803 25( M K JSBPS !> PpHHI flj i textbooks sold) V .4S\ V \ A '$0* ihed your textbooks, < citable for other stude BOOM Miit market vain Bucks i our Store! i-6666 k >, Stellar Ki Jazz Festival I VII features I composiI tions by Bill I Holman. I I I I c :onvert (nts. is I m s^ Ss 11