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By MELINDA WALDROP E
Staff Writer
The South Carolina State Hi
Museum kicked off its first Singles 8^
Fair Sunday with a great deal of *n
help from Wanda Hite.
Hite, a USC graduate, was tout- mj
ing her new magazine, Junction, at Hi
the fair. Along with her co-creator, 42
Karen Wooten, Hite formulated P?
Junction to appeal to an often-overlooked
market: singles. *ss
"Singles are always saying, W
'What's out there?"' Hite said. Si)
"Our purpose is to provide the 311
reader with information."
She shared this goal with the Pa
organizations at the fair, which was
co-sponsored by the magazine and a(*
radio station Kicks 96. es
Other singles-oriented groups str
included Connections, a dating service,
and an exhibition of karate
and self-defense techniques. But Hi
the Junction booth was a star
attraction. 18I
Hite said the magazine is er
arranged on a "coffee table type for- Jli
mat" and is designed with discriminating
singles in mind. Its many fea- sh
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By STEPHEN BROWN Tc
Staff Writer ne
The touring musical "Buddy:
The Buddy Holly Story" will make
a stop at the Koger Center O
Tuesday, Nov. 10 at 7:30 p.m. ca
Direct from Broadway, "Buddy" SUl
is a musical celebrating the songs
that fueled rock legend Holly's 9
rocket-like rise to stardom until the Ju:
tragic plane crash that took his life.
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experience the music of the
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te said, adding that she felt sin- a
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nority, when we're actually not," s
te said. She also said more than u
: percent of South Carolina's
pulation is single. ^
The magazine addresses this s
;ue with articles like "If I'm So s
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ngle?" It also deals with insurce
needs of single people and the /
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rents. t;
Junction also features classified
vertising for singles and publish- t<
lists of events for singles. Hite h
esses, however, that this is not n
j main focus of the magazine. r
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te said.
Hite said a frustration at being e
lored in the media and her moth- tl
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e said. "Finally, there's some- f
ing out there that's tasteful for s
lgle men and women."
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xt stop promises to raise the roof
Columbia's Koger Center. t
In a recent phone interview, Jim (
Connell, the production's musi- d
1 director, explained the play's c
ccess. I
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Connell said. "None of the songs tJ
it happen in this musical. The ii
ay is about musicians, and the 1
asic is part of their way of life."
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Hite traveled a long road to
orrive at this point in her career.
^.fter graduating USC in 1982 with
n English degree, she went on to
tudy playwriting in graduate
chool. She also served as the gradlate
assistant to The Gamecock.
From there she went to New
'ork, where she wrote scripts for
oap operas. She describes televiion
writing as "unstable" and
ventually had to take a break.
Junction was first attempted in
Austin, Texas, where Hite learned
he business through many misakes.
Hite said she had always planned
o return to Columbia, where she |
as college ties and where her busiiess
partner lives. She said she has
eceived a lot of support from the
rea.
Hite said the magazine has sevral
staff members, but emphasizes 1
hat she is always on the lookout ?
or local writers, artists, and pho- 1
ographers. Anyone with an idea 1
or an article or even a good recipe
or one should write or call, she R
aid.
Junction's premiere issue will hit
lewsstands in 10-14 days in 11
.exington, Richland, and Aiken
ounties. J2
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rom the Broadway version make hi
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xtures of drum, bass, and electric
jitar sounds.
"We're getting spoiled," he said
the standing ovations the show '
is been receiving. "The response
is been continually positive."
Some of the big production num;rs
include "Oh Boy," "Peggy
ue," and "It Doesn't Matter
nymore." 1
The second half of the show is a ]
-creation of the final concert the 1
ght before Holly 30. I
O'Connell attribfrtes a recent
isurgence in the popularity of '
uddy Holly music to the success :
the Broadway musical and its 1
ibsequent tour.
"Buddy" is brought to Columbia 1
curtesy of Carolina Program ]
nion's Cultural Arts Committee, i
id it is the second program of !
eir cultural series. <
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By JENNIFER JABLONSKI
Staff Writer
The director of USC's
Symphonic Band said his ensemble
will perform a modern masterpiece
tonight in a concert starting at 7:30
in the Koger Center.
Paul Hindemith's composition,
"Symphony in B-Flat," is a "landmark
work in band literature and a
masterpiece of compositional technique,"
James K. Copenhaver,
director of bands, said.
The piece is challenging for the
ensemble because every player has
a extremely demanding part,
Copenhaver said.
Hindemith, who lived from 1895
to 1963, wrote the neoclassical
piece in the early '50s at the
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conductors asked highly respected
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establish the band as a legitimate
medium for serious music in the
'50s, Copenhaver said. Other wellIcnown
composers such as Morton
3ould and Vincent Persichetti
wrote major band works during this
ime.
"This piece requires constant
concentration. It's so intricate that
you have to concentrate as much
when you don't play as when you
lo to make sure all your entrances
tre correct," music education
;ophomore Chris Jankus, a trumpet
slayer in the ensemble, said.
The Symphonic Band will open
ts performance with a transcription
)f Hindemith's "March from
symphonic Metamorphosis of
fhemes by Carl Maria von Weber."
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The band, which Copenhaver'
said has been called one of the best
, in the southeast and even the
nation, will also perform three
movements from Robert Russell
) Bennett's "Suite of Old American
Dances."
The Concert Band, conducted by
Andrew Gowan, will perform "a
t varied program with both traditional
and contemporary sounds" during
the first portion of the concert,
Gowan said.
The Conceit Band "frequently
includes some of the^ounger musicians
and highly talented freshman
in the program," he said.
The central work of this ensem
ble's program is "Fantasies on a
Theme by Haydn" by Norman
Dello Joio, Gowan said. Dello Joio,
who worked as a student with
Hindemith at Yale University,
wrote that the piece was his
"homage to a composer who will
always remain contemporary."
The Concert Band also will perform
a movement from a modern
piece "with a fairly bizarre section"
that is characterized by passages
that sound out of key and out of
time, Gowan said.
The work, "Symphony for Winds
and Percussion," is difficult to play
"because of all the time changes
and things that sound like they're
wrong even though they aren't,"
music junior Angela Wright, a clarinetist
in the band, said.
Gowan, associate director of
bands, will also conduct the group's
performance of "Two Grainger
Melodies" and "Signature."
The concert is free and open to
the public.
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