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WHAT'SUP Guide to Art
CONCERTS
The Connells and Lotion will per
form on the USC campus at the
Booker T. Washington auditor
on Oct. 24.
Student government presents "A
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Trio Plus at 6 p.m., Oct. 30 in th
Russell House Ballroom. Tick
are free to students with a USC
Call 777-2654.
The Koger Center presents "Se
Garden" Nov. 1-2. Tickets are $
or $18 for adults and $15 for stu
dents.
The Newport Jazz Festival on Tc
will perform jazz from three great
eras, New Orleans, Swing and
Behop Nov. 4 at the Koger Cenl
Tickets are $12 for adults and $S
for students.
Mirror Garden will perform at
Annie's at 10:30 p.m. on Nov. 8.
Admission is $5.
COMEDY
Carrot Top will perform at the
Township Oct. 29.
DANCE
The Columbia City Ballet will present
Dracula?Ballet with a Bite e
the Koger Center on Oct. 28-30.
For more information call Columb
City Ballet at 799-7605.
HALLOWEEN
The Columbia Council Telephone
Pioneers are holding their annual
haunted house, The House on
Horror Hill," located on U.S. 1 jusl
outside Lexington. The haunted
house will be open SundayThursday,
7-10 p.m.; Friday Saturday
7-12 p.m., until Oct. 31.
Admission is $5 per person and
proceeds will benefit Camp
Discovery, Children's Garden and
other charitable organizations.
Spooky Storytelling in Virginia
Hylton Park at Lexington Town
Hall, 7 p.m., Oct. 25. Bring blankets,
lawn chairs and your favorite
refreshments to enjoy storytelling
the entire family.
The Columbia Jaycees present
The Haunting at Rolling K Farms
Hayrides begin at 6:30 until Oct..
31. Admission is $7.50. For mori
information call 755-9048.
Longstreeet Theatre will hold its
second annual sidewalk costume
fundraiser from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.,
Oct. 26-28. The event will feature
thousands of items from the theati
department's costume shop. Cos!
range from 25 cents to $25.
McKiesick Museum's "Goblin
Gala Halloween Costume Party"
features a costume contest with
cash prizes, food, music, dancing
and a cash bar. The party begins I
p.m., Oct. 29, and advance tickets
are $8 for adults and $5 for students.
Call McKissick Museum at
777-7251 to reserve tickets.
LECTURE
Rainforest Conservation and the
Search for New Jungle Medicines
will be presented by Mark Plotkin,
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All programs are paid for, in
part, by student activity fees.
s & Entertainment
author of Tales of a Shaman's
Apprentice," Monday, Nov. 21 at (
p.m. in the USC Law School audil
rium.
ium
International Programs for Studen
presents "Doing International
" Business in South Carolina," with
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guesi speaxer i ony hiorence, 4:3
8 today on the 8th floor of the BA
8 8 building. Reception to follow.
Frederick Suppe will present "The
Structure of a Scientific Paper" at
t p.m. on Oct. 28 in Room 250 in
22 Gambrell Hall.
MOVIES
Nickelodeon Theatre presents "Mi
>ur Vida Loca" as part of Diversity
t Week at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. on Oct
24 and 25. The new film from
ter. Allison Anders is a tale of life in th<
> teenage Latino girl gangs of Los
Angeles Echo Park. A contemporary
"Girls in the Hood."
International Programs for Student
presents "Raise the Red Lantern" t
7:30 p.m., Nov.6 in the Belk
Auditorium.
MUSEUMS /GALLERIES
McKissick Museum
The USC art department faculty
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feature about 40 recent works in a
ja variety of media, including painting
drawings, mixed media, printmaking,
photography, watercolors, jewelry
and sculpture. The exhibit will
i run through Feb. 12,1995.
Columbia Museum of Art
t "Richard Estes: The Complete
Prints" run through Dec. 11. This ii
the first traveling exhibition surveying
the print work of photo-realist
Richard Estes. Admission is free.
OPERA
Opera at USC and the South
Carolina Philharmonic bring "Dido
and Aeneas," the English opera by
Henry Purcell to Drayton Hall, 7:30
p.m. on Nov. 4 and 5, and 3 p.m.
) on Nov. 6. Tickets are $15 and $10
for and seats for students and senior
citizens are $5. For reservations ca
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"Surviving the Odds" on SCETV dis
a cusses what it means to be a black
male today, 10 p.m., Oct. 29.
THEATER
Chapin Community Theatre presents
"Say It Ain't So, Pharaoh!"
All performances are at 8 p.m. and
6 are: Oct. 27-29, November 3-5 and
:s November 10-12.
Benson Theater
The Puppet Regime presents their
production of The Day They Shot
John Lennon" by James McLure.
3 The play opens 8 p.m. Oct. 2729.Tickets
are $3 for students and
$5 for general public. Benson
Theater is located on the comer of
Bull St. and Whaley on the USC
campus.
Drayton Hall
Theatre USC will present "Eastern
Standard" Nov. 17-22.
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mmmtance for disabilities, please
contact the Carolina Program
Union at 777-7130 at least 48
hours prior to the event.
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" Ifs 3:45 on Wednesday. Rehearsal a
doesn't start for another hour, but the
s- band hall is filling up with students tj
grabbing a bite to eat, practicing, chat- a
ting, doing homework or conducting ^
interviews for sorority and fraterni- ^
ty initiations. j?
There is something about this place ^
that is very much alive and energetic? ^
something that draws band mpmhprs
5 here even when they don't have to be. ^
"This is my 31st year as a conductor,
and they keep me young," said
James Copenhaver, Director of University
Bands. "I like these young peo- -g
pie. I respect and value them, and
they know that. The mood here is dif- ^
ferent, because we approach from the ^
standpoint of what we love to do."
The band averages eight hours a week ^
in practice and at games, but mem- ^
' bers say they do not get tired of being .'
together.
"The band is a community in itself,"
said Drum Major Matt McCord. ^
"We do a lot together outside of band. ^
A lot of us are friends for life."
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Sophomore trumpet player Josh
Rudolph met a lot of his friends in m
band. "I was a freshman from out of ^
state and didnt know anyone, but af- ter
that first week, when I walked to p
classes I would see 300 people I knew." '
The comraderie starts with a prac- ,
tice camp the week before classes.
The members of the band, staff and
the auxiliary groups put in 40 hours nc
in the South Carolina August heat j?'
and humidity. They also spend six N
home games together and go on two *
away-game trips.
"We have to live together for an ,
entire season and work for a common 0 c
goal," McCord said.
The band learns and performs a
pre-game show and three different
halftime shows and perform at three
special events. All of this adds up to
aboutl80 hours ? all for a one-hour .
music credit.
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draw. And being a band member
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The students say they love what
ley do. "It's an energetic activity and
good release. It's healthy," Copenaver
said. "Band is" a social educaon.
The students build lasting reitionships,
as is shown by our 150
lumni Band members who still like
) spend time together." I
"I enjoy it more for the people and
le football than for the musical ex- ,.
erience," McCord said.
This emphasis on fun does not conadict
the band's mission. "Our role
to generate spirit and to offer high m
lality entertainment for our audi- 801
ice," said Andrew Gowan, associate J*8
rector of bands.
"The principle role is to support gr
le football team. Think about it, you
ive an automatic 300-person cheer,g
section. And we really motivate
le crowd," Rudolph said. tu
"Last year, the band hall received
?ut five phone calls after each game,
aming the band for the team's loss- ^
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ajor.
The team's performance works th<
ithways. "The football team's per- aVl
rmance affects our morale, too," Mcird
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from television commercials); ha1
e "Largo" from Symphony from a wh
?w World by Dvorak, which is based dif
a lyric folk tune "Going Home;" and lin<
812 Overture" by Tchaikovsky for stu
>sing.
"It's our best show in ten years," cal
cCord said. "You can see it at the an
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Field shows are a complicated phc
acess to produce, the directors said, poi
is particular show requires 38 pages tioi
drill charts to map the movements
the field. Usually each page rep- hai
sents eight counts of music and ed
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range the music, which is usually
imatic, like the cartoon theme show. g).
"A show tries to artistically cap
re the mood and character of the ^
lsic," Gowan said. High points in gg
e music that have tension corre>nd
to angular forms such as a block uj>ving
forward. At release points in ea
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ray from the audience. er
Learning the music, motions and
;n putting it together takes a lot of th
hcation and quick learning. Some- Co
les the band only has three days
learn a new show. . on
"Think about the coordination; you an
/e to remember the music and play as
ile your feet are doing something be
ferent, and you're watching the 0r.
e," said David CfShields, doctoral
[dent and band assistant. of
Copenhaver points out the physi- try
aspects of marching and playing bu
instrument. "It takes endurance, sai
lecially for the ones playing sousa>ne
or drums. They cany about 30 wl
inds. Musicians have to be condi- yei
led like athletes." So
"I don't think people realize how tal
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The weather in South Carolina
oesnt help matters either. The wool
niforms do breathe but are very hot
; is a lot of work, but the fun makes
p for it, members say.
There is a sense of something here
lat is different What is it about the
roup that distinguishes it from oth*s
on campus? "We are like a meltgpot
Other groups on campus have
lecific characteristics of their mem?rs.
We are very open-minded and
icept the differences," Caldwell said.
The band cuts across the whole
liversity. 38 percent of the mem;rs
are music majors. 13 percent are
om the humanities college, 14 per;nt
from science and math college
id the rest are from every other colge.
75 percent are South Carolina
itives.
" It takes a lot of discipline to be a
iccessful musician, and that transrs
to life, to other areas. I mean,
ost of us started in middle school to
t where we are today," McCord said.
The discipline pays off in the repation
the Mighty Sound of the Southst
has earned for itself. Out-of-state
udents cite the program as a prin
aie iacior in cnoosing usu over othschools.
"The reason I came to USC was
e strength of the band," said Mi (heal
>x, a computer science major.
Cox, a former National Champitwirler,
turned down other scholships
to attend USC. "USC is known
having one of the best bands. To
asked to twirl for USC is a big hon"At
this university, we have one
the premier programs in the counr.
We are recognized by other schools,
t people here don't realize that,"
id McCord, a Georgia native.
To the more than 700,000 people
10 will see the band perform this
ar, the title, "Mighty Sound of the
utheast," is not disputed once they
te the field. "I think we get a lot of
snort from th? srtnHont Iwlv " Polrl.
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