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4 'Elijah' hits all CHUCK GRIFFITH Staff Writer Tha USC Symphony Orchestra and four world-class soloists performed "Elijah" by Felix Mendelssohn, undei the direction of Donald Portnoy at the Roger Center foi the Arts Tuesday. Soloists included Ann Benson, soprano; Sandra Walkck-v mfl77n_ennt?onn' Malx/irt fonnr Cinrl Wllllfim HB L ) SONTHEIRCWAYTOTHE If you didn't sign up for ROTC as By the time yo a freshman or sophomore, you can college, you'll still catch up to your classmates by an Army o attending Army ROTC Camp Chal- rt the self-coi lenge, a paid six-week summer I jjT'n it takes to course in leadership training. beyond. ABMYROTC THE SMARTEST COLLEGE COURSE TOUCAN TAKE. Find out more, contact Capt. Joh Military Science Bldg. 777-3 ; MOr 1 Jr. ?1 ^ :Si&: ::5:S:$ S&S: &j& :*5*:" ?:?3?^ w ii-Si# S*:^^S:::<^:::::::::::::;:;:::::::: ... : ; : ::::: w Sf The Sprin vour old I | Citibank V< \thursi v^apl ^1 j ixiCLiiU'Ov^i anuj iuwirxix x/x vmxxj vwxv/x wnu ? ? im Parcher, baritone. "Elijah" was first performed by Mendelssohn in Jum 1845. The piece demands an orchestra of 125 and a mono lithic chorus of 270. The piece is primarily based on the Lutheran Bible and I Kings chapters 17 and 18. The music begins wit! Elijah, the prophet, asking the Lord what is to become of his land. The triumphant voice of Benson is breath taking anc pleasant as the audience hears the wide range of artis tic talent she delivers. Walker's voice is desirable ever as she seems to hold herself back in a reserved tone Parcher begins pleasantly but then turns sour withir RESERVE OFFICERS' TRAIN 1 Mt ^ > i Tf :Sr t^H^K rj lt s<S The Gamecock ^ the high notes the first 15 minutes. Brown, however, is easy to listen to j and enjoy. The beauty and grace of the music was han. died well by Brown's Metropolitan Operatic training. The USC Choir is to be commended for their excellence in leading the ear to listen and savor each word of music. t Oratorios generally tend to drag at the beginning as they become long and drawn out, but this was not the > case with "Elijah." The orchestra's violins present them selves with startling execution. The low brass do a mystifying job of not overbearing the stage, and they hold ; their dynamic levels just right, j Portno/s conducting is exuberant and filled with a ; fiery compassion for his art. The composition is incredible overall but lacks the [ delivery. The end left me with a remarkable feeling of . joy and fear at the same time, j Although there are no more "Elijah" nights of production, the performance can be caught again state-wide j in South Carolina, April 16 on SCETV at 7:30 p.m. m corps Dinner & Progran Wednesday Bible iring Dree ig Break On-Campus Toi bathing suit and join us? jlcro Olympics, Sprint A crazy main stage ever! JAY & l-HIUAY/ % 13 & 14 / % 7 CITIBAN<G u J ^ * MasterCard& Viset lildU ^:i\8ilS5is <^V I \*-* 1 A * Dinner and program mhi m "The Suffering of Jesu LUPlib Wednesday at 5 30 pi > ipnn Maundy Thursday Wors i 1111% 12:00 noon a have graduated from G?Od FlMW WorShi| have the credentials of 12:00 noon fficer. You'll also have Worship & Dinner Sunday 5:I lfidence and discipline Partnership Among Lutherans & Me succeed in college and 728 PickenS Street ? 7991610 Greene Street 799-! ETC " Wednesday, April 12, 1 Uncle Mingo: BEN PILLOW Asst. Features Editor From high school keg parties in th woods to performances all over the Soutl east, Uncle Mingo has branched into or of the most popular bands to come out i Charleston. Tonight, the foursome will play at th Elbow Room in Five Points for the thii time, taking a break from the place whet the band got its first major gig, Rocki fellas'. "We were accepted in Columbia moi than in Charleston at first," lead guitari: Scott Quattlebaum said. "Rockefella gave us our first big break before we trie to branch out of South Carolina." Quattlebaum, also known as Mooki put the band together with Bryon "Mi Moore on bass and Robert "Fatty" Thoi on drums, before adding Jason "the arti formerly known as Booty" Moore (no r Chaplains Corner 1 I Heart to Heart |-.m "What is the New Age" r Special Guest: Todd Nelson Thursday April 13,1995 7:00| 111 BAPTIST ier TOT STUDENT St* M UNION 700 Pickens Street * 799-38. Canterbury sfry C OMMUNI : The Episcopal Church is" on Campus x\ MONDAY NIGHT thjp Bible Study at 6pm 1115 Marion Street 3 (2 blks. N.'of Horseshoe) 771-7800 JO pm Rev. Rich Biega, Chaplair thodists The Episcopal Church 7363 Welcomes You. St. Thomas More Catholic Centei ass Sunday 11am, 6 pm; Mon.-Thurs. 12:15 Confession Sat. 2-3 pm or by appt. Newman Club Evening Prayer - 6:45pm Meetings: Tues. 7 pm Rev. Michael F. McCafferty, Chaplain 5870 (across from the School of Nurs 1 j 1? mm :%x |\V* H un-i 995 jp is starting to I For two days of I hi Volleyball, sum* ts and tons of f? ' 1 RUSSELL HI *1EVENT R emoiseBe Hi .995 heavy on fun, 11 lation to Bryon) on saxophone and keyboards a year after Uncle Mingo's cone ception. Quattlebaum said the band took its ^ name from an elderly man who once enlisted the help of Thorn's grandfather. "There's this former slave outside of 16 i(j Darlington who is pretty famous," Quattlebaum said. "Our drummer's grandfae ther helped him out one time, and we needed a name and took it." Once described as "four white boys on malt liquor" and "the Red Hot Chili Pep Sl, pers with a dash of Grateful Dead," Un, cle Mingo had its first big release in 1993 with "Fatty Mookie Mo' Booty," the title coming from a compilation of the band members' nicknames. The band is preparing to enter the stugt dio in May to record its next CD, one with "a little more of an edge and feel than the last one," Quattlebaum said. Buy H_ 0f r and TY sect for 1 i some rest r Please call or pm Conveniently lo> in the F T ing) lit. llllllll: ??%'' . {Z. 5-SRSftw. 2SJ i Campus ieat up! So squee FUN and SUN feai I wrestling, <Jroov; ibulous prizes! 3USE UNIVERSI SUNS 11 AM iffli Russell House i ^eSf Univtnity Union c?r?ll?? rtogwrnm U. ght on bippies "We're going to do it with the James Brown horns," Quattlebaum said. "Their leader is Jeff Watkins, and he's going to produce it." As for the band's often out-of-state, four-times-a-week live performances, Quattlebaum described them as "like a midget circus without the midgets." "It's just about having fun," he said. "We just want people to come in, have fun and spread the Mingo love without sounding like a hippie band." Upon completion of its new album, Uncle Mingo will play in Lake Tahoe, Nev., for two weeks opening for comedian NiDsev Russell. Meanwhile, Quattle baum said the band will stick by what has been its best asset ? originality, i "We're basically just Uncle Mingo," he i said. "You either like us and understand where we're coining from, or don't." a I i ' L m II ' [ // . . . *:v' ; :::^^ii!ilii^i!!!sis::: ; . ^ llllllllllil .v. ...V * I I ze into turing: y music, TY PATHJ I ? I 5 PM) u 'e>ep Safe/// one pair glasses? ? 1 eelthe ?if7/ / / ?nd pair & price! / rictions apply... stop by For details cated in Carolina Mall 'ussell House 77-2569