From rock to gospel
Off The Record
By Colin "Scoop" White
Arts-Entertainment Editor
I am going to do some
thing very different this
week. I am actually going
to take a stand on an is
sue for once in my life
(or maybe this is the
second time...Oh, well).
The College Press Serv
ice (CPS) released the
following report on Sept.
24. It deals with a sub
ject of special interest
to universities, students,
and concert-goers across
the country, including
UNCA.
Read it and weep (or
whatever seems appro
priate).
Raleigh, N.C. (CPS)
Thanks to student protest
and a new student concert
advisory committee, it’s
"still rock 'n roll" at
North Carolina State Uni
versity after all.
A three-week-old campus
ban on "heavy metal" music
was lifted last week when
the administration approv
ed a Coliseum Concert Ad
visory Committee to screen
rock music acts, reports
conmittee member Jeff Ben
der.
The ban followed a Van
Halen concert where the
young, predominantly non
campus crowd left the uni
versity's Reynolds Coli
seum strewn with trash,
Bender explains.
"The Saturday concert
meant there was no clean
up until Monday," he says.
"The administration de
cided 'We don't want this
mess anymore,' and rea
soned that heavy metal
bands were drawing a
young, non—student crowd
that left a big mess."
Students inmediately
labeled the ban ''ridi-
culous" and "discrimi
natory" and con5)lained
they'd be forced to go
off-pflinpus for rock
concerts.
"The biggest contention
was with the unclear terms
of the ban," Bender stres
ses. "There were no set
guidelines about what mu
sic was banned."
Indeed, Athletic Direc
tor Willis Casey original
ly said he'd ban rock mu
sic while allowing the
Coliseum to host acts like
Billy Joel, who Casey ap
parently didn't see as a
rock 'n roll musician.
The adverse student
reaction led to meetings
between student leaders
and university administra
tors , who proposed the
student-run advisory com
mittee to help make rock
bookings.
"The conmittee will help
screen talent that appears
at the Coliseum," explains
Richard Farrell, Coliseum
business manager. "They'll
determine if students want
a particular artist on
can5)us."
Coliseum officials will
sign "family type" acts,
he stresses, and will con
sult the students only for
rock concerts.
okay, sure, 1 aciodt that"
creating a student advis
ory committee was a good
idea (although not exactly
an original idea), but not
if the committee is going
to screen performers just
because of the type of
music they play.
After all, it wasn't Van
Halen's fault that the
people who paid to see the
concert weren't responsi
ble enough to pick up
their trash before they
left.
So why did the admini
stration of N.C. State
(one of UNCA's "sister"
schools) label Van Halen
(and "heavy metal" nusic
in general) as a bad
influence on concert-
goers?
I have a better solu
tion. Instead of totally
outcasting all hard rock
groups because of the
audiences they attract
(I think I smell a stereo
type here), why doesn't
the administration just
appoint a clean-up com
mittee to pick up trash
after every concert? Hey,
somebody's got to do it!
The University Program
Board (UPB) of UNCA, an
organization which decides
what acts will perform
here, is the perfect ex
ample of how this cleanup
system works.
After every major con
cert held in Lipinsky
Auditorium, members of the
Concert Committee (part of
the UPB), as well as a
certain number of volun
teers, pick up all of the
trash left in the auditor
ium.
Now, I realize that N.C.
State operates on a some
what larger scale and has
a larger budget than UNCA
(which means that State
can afford bigger and
better-known rock groups),
but the only modification
needed in order to vali
date ny proposal would be
an increase in the number
of clean-up workers.
By the way, I plan to
contact N.C. State regard
ing lEy suggestion. Anyone
wishing to respond or add
to my proposal should send
or bring their comments to
the Blue Banner office as
soon as possible.
Mike Adkins
Mike Adkins, rock star
turned evangelist, brings
his sacred music, praise-
teaching ministry to Li
pinsky Auditorium, 8 p.m.
Saturday.
Prior to his conversion
to Christ, Adkins traveled
with rock bands and, as a
pop recording artist,
signed a contract with RCA
Victor.
His sacred recorded al
bums include, "lie is Near"
and "Messiah."
Admission is free to
students and public at
this concert sponsored by
UNCA's Christian organiza
tions and student govern
ment.
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Actor tinkers’
with play props
By Cheryl Me Daris bara explained. "In later
Kazuo Miybara is not a
new face to Theatre UNCA.
He stumbled on stage as a
drunk in last Fall's pro
duction of She Stoops to
Conquer and snuck around
stage as a detective in
last Spring's Moch Ado
About nothing. He also had
parts in two of last
year's Forum Theatre pro
ductions .
Miyabara will soon be on
stage again, this time as
a pirate in the Theatre
UNCA/Tanglewood production
of Peter Pan, which starts
today and runs through
Sunday at Carol Be Ik The
atre here on caii5)us.
Miyabara enjoys working
with the children on the
production. "They are
loud and all over the
place," Miyabara comment
ed. "They treat me as if
I'm on their level and we
play backstage when the
stage managers aren't
around."
One unusual aspect of
the Peter Pan cast is that
the major roles are double
cast. This means that
there are two Peter Pans,
two Wendys and two Captian
Hooks, as well as two
actors playing each of
four other roles.
"In the beginning re
hearsals, both actors were
on stage at the same time
so that they could learn
general blocking," Miya-
rehearsals we had to do
each scene twice."
However, acting isn't
the only aspect of the
theatre that Miyabara en
joys. He "flew" children
in last fall's Hansel and
Gietel, built sets for
various UNCA productions,
and did props for last
Spring's The Dtning Roobi.
Once again, Miyabara is
doing props for Peter Pan.
"I'm having fun with props
this time," he said.
"I build most of them
and they aren't as expen
sive as the ones we used
in The Dining Kooni."
Miyabara also helped
build sets for Peter Pan.
"We have three sets—the
mountian ramp in 'Never
Never Land,' the pirates'
ship, and a window. My
favorite is the ship," he
said. "The ladder for the
ship was the hardest for
me to do because I had to
cut it out," he added.
Working on a show and
keeping up with studies
can be difficult. "The
last two weeks have been
hectic," Miyabara said.
"Its hard to find time
to study," he continued.
"Right now I've got three
drama classes, so those
teachers understand, but
it is hard to keep up in
ny humanities and litera
ture classes."