The Daily Tar Heel Wednesday, December 7, 19887
The Veldt: Diverse members produce harm
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By CLARK BENBOW
Staff Writer
The term "band" implies a group
of musicians with similar interests
and backgrounds who have com
bined to produce music that appeals
to a fairly limited audience.
Not so with The Veldt. Making
good music is all that binds the young
members of this two-year-old group
together. Otherwise The Veldt is a
mishmash of musical backgrounds,
styles and appearances. Even the two
identical-twin band members are
Are you a future Shakespeare?
Theater offers writing contest
By RANDY BASINGER
Staff Writer
It's time to warm up those type
writers and reboot your word pro
cessors, because Thompson Theatre,
onNorth Carolina State University's
campus, is accepting entries for its
Fourth Annual Playwright Award.
The award was created to stimulate
artistic growth among educational
and professional playwrights in the
Southeastern area. The competition
will present cash awards, supplied by
a grant from Glaxo Inc. in Research
Triangle Park, in two categories:
professional for $1,000 and student
for $500.
To qualify for the professional
. Sports
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From Associated Press reports
ATLANTA The Texas Rangers
kept trading faces at baseball's winter
meetings by getting Julio Franco
from Cleveland on Tuesday, while the
California Angels raised the already
high stakes for free agents Bruce
Hurst and Nolan Ryan,
v Philadelphia and Montreal also
did business, exchanging pitchers
Kevin Gross and Floyd Youmans,
and more teams courted Atlanta
about outfielder Dale Murphy.
The Rangers, who had not made
a trade at the winter meetings since
1983, continued to be the main
attraction.. This time, they sent Pete
O'Brien, Oddibe McDowell and Jerry
Browne to the Indians for Franco,
who led all major league second
basemen with a .303 average.
A day earlier, Texas got Rafael
Palmeiro the second-leading hitter
in the National League in a nine
player trade with the Chicago Cubs
and made another minor swap with
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2 Michigan (9)
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different ingredients in the band's
multifaceted recipe of success.
What distinguishes The Veldt from
other local bands, says guitarist twin
Danny Chavis, is the fact that they
"have a lot of things coming from
different people." The origins of the
chords Danny strikes on his guitar
are found in gospel music and in the
influence of Jimi Hendrix, while bass
player Joe Boyle finds his roots in
a traditional rhythm and blues sound.
Drummer Marvin Levi, who is
category, the playwright must be a
legal resident of the region covered
by the Southeastern Theatre Confer
ence (SETC) for at least one year.
The region includes West Virginia,
Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee,
North Carolina, South Carolina,
Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and
Florida.
To enter the student category, the
playwright must be a full-time student
at a university, college or high school
in one of those states.
The rules of the contest include:
an entry's theme or genre is not
restricted; the playwright may submit
only one play in one category;
to Mets?
the New York Yankees.
"You don't come down here
expecting to do anything. But we
hoped to improve our offense, and
we have," Texas general manager
Tom Grieve said.
Franco, 27, has batted over .300
for three straight seasons. He hit a
career-high 10 home runs, drove in
54 runs and stole 25 bases. The
Rangers platooned at second base last
season, and Franco, who had been
a shortstop his entire career, made
the transition well this year.
The Indians had long been weak
at first base and lost this year's starter
when Willie Upshaw agreed to a two
year contract in Japan.
Murphy attracted more attention,
with the New York Mets and San
Diego Padres intensifying their
efforts to work a deal with Atlanta.
Among the Mets who interest the
Braves are Len Dykstra, Howard
Johnson, Keith Miller and rookie
pitcher David West.
AP Top 20
1. Notre Dame (49)
2 Miami, Fla (1)
a West Virginia (3)
4. Florida State
5. Southern Cal
6. Nebraska
7. Auburn
a Arkansas
9. UCLA
10. Oklahoma
11. Michigan
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13. Clemson
14. Houston
15. Wyoming
16. LSU
17. Syracuse
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20. Alabama
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beginning to be a driving force behind
the band, provides the heavy, almost
tribal rhythm that gives the music its
power. More recent influences on the
band are the Cocteau Twins and New
Order. All of that, plus Daniel Chavis'
vivid stage presence and the twins'
original lyrics, makes it nearly impos
sible to categorize The Veldt.
The various influences acting on
the band render the group not only
amazingly versatile nouveau rock,
alternative R&B, hard rap and even
submission is limited to plays not
previously produced or published;
Thompson Theatre reserves the right
to accept or reject any entry; entries
must be received no later than Feb.
1, 1989; and a synopsis of the script
must be included.
Each play will be read by a
screening committee, and finalists will
be judged by a committee of one
theater student, one theater staff
member and two at-large readers.
When a play is selected as a winner,
it becomes the property of Thompson
Theatre until Sept. 1, 1989, which
reserves the right to reproduce the
script for performances during the
summer of 1989 or to not produce
the play if unable to do so.
For a complete set of competition
guidelines and an entry form, write
to: Thompson Theatre, NCSU Box
7305, Raleigh, N.C, 27695-7305 or
call (919) 737-2405.
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jazz could describe songs of The Veldt
but also make the group as a whole
interesting and fun to watch and listen
to. The combination of new and old,
of dark and lively, and of the different
backgrounds of the members has an
appealing continuity.
Identical twins Danny and Daniel
Chavis, formerly of The Armory, are
the core of The Veldt and have been
playing together the longest. Other
band members, especially drummers,
have come and gone in the band's
short career. Raised in Raleigh, the'
charismatic lead vocalist guitarist
and lead guitarist also write the songs
for the band. The twins began writing
The DTH Campus Calendar is a daily
listing of University-related activities
sponsored by academic departments,
student services and student organizations
officially recognized by the Division of
Student Affairs. To appear in Campus
Calendar, announcements must be submit
ted on the Campus Calendar form by
NOON one business day before the
announcement is to run. Saturday and
Sunday events are printed in Friday's
calendar and must be submitted on the
Wednesday, before the announcement is
to run. Forms and a drop box are located
outside the DTH office, 104 Union. Items
of Interest lists ongoing events from the
same campus organizations and follows the
same deadline schedule as Campus
Calendar. Please use the same form.
Wednesday
10 a.m. Kappa Alpha Psi
fraternity will spon
sor a Bloodmobile in
Great Hall, Union, until
3:30 p.m.
3:30 p.m. A Video Communi
cations Seminar will
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early. "I began writing poetry in high .
school," says guitarist Danny. But his
brother Daniel wrote the band's first
song, "Marshmellow Skies."
Only rarely does The Veldt per
form non-original songs. According
to Lane Wurster, an ally of The Veldt,
"song writing is really the strength of
the band." Composing , the songs
helps to bring the members together
and also makes their performance a
little more heartfelt than if their songs
were only remakes.
Their original songs add to "the
human element in the music of The
Veldt" that gives them an edge over
many of their contemporaries,
Campus Calendar
ics as video trans
mission methods and
new technological
developments in video
will be addressed. An
overview of campus
video services will also
be discussed. Spon
sored by the Office of
the Associate Provost.
4:30 p.m. The Volunteer
Action Committee
(VAC) will meet in the
Campus Y Lounge to
discuss decorating the
Senior Center and to
plan for next semester.
5 p.m. The Lab Theatre
will hold a general
meeting in 06 Graham
Memorial. David Ham
mond, Artistic Director
at PRC, will discuss the
' Lab's casting policy.
Attendance is
encouraged.
The Student
Abroad Office will
hold an informational
meeting in the base
ment of Caldwell Hall
about UNC exchange
programs to Germany.
5:30 p.m. The Black Busi
ness Students
Alliance will sponsor
an interviewing skills
workshop in 02 Carroll.
Allen Younger Sr.,
director of Personnel
for IBM, will be the fea
tured speaker.
6 p.m. Wesley Foundation
will meet for dinner and
a Christmas tree deco
rating party.
7 p.m. AIDS Awareness
Committee will
sponsor "An Overview
of AIDS Research and
Treatment," a program
by Dr. S. Shaunak, in
101 Greenlaw. The talk
will focus on advances
in AIDS technology.
Carmichael Living
and Learning Pro
grams will host an
Open House in the
Carmichael ballroom.
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according to Wurster. Songs in the
band's repertoire include "Girl In a
Mirror," "Chanteuse," "Daisy Chain"
and "Aurora Borealis."
The band's name connotes Africa,
mystery and a dream-like feeling, as
Danny and Daniel read the word in
a science fiction story.
"We want to play obscure music
in a way that everyone will under
stand," Danny says.
The Veldt will appear tonight at
the ArtsCenter in Carrboro at 10 p.m.
General admission is 55; tickets for
ArtsCenter Friends and for students
with I.D. will be $4.
All interested in the
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UNC Christmas tree
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