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McCalla, from page 1 1
Staff members Shannon Hooker,
Donnie Wrights and Peggie Hendrix
said they enjoyed Thursday’s con
cert and described the sound of
McCalla’s music as very “earthy.”
McCalla has crisscrossed the
United States singing her music and
putting over 300,000 miles on her
car. Her concert credits range from
coffee houses to Carnegie Hall.
McCalla has shared the stage with
a long list of notables that includes
Suzanne Vega, Tracy Chapman,
Odetta, Cris Williamson, The Flir
tations and Pete Seeger.
“Of late it has been a lot of col
lege campuses and that really can
range from something like this to
the more intimate coffee house con
cert. I’m pretty flexible. I have a
guitar and I will travel,” McCalla
said.
Throughout her career, McCalla
has released three albums. Her first.
Don't Doubt It, was followed by
With A Little Luck. Her latest album.
Everyday Heroes & Heroines, has
received much praise. One review
from the Contra Costa Times said,
“Everyday Heroes & Heroines
speaks of life’s trials and tribula
tions. Though it doesn’t flinch in its
depiction of urban turmoil, it retains
energizing optimism, celebrating
the renewing power of love.”
Another review from The Capi
tal Times described McCalla’s mu
sic by saying, “Take an acoustic
guitar, add a vibrant voice and let
them both loose on themes from
peace to poignant love. Then you’ll
have Deidre McCalla.”
Last week’s concert was spon
sored by the Association for Cam
pus Entertainment.
For more information on Deidre
McCalla or to purchase her music
go to www.deidremccalla.com.
Review: Big Dawg presents a play for all seasons
Sarah van Schagen
STAFF Writer
The Studio Theatre is a small performance
area located upstairs in ThalianlM. Its walls
are completely black; in fact, the only color
in the entire room is the red on the covers of
the 82 seats. The set consists of a sponge-
painted castle fortress and a table with gold
goblets. Four simple shields hang on the back *
wall. There is no curtain. In this room, Big
Dawg Productions brought Sir Thomas More
to life in its presentation of “A Man for All
Seasons.”
The perfonnance was wonderflil, and the
small size and simplicity of the Studio The
atre only added to its ^>peal. Audience men>
beis sitting in the first row were no more than
three feet fiom the actors. There is no tme
stage in the theatre and thus, the audience
almost felt they were part of the action that
was taking place.
“I think the show has been very success
ful - with big crowds - exactly what we
wanted to see,” stage manager Andrea Mar
tin said.
The theatre was fiiU on the show’s clos
ing night and the audience really seemed to
enjoy the show. The play was serious, for
the most part, although there were a few
scenes of comic relief that kept the audience
chuckling. The actors were excellent and
Photo Courl0«y of Big Ditwg
Lee Lowrimore and Dan Morris
starred in Big Dawg Productions’
presentation of “A Man for All Sea
sons,” about Sir Thomas More.
were able to bring the 16* century personali
ties to life.
‘T)aniel Morris was dignified and very
believable. I didn’t question for a minute
that he was Sir Thomas More,” said Anna
Chmielewski, sophomore.
An interesting feature of the production
was the decision to portray one character, the
Common Man, as two characters, a male and
a female. This unique aspect allowed for a
nxae entertaining role. TTie Common Man
interacted with the audience as a narrator and
participated in the action of the play. Chris
Nubel and Heather Hamilton, who played
this dual role, were able to interact with each
other without changing the lines, making it
seem rrwre like a conversation.
“The duality of the Common Man role
added another dimension to the play,” Mar
tin said.
“A Man for All Seasons” depicts the life
of Sir Thomas More, a statesman who stood
up for his Catholic faith and his conscience
as he went against the divorce of King Heniy
Vin. As Lord Chancellor for the king. More
was asked to sign an oath establishing the
king’s supremacy of the English church.
When he refused, the king had him impris
oned and executed.
‘ The closest modem American public fig
ure to the ideal portrayed in the play was {Hii-
ably Martin Luther King, Jr., whose ‘Letter
From a Birmingham Jail’ states why he be
lieves that we should sometiraes follow a
higher law than the law of our country,” So
ciology Lecturer Anita Veit said.
More, a lawyer, politician and patron of
the arts, was well-known for his honesty and
intelligence. This type of honesty and mar
tyrdom are almost unheard of today, espe
cially in the world of politics. In the light of
the upcoming election, it is interesting to note
the strength of this 16* century statesman’s
faith and his loyalty to his conscience. Mrae’s
attitiKk is illustrated by this quote ftom the
play, “When statesmen yield their personal
conscience for public matters, they lead their
country on a short path to chaos.”
Art, from page 1 3
Worthington, a collage class, and basically
she sent us home the first night, said, ‘Do a
collage, and come back on Monday and I’ll
see what you know.’ [Mine] looked like no
body else’s in the class... she loved it... and I
knew that this is what I really enjoy doing,”
Craven said.
Craven’s works are usually small squares
of collage set inside a laige square mat with
a very basic, usually wooden, frame. She uses
a lot of sheet music in her collages, as well as
paper with Chinese characters and home
made paper. She takes pages out of old en
cyclopedias, inagazines and newspapers, and
stains or bums ordinary paper to gjve it a
unique look.
“[My work] looks like it might not take a
long time because it’s paper, but it’s actually
n»re challenging trying to think of how you
want to tear the paper, what color you use,
how you want to crinkle it or stain it” Cra
ven said.
She said she tends to attract odd looks
when she is in public places and she sees
soinething that inspires her.
“Whenever I’m out, if I see a piece of
paper I think I can use, I grab it, whether it’s
in a bar or arestaurant, I just grab it,” Craven
said. “I’m always looking for different stuff
to use.”
“1 try to put together shapes and designs
that, when people look at it, it will make them
happy or make them think about something
different
Craven graduated fiom UNCW in the fall
of 1999 with a degree in studio art and a
bachelor’s in art history. She has been in sev
eral other exhibits, including the New Show
that is on display in Raleigh’s Visual Ex
change gallery, the Raleigh Fine Arts show
at Mereith College and the Red Hat Show
in Kinston, which is invitation only.
“Basically, you had to submit 2 pieces
that had a red hat in them,” Craven said ‘ That
was challenging.. .one of the encyclopedias
I had had the hat making process in it, so 1
incorporated that into the picture and made
it red.”
Over the summer. Craven worked at an
arts camp, which was her first experience
teaching small children art. She said that she
might want to work in the public school sys
tem in the futiue, but for now, she will just
keep woridng in the community and creat
ing art.
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