Page 8
The Lance • St. Andrews Presbyterian College
Nov. 22, 1991
Sutherland has Brief Role In "Rambling Rose" Encore! Theatre Will Present
Heather Lyn Gupton
Editor
For those of us who have
been at St. Andrews for a year
or so, the sight of student Matt
Sutherland on stage is a typical
one. Sutherland has been in
volved in many S.A produc
tions, from last yczf sDracula,
The Musical? to this year’s pre
sentation of Tie Miser. How
ever, the Virginia Beach native
has not limited himself to the
stage. The 21 year old English
and theater major recendy ap
peared as an extra in Billy
Bathgate, and also in the film
BjimhUn^ Rose.
Bjimhlin£ Rose, which was
released in September, was di
rected by MarA a Coolidge and
scripted by Calder Willingham
{The Graduate). The screen-
playis based upon a novel about
Willingham’s youth, and is a
subde period piece about the
“bittersweet tale of a free-spir
ited young woman who pro
vides more services than the
genteel Southern family that
employs and adopts her may
have bargained for.” {Ameri
can Film) Rambling Rose stars
Laura Dem as the innocendy
sexy Rose.
Matt Sutherland
Sutherland, who was cast
for the brief role through his
agent, plays a character named
Billy. T^e job initially included
two scenes of the movie, one a
speaking role and the other
a “reactionary” role, as
Sutherland called it.
Sutherland recently saw
Rambling Rose and found that
die film editors had cut the
speaking role but left the reac
tionary scene. “It was disap
pointing for me that I didn’t
get to see the scene in which I
spoke, but it was still a thrill to
know that I was a character
that was referred to in a ‘turn
ing-point’ scene. It’s a great
movie” he said.
“It was thrilling to know
that I was working in a feature
film, and that I was right there
with the stars,” Sutherland said.
Sutherland said that the
filming took place during the
fall of 1990, outside of
Wilmington in ]?ender County.
Sutherland also worked as an
extra during the Hamlet-based
filming of Billy Bathgate, but
said that he hadn’t seen the
film as of yet.
Editor’sNote: Sutherlandtnodestfy
requested that The Lance mentum
that he is just one ofthenumy mlented
actors andactresses an theSt. Andrews
campuswhohaxedonefUmwork as of
late. All deserve standing ovations
Jbr their efforts as well
Celtic Music Ensemble Being Formed at S.A,
Lance Staff
Contributing
There is a new music en
semble being formed for
Spring, 1992, and in keeping
with the Scottish tradition of
the school, it is Celtic in focus.
“The ensemble is open to
anyone who has an interest in
Celtic music or is just looking
for a chance to play or sing,”
said student Stuart Joseph, who
had the idea of forming the
ensemble.
“We are looking for players
and singers who are interested
in having fun and learning the
traditional music of Scodand
and Ireland, and some English
stuflF thrown in for good mea
sure,” he said.
Joseph, who is majoring in
ethnomusicology with an em
phasis in Celtic folkmusic and
folklore, as well as minoring in
communications, has been
playing the concertina and
singing songs from the Celtic
tradition for years. Joseph has
played at folk festivals, Scot
tish games, pubs and schools
for longer than some of St.
Andrews students have been
alive.
“One of the requirements
for my major is to be a member
of a music ensemble, so I asked
David Fish, my advisor and
head of the music department
, if I could start my own. It
seemed like a natural, since the
music program and St.
Andrews is going mulri-cul-
tural, with the Japanese Festi
val Ensemble and the bagpipe
band already in place. David
agreed to let me do it and I
have received a lot of enthusi
astic response to the idea.” To
help with recruiting. Fish has
agreed to let the members get
credit for being a part of the
ensemble.
Bill CaudLQ, the head of the
Scottish Heritage Center and
the director of the pipe band,
has volunteered to play low
land pipes in the group, and
some of the pipe band mem
bers have volunteered to
double in the group.
Celtic music is more than
instrumentals, it also has a rich
vocal tradition. “I am hoping
to get people out who like to
sing, whether in the shower or
on stage,” said Joseph
“We’re here to have fun and
you don’t have to sing opera or
“The Music Man
Encore! Theatre will present
}AaoMiWiSsadsJhe2\4usicMa»
as its winter musical The Music
Man is certified all-American en
tertainment with songs that are
popular Americanstandards. With
characters cfeveryconceivableste-
teotype and dramatic situations
which are touchii^y fiinny in
their simplicity, is a warm and
humorous show.
TheMusicMan is the stoiy of
fast-talkingHaroldHill,whocons
the good citizens of PLiver Gty,
Iowa into buyii^ musical instra-
ments by promising to create a
boy’s band. The only problem is
that Harold doesn’t kr»w a clari
net from a saxophone.
Harold plans toskiptown with
die cash before anyone catches cm
to his plan. As he enchants the
" this Winter
dtizensofRiverQty,onlyMarian,
the town’s librarian, is resistant to
his diarms. She knows he’s a fake
and is determined to prove it
With the proof in hand, Marian
heads for die mayor’s office. But,
just in time, the band instruments
arrive to the delight of all Marian
can now no longer resists his
charms and falls in love with
Harold. She even turns him into a
respectable citizen by the end of
the show.
TheMusicMan ran fix 1,375
performaiKes on Broadway and
wonTony Awards for Best Musi
cal, Best Score and Best Book in
1958. It also won the Drama
Ckitic’sCircle Award. PeifbrmarKe
dates are February 14-16 and 21-
23. Lookfortickittinft)rmarionin
the next edition olThe Lance.
play classical music to become
a part of it. Remember that
this is folk music and was done
by largely imtrained people,
whether they were singing bal
lads or playing fiddle for danc
ing. That is the spirit that I
would like to convey to the
members of the group and
those that might hear it.”
Anyone interested in learn
ing more about the group can
contact Joseph attheHumani-
ties and Fine Arts ofiSce in the
Vardell building, or at home at
277-7907.
“I would like to encourage
anyone to talk to me about the
Celtic ensemble, whether they
are an instrumental or voci
virtuoso or not. Ceilidh (Celtic
party) bands were made up of
whatever instruments were
available. Their primary pur
pose was to play music, sing,
and have a gCKxi time. It might
not be necessary for you to
have an instrument, a lot of
them were homemade, like
bones, and they add a touch of
authenticity to the music. So if
you have a desire to make music
and have a good time,please
contact me.”
1
Dr. Jerome (“Sandy”) Seaton one of America’s leading
translators of Chinese literature, will join Chinese author
ity Jim Crier in the final Writers Forum of the term on
Thursday, December 5 in Mecklenburg Dorm lounge at
8 p.m.
Dr. Seaton is professor of Chinese literature in the Far
Eastern and Slavic Languages Department ofUNC-Chapel
I^. Crier is from Chapel Hill. Both of their first publica
tions appeared in St. i^drews Review in 1971. This will
be Seaton’s third app>earance at St. Andrews. Their works
have been illustrated by St. Andrews professor Daniel Nie.
Foster Directs and Stars in
"Little Man Tate"
Little Man Tate, starring Academy Award winning ac
tress Jodie Foster in her feature film directorial debut,
opened in select engagements nationwide on October 18
following exclusive runs in New York, Los Angeles and
Toronto.
Orion Victaics^LittleMan Tate stars Jodie Foster, Diane
Wi«t, Harry Connick Jr., and Adam Hann-Byrd. The film
is directed by Jodie Foster and produced by Scott Rudin and
Peggy Rajsla, from the original screenplay by Scott Frank.
Randy Stone is executive producer. The musical score is by
Mark Isham.
Little Man Tate is the story of an extraordinarily gifted
seven-year-old boy and his attempts to fit in. Fred’s life is
gready affected by the relationships he shares with his
working class mother and a brilliant child psychologist two
women who have confhcting ideas of how to raise him.