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Rice entertains Doc’s crowd
with mixture of jazz, comedy
By JENNY BEEMER
Jazz musician Daryl Rice en
tertained students at North Caro
lina Wesleyan College April 22.
Her music was very personable,
and anyone in the audience could
relate to it; her comedy brought
smiles and laughter throughout
Doc’s.
Rice showed her talent by
strumming her guitar naturally
and telling jokes about her fam
ily.
“You know, 1 have a brother
and sister and we always used to
pick on each other. Now I get
back at my brother,” she said. “I
buy his kids toys and while put
ting batteries in them I put one
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bad one in so it won’t work. Then
he has to listen to his kids cry all
day and he calls me up to ask me
what’s wrong. Innocently, I tell
him to change the batteries and
of course I know which one it is
— the middle. Of course, I have
to keep myself from laughing on
the phone so he won’t know what
I did.”
Rice’s songs were true blues.
She writes about personal experi
ences and adds a little flavor to
them. She mostly wrote about
love and how hard it is to keep a
relationship going strong. “Hold
Me" is a good example of this: “I
need someone to hold me and not
make love. Tell no lies and ex
pect no replies.”
Two songs were written about
her family: “Brother’s Son,”
which was dedicated to Jonathan,
her brother’s son, and “I Gotta
Thing For You,” which was dedi
cated to her father who was also
a jazz musician. Other songs
heard throughout the evening
were: “I Don’t Want Nobody,”
“Straightdriver,” and “I’d Rather
Have You.”
Rice first tried singing at the
age of five, when she sang at her
brother’s piano recital. However,
her first big break was when she
met Dizzy Gillespie, the famous
blues/trumpet player.
“I was playing the piano at a
club when Dizzy and his band
walked in. They were perform
ing there and I made a pest of
myself so he would notice me. I
spent two days trying to get his
attention and three days taking
him around the town,” she re
membered.
“Then one night the band came
in hungry and they wanted to
know where a good place to eat
wa§. I had a car and I knew where
the restaurants were, so I intro
duced myself. He was surprised
that r was still hanging around,
but I still got to take him around.
He gave me my first big chance
and I’ll never forget that he rode
in my Chevy van,” she said.
As with any performer, there
are pros and cons in show busi
ness. For Rice they are the fol
lowing; “I love the road and trav
eling but I hate getting stuck and
not being able to go anywhere I
want to.” Not only does Rice play
the guitar, she plays several other
instruments as well.
“I play the violin, viola, cello,
bass, piano, trombone, and the
flute. The more instraments you
play, the more money you get,”
she said.
Rice’s career has been very
successful so far and has produced
several albums and compact disc:
I Walk With Music, Lonely Days,
Hold Me, Carolina Blues, Christ
mas in Hood, Roses Child, and
Unless It’s You.
Throughout the show. Rice in
teracted with several students who
did attend. One student was
sophomore Rudy Jauregui, a fu
ture guitarist.
“I liked several things about
Mrs. Rice. She didn’t use a pick;
she used her mouth as an instru
ment. I’ve been playing since
October and she’s very inspira
tional to me. I hope to be able to
play one day and make others
happy just as Mrs. Rice does,”
Jauregui said.
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Campus Security Log
April 6 — Larceny from auto. A video cassette valued
at $90 was removed from a truck while parked on the
campus.
April 14—Attempted larceny, North Hall. Delta Sigma
Phi reported an attempted larceny of fraternity letters.
Subjects were identified and names turned over to the
judicial board.
April 14 — Larceny. Someone removed the wallet of
a Doc's employee from the office. The wallet was later
foimd in the Administration Building with all the contents
except money ($2.50).
April 15 —Larceny. Someone removed $15 from the
cash register at Doc’s. There are no suspects at this time.
April 16 — Vandalism. An unknown person broke the
glass to the vending machine in North Hall on Friday
morning.
April 16 — Larceny. Student removed snacks from
the vending machine. Persons have been identified and
turned over to the judicial board.
April 20 — Larceny, SAC Game Room. Nelson Coo
per reported the larceny of approximately $15 fi'om the
game room closet. No suspects at this tijhe.
April 22 — Vandalism, Nash Nash Hall
residents reported someone put wax or foreign substance
on their room doors.
Anyone with information regarding any of the above
crimes should contact Deborah G. Pittman at 985-5180.
Please remember to lock your doors and secure
your valuables! Have a safe summer!