IJC 225, JC 372
‘2?^ JoumaCist
Special Edition of The Pendulam
January 18,1990
Emanons director Mike Lewis boards the bus that will take him to New York for the
first leg of the music group's trip to the Soviet Union.
Emanons perform abroad
By Leah Beth Gingerich
JC 225
Elon College's jazz band, the
Emanons, along with their
‘director. Assistant Professor of
Music Michael E. Lewis, will
taste the sights and sounds of the
Soviet Union as they tour and
perform there from January 14
through January 22.
Because of the profound political
changes taking place in the
Soviet Union, the Emanons are
fortunate to*be taking the trip
now, according to Director
Lewis. He said, "We'll see the
Soviet Union as it is in this
century, and, because of the
movement for freedom around the
world, the twentieth century
Soviet Union will never be the
sameagairL**
After their departure from New
York's Kennedy International
Airport Friday, Jan. 12, the
Emanons will arrive in Prague,
Czechoslovakia Saturday, Jan.
13, following a brief stopover in
Canada.
From Prague they will go to
Leningrad, the Soviet Union's
second largest city, where they
will tour the city and perform
two back-to-back evening
concerts at the Inicmational Jazz
Center.
Next, the Emanons go to Kiev
where they will perform two
concerts before going on to
Moscow.
While in Moscow, the Soviet
Union's capital and largest city,
the group will tour the city, the
Kremlin, and Red Square. The
Emanons will perform two
requested concerts in Moscow,
one of which will be at an
automobile plant club.
The group arrives back in New
York at 2:30 p.m. on Monday,
Jan. 22. Director Lewis has heard
from many sources that American
jazz is so loved in Russia that his
band will be loved. He said the
predictions are that the people
will actually mob them for
autographs! Lewis, however,
considers it a shame that jazz, the
music of our national heritage, is
loved in all countries except here
at home in the United States.
Lewis says that this may be the
only time these students will
have an opportunity to visit the
Soviet Union, and he hopes it
will be a good musical experic»ice
for them.
When asked what he hoped to
accomplish, trombone player
David Cunha, a member of the
Emanons, said that he wanted to
sec Russia and become a better
trombone player.
Director Lewis has no
apprehensions about the trip. He
said that Emanons are a
wonderful group of students
whom he thinks the world of.
He also feels there are a lot of
good leaders in the group.
According to David Cunha, the
trip should be an exciting
experience. He considers it a
once-in-a-Iifetime chance and
said, "They've really built us up."
Director Lewis would like to take
the Emanons outside the states
every four years so that every
student joining the group would
have at least one opportunity to
travel abroad during his college
caroer.
The Emanons, which is "No
Names" spelled backwards, was
organized by Dr. Jack O. White
after the 1%2 football season and
has performed other lours outside
the United States, including
Puerto Rico and Europe.
A different lesson
By Chris Lawrcncc/Lcah trip is the “Habitat Hugo Pro-
Bcth Gingcrich ject.”
JC225 The Project also got a big lift.
Millard Fuller, the founder of
Habitat for Humanity, brought a
While most students go to class, $90,000 chcck fromHabitat Inter
work and parties during Winter national and the Chrysler Corp.
Term, one group of students is Another $90,0(X) chcck was con-
getting first hand experience at tributcd by local charities.
helping rebuild peoples’lives. „
^ * While workmg m Sumpter, S.C.,
the group has been staying at
Ten students, one faculty mem-
o summer camp k>cated 25 miles
south of Sumpter off of highway
95.
ber and a pastor from a local
church have volunteered their
time and a little sweat to help
out people whose homes were On Sunday, Jan. 14, the group
destroyed by Hurricane Hugo, visited former president Jimmy
Hugo was a devastating hurri- Carter's church in Plains, Ga.
cane that did millions of dollars They had hoped to sec him and
in damage and left tens of thou- hear him speak, but, unfor-
sands homeless along the eastern tunately, he was not there.
seaboard in the fall of 1989. i ..
During the week of Jan. 15th, the
The students left at the start of students left S.C. for Americus,
Winter Term and headed down headquarters of Habitat
to Sumpter, S.C, where they International. After a week doing
have been refurbishing homes rehabilitation work, they retur-
that were damaged by the storm, ned by way of Atlanta, Ga.
Richard McBridc, chaplain and ^hilc in Allanla, they visi.cd .he
chE.«us prfeor at Elon Col- ji„ barter Habitat for
Icgc, said. The students have Humanity Center and the Martin
t^n painting the inter.o|s of Lu.her King Center for the study
three damaged homes and arc „f „„„.vi„,c„ce. ^
very nearly finished. The remain
ing bit of work to be done is the Not all the students knew what
installation of vinyl siding on two expect when they started on
other homes.” the trip. Jayne Weigand, a stu-
r u . Elon, said,”I wasn’t a
However, most of the students Humanity on
arent inaster craftsmen. “We campus, but I want to be now.
have had professionals at every ^e arc all really excited and
site to help us by showing us j ^
how to pul up siding, pamt and jestruction was terrible. I'd say
do yard work.”, said Bobbie 90% of the trees arc gone."
Moore, Freshman.
, Alst) on the trip is Beth Lyons,
Most of the group is part of assiKiate pastor at Elon 0)m-
Habitat for Humanity, a local munity Church,
service organization that helps
renovate homes in the Burling- The group will return before the
ton area. Hie official title of this end of Winter Term.
This is a special edition of The Pendulum
compiled by two winter term journalism
classes. Students in Professor George
Rasmussen’s JC 225 class. Reporting and
News writing, researched and wrote the copy.
Layout and design was completed by Professor
Gerald Gib;>on’i; JC 372 course. Desktop
Publishing.