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Rob Whiteside / The Pendulum 1 . Fine Arts BgHding with his guitar in tow. Junior Brad Cokendolpher leaves the . :, r 1 i; Making magic He plays with his eyes shut, but sees a future in music Usually, you watch a *^3gician perform; but in the case acoustic guitarist Richard ^ilewitz, you listen. Rich is slowly making a niche for ^iniself in the music business, although not necessarily on purpose. Jason Graves Last Saturday night,’ he brought his barrage of stfin'^s^ W "7 ^ series to the Back Do6f. He In Tttlie played for about three houts art4 ^ never picked out one mistkkp. played several songs off his n^w Matter," on the guitar. Alburn, Somewhere In Between, After talking to Rich and ^f“P“"«*his>oveforBatm» one can't «feal andmusic. I ■ ■ help but realize he plays bccause After the show, he jomed P ^^nted ^ and some friends back at my he would have stuck oom, where he proceeded to tear sec y. • , there’s CT “ **'“ -> ”■ r;; “S,, “ r, 's/s “ '''H and personal appreciation; lived rxyrplhoume which this means he’s got a lot to say Florida, except Melbourne, wmc ^nd likes people. Hl^ hiisic is next on ^ c^es a lot of influelncJe fi^om-his ® . -Ay of idols," Leo Kottke and John sense, at the niv . Fahey, or so he modestly claims. Alabama in If you’re not familiar with a friend of his, ^ ^ ^ ’ Leo Kottke or ‘John Fah^y,, "It’s not the end of the world, bu *^aybe you’re at least familiar you can see it from ere. ^ith Bach, Jimmy Page and even Starting as a , / ^PecheMode. Well, not quite h® f”™**'’™.“ “ out ^speche Mode, but he's ^Considering an attempt to learn on his ear) simp y *^*^d perform their song, "1^ played*the guitar. • . Gospel Choir wraps up season with a festival So, Rich did what anyone else would have done in his situation; changed over to computer science. He finished his education at Tampa College in Florida. He never gave up his zest for the music indusUy and spent the next few years chained to a keyboard. Well, I don’t know how nch he is, but I believe he’s doing okay.' He seemed happy, but claims he’ll miss the money and security of his old job, especially the dental benefits. He seemed to like Elon, except that he had to perform on a swivel chair. I didn’t understand until he explained that he often plays with his eyes closed to concentrate. But while playing on this particular chair. Rich opened his eyes and fou^nd himself playing to a wall. The chair had turned. Rich is quite a guy. My interview with him was educational, too. I learned what "conflagaration” means. If you meet him, you can ask him what it means. I discovered it was a good conversational topic. Richard’s Album, Some where In Between, is available by mail through Hacker Backer Records, F.O. B,ox ^ 320383, Tampa. Fla. 331679 Wilma Dixon The Pendulum The Elon College Gospel Choir hosted its first Collegiate Gospel Music Festival Sunday, April 1, at 3 p.m. in Whitley Auditorium. Gospel choirs from Wake Forest and Fayetteville State participated. Each choir had a membership of approximately 30 to 40 students. Elon’s own gospel choir also performed in the event Dawn Washington, president of Elon’s Gospel Choir, wanted to give Elon a touch of black history. "By bringing gospel choirs in this area together, everyone celebrated gospel music and the joy of possessing the talent to sing," Washington said. Washington wants this to become an annual event, with increased participation from different colleges as well as the community. The participating choirs expressed their agreement with her through the songs they sung. Both groups look forward to returning next year to help celebrate gospel music. The audience responded to the choirs with their abundance of hand claps. When one choir performed on stage, the other choirs gave their support through singing along and clapping. Everyone truly enjoyed the music and the aunosphere. Over spring break, the choir successfully held concerts in Cocoa and Orlando, Florida. This was the fourth spring tour for the choir, with 25 of its 35 members attending. In the eleven years of the choir’s existence, this has been the largest membership ever. The festival was the Gospel Choir’s last on-campus performance for senior members, including Wilma Dixon, Rena Mauldin, Michelle Morrison, Lisa Toomer, Dawn Washington and Milton Williams. Their final performance will be in Mt. Airy on April 7. CORRECTION! Due to an error, incorrect room selection dates were published in the March 29 issue of The Pendulum. We apolo^ze for any inconvenience this may have caused. Upper Class Room Selection (Students Presently on Campus) March 12- April 24 April 23 or April 24 April 29 STEP #1 Make $100 Room Reservation Deposit Cashier’s Office Alamance 111 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. STEP #2 Room Selection Registration Alamance 120 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. STEP #3 Room Selection Day Female Room Sign-up 2:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Male Room Sign-up 5:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. TO BE GUARANTEED HOUSING, YOU must complete all three steps
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