Cultural Connection
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Anything Goes here at Elon
Elon’s fall musical begins showing tliis week
Erick Gill/ The Pendulum
Elon's Fine Arts Department will present Anything Goes for homecoming weekend.
JenniTer Hudsun
The Pendulum
Anything Goes is ihis fall's musical
presented by the Fine Arts Department
Thursday, Nov. 5 through Saturday, Nov.
7 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 8 at 2 p.m.
Assistant Professor of Fine Arts,
Catherine McNeela, directed the music for
Fiddler on the Roof but U'ies her hand at
stage directing for the first time at Elon
College with Anything Goes.
"It's good for students to get the
chance to work with different directors.
Hopefully, there will be more people
directing bccause we all work differently,"
McNeela said.
The musical takes place on board a
luxury liner traveling from New York to
London with a passenger list including
gangsters, Chinese converts, sailors and
lounge singers.
With three different versions of
Anything Goes, Elon will be one of the
first groups in the nation to present the
most recent variation written in 1987.
There are 38 people in this stage cast,
including guest artist Kristi Tucker, who
will be playing the role of Reno Sweeny.
"Reno Sweeny is an evangelist turned
nightclub singer. She's a wild character
and the leading female role," McNeela
said.
One of the largest roles is Billy
Crocker, played by Todd Herman,
Freshman Patrick Ruegsegger plays the
role of Moonface Martin, the intriguing
gangster character. Public Enemy number
13.
McNeela is not only pleased with this
musical due to its fast-paced sparks, but
also because it gives all actors experience
without being in the leading role. "This
show has given lots of opportunity to a
lot of people. Every chorus member has at
least one line in the show."
McNeela is confident that everyone
will enjoy the show. "I know they'll walk
away with a big smile on their face and
singing the tunes. It's that kind of show,"
McNeela said.
"The students are doing a tremendous
Job. It is a difficult show to do bccause of
the style. It's 1930s and it's really fast and
witty," McNeela said.
Admission is by ticket only, which
may be picked up from the Elon College
box officc Monday through Friday, 12:30
to 5 p.m. with $10 or an Elon
identification.
Triad music could rise to Rolling Stone
Erick Gill
The Pendulum
Why is it every time we turn around
there is a new music scene?
There was the London punk scene, ihe
Athens southern rock scene, the Seattle
grunge scene and now the Chapel Hill
scene.
With the rise in popularity of local
bands around the Norih Carolina Triangle
area, it seems that all the bands are being
lumped into the "Chapel Hill sound." Not
all of these bands originate from Chapel
Hill. The Triad also includes Raleigh and
Durham.
The November issue of Spin
dedicated a full page to the increase of
talent within the triangle. Spin’s August
article focussed on the Big Record Stardom
Convention, held at Chapel Hill's Cat's
Cradle nightclub. The convention featured
local bands playing at local clubs in front
of big name industry scouts hoping to
score big-time record deals.
One reason for the explosion of bands
in this local area could be credited to the
fact that it houses three of North
Carolina's major universities (N.C. State,
Duke and UNC). With local citics being
college towns, there is always that craving
for alternative college music.
What people do not understand is not
all Triad bands sound the same. Similar,
more popular bands, like The Connells
and Dillon Fence sound nothing like The
Veit or Superchunck.
The Triangle's music is extremely
diverse. It has everything from hardcore
punk to gothic-style rock to reggae to old
fashioned rock n' roll. Punk bands like
Corrosion of Conformity and Pike; funk
bands like Johnny Quest and Sex Police;
morbid-style bands like What Peggy
Wants and hard-edge rock 'n roll bands like
Queen Sarah Saturday are just a few
examples of the variety of local music.
There are dozens of bands in the area
who are waiting to be heard. If not for
college radio and clubs like the Brewery,
Cat’s Cradle and Under the Street, these
local bands would never make it out of the
garage.
So what does all this mean for the
Triangle? Will MTV end up broadcasting
live from the Cradle? Or will it remain the
local underground hot spot it is today?
Whatever happens, get out and
support these local bands. Whether at the
infamous Lighthouse or a N.C. State frat
house, go out and sec what all the hoopla
is about. Maybe one day you'll sec the
same band on the cover of Rolling Stone,
On The
Scene
I Heading To Concerts ^
■ Yams From Outer Space will be
playing at the Lighthouse Thursday and
Call Me Mable will be playing Saturday.
Also, a three man acoustic act will
perform on Friday.
■ Eastwind Quintet will be
performing at 8:15 p.m. on Thursday in
the Hart Recital Hall at UNCG.
■ All Good will be playing Friday
at the Cat's Cradle in Chapel Hill. Flat
Duo Jet, Sugarsmack, Queen Sara and Zen
Frisbee will be playing Saturday.
■ The UNCG Jazz Ensemble will
be performing "Tribute to the Big Bands"
concert at 8:15 p.m. on Tuesday in the
Aycock Auditorium at UNCG.
Musicals/Plays |
■ Jackee will be starring in Lady
Day from Nov. 3-6 at 8 p.m. and Nov.
6&7 at 2 p.m. at Emerson's Bar & Grille
in the Stevens Center, Winston-Salem.
■ Prelude to a Kiss will be
performed on Friday at 2 p.m. and on
Saturday at 8 p.m. in the Paul Green
Theatre, UNC-Chapel Hill. For more
info, call 962-7529.
■ The Miss Firecracker Contest
will be performed on Saturday at 8 p.m. in
the Business Careers Auditorium Theatre,
Guilford Technical Community College,
Jamestown campus.
At The Movies
■ Terrace Theatre- Mighty Ducks,
Pure Country, Dr. Giggles, Passenger 57
and A River Runs Through It.
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
The man who doesn’t read good books has
no advantage over the man who can't read
them.
Mark Twain (1835-1910)
Compiled by Ashley Slone