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A&E May 5,1994 6 Elan ends semester with melody of tunes Rick Galiher Staff Reporter The vocal jazz group, Elan, will be in conceit May 5-6 and would like to clear up confusion in pronouncing their name. Cheryl Haworth, Elan member, asked for all the readers to sound it out once with her: “Uh-Ion.” Catherine McNeela, leader of Elan and assistant professor of fine arts, said many people have no idea the hours that go into preparing the concert. “Hopefully we make it look so easy and fun that they just think, ‘Oh wow, they’re great. They just kind of got together this afternoon and put on some good clothes and got up there,’” McNeela said. Haworth said that aside from regular group rehearsals “we’re also supposed to get together once' a week with our partner and practice.” “That really helps out a lot because if you know your part Elan members find time for fun between concert practices. File Photo then you’re not searching for notes and you can listen to everybody else’s and blend the harmony,” Haworth said. For the more difficult pieces, the men and the women bre^ off. McNeela explained, “I’ll stay with the men and rehearse them and Jennifer Banks will rehearse the ladies.” “That’s just going and beating out the notes on the piano and learning them. Then we try to put it together just note-wise, and we do the stuff that really makes it into a piece, which includes working on the phrasing and the music part of it,” McNeela said. She also said, “We never try and copy what someone else has done. We try and make it our own thing.” Aaron Borst, another member, described how solos are handled. “Everybody gets to try out for a solo. For the most part, everybody has a shot at any solo as long as their voice can handle it,” he said. Haworth added, “For the guys, a lot of it has to do with their range. For the females, it’s a little bit with range, but more with your vocal quality,” she said. Borst said this week’s technical rehearsal will make a big diffeience. Borst said, “It is a special concert since we have two seniors (Jennifer Banks and Todd HcMman) graduating. The two have been here since the beginning of the group, and both are off toward professional careers in music.” Horman said, “Both Jen and I were swt of there our first concert in Whitley and there were like thirty people there. A lot has changed. It’s only been three and a half years, but there>ihas been a real change in repertoire and support from the school.” McNeela said, “A huge part of the success of this group is the audience that comes, and we appreciate them all." The concert will in McCrary Theater, and admission is free with student identification. Connells concert draws small crowd at UNC Erick Gill Editor The Connells isn’t the same band it was three or four years ago. The same thing can be said for its fans. The Connell brothers and company don’t have that same hometown following they had when they played their opening show at Hardee’s Walnut Creek Amphitheater. On April 27, The Connells played UNC’s Memorial Hall to Review a crowd that was lacking to say the least. Then again for $13.50, what do you expect? Despite the fact that the crowd turn-out was poor and the audience was as active as a stagnet puddle of water. The Connells played as if it was still the band of college students that used to tear up fraternity houses in Raleigh. Once on stage, Doug MacMillian blistered his hand with a tambourine as he wailed and hummed Connells lyrics from as far back as Boylan Heights but skipping over the band’s first E.P. Darker Days. MacMillan was up to his usual stage antics, dancing around shaking his hips as if he was in a Sir Mix-a-Lot video. The band did an excellent job backing up the vocals. On several songs the volume would sink down and resonate back up into David Connell plucked away at the bass, keeping tempo with Wimberley. Songs like “Running Mary” and “Disappointed” reinforced Connell’s and Wimberley’s driving back beat. The band mixed in a lot of Boylan Heights and Fun and Games but left out the ever popular. One Simple Word. What has happened to The Connells I used to see on stage in Raleigh as I fought my way through crowds of drunk high school and college students? Nothing, except that maybe the band has matured and sadly# m has its audience. 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