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NOVEMBER «9, 19^ THE TWIG PAGES Opryland to scout North Carolina talent FEATURES NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Opryland, the Nastwille theme park that highlights live musical productions, will make audition stops in Winston-Salem (Nov. 25) and Ch^l HUI (Nov. 27) during its 2^ity tour. The coast-to-coast audition tour stretches from Los Angeles to Boston and continues through January. Oixyland will hire approximately 350 singers, dancers, dance captains, conductor-pianists, musicians, stage managers arxl technicians for shows staged in the park, at industrial shows and conventions and for perfomnances on the General Jackson, a multimilliorv dollar showtwat that will be In operation at Opryland USA t>y mkl-June. The Winston-Salem auditions will t>e on Monday, Nov. 26, from noorv3 p.m. at Oormlny Studios, Inc., 1281 Vtfest Fourth Street. Tf>e Otapel Hill auditions will be on Tuesday, Nov. 27, noon-3 p.m. in the Great Hall at the University of North Carolina. No appointments sre necessary for the open-call auditions. These will be the only audition sites in North Carolina. John Haywood, Opryland’s enter tainment manager, offers these suggest tkxre to those auditioning. “When you audition, it Is very important that you're relaxed. Do the material you feel you do well, material you are comfortable with. Most importantly, do what you do best and do it first.” AcconJing to Haywood, Opryland is looking for perfonn^ proficient in virtually all stytes of American music, with veraatiiity being the key factor. Both norvcountry and country entertainers ere being sought. Conducting the auditions will be the park's entertainment director, manager, choreographs, show director and nusteal director. Sif>gers should be prepared to per form two numbers, one b^lad and one more upbeat song. A piano accompanist is part of the audition team, and singers should bring music in the proper key. Dancers will be asked to perf(ym a routine of no more than one minute. A record player and a cassette tape plays' will be available at the open-call audi- tior)s. Instrurhentaiists will tie asked to sight read, and woodwind players must be proficient doublers. Corxluctor- pianists nujst subnet a resume and references, and a piano audition will tie required. Stage managers and techni cians should bring a resume. Stage managers will t)e interviewed at the auditions, while technidws’ resumes will be forwarded toOprylsnd's technk^ dIrectCH'. “Performers wfK>m we hire are some of tf>e best in the nation, and versatility is a key factor. In many cases, we need signers who can dance and dancers wfw can sir>g. And we certainly look for both country and norvcountry performers," said Bob Whittaker, Opryland's enter tainment director. Performers who are cast are placed in one of two companies. The first company begins perfomiances on March 30 when the park opens for spring week end operation. The second company joins the first for the park’s season of daily operation in summer. Performers drawn from tx>th groups work during tfie fall weekend season. OprylarKi is part of Opryland USA Inc., an entertainment facility that also contains the Opryland Hotel, the Grand Ole Opry and Tl>e Nashville Network, a national cable televisicm network. THESE AUOmONS ARE NOT FOR THE GRW^D OLE OPRY. Pre-Thanksgiving audition stops include Little Rock, Ark. (Nov. 12); Provo, Utah (Nov. 13); San Francisco (Nov. IS); Los An^es (Nov. 17); Albuquerque, N.M. (Nov. 18); and Okla homa City (Nov. 19). The tour resumes after Thanksgiving and continues through December and January. After Tfianksgiving, the audition slops are VMnston-Salem, N.C. (Nov. .26); Chapel Hill, N.C. (Nov. 27); Cc^lege Park, Md. (Nov. Rttsburgh (Nov. 29); Boston (Dec. 1); Philadelphia (Dec. 3); Columbus, Ohio (Dec. 4); Detroit (Dec. S); Madison, VAsc. (Dec. 6); Champaign, III. (Dec. 8); Nashville. Tenn. (Dec. 9); Arlington, Texas (Dec. 10); Denton, Texas, instrumentalists only (Dec. 10); New OrlQar>s (Dec. 12); Memphis, Tenn. (Dec. 13); and Nasiv ville, Tenn. (Dec. 15). January audition sites are New York (Jan. S4); Qncinnati (Jan. 7); Bir- mingftam, Ala. (Jan. 8); OrlarKk), Fla. (Jan. 10); Tallahassee, Ra (Jan. 11); Nashville, Tenn. (Jan. 12-13); Blooming ton, Ind. (Jan. 14-15); Chicai^ (Jan. 16); Cedar Falls, Iowa (Jan. 17); ^ Nash ville, Tenn. (Jan. 19) for n>ore details idxxit the audition tour, mite the Opryland Entertainment Dep^ment, 2802 Opryland Drive, Nash ville, Tenn. 37214; phone 6l&-88»«600. Honeyweirs competition MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 1 - Hwwywell wants to find out vt^t college stunts think the world will be like in the year 2009 and one local futurist feels the future can be anything we w^t it to be. “However, we cannot predict; we can only fCHBcast," said Earl Josef^, presi dent of Anticipatory Sciences Inc. (A.S.I.). ‘To predict the future would be to tell you what will happen. Fore casting, as a futurist, would be to tell you what coukl happen. It's a study of what's possible." Joseph looks at the future optimis tically and feels it’s under the public's control. A.S.I. is a company th^ tieips businesses and individuals realize and create opportunities for their future. Joseph, a former staff futurist and computer scientist at Sperry Univac, re searches the future so businesses ar>d individuals can clearly focus tfteir long- range planning activities. Joseph thinks Honeyweil’s contest idea is wonderful. “It gives students a ch»Ke to study the future and that's important tiecause the future is where we are going to live,” he said. “By studying it, students will gain an Idea of what to prepare for and the types careens to pursue." Honeywell’s third annual Futurist Awards Competition was launched in early October. The Futurist Awards contest asks students to look 25 years into the future and write three essays of up to 500 words each. Two of the essa^ are to be written about significant developments in two of the following areas: computers, energy, electronto communications, biomedical technology, marine systems or aero space. In the third essay, entrants are asked to write about the soci^ impact of technological progress. Joseph advised students, "Reed emd read some more. Interview some experts and extrapolate recent past trends." Joseph's forecasts for the year 2009 include: widespread use of artificial Intelligence, mining and manufacturing in space, tieginning stages of designing a super human race using bio-engineer ing techniques, vacations in space hotels Job opportunities improve Forecasters are convirwed that business will enjoy continued gnswth weii into 1965 with the cunent economic recovery. Consumer income is up, unemployment is down, and employers InterKi to continue acpanding their work forces. This intent is reflected in env loyers’ plans to recniit more college graduates from the class of 1965 than they did from last year’s class. Increased hiring t)y more companies will result in greater competition to attract top level students. For those stu dents in the most soughtafter disciplines - such as electrical and mechanical engineering, computer science, or ac- ounting - it could be a seller's market. Most categories of employers showed increases in employn^t opportunities; however, banking, finance, and in- urance reported a 5 percent decline in hiring from last year. College recruiting will be strong in the merchandising and services industry, with a 16 percent increase in hiring anticipated. Further, employers reported a 3 percent increase over last year in the number of campuses scheduled for recruiting visits. This may not be the best of times, but the ecorwxny has enough bright signs to make most people feel good about this year's prospects. The outlook for college graduates seems to be look ing up. too, and while hiring will pro bably not rebound to prerecession levels, the class of 1985 can look fonward to improved employment opportunities. American Collegiate Talent Showcase LAS CRUCES, N.M.—A super star and a super songwriter will judge new segments for the American Cc^iegiate Talent Showcase. Legendary comedian Bob Hope will assemble a gnsup of comedy vtrriters and producere to form a judging team for the newly added comedy writing category in the Fourth Annual American Collegiate TjJent Showcase (ACTS). Writers may submit comedy one liners and situation comedy »ripts as part of the ACTSs^ competition. Joining Mr. Hope in judging ax>tfier new category, songwriting, will be song-. writer Mike Reid, who is best known for writing “There’s A Stranger In My House" sung by Rcmnie Mitsap. An award for best Vkleo Production has also been added to the extensive list of performing categories that include ^1 are^ of comtemporary and classical music, dance, drsura and variety. Students who patidpate in ACTS have the opportunity to receive cash awards arxJ sdwlarships, cwerseas tours, showcases, persor^ appearar>ces and auditior>s by rnajor talent agencies, record compani^. darwe companies arvd other entertainment organlzatior>s. Entries are being accepted for the Fourth Annual Anrterican Cdlegiate Tajgnt Shoyycase through April 15,1965. For more information and an offidal entry form write or call: The American (k^legiate Talent Showcase B0X3ACT New Mexico State University Las Cmoes. NM 88003 (5C61 $4&^13 Linda Searls’ audition tips 1. You are auditionirtg from the moment you arrive ^ fill out an applteation. Apperarwe attitude are everything. 2. Fill out the aji^lication honestly and completely. Provide good references, complete with phone nurri»rs and addresses. 3. You should i^ave all the equipment you’ll need for the auditkm. 4. Come prepared with a second or a third ejection. 5. The auditkm should be concise, designed to show technkal expertise and aWlity to perform. Pick the high points. For instance, dancers should not spend 30 seconds trying to establish a mood with slow arm movements.Start ar>d stay with technical,exacting material. This approach can be applied to singers, actors-actresses and musicians as well. 6. Singers shoukl come with sheet music in the proper key. Do not expect the on site pianist to transpose music fretm one key to JtfKither key. This puts the auditions at a tremendous disad- antage. 7. Actors-actresses auditioning for The Old Country should come with a comic monologue. Improvisational skills are desirable. 6. Variety artists should come with some type of “patter." 9. Singers should come with a bal lad and an uptempo song. 10. Musicians who sing should bring along vocal material, too. 11. Dress is impbftant, but costumes are discouraged. want to see the per- on's talent, not the glitter. 12. Come with krKnvledge of The Old Country, its location, its style. 13. Have fun! and a life expectancy of ISO yeare. HoneyweU's contest is open to ail full-time undergraduates and graduate students at any accredited ci^lege In the United States. This year the numlwr of winning entries has been increased fnsm 10 to 30. Each of the ten first-place essays will earn $2,000 «vKj an oppor tunity to work for Honeywetl next sum mer. Second-place winners will each receive $250 and ten honorable-mention winners will each receive $100. All contests entrants will receive a Honey well Futurists T-shiri. Completed essays must tw post marked no later than Dec. 31,1984. The essays will be Judged on {he basis of feasilirillty, clarity, cnaatlvity and legi bility. Winners will be notified by Feb. 1, 1986 and will be flown to Minneapolis later that month for the awards cere monies. For more contest infonrt^ion, write: Futurist Ruies, P. O. Box 2009, 600 South County Road 18, Minneapolis, MN 55426 or call toll free 1-800-328-5111, ext. 1523. In Minnesota call collect (6t^ 870-2142, ext. 1523.
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