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the Independent C band students. These students
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} Sears in recognizin this clinic that takes place every
Tiost fundamental (' year on Mars Hill’s campus,
teaching,” said Jfluring the day on Friday and all of
FIHE president, “rday the students will be divided up
Dnor some of our n2four different bands according to
s and encourage otIThese students will be preparing for
ncert that they will perform during
ond year of this pro^reekend clinic.
Banks, president he main attraction of the band clinic
:k Foundation, “wee concert that will take place on
lity to demonstratiy evening, Feb. 22 at 8:00 p.m. in
to recognize care Auditorium. At that time the MHC
d outstanding teacteert Band will be doing its premiere
luate level.” :ert for the annual Band Tour. Over
)ast six weeks, the band members
continued from p literally been counting down the
,nd their meaning, aH until this concert. Some of the most
of emotions whicfenging and enjoyable music that
ywar. college’s band program has at-
1 to the stories of waited in recent history will be per-
riy), there are part-‘®d that evening.
3oth a distant affair ahe college’s jazz ensemble will also
3rn. Let us never sepisre the concert that they will be
ver deny what our s^’i'ming on tour on that same eve-
len do, and the jot- Uttle or none has to be said about
ed to do for their cot LaRue claims to be the “flagship
smble of the entire campus.” “This
^ ip is a wonderfully talented group
w bas a love for the style of music that
« I perform,” said LaRue. The jazz en-
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ilars Hill students will soon have the
ortunity to experience a variety of
Is, music, and artifacts from other
"itries. The annual International Fes-
will be held on Feb. 26 at 6:30 p.m.
le Blue Lounge.
he event is sponsored by the Mars
i^enter for International Studies. This
lent-oriented event will give us the
ortunity to talk with students from
*r countries, to sampie their foods,
to hear some of their music.
Mars Hill,North Carolina
Friday, February 22, 1991
“This music has to be mentally
owned by each of our band members in
order to present the music at its best,”
said LaRue. In the rehearsals over the
last few weeks, band students have ad
mitted to literally removing themselves
from outside thoughts in order to con
centrate totally on the challenge of play-
for the concert and the tour concerts in
cludes: two marches. Thumbs Up USA,
and Rough Riders Gaiop\ Bencriscutto
Tuba Concertino, featuring David Jor
dan on Tuba; the last movement of
Terpsichore-, and the “World Premiere”
of Robert Palmer’s Winter Moun-
tainscaoe.
Members of the Mars Hill College Concert Band prepare for their band
clinic concert to be held at the college on Friday evening, February
22, at 8:00 p.m. Senior David Jordan (center) will be featured on
Bencriscutto s Tuba Concertino, (left to right: Stephen Whisnant
David Jordan, and James Lewis’!
ing this music and piaying this music
right.
Senior music education major David
Jordan said, “This music is exciting to
play; however, it does require a tremen
dous amount of mental energy, and Doc
[LaRue] has been trying to prepare us
to have that mental energy ready when
showtime rolls around.”
The repertoire of music scheduled
Brings Different
There will be approximately sixteen
tables set up featuring artifacts and
other interesting information from a
variety of countries.
The International Student Exchange
Program (ISEP) will also have a table set
up with information for students who
may want to study abroad.
Dr. Jon Crawford, Coordinator of In
ternational Studies, hopes the event will
“promote international sensitivity and in
troduce students to different cultures.”
He also stated that the war in the Gulf
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Photo by Tim McCoy
During each rehearsal the band has
a set amount of time allotted for breath
ing exercises that prepare the band
members for the extreme breath control
required to perform this music. On a
recent visit to Mars Hill to work with the
band on his composition, Robert Palmer
said, “After witnessing the breathing ex
ercises that this band does, I now under
stand why their sound is so full and
wonderful.”
Another practice that the band has
gotten into this semester in order to
mentally prepare for this concert is a
daily poetry reading. During this time, a
student who has been chosen for that
day’s poetry reading will share with the
band a favorite piece of poetry that is
especially meaningful to that individual.
This offers the band members an oppor
tunity to reflect on the thoughts of the
poetry, the opportunity to get to know
the student who is sharing the poetry,
and an opportunity to understand that
relating the preparation for this concert
to the art of poetry allows the music to
be presented in a more poetic, more
musical manner.
Michael Vaughn, also a senior music
education major, said, “This concert is
the most musically challenging concert
I have had to perform since I have been
at Mars Hill.” Vaughn also said, “This
concert will be musically enjoyable for
all audiences that hear it.”
The annual Spring Band Tour, March
3-7, will include stops at the following
high schools: Mountain Heritage, Al
leghany County, Forbush, South
Stokes, North Iredell, East Gaston H.S.,
Scotland County, South Columbus
County and Socastee (near Myrtle
Beach). After the concert at Socastee,
the band will be staying in Myrtle Beach
for the night and returning to Mars Hill
on Thursday evening.
An important musical concept that
LaRue has continually passed on to his
bands here at Mars Hill Is that when one
is performing music, it should be “musi
cally rewarding and personally enjoy
able.”
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