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GREENSBORO - Students at the University of North Car
olina at Greensboro are hoping to surpass the $12,000 collected
in donations last year when they hold their second Dance
Marathon fund-raiser on Saturday and Sunday, April 13-14, to
raise funds for patients of Duke Children's Hospital.
Students and other participants will be on the dance floor for
24 hours, from 11 a.m. to 11 a.m. in the UNCG Campus Recre
ation Center, located at the comer of Aycock Street and Walker
Avenue. The event is open to the public.
Dancers can enter by raising a minimum of $125 for the kids
at Duke Children's Hospital and paying a $25 registration fee. A
"Spirit Dancer" sponsorship is available for individuals who
would like to contribute to the cause but do not w ant to take part
in the 24-hour event For details, call the Office of Student Life
at (336) 334-5800. Student comminees have been at work for
more than six months to organire the event.
Dance Marathon, which is affiliated with the Children's Mir
acle Network, is not a dance contest or dance performance.
Rather, dancers commit to remain on their feet for 24 hours
while enjoying live music, games, visits by "miracle" families
and children, and support from spectators.
The Dance Marathon theme is "A Kid. A Chance, A Dance!"
Through fund-raising efforts such as UNCG's project, young
patients at Children's Miracle Network hospitals will hav^.a
chance to ehjoy some of the network's activities and have access
to care.
"UNCG's sponsorship of the project is part of its commit
ment to incorporating service into the student experience and an
extension of its cultural leadership role in the community," said
Dawn Mays-Floyd, associate director of student life for student
activities.
Dance Marathon originated at Pennsylvania State University
in 1973 as a fund-raiser for the Hershey, Pa., Medical Center.
Almost 60 colleges and universities take part each year to bene
fit the member hospitals in the Children's Miracle Network.
Marvin Hamlisch to appear at UNCG
GREENSBORO ? The University of North Carolina at
Greensboro will host a musically varied evening with well-known,
award-winning composer Marvin Hamlisch.
Sponsored by the University Concert/Lecture Series, the per
formance will be Tuesday, April 16, at 8 p.m. in Avcock Auditorium.
Tickets ($34, $29 and $21) are available through the University Box
Office and Arts Information Center noon-5 p.m. weekdays or by
calling (336) 334-4849.
Hamlisch's career in music is notable for its great versatility and
substance. Best known as a composer, he has written major works
for film, stage, recordings and concert halls. He has won almost
every major award, including three Oscars, four Grammys. four
Emmys, a Tony and three Golden Globe awards. One of his most
famous shows. "A Chorus Line." received the Pulitzer Prize.
As a conductor, he has led the great orchestras of the world. As
a pianist and entertainer, he has performed both with ensembles and
in a solo capacity.
Among the Broadway shows Hamlisch has composed are
"They're Playing Our Song" and "The Goodbye Girl" and the musi
cal "Sweet Smell of Success," based on the book by John Guare.
Hamlisch is composer of mote than 40 motion picture scores, includ
ing his Oscar-winning score and song for "The Way We Were" and
his adaptation of Scott Joplin's music for "The Sting," which won
him his third Oscar.
Hamlisch is principal pops conductor with the Pittsburgh Sym
phony Orchestra and the National Symphony Orchestra in Wash
ington, D.C. One of the youngest students ever admitted to
The Juilliard School, Hamlisch is a graduate of both Juilliard
and Queens College in New York.
N.C. A&T will present 'Two
Trains Running' April 18-22
SI'HCIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
The national award-win
ning Richard B. Harrison Play
ers of N.C. A&T Slate Univer
sity will present "Two Trains
Running" by August Wilson.
The play will run April 18-22 at
the Paul Robeson Theatre on
campus.
The third play in Wilson's
10 cycles of plays exploring
the African-American experi
ence takes place in Pittsburgh
in 1969 at a diner owned by
Memphis, the central character
of the play. Memphis is fight
ing to get a fair price for his
diner from the city, which is
buying up the entire neighbor
hood for urban renewal.
Risa. the waitress and cook
at the diner, has slashed her
beautiful legs to discourage
men.
Sterling, newly released
from jail, is seeking any means
possible to support himself.
Holloway, the eldest regular
to the diner, serves as the spir
itual adviser, recommending
his friends to take their prob
lems to Aunt Esther, the 322
year-old spiritualist.
Wolf, the numbers and
ladies' man, and West, the lone
ly, wealthy funeral home
owner, are also frequent regu
lars to the diner.
And finally, Hambone, a- ;
traumatized yet determined "
man, is seeking to get what
rightfully belongs to him, "my
ham."
Wilson has beautifully cre
ated profound examples of his- .
ideas about black masculinity; ;
in these six male characters, and ?
their efforts to change their
plight in white America. You
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Carolina Film and Video Festival
will celebrate 25 years at UNC-G
SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
GREENSBORO - The 2002
Carolina Film & Video Festival
(CFVF) will be Wednesday
through Saturday, April 10-13, at
The University of North Carolina
at Greensboro.
Now in its 25th year, the
CFVF is a showcase for inde
pendent film and video work by
student and independent film
makers from around the world.
"The festival is one of the
state's premiere showcases for
independent films," said Chad
Phillips, festival coordinator. "It
presents the work of artists pro
ducing films and videos outside
the restrictions of the commercial
television and Hollywood formu
la, and these works come from
around the United States as well
as several foreign countries.
We're also very excited to be cel
ebrating the festival's 25th
anniversary."
Each year festival coordina
tors receive more than 200
entries, which are accepted in any
genre and any length. The prize
categories include Best Narrative
Drama, Best Narrative Comedy,
Best Doci^njentary, Best Experi
mental/Animation, Best Cine
matography and the Audience
Award. Cash prizes are given in
each category with Kodak sup
plying $ 1 ,000 worth of film stock
for Best Cinematography. Cine
film Labs will provide $500 for
processing fees to the winner of
the Audience Award.
The festival is sponsored by
UNCG's Department of Broad
casting/Cinema, which was
named one of the 'Top U.S. Film
Schools" by American Cine
matographer magazine last year.
The department is one of several
campus departments that inspire
creativity through the cultural
arts.
Three industry professionals
will serve as festival jurors. Free
daytime seminars and panel dis
cussions, where filmmakers will
screen their works and answer
questions, also will be held.
Additional information on the
festival is available by contacting
Phillips at (336) 334-4197. The
CFVF events will be in the Jarred
Lecture Hall of the UNCG Jack
son Library. The schedule will
run as follows:
? April 10-12, Competitive
screening nights. Wednesday at 8
p.m. Thursday and Friday at 7
p.m. Admission is $4, and the
public is welcome.
? April 13, Winner's Night at
8 p.m. Admission is $10 and $5
for students. This evening is
reserved seating. A closing party
is also open to the public and will
begin at 10 p.m. For tickets, con
tact the University Box Office
and Arts Information Center at
(336) 334-4849.
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Train Music Awards winners:
? R&B/soul single, female:
"Rock the Boat." Aaliyah
? R&B/soul single, male:
"Love," Musiq Soulchild
? R&B/soul single, group,
band, or duo: "Contagious" by
the Isley Brothers featuring Ron
Isley
? R&B/soul album, female:
"Songs in A Minor," Alicia Keys
? R&B/soul album, male:
"8701," Usher
? R&B/soul album group,
band, or duo: "Eternal," Isley
Brothers featuring Ron Isley
? R&B/soul or rap album of
the year: "The Blueprint," Jay-Z
? R&B/soul or rap new artist:
Alieia Keys, "Fallin"'
? R&B/soul or rap music
video: "Get Ur Freak On," Missy
"Misdemeanor" Elliot
? Gospel album: "Live in
London," Donnie McClurkin
? Sammy Davis Jr. entertainer
of the year award, female: Alicia
Keys
? Sammy Davis Jr. entertainer
of the year award, male: Dr. Dre
? 2002 Quincy Jones Award
for Outstanding Career Achieve
ments: The O'Jays
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