(Tiff lailg (Ear Hrrl Multicultural carnival promises exciting mix BY SCOTT RUDICIL STAFF WRrtER Opening salsa. According to Chris Elliot’s Baked Tostito’s commercials, popping open a bag of those low-fat, additive-free com chips starts a party immediately. But right after Elliot (pathetically) gives up his bag of chips someone always pops into the picture with ajar of salsa. That’s when every one starts showing up: after the salsa has been opened. Really? Yes, really. That’s what Shelli Dronsfield and the rest of the organizers and sponsors of Durham Arts Council Center Fest '97 are hoping for, some opened salsa to attract a party. The only thing stopping the fiesta is another spicy jar of salsa opening in Carrboro. Centerfest ’97 begins this year, its 24th in existence, as the second salsa opener of Friday, September 19. Bio Ritmo (bee-o reet-mo) provides the dip, as its salsa music, a Puerto Rican dance music, will open for the highly antici pated Squirrel Nut Zippers concert before they head over to the kick-off dance concert for Centerfest ’97. The only visible problem stems from the pos sible over-extension of Rene Herrera, former member of the Cuban sympho ny and leader of Bio Ritmo. “Management [of Bio Ritmo] assures me there won’t be a problem,” said Dronsfield. The party that the organizers are try ing to initiate is what Center Fest ’97 is all about: fun for all. A projected crowd of 70,000 will fill the streets of the Durham-based event over the course of Friday, Saturday and Sunday for what could be the event to attend this week end. “68,000 people showed up last year after good publicity. It was two weeks after hurricane Fran, and people want ed to party,” said Dronsfield. With no entrance fee and only a $2 suggested donation to enter the main festivities on Saturday and Sunday, the price is right. The opening night starts with Ritmo and their Cuban-influenced dance beat. Tickets for this get down and boogie kick-off are SB. The doors open at 7:30 p.m. for all the eager party junkies, and Bio Ritmo blasts in at nine o’clock to get Center Fest off to a picante-flavored jump-start. Ritmo’s recent success in clubs around Chapel Hill made them the jar-opening favorite to knock every one’s socks off the first night. The remainder of the weekend offers a variety of entertainment including the construction of a 30-foot art structure with tons of banners hanging down to form a pyramid for more than 30 per formers and bands to entertain even the prudes in the crowd. As participatory activities become the theme for Center Fest ’97, even chil dren can get involved with the festivi ties. 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Included are tem porary henna tatoos, the no-gravity, free-floating experience of the Orbitron and the funny-faces of caricature draw ings. If that isn’t enough to whet the appetite, imagine a stand that gauges the speed of the major league dreamers’ arms with a baseball-pitching radar gun, and there is even an area where the kid dies can play any instruments they can get their paws on. Then there are the bands. Anyone can find the music they are looking for with this super-group consisting of over 30 performers. Whether it’s Jamaican ska with The Jumpstarts, the Carolina originated bluegrass feel of New Vintage, blues and jazz aficionado Ed Acquesta, or even die Irish traditional sounds of jigs and leprechauns that Down the Broom brings, Center Fest provides for all. And the bands aren’t even the half of the entertainment. Ready to liven up the dull and monotonous lives of al] that attend are the Bouncing Bulldogs Jump Rope Team, a group of high-jumping preci sion hip-hop middle schoolers, Danceßrazil, a dynamic assortment of rhythm and martial arts and a few choirs mixed and mingled within the variety that is Center Fest ’97. “[CenterFest ’97] is cheap,” said Dronsfield. “That’s always important for college students.” With checking accounts running dry after the initial rush of the school year and UNC ONE Cards not able to pay for the entertainment that everyone wants to enjoy, “cheap” is a luxury that all students can afford. We re never mean. Our hands are clean. 110 N. Columbia St. 929-2828 Kitchen hours... 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