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THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 2005
‘Footloose’ cast kicks
off production, shoes
Finals can’t stop that dancing spirit
BY BEN PITTARD
STAFF WRITER
Take off your Sunday shoes
and get ready for the Pauper
Players’ spring performance of
“Footloose.”
The musical, made popu
lar in the hit 1984 film starring
Kevin Bacon, opens Friday in
Playmakers Theatre.
“Footloose” centers on the story
of Ren, a young Chicago trans
plant who moves with his mother
to a small farm town.
Ren is unprepared for the cul
ture shock that awaits him when
he learns that rock music and
dancing are illegal in the conser
vative pastoral community.
The vice laws are the brainchild
of a vindictive reverend.
And when the preacher’s
young and rebellious daughter
takes a shine to Re”, her jealous
boyfriend sets out to ruin Ren’s
reputation.
What follows is Ren’s struggle
to fight against the town ordi
nance in a classic tale of repres
sion and teen rebellion.
The score features music by
Kenny Loggins and Sammy Hagar
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as well as several new songs not
heard in the movie that have
been added to the musical.
The cast and crew have been
gearing up for what they say will
be an exciting performance.
“It’s a great triple-threat
show,” said choreographer Ashley
Barbour. “There’s great acting,
great music and the dancing is
really intense.”
Although the opening of the
show falls close to final exams,
those affiliated with “Footloose”
said there’s no reason not to go.
“It’ll be a fun break to take
people’s minds off of exams,” said
Lexie Kuhn, the show’s producer.
Barbour added, “It’s another
form of procrastination.”
Although the Pauper Players
are a student-run organization,
several nonstudents are also
involved in the production.
“We have a really diverse cast,”
Kuhn said. “We even have some
Duke (University) students.”
The cast and crew have logged
a large number of hours into the
production of the show.
“It’s been pretty stressful,” said
Katie Wicker, the show’s stage
IF YOU GO
Date: April 29 & 30, May 12-May 14
Time: 8 p.m.; 2 p.m. matinee April 30
Location: Playmakers Theatre
Info: http://www.unc.edu/student/
orgs/pauper/current.html
manager. “We have five rehears
als a week from seven to 11. It’s
been fun, it’s just a lot of work,”
she said.
Wicker said she thinks that
hard work has paid off and that
people should come support the
show and the efforts of the cast
and crew.
“People put a lot of work into it,
and we really enjoy doing this.”
Wicker said the show will be a
chance for students who are not
studying the arts to expand their
horizons.
“The people in it aren’t drama
majors, mostly, so it’s a chance for
kids who love drama but are not
able to be majors to do what they
like to do,” she said.
The show will run the weekend
before and after final exams.
“It’s fun,” said Kuhn.
“It’ll be worth the seven
bucks.”
Contact theA&E Editor
at artsdesk@unc.edu.
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Group OKs plans for
summer concert series
BY JAKE POTTER
STAFF WRITER
A committee charged with orga
nizing this year’s downtown summer
concert series now has the backing it
needs to move the plans forward.
The Downtown Economic
Development Corporation, in its
first year overseeing the event,
gave a thumbs up Wednesday to
the summer events committee to
begin soliciting an event planner.
The corporation will allot as
much as $6,000 of its annual bud
get to committee chairman and
corporation member Tom Tucker
to hire a planner who would coor
dinate the nine scheduled events
and attract sponsors.
Tucker offered the committee’s
draft plan to corporation members
during their meeting Wednesday.
“We decided to go with some
thing that was pretty much in keep
ing with last year’s (series), due to
the short amount of time,” he said.
The group expressed gratitude
for the committee’s quick action.
With the series set to begin in less
than two months, growing con
cerns about time constraints have
worried corporation members.
“(Tucker) put a tremendous
amount of effort into this in a short
amount of time,” said corporation
chairwoman Andrea Rohrbacher.
The events four concerts and
“(Tom Tucker) put a tremendous
amount of effort into this in a short
amount of time.”
ANDREA ROHRBACHER, CHAIRWOMAN, DOWNTOWN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORP.
four movie showings are tenta
tively scheduled for every Wednesday
between June 15 and Aug. 3.
A grand finale at the Hargraves
Center athletic fields is slated for
Aug. 13.
Tucker said the concerts and
movie showings will likely be held
on McCorkle Place, where the town
has hosted events in previous years.
Plans for alcohol sales at the
event are still unclear.
The committee drew up details
on the series while the Town
Council considered a DEDC-sup
ported petition to allow some alco
hol sales on town-owned property.
With the council now prepared
to vote on the issue May 9, the
committee can begin to discuss
the possibility of serving alcohol
at some of the events.
Mayor Kevin Foy, the corpo
ration’s newest addition, warned
fellow members that if the ordi
nance passes, event hosts wishing
to serve alcohol on town-owned
property still would have to submit
an application to the council.
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“It’s not a blanket ordinance,
but it’s what you asked for,” Foy
told the group Wednesday.
A more vital part of the plan
ning process, corporation members
agreed, will be soliciting a sponsor.
The draft plan puts the corpora
tion’s total expenses for the series
at $30,000.
“This thing is not cheap,” Tucker
said. “There’s a heavy dependence
on the sponsors.”
Member Roger Perry suggested
that the committee plan according
to affordability.
“The events should be a func
tion of how much sponsorship
money you get,” he said.
The corporation will meet again
May 11 at the Midway Business
Center on Merritt Mill Road to dis
cuss with town planning board rep
resentatives an initiative to bring
wireless Internet access down
town and a downtown Streetscape
improvements proposal.
Contact the City Editor
at citydesk@unc.edu.