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DTH Omnibus Page 9 Thursday April 2, 1992 AlfS Hang on one more day until the Clefs Clef Hangers Friday, April 3, 8p.m Memorial Hall, UNC campus Tickets $5 in Pit or Union Box Office. For information, call 962-1 449 Mere they go again. Carolina's own Clef Hangers are pre paring for their 15th An i I nual Spring Concert, to be held Friday, April 3 in Me morial Hall. And what a show it's going to be. Tickets are $5 each, and are being sold in the Pit or at tbe Union Box Office through Friday. This year's show will feature sev eral songs from the Clefs first CD, "Safari". Although they have produced five previous recordings, "Safari" is the first to be released in compact disc form, and so far, sales have been highly successful. Friday's performance will contain only two songs from the Clefs last concert, said group member Greg Bowman, and the rest are new selec tions. Some of these, however, were previewed at February's A Capella jam. The show's theme is top secret, and all group members have been instructed to keep their lips sealed. Jenni Spitz cifijittiflt Zack Nelson, the Clefs music direc tor, hinted, however, that this year's theme is very timely. "If you like 'Safari'," Nelson said, "then you will like the concert. We've been learning a lot of new songs and have incorporated a lot of pop music." Mike Wakeford, a sophomore member of the group, agrees that the concert will satisfy those with an ear for the pop sound. He said the Clefs have put a lot of effort into prepara tions for the annual concert. "We've been working hard, many long hours, to get together a good show," said Wakeford, "not just a musical show, but a comical perfor mance as well." Clearly, everyone is excited about the finale to a busy performance year. Bowman said that the feature spring concert is traditionally the last and best performance of the year. After Friday's concert, although the Clefs performing season will be over, auditioning for new members will remain a top priority for the group. These auditions are to be held April 6 and 7. Six spots will be open in next year's Clef Hangers, as four seniors will graduate and two other members . ' f$ rs PS A ft $4 lllli ai .. . '9tlXU. x i. Y UNC's popular a capella group, the Clef Hangers will be leaving. Interested applicants ever as an official member of the lot of time spent, but still, great." he should look for applications and in- group. John Owen, president of the said, "I can't imagine life at Carolina formation at the Union desk. Clefs, said that he is sad to leave: without it." For senior Clefs, this spring con- "Being in the Clef Hangers has Nor can we imagine life at Caro- cert will be their last performance been great. A lot of hard work and a lina without the Clef Hangers . A cappella album takes listeners on musical 'safari7 Clef Hangers Safari Independent 12 Jonathan McCall afari, the latest album offer ing from UNC's all-male a cappella group the Clef Hangers, lives up to its name. It's an intrepid, often excit ing venture into new musical territo ries, but you can occasionally expect to get lost. Safari offer an ambitiously large sampling from a wide musical pallette. With nineteen tracks, the songs range from such standard a cappella fare as "Chatanooga Choo-Choo" and a Mamas and the Papas medley of "Monday, Monday" and "California Dreamin'" to a few selections that may cause some double-takes. Like the first track, for instance. It was surprising to see Toto's "Africa" on the song list for an a cappella group, but after listening to it, I'm convinced it'sJbetter than the origi nal. The vocal adaptations of the song's layered percussion is imagina tive and well-conceived, and the har monies certainly surpass the thin, strained chorus of the original ver sion. Similarly ambitious was a version of the Police's "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic," but unfortunately, the same arrangements which worked so well for "Africa" did not measure up. The vocal adaptation of the original's interwoven instrumentation ended up sounding rather cluttered. However, whenever the Clef Hangers took on songs that were pri marily vocal driven, the results were uniformly excellent. "Kiss the Girl" featured a wonderfully mellow solo by bass Jay Reynolds, while the adapta tion of the orchestral parts remained faithful to the feel of the original. "Sleeping with the Television On" was a fast-moving, upbeat pop offer ing, as was Lindsay Buckingham's "Holiday Road." Safari also included a few slow numbers, all of which worked well. "Somebody" boasted delicate harmo nies, as did the standard "Leader of the Band." Another slow song was Eric Clapton's "Wonderful Tonight," which would have done fine except for its vocal mimicry of Slowhand's wah-wah guitar. Nice try, but it just didn't work. There were only a couple of songs I would characterize as actually bad. One, surprisingly enough, was a ver sion of Van Morrison's "Brown Eyed Girl." I was really enjoying this song, which adapted very well to the all vocal format, until the middle. The rap chorus of "bust that body" was utterly gratuitous. I know it was prob ably done for humorous effect, but it completely ruined the mood of the song. Fortunately.Saari's high points outnumber the occasional dud. Even if all the attempts did not pan out, the Clef Hanger's adventurous musical experimentation is admirable. Par ticularly impressive is the fact that in almost all the cases, the songs were arranged by the Clef Hangers them selves. Safari does occasionally get lost. There are some songs which simply do not work well as a capella versions. But when the arrangements and the interpretations gel, the results are impressive. The long of the rink is about to meet America's ice queen. UNC STUDENT FILM FESTIVAL 1992 A Juried fillm festival with public viewing and prizes 1st prize : $100 2nd prize: Dinner for two Due date for entries: April 7, 1998 Rules and Guidelines Available at tbe Union Desk Sponsored by CtroHnfc Union Film Committal II HJIIE3 The ultimate loveskate relationship 3:055:1 07:059:05 OKomwaMuiKa April is International Guitar Month and we're celebrating with our biggest sale ever. Come on in duringApril for fabulous bargains amd special sale prices. Apr7 also marks our 1 2th Anniversary on we're featuring specials on drums, Jdb, keyboards, amplifiers and PA systems! gjN&gL 2 An extra incentive to fet started on fuitar purchase of any guitar! M6W.MainSt,Carrboro968-44M M-F 1 0-6, Sat 1 0-5 APRIL
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