Page 12 DTH Omnibus
Thursday December 3, 1992
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If the last shoulder massage you got felt a little too much like
the Vulcan death grip, either your bodily tension levels are
exceeding healthy limits or you need a new masseur.
Movement to Relieve Stress with Killian Manning, a
workshop sponsored by the Carolina Union Activities Board
theater alternative committee can help solve both of those
problems.
Manning, a choreographer and dance
instructor, will lead basic stretching
and breathing techniques as well as
exercises that can be done with part
ners. (It could provide an excellent
opportunity for you to get closer to
that study partner you've been
scamming on.)
"I think that a lot of it will induce
some laughter, which is good because that helps reduce stress
too," she said.
Two kinds of stress plague college students the stress
created by trying to stay awake and the stress that keeps people
awake when they're trying to sleep. With relaxation tech
niques that are energizing as well
as exercises that induce sleep,
Manning's workshop will teach
participants to combat both.
Theater alternative committee
chair Thomas King said the dem
onstration is not just dance-oriented.
Anyone under stress (all of
us who face end-of-the-semester
payment for a term's worth of pro
crastination) could benefit from it.
"Everyone could use a good massage now and then," King
said. "This is kind of a good way to help you learn to do it
yourself ... The exercises will
relieve tension and make certain
parts of your body more fluid."
So, anybody interested in be
coming more fluid and relaxed
should head on down to the
Union Cabaret at 7 p.m. on
Tuesday for the free workshop.
Dress to move.
Amber Nimocks
Cradle straps on Helmet
ttt anna see a band that's crunchier than a broken glass salad?
V V Tuesday night at the Cat's Cradle is, among other things, not a show
recommended for pregnant women and heart patients. New York's Helmet
will take the stage to assault every aural cavity within a five-mile radius. If music
were hate, Helmet would be the poster child.
Formed in May 1989 from the ashes of Poison Idea, New Christs and Band
of Susans, Helmet released two seven-inches and a full-length album,
Strap It On, before being swiped by the corporate entity of Interscope
Records. Their first major-label release, Meantime, is currently enjoy
ing praise and worship from every faction of Alternative Music Fans.
Razor-sharp song execution, hardest-of-the-hardcore guitars and
raspy, vitriolic vocals typify Helmet's "sound"; plus, there's this
intangible, indescribable hostility underlying every riff.
Anyone who's ever been mad at anything, and any bipedal life
form who appreciates decent music at all, should go to this
show. Don't forget the earplugs.
Summer Burkes
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1992. The year of the woman. The year of
change. The year most juniors can finally lllTA I CYXATTl
drink a legal beer. And the 20th anniversary JJ-Avy lJ VV J.J.
of the Red Clay Ramblers.
The string jazzbluegrass group will roll
into Chapel Hill for a Dec. 4 concert, in Memorial Hall. Featured artists
will be Triona NiDhomnhail, Mark Roberts and Claudine Langille, who
play in the Irish music group Touchstone. Irish fiddler Kevin Burke will
also lend his musical expertise to the night's entertainment.
UNC is lucky to snag the Ramblers; this has been one of their most
active years. In March and April, the group played in New Mexico and in
May they toured Syria, Jordan and North Africa for the U.S. State
Department.
When they weren't earning PC points 'round the globe for promoting
multiculturalism through music, the Ramblers performed in the new
Sam Shepard film Silent Tongue and composed and performed the score
for Shepard's play A Lie of the Mind and his 1988 film, Far North.
The Ramblers have also appeared in the off-Broadway productions of
Diamond Studs and Big River. They even had guest shots on ABC's A.M.
America, CBS's This Morning and National Public Radio's A Prairie Home
Companion. Wow. And they're coming here.
Rambler, the group's latest album, was named album of the month by
Bluegrass Unlimited magazine in October. Friday's concert promises
plenty of the album's latest offerings, as well as the timeless pickin'
and grinnin' the Ramblers have made famous.
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