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'.:'"}Y{{"b?"::.::: .... ...........:........: ........ r: r'-ii::::,}" ";.;:r,,".":::{:rrr:."...:: ssc:v::::::'J.{":}}: ,r....a .. ..:...:i:.:.::rx.:.iYJ"t:n:.".":u:::.i':i"v::::'.}v.}t: fi:::':: }i:":":::: :::: isvii$ii}Iv}}}}:i':i:{;'i.'}}:r" "f :, i}i?}?iiii ..:.>i}i>: .................. ................ r'i'>i:":"i;?::i:;} i;: {{"}:"iiiiiiiiiY.v:4}i:w: e:"::":": i;............................., n..... Freenform- radio prevents rolling g of the dial Union office showcases talent by Greg Baise by Ian Hoffman V ho says art has to be expensive? Who says art is stuffy? Who says art doesn't appeal to students? Not Shirley Smith. Smith is director of the Arts and Programming Office (APO), an or- ganization that provides low cost fun and available artistic performances for the University community. Lo- cated on the second floor of the Michigan Union, APO offers several programs that showcase a wide vari- ety of musical styles and artistic mediums. - j~r - - -.PP IT I'-- I D YOU HAVE TENDENCIES? § Use this handy quiz to find out: I "Where the LSA student ends up writing a paper for a grade, the mu- sic student often performs a piece or sings a song before a jury of faculty for their grade," said Smith. "When a student has a jury coming up we are able to provide them an audience. Performance experience is invalu- able, students must do and do and do to acquire professional ease." Two of the programs that allow APO to offer students the perfor- mance experience they need are Arts at Mid-Day, and the Concert of the Month series. Arts at Mid-Day is held in the acoustically-live Pendleton Room of the Michigan Union every Thursday at 12:15. While most of the per- formers originate from the school of music, which provides both musi- cians and dancers, Arts at Mid-Day participants come from all over the campus. In the past year members of East Quad's Residential College per- formed Medieval dramas, a dar.e troupe from the school of physical education as well as one from Toronto University demonstrated folk dancing and faculty from the English Department gave poetry readings. "We deal with the arts very You want college music? Check out your neighbor's tape collection. You want good music? Listen to WCBN, 88.3. They're so tough that they'll play anything. Or almost anything. Like sometimes you get jockeys who have a free-form show, meaning that they'll play anything-anything by white men with long hair and guitars. Or you might run into someone who doesn't take your request for some environmental music all that seriously. But most of the time the dj's are pretty aware of what's going on. Not only are there a plethora of free-form shows, but there is a lot of specialized programming, including all kinds of world music. Several talk shows keep listeners posted and debate open on a variety of issues. Students form the backbone of the radio station, so, who knows? Your neighbor with the groovy tapes might be a dj at the radio station. Find out by calling 763-3500, and request whatever you want. WCBN Program Director Andy Flynn's s could easily apply to the Radio Free Ani other, less interesting radio stations, pl Nancy Leinonen is just one of the many performers and artists given opportunities to share their talent with the student public, courtesy of the Arts and Programming Office in the Union. k s. Gilbert and Sullivan are: a. The last names of Tom and Jerry. b. The Victorian equivalent of Rodgers and Hammerstein. c The Victorian equivalent of Calvin and Hobbes. Z. What is comic opera? a. Doonesbury set to music b. two comic operuses c just like an opera, except that nobody kills themselves and you're supposed to laugh at the lady in the Viking hat. r. Which of the following was not written by Gilbert and Sullivan? a. The Pirates of Penzance b. The Mikado c. Attack of tie Killer Lint 4. Major accomplishments of the U of M Gilbert and Sullivan Society include: a. staging quality productions from the GGS canon twice a year since 1947. b. the invention of the slam polka c. The most frequent cast parties on campus, including the Ugly Cake Party and "Sing Happy Birthday to a Waitress" night. d. all of the above, broadly," said Smith. Arts at Mid-Day isn't just run-of- the-mill either, says Smith. One story she likes to recount involves one lunchtime given last year by Biza Sonpa, an African drummer from the Congo and an expert in Congolese dance. Though Sonpa makes his home in Ann Arbor he has lived in both Paris and New York. "Biza was giving a concert and it was very loose jointed and wonderful so we opened all the windows in the -1 I i . =4N Pendleton Room so others could en- joy the sounds he was making," said Smith "It turns out some children at one of the Ann Arbor elementary schools heard the music and came in and listened." "After a little while Biza invited everyone to come up and dance. We had the little tykes dancing with stu- dents, faculty and alums. When the kids left they all asked for Biza's phone number. Arts at Mid-Day is just like one big family." This year's first Arts at Mid-Day performance will feature a newly formed Hispanic fraternity that also comprises a singing group. The fra- ternity, the first of its kind on cam- pus, will exercise their vocal cords Thursday, September 27 at 12:15. Concert of the Month is a one hour program also given in the Pendleton Room that begins at 8:00 p.m. and, appropriately enough, oc- curs once a month. Where Art at Mid-Day tends to draw artists who need the experience of performing in front of a audience, Concert of the Month tends to book musicians who are "already in major competition" said to Smith. "We get a lot of pianists because they love our old Steinway. It's a See APO, page 4 N~OWAY Fo . G, I ?$ W. A~T I oSED EtOP s + Cm WE. AE. w owLOCArO Ar MOR. L i ! THSAiTQ ' 'NA1' 'E C" OvRE V.JA'( FswLEt~TioN R1Eti) SM 005 These and other questions will be answered at the Univerity of Michigan Gilbert and Sullivan Society MASS MEETING Sunday, September 16 at 7:00 p.m. in the Henderson Room of the Michigan League. Refreshments will be served, embarassing slides will be shown, and information regarding auditions and other involvement with I 2 FOR 1 WITH THIS AD Expires 10/31/90 lh Princess Ida (to be performed December 6 -9) will be revealed. UMGASS is always in search of new talent of all kinds, so if you can sing, dance, sew, hammer, paint, or spell your own name, please consider joining our happy troupe. Call 761-7855 for more details.