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(02/15/01 3:51am)
Sounds of the acoustic guitar, drums, basses and amazing vocals echoed throughout the Bluebird Nightclub, 216 N. Walnut St., Tuesday night as Pat McGee Band took center stage. \nPlaying to a packed crowd of mainly college students, Pat McGee Band rocked the house, playing old and new tunes, such as "Lost" and "Hero," two of the hottest hits of the evening.\n"Rebecca" was another one of the most popular songs of the evening. \n"It was the first song I ever wrote," McGee said. "There's been maybe 10 nights out of 2,000 that we haven't played that song. The fans have always been into that song." \nTuesday night, the crowd showed how much they enjoy "Rebecca." The crowd screamed with excitement as the first few notes of the song were played. Once the vocals were added, the crowd sang along with McGee and the rest of the band.\nBut it wasn't just "Rebecca" that brought the crowd to its feet. By the time the entire band was on stage, the floor surrounding the stage was packed with fans.\nEach song brought new excitement and energy within the crowd, which made the performance even better.\nWith musical influences from the Allman Brothers and other classic rock bands, the music Pat McGee Band played catered to all age groups. McGee said he wants to focus on the younger college-aged crowd because it is the group with which the band started.\nHe said a highlight of the band's career was playing at President Clinton's farewell party. "It was definitely the most exciting and most memorable experience of my life," McGee said. "It was cool. Very cool."\nCool is one word of many to describe Pat McGee Band. The talent of this band and the music is phenomenal. \nThe highlight of the evening cannot be classified because the entire show was outstanding. The band was filled with passion and energy, which increased the energy of the audience. \nThe men of Pat McGee Band know how to put on a performance, especially in a college town, because that is where their career began. Getting the crowd interested and revved up made the concert one of the best I have ever seen. Pat McGee Band is outstanding and full of great musical talent, making this a performance for the memory books.\nPat McGee Band will be returning in April for Little 500 weekend. The concert will be sponsored by Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity and will be open to everyone.
(02/13/01 5:24am)
I'm trying to get you to open up your sense to all the fine things that tear down the fences/put up by, and kept by those who don't always listen to what father told you they would be missin'./Out and down on this child's intervention/this boy never meant nothing but just to give you all about the passion. - Pat McGee\nFor the Pat McGee Band, it is "all about the passion," devotion for music and for its fans, who have driven it on a meteoric rise through the music industry. \nNow, this passion will be on hand in Bloomington. \nThe Pat McGee Band will perform 10 p.m. today at the Bluebird Nightclub, 216 N. Walnut St., one of hundreds of shows the band will be performing this year.\nDave Kubiak, general manager for the Bluebird, said he was happy he was able to book the band and its opening act, Marathon, for the concert. \n"Pat played two years ago with Vertical Horizon and it was a great turnout," Kubiak said. "Their music is popular in the college market. They are popular on the East Coast and with several East Coast students here, we thought it would be great to get the band back here."\nThe band has found national fame, appearing in an article in Billboard's Feb. 3 issue, performing with Craig Kilborn and playing for President Bill Clinton at a farewell celebration. These were major breakthroughs for a band that was already considered one of the hottest up and coming bands by Billboard. \nFormed in the Richmond, Va., area in 1996, the Pat McGee Band is gathering new fans with each gig. \nJune 1, 1999, the band signed with Giant Records, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. "Working on a major label was a bit different because we could use the finest studios and engineers to get the best sound out to our fans on this new album," Pat McGee, the band's lead singer, said.\nApril 11, 2000, Pat McGee Band released its second studio album, Shine, on the Giant label. \n"The sound of Shine is more mature and polished but still raw Pat McGee Band material," McGee said. "Shine has the same positive vibe that Revel did, but I feel like the songwriting is more mature and the arrangements and colorful instrumentation is the core of why Shine flows the way it does." \nRecorded in Sausalito, Calif., the album contains old classics such as "Rebecca" and "Haven't Seen for a While," along with new favorites such as "Hero," "Lost," "Runaway" and the title track, "Shine." \nJunior Rebecca Carpenter went to high school with Pat McGee and said she is attracted to the energizedacoustic rock and tight vocal harmonies.\n"His music is the best," Carpenter said. "Everyone should go see him if you are looking for a good time. I think his song 'Rebecca' might even be named after me," Carpenter said jokingly about her favorite Pat McGee song.\nThe band plays more than 250 shows a year, and has logged hundreds of thousands of miles on its touring vans. \nKubiak said tonight's performance should be a fan-filled event.\n"I think we will get a good crowd," Kubiak said. "It should be a great concert."\nTickets are available at the Bluebird Nightclub and at all Ticketmaster locations. Cost is $6. The show starts at 9 p.m. with opening act Marathon. For more information contact the Bluebird, 216 N. Walnut St., at 336-3984.\nEric Zlotogura contributed to this article.
(02/08/01 4:32am)
The King came back to life Tuesday evening during Erika Doss' lecture, "Elvis Culture: Fans, Faith and Image."\n"The three most well known images of the American culture are Jesus, Coca Cola and Elvis (Presley)," Doss, an art history professor and chair of the American studies department at the University of Colorado, Boulder, said. "Elvis is everywhere and shows no signs of disappearing."\nStephanie Taylor, visiting lecturer in art history, invited Doss to speak. Her lecture was sponsored by the Robert and Avis Burke Lectures in the History of Art.\nIn 1992, Doss became interested in why Presley was such a prominent image in American culture, she said. Since then, she has researched Presley extensively. She searched through archives, talked to Presley impersonators and visited Presley's home. Thus, she has created a new and refreshing take on Presley and his fans.\nShowing pictures of Presley memorabilia, shrines, souvenirs and Graceland, Doss said each of the slides contributed to the story behind Presley imagery in America's culture.\nDoss discussed how the fans, the memorabilia and Presley's image catered to all types of Americans, which contributed to his popularity. Presley was alternately a rock rebel, teen angel, movie star, patriot and Las Vegas superstar. All of these personalities combined in one man, helping to keep Presley's memory and legend alive, even today. \nDoss said she's made certain decisions about Presley, and that she isn't a die-hard fan, but is simply interested in him. \nHer interest sparked at a convention in 1992, when a famous picture of a head of Christ was shown to the audience. When asked what other image could compare to its popularity, Presley's image immediately came to her mind. \nFrom that catalyst, Doss created her book.\nFor those in the audience who remembered when Presley was alive, it was a reminder of how many people adored him and what and who he was. It was a chance for students who were not so familiar with the singer to get a better idea of what he meant to so many people and who he was in the eyes of Doss and his fans.\nDoss showed interest in the life and fans of Presley; the time and effort she devoted to the book shows that dedication.
(02/05/01 3:11pm)
Models for the Alpha Kappa Alpha annual fashion show stepped out in style Thursday before a packed audience in the Indiana Memorial Union's Alumni Hall. The show was a creative combination of trendy clothes, hot choreography and club music.\nMusic from Destiny's Child, Madonna, Jay-Z, Outkast and Mystikal was featured during and in between the fashion sets, which helped the audience get into the show. At one point, several members of the Phi Beta Sigma fraternity were out of their seats and dancing.\nThe models entertained and motivated the audience. It wasn't just the fun fashions the ladies were wearing that wowed the crowd; their choreographed moves made a simple fashion show more original. \n"They do the show every year and it gets better and better," senior Damon Meadows said.\nEach set consisted of several vibrant-colored outfits displayed in an imaginative way. The models came out, posed and then broke out into dance moves that fit well with the song and style of clothing.\nThe "Charlie's Angels" theme started the evening off with a bang. Striking the angels' poses as they came out, the models grooved down the runway to "Independent Women" by Destiny's Child while modeling fun club clothes. Each model displayed her own personal tastes and personality with the fashions she chose to wear.\nIncluded in the sets of clothes modeled were business wear, swim wear, lingerie, casual wear, accessories and evening wear. Each set incorporated a song and dance moves that reflected the mood of the clothing.\nThe evening was made unique by a surprise marriage proposal.\nJermaine Upshaw, a graduate student, proposed to Deana Brunson. During one of the breaks, members of the group SoulACE performed a song while Brunson was brought out. Moments later, Upshaw proposed, and Brunson accepted.\nLe Var Woods' performance and the African American Choral Ensemble were also highlights of the evening. The performances added to the event's excitement and originality.\nWoods recited two powerful poems. The emotion and effort put into each poem let the audience feel his energy radiating from within. \n AKA put on a creative and original show of which they should be proud. It was a show that highlighted many trends and fashions of women of all different styles. The shows should only get better in the years to come.
(02/02/01 5:07am)
Sometimes a costume mask is more than a mask.\n"We all wear masks everywhere we go," said senior Jason Jones, president of OUT. "But behind the masks, we are all people. We should celebrate our uniqueness, but realize what we all have in common."\nCelebrating that uniqueness and wearing masks are two things OUT and the University Players hope to do at the Drag Extravaganza and Masquerade Ball. \nJones said this year OUT is teaming up with the undergraduate theater group to combine its drag extravaganza with the University Players' masquerade ball. \n"In essence, this is a fund-raiser for University Players, as well as OUT," Jones said.\nThis extravaganza will begin at 9 p.m. today in Alumni Hall of the Indiana Memorial Union. Although admission is free, there is a $3 suggested donation. Proceeds will help fund OUT and University Players' programs.\nJunior Katrina Howe, fund-raising director for University Players, said the funds help produce shows and hold workshops. \n"In order to do that we need enthusiastic students who are willing to help out," Howe said.\nOUT's annual Miss Gay IU 2001, which is its biggest fund-raiser, will benefit from the extravaganza, Jones said. \n"We use these funds to provide GLBT (Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Student Union) programming and events throughout the year," Jones said.\nBesides the masquerade ball, the extravaganza will be having a "drag show interspersed with dancing," Jones said. "Various designers and sometimes themselves (the drag queens) design their costumes and clothes for this. Anything and everything is imaginable."\nOUT secretary Laura Smith said more than one drag show will occur. \n"There will be six drag queens," Smith said. "And for the first time in a while there will be drag queens this year performing."\nSmith said the drag shows will encompass skits and musical types of performances, such as lip synching.\nOn top of the drag shows, there will also be a DJ for dancing and entertainment. On hand, Jones said, will be DJ Darrien X from South Beach, Fla., who will be providing the music for this extravaganza.\nOverall, Jones said he hopes they will have several hundred crazy people there for all the hard work, time and effort everyone has put in.\n"It has taken a lot of planning, but it's worth it," Howe said. "It is going to be a fabulous event. Hopefully, we can bring more awareness to the organization through this event." \nJones said he agreed with Howe in expecting the show to be a success.\n"It is just a night of fun and good times," said Jones. "We hope people realize that IU is a welcoming community for all types of people, and that people will have fun tonight."\nFor more information about the Drag Extravaganza and Masquerade Ball contact OUT on the Web site, www.indiana.edu/~out.
(02/01/01 6:35am)
"Good morning, models." \n"Good morning, Charlie."\n"Charlie's Angels" is just one of the themed sections of this year's Alpha Kappa Alpha fashion show, 7:30 p.m. today in Alumni Hall in the Indiana Memorial Union.\nSenior Nakia Redmond, co-director of the show, said AKA puts on an annual fashion show as part of its national program requirements in the arts field. In the fall, open auditions are held for models, who work the runway and strut their stuff. If chosen, the models return to learn the fashion show in which they will perform. \n"There are 35 models for the show," said Redmond. "Fifty-five tried out." \nThis year, AKA has put together a unique and entertaining fashion extravaganza, Redmond said. She and senior Fanai Croff, co-director, have spent several hours organizing what Croff said should be a "fun for everyone" show. \n"I think it will be a huge success," Croff said. "The models have been coming to practices and doing a great job. There is also a surprise in store for people during one of the intermissions."\nRedmond said during the two breaks, students such as Le Var Woods and the African American Choral Ensemble will showcase their talents.\nWoods,a senior, has been involved with AKA's fashion shows for a few years, whether it has been modeling or performing with his dance group, Intrigue.\nThis year, Woods will perform his own poetry. He will perform three poems, two by himself and one with freshman Ian Dunlap. The audience might hear Woods' poem, "Strength," about people who hate. \n"A lot of energy and feelings go into (my poems)," Woods said. "I relive the moment and try to feel the pain or act out the love."\nWoods is also known by his stage name, Uhdrinalyn, because he said he gets his "own adrenaline rush when performing" his poetry.\nWoods said no matter what you call him, one thing remains true about his feelings toward his poetry -- "It is a gift from God."\nThe African American Choral Ensemble will also perform. The ensemble has been preparing several songs, and Redmond said the ensemble hopes the audience will be interested and entertained.\nThe fashion show will contain a variety of music. Songs such as "Independent Woman" by Destiny's Child, "Justify My Love" by Madonna and songs by other artists will be among the music to which the models will stride on the catwalk.\nRedmond said the models were granted the freedom to create their own looks, but had to check their ideas with the directors.\n"There was a guideline we set and we had the models work from there," Redmond said. "We have creative outfits. We went and bought rhinestones to make our own rhinestone bras. We even bought fabric to drape over models in different and fun ways."\nCroff said the show will appeal to people with different styles because of the variety of outfits. \n"There are about seven or eight different styles," Croff said. "There will be casual, swim wear, evening wear, lingerie and the 'Charlie's Angels' theme, which is the club style."\nCroff said she is excited to display several months of work.\n"We hope tonight is going to be a big success," Croff said. "We hope to get the campus's support and have a large, diverse crowd out there. We also hope to have other greeks to come out and support us."\nThe show is free and open to the public.