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(03/04/04 3:53am)
Disturbed, Chevelle, Taproot and Unloco had so much fun on the Music as a Weapon II Tour they decided to put together a CD/DVD chronicling it. Both the tour and CD have the exact same music -- excepting a bonus video for Disturbed's "Liberate." \nThe DVD shows the tour's incredible final concert in Disturbed's hometown of Chicago, which includes a lot of head-banging energy and great stage set-ups and light shows from all the bands. The album includes two previously unreleased tracks by Disturbed -- "Loading the Weapon," a brooding instrumental introduction and "Dehumanized," a mysteriously dark song. Amid the chaos, Disturbed does a great but shortened cover of Metallica's "Fade to Black," as well as its own beautifully melancholic ballad, "Darkness." \nSharing the spotlight with Disturbed, Chevelle and Taproot is the lesser-known but nonetheless impressive Unloco. In spite of lacking the benefits of commercial radio play, Unloco is given ample opportunity to be noticed by the mainstream heavy metal community with this collection, and rightfully so. \nBalancing the obscure with the mainstream, Music as a Weapon II wraps up with breakout hits including Chevelle's "The Red," Taproot's "Poem" and of course, Disturbed's "Stupify."\nThis product stands out as truly unique -- it's one of few opportunities, outside lame-brained horror movie soundtracks, to have a good dose of hard-hitting heavy metal.
(12/08/03 5:17am)
Slightly before the golden age of Romantic Gothic Horror, German romanticist E.T.A Hoffman wrote a tale equally romantic, exotic, dreamy, supernatural, yet significantly less macabre. Composer Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and choreographer Lev Ivanov reinterpreted "The Nutcracker and The King of Mice," which was handed down to guest conductor Xian Zhang and choreographer Jasques Cesbron for the IU Ballet Theater this weekend.\nA women's chorus and a celesta -- a xylophone-like instrument that became popular after the original production of "The Nutcracker" -- added to the production's unique and enchanting sound. The set design, costumes and lighting accentuated the music and dance, creating a magical and intricate land, while the children from the IU Pre-College Ballet program emphasize the fairy tale plot. \nThe story starts in reality, with the German president throwing a ball during which Dr. Drosselmeyer, the magician, entertains the crowd and gives a nutcracker doll to his goddaughter, Clara. The opening scene is dominated by a real-life portrayal of the dancing and festive atmosphere with the playful dancing of Clara, her brother Fritz and Drosselmeyer's magic displays.\nThe weird part of the story begins with Clara's fantastic and elaborate dream, based on the nutcracker she received as a gift. In her dream, Clara battles the King of Mice and his henchmice, travels to imaginary lands and gets rewarded with the transformation of the nutcracker into a handsome prince. \nThe goofy dance of the mice and the capricious fighting that wins the doll back for Clara introduce the exotic dreamscape, which separates "The Nutcracker" from the traditional ballet, a romantic love story. \nThe second act is extremely bizarre, as this represents all of the full-blown fantasies of Clara. This is where the majority of the familiar Nutcracker music is, as it accompanies all of dances the denizens of the Land of Sweets perform to entertain Clara. \nBecause of a wide cultural span of dances, the ballet appeals to a diversity-conscious audience. The tale was ahead of its time with the glorification Spanish, Arabian, Chinese and Russian cultures. The audience was dazzled by the these dances, as well as the Dance of the Mirlitons and the Waltz of the Flowers. Spectators were also entertained by Mother Ginger with several children from the IU pre-college program. The audience was in a roar of laughter as Mother Ginger was getting into the music as an untrained and very contemporary club-dancer would; it was similar to the response to last year's spoof of the Macarena, also a feature of "The Nutcracker." The audience was noticeably excited and dazzled by the performance by American Ballet Theatre guest artists Xiomara Reyes and Angel Corella in the pas de deux.\n"The Nutcracker" performance was a very intricate and very intense visual display. Though a bit less violent, and a bit more elegant, "The Nutcracker" was just as action-packed as Terminator 2, and Cesbron promised it would be. At times, it was a little too intense for too long, and could have had a little bit more relaxing choreography. However, the production was a lot of fun with all of its parts but was very impressive.\nIt is the kind of fairy tale that enchants us as children, but has a universal appeal for people of all ages. It represents the secular, festive side of the holiday season, but its plot is a bit disturbing. Like many opera and ballets, it focuses on the very upper class and represents how wealthy children get spoiled on Christmas, and because of this it is less inspirational than Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol"
(12/05/03 5:12am)
The IU Ballet Theatre's production of "The Nutcracker" will play at 8 p.m. Friday, 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday at the Musical Arts Center.\nBallet professor Jacques Cesbron is reinterpreting choreography for this production. Cesbron is making this production similar to the one from last year. \nHe said his personal vision of "The Nutcracker" was to make it more lively and entertaining. \n"(I) want to make the dancing very entertaining," he said. "Like the Terminator 2 movie."\nThere will be many different kinds of dances from different cultures in the production, bright colors and grandiose stage props in dances including Drosselmeier, Arabian Dance and Russian Dance, among others. \nJulie Brumfield will be dancing both the younger and older lead of Clara, which is unique to this production, she said. Usually, the "Nutcracker" character is shared by two dancers. David Levy will dance the prince role, while Scott Harris will do the animated doll role. \nThe character of Uncle Drosselmeir, the magician, brings the doll to life after winning it back from the Mouse King. \nCompared to an average ballet, this "Nutcracker" will be "less dancing, more acting," Harris said. \nBrumfield and Jennifer Moll both agreed. Moll is one of the dancers portraying the Sugar Plum Fairy, the queen of the Land of Sweets, in Clara's exotic dreamscape. This character will be doing the pas de deux with the Cavalier character.\nIn addition to showcasing student talent in dance and music at IU, the ballet will be spiced up by outside talent. IU's Pre-College Ballet Program is lending its young dancers for several dances. These young dancers only have two opportunities per year to dance in a production of such scope.\nThe "Nutcracker" is the highlight, said the Pre-College Director Doricha Sales. The dancers have to be at least 7 years old to perform.\n"They can't wait until they are seven," Sales said.\nTwo professional dancers will be traveling here from the American Ballet Theatre in New York City to dance the 15-minute pas de deux during the Friday and Saturday evening performances.\nDancing the major roles is important for the IU dancers.\nMoll said it is nice to be on stage so much of the time, compared with a non-story ballet.\n"It's an honor to dance a major role in such a large production as this," Moll said.\nCesbron said the ballet will be both entertaining and action-packed.\n"(The dancing will be) very difficult, dynamic and emotional," Cesbron said.\nBrumfield, Harris and Moll also said their parts will be fun and challenging.\n"The Nutcracker" has traditionally been a fairy tale with magical appeal for people of all ages. \n"It brings the whole community together," Cesbron said. "Even the fathers of the young dancers will not want to go to the ballet, but this is 'The Nutcracker.' It captures the magic of the Christmas season. It is pretty much sold out every year." \n-- Contact staff writer Benjames Derrick at bderrick@indiana.edu.
(12/04/03 5:00am)
Despite a change in half of the band's make-up, the sophomore effort from Puddle of Mudd picks up musically where the premiere left off. It is a mix of straight-forward hard rock and roll. But this is far from an hour-long assault of testosterone-laden, hair-banging madness. \nLife on Display doesn't reveal a feminine side of the band, but rather a gentler and mellow side not unlike "Drift and Die" from 2001's Come Clean. This can be heard in songs like "Time Flies" and "Change My Mind." \nThere is also a honky-tonk, country sound, most obvious in tracks like "Think," that is fostered mainly by the guitar. Also displayed are dark, moody, grinding sounds resembling Soundgarden and Tool, most apparent in "Bottom" and "Already Gone." However, the core of the album is a grungy-punk attitude that is pervasive in all the songs and album art. It is only fitting that frontman Wesley Scantlin resembles Kurt Cobain.\nLife on Display is an appropriate title with its far-from-theatrical lyrics about real-life subject matter like romance and relationships and drug problems. Like every good hard-rock band, Puddle of Mudd displays a heavy, aggressive side with a smaller mellow and intellectual side that makes Life on Display a solid musical companion.
(12/03/03 10:13pm)
Despite a change in half of the band's make-up, the sophomore effort from Puddle of Mudd picks up musically where the premiere left off. It is a mix of straight-forward hard rock and roll. But this is far from an hour-long assault of testosterone-laden, hair-banging madness. \nLife on Display doesn't reveal a feminine side of the band, but rather a gentler and mellow side not unlike "Drift and Die" from 2001's Come Clean. This can be heard in songs like "Time Flies" and "Change My Mind." \nThere is also a honky-tonk, country sound, most obvious in tracks like "Think," that is fostered mainly by the guitar. Also displayed are dark, moody, grinding sounds resembling Soundgarden and Tool, most apparent in "Bottom" and "Already Gone." However, the core of the album is a grungy-punk attitude that is pervasive in all the songs and album art. It is only fitting that frontman Wesley Scantlin resembles Kurt Cobain.\nLife on Display is an appropriate title with its far-from-theatrical lyrics about real-life subject matter like romance and relationships and drug problems. Like every good hard-rock band, Puddle of Mudd displays a heavy, aggressive side with a smaller mellow and intellectual side that makes Life on Display a solid musical companion.
(10/20/03 5:25am)
Union Board and several campus Latino groups sponsored "Sin Fronteras," or "Without Boundaries," Friday night at the IMU gallery. The free event attracted students and non-students alike.\n"This is our chance to give alcohol-free entertainment. We meant to give a variety of Latino entertainments tonight," said Mzilikazi Kone, UB vice president of membership and organizer.\nThe evening started with sit-down entertainment for the audience before turning into a party for all of the participants. \nCoffee and desserts were served during the first portion of the evening. A trio of musicians -- Isaac Salazar on keyboards, Alfonso Ramon on acoustic guitar and Nythia Rivera on vocals -- started off the night with what Ramon described as traditional "soft Latin American music." The group also featured senior music major Cristina Velazquez on a few songs.\nFollowing the music was Ruben Gonzalez's one man play, "Diary of a Mad Mexican," which featured the actor's expression of complex social commentary on the treatment of Mexican Americans through a host of characters. \nNext came Ballet Folklorica, a four-woman dance using choreography closer to traditional Latino dance than Western ballet. The dancers wore white blouses and long elaborate red skirts that twirled while they spun wildly.\n"This dance represents the Mexican folklore well," said dancer Maria Lopez. \nThe upbeat salsa came later with Proyecto Herencia, or Heritage Project, which featured Nythia Rivera on percussion. There were also DJs spinning salsa music before the band got started and between sets. Chips, salsa and soft drinks were served during the second half of the evening, while dancers enjoyed the multitude of elements of Latino culture through the rest of the night. \nJunior Sarah-Daisy Dygert said it was great to have such an event on campus. \n"It was really nice to have this in town. I usually have to go Indianapolis to dance salsa," she said.\nEvent co-sponsors included La Unidad Latina, Latinos Unidos, the Latino Graduate Student Organization, Lambda Upsilon Lambda, Gamma Phi Omega and Sigma Lambda Gamma. \n-- Contact staff writer Benjames Derrick at bderrick@indiana.edu.
(10/16/03 4:00am)
Based on MTV2's Saturday night heavy metal show, Roadrunner Records' two-disc, 40-song compilation Headbanger's Ball lives up to its name. This is a blast to listen to for any real metalhead. \nDon't get this confused with the cover band that you saw last Friday at Alumni Hall or at the Bluebird -- this is real, pure and brutal heavy metal. All good heavy metal bands have a softer, prettier, melancholy and melodic side, but that stuff isn't represented well in this double album. It's a Headbanger's Ball after all.\nDisc One features more mainstream acts like Marilyn Manson and Godsmack. However, there is plenty of hardcore music here with traditional thrash metal like Shadow's Fall, Killswitch Engage and Hatebreed. There are also dancy industrial sounds from Marilyn Manson and Static X. \nDisc Two has more up-and-coming underground stars like Cradle of Filth and Motograter, both of whom played Ozzfest. This disc has a stronger taste of death metal and hardcore punk, and is generally more hard than the first in the set\nOverall, this is a great album providing more than 150 minutes of madness. It has a huge cast of talented musicians, including solid stars and rising newcomers, while showcasing multiple subgenres of heavy metal.
(10/15/03 10:23pm)
Based on MTV2's Saturday night heavy metal show, Roadrunner Records' two-disc, 40-song compilation Headbanger's Ball lives up to its name. This is a blast to listen to for any real metalhead. \nDon't get this confused with the cover band that you saw last Friday at Alumni Hall or at the Bluebird -- this is real, pure and brutal heavy metal. All good heavy metal bands have a softer, prettier, melancholy and melodic side, but that stuff isn't represented well in this double album. It's a Headbanger's Ball after all.\nDisc One features more mainstream acts like Marilyn Manson and Godsmack. However, there is plenty of hardcore music here with traditional thrash metal like Shadow's Fall, Killswitch Engage and Hatebreed. There are also dancy industrial sounds from Marilyn Manson and Static X. \nDisc Two has more up-and-coming underground stars like Cradle of Filth and Motograter, both of whom played Ozzfest. This disc has a stronger taste of death metal and hardcore punk, and is generally more hard than the first in the set\nOverall, this is a great album providing more than 150 minutes of madness. It has a huge cast of talented musicians, including solid stars and rising newcomers, while showcasing multiple subgenres of heavy metal.
(10/10/03 6:29am)
World renowned artist John Clifford has choreographed movement to music ranging from classical Stravinsky to heavy metal Van Halen. \nThis weekend Clifford brings his talents to the IU Ballet Theater for a retelling of Stravinsky's infamous and morbid one-act "The Rite of Spring." The show is the headliner for the theatre's "Colours of Dance" program beginning at 8 p.m. this Friday and Saturday at the MAC. \nClifford's credits include choreographing and dancing with world-accomplished ballet dancer and choreographer George Balanchine. \n"The Rite of Spring" is notorious for the riots and fighting it produced with its 1913 debut in Paris, which Clifford cited as "the biggest scandal in music history." \n"It was like a rock concert," Clifford said.\nHe said the chaotic choreography by original choreographer Vaslav Nijinsky, irregular music by Stravinsky, and the heretical plot shocked the audience. The plot features the pagan sacrifice of a beautiful virgin for spring harvest, which Clifford said stirred the original crowd into a violent frenzy. The two pianos also provided a "pounding and percussive" sound that irritated the Parisian audience. \nClifford said the modern interpretation is even more violent and definitely more sexual in nature than the original. In this weekend's dance, the fictitious choreographer of his rehearsal of "The Rite of Spring" is driven mad. The dancers will be in revealing practice attire. \nUnlike the original performance, the stage will be completely bare, but the non-dancing visuals will be dominated by intense lighting. This dance definitely will not be classical ballet, as Clifford adds some modern and jazz dance to the already abnormal morbid and insane nature of the story.\n"Colours of Dance," will also feature dances choreographed by IU Professors of music Virginia Cesbron, Jacques Cesbron, and Violet Verdy set to music by Fanz Liszt and Peter I. Tchaikovsky.\nOne of the featured dances during the performance is the "Pas De Deux."\nBalanchine choreographed the original version of Tchaikovsky's "Pas De Deux," in the New York Ballet in the 1960s. Verdy danced the female role back then, and is now directing the production of "Colours of Dance." The music was originally written for Act III of "Swan Lake," but did not make the final cut for the score. The work was lost in the Russian Bolshevik Revolution and was later found in The Bolshoi Theatre archives in 1953, and subsequently danced by Verdy and partner Conrad Ludlow. \nThis short 8-minute dance is very classical and very technical. Like the original, a violin and orchestra will accompany a single man and woman, including solos by each dancer and two sections where they dance together. It will include both quick allegro and slow adagio elements. \nProfessor and chair of IU's dance department Virginia Cesbron will choreograph the allegro section from Tchaikovsky's "Quartet in D Major." Cesbron said the piece will be speedy, flowing, romantic and abstract. \nProfessor Cesbron Jacques, who also has done a version of "Rite of Spring," will choreograph the final dance for the evenings. It is "Sonata in B Minor" by Franz Liszt, performed on the piano by doctoral student Cory Smythe. Not unlike the "metallic ballet" that encompasses "Rite of Spring," this piece will be very dark, especially lyrical, tormentuos, emotional, moody and "evil", Jacques said. It will consist of one female main character along with four other women and several men.
(08/04/03 1:28am)
Parking fines will be increasing in price around Bloomington to help pay for more parking.\nLast Wednesday, the Bloomington city council decided to raise the price of common parking tickets, a decision that will become official this Wednesday.\n"We decided to raise the ticket prices and next Wednesday, we will officially sanction it at our council meeting," councilman Anthony Pizzo said.\nParking tickets will increase from $12 to $15 if they are paid on time. The fee for paying a ticket more than seven days after being issued will increase from $17 to $30.\nThe tickets cover many parking violations, including parking longer than the allotted time and failing to park within specifically designated areas. Parking enforcement officers are on the beat daily and most of the parking issues are downtown and affect people parking for work. \nThe changes were implemented to help raise cash for the city.\n"Basically, Deputy Mayor (James) McNamara came to us and asked us to increase the ticket prices because Bloomington needs to increase its revenue," councilman Timothy Mayer said.\nSome Bloomington residents said they aren't that upset about the change.\n"I don't think the increase from $12 to $15 will matter to anyone, but the other increase is pretty significant," Bloomington resident Ned Smith said.\nPart of the money raised from the increase will go toward the costs of improving parking in Bloomington, an issue some residents said they think needs to be resolved.\n"The parking in this town sucks," Smith said. "It's totally inadequate"
(07/17/03 1:07am)
A loss of funding forced Shelter Inc., 919 S. Rogers St., to announce its complete dissolution June 19. \nImmediately after, Perry Township, where Shelter Inc. is located, has funded $14,000 to keep the operation running. The temporary shelter will be run from the original Shelter Inc. location and will be operated by the nearby Community Kitchen through Aug. 31.\nShelter Inc. asked a group of community leaders for emergency funding through July until possibly receiving approval for a Neighborhood Assistance Program, where people would be encouraged to donate more with the lure of tax credits. However, this would not guarantee the continued success of Shelter Inc. \n"You could see the economics of it; we would rather give $14,000 to keep it running temporarily than take a $40,000 risk," Perry Township trustee Dan Combs said. \nThe emergency shelter will stay open from 4 p.m. to 8 a.m. in order to give Bloomington's homeless a place to sleep. Community Kitchen Executive Director Julio Alonso will oversee the temporary operations at the emergency shelter, but Community Kitchen caseworker Pat Lucas, who formerly worked for Shelter Inc., will run the "frontlines," Alonso said. \nThe Community Kitchen also has temporarily hired four house manager supervisors from the defunct Shelter Inc. \nThe emergency shelter will house 28 individuals each night, which is only a small portion of the city's homeless population. Alonso said the homeless problem is "worse than many think."\nDonna Jaques, executive director for the Shalom Center, which is a resource center for Bloomington's homeless and people in poverty, said the city's homeless are not like the rest.\n"Bloomington has an average homeless problem for a town of its size, but the city doesn't have the stereotypical homeless where people have all of their possessions in a shopping cart and such," Jaques said. "Most homeless people in Bloomington are 'doubling up' -- they live and sleep in a friends' couch or backyard."\nGordon, a homeless man who declined to give his last name, said Bloomington offers plenty of places for the homeless to find food. He is involved with Ground Scores, a group that accepts donations at The Farmers Market every Saturday from 7 a.m. to noon. \nA large group of community leaders, including representatives from The Salvation Army, The Community Kitchen and Deputy Mayor James McNamara are working to find a permanent homeless shelter to replace Shelter Inc. \nBev Moffitt, who heads the group, said it will "focus narrowly" at serving only the homeless community located at the Rogers Street facility. The working title of the group is "Emergency Housing Work Group," which will be a non-profit organization like its predecessor, Shelter Inc.\n"We are just exploring our options by beginning committee meetings," said Major Steven Koehler, a representative of The Salvation Army. \nWhether it will be taken up by an already existing non-profit group in town or become a new organization is "up in the air," Alonso said.\nAdditionally, The Salvation Army is working out a deal with Perry Township where they will run an 11-unit building on Dodds Street, south of First Street. The transitional home is meant to help individuals and families move from shelters to permanent residences. Officials said they plan to open the building in September.\nIn addition to the temporary shelter run by The Community Kitchen, there are a few options for Bloomington's homeless. The Shalom Center, which is attached to the First United Methodist Church on the corner of Fourth and Washington streets, is a good place for the city's homeless to find help getting back on their feet by finding a new home and finding work during the day, Jaques said. \nOther establishments include The Middle Way House, which provides housing for abused women and their children, and Backstreet Missions Inc., which provides aid for single men. The Salvation Army also pays for a handful of people to stay in local, undisclosed hotels.
(07/07/03 1:00am)
Monroe County celebrated its 185th birthday Friday. The county in which Bloomington resides was founded on April 10,1818. In previous years, the birthday had been celebrated on the actual date of "birth," but Monroe County decided to change the celebration to Independence Day in an effort to attract more people to the celebration. \nThe 185th Monroe County Birthday took place from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Monroe County History Center. The birthday included an arts and crafts fair, food from local restaurants, free music and games for kids.\nThe arts and crafts fair highlighted the celebration with a wide variety of items, including natural soaps and candles, Native American jewelry, artistic birdhouses, pastel portraits, artwork and ceramics. \nLocal and professional vendors came from all over Bloomington to sell and showcase their goods. \n"Its just a hobby; it keeps me out of the bars," said Steve Donnella, an arts vendor from Odds & Ends.\nLocal vendors said they find these celebrations enjoyable and an excellent way to earn some extra money.\n"This is just supplemental income," said retired stay-at-home mother Jozee Borrasso, who has been creating charcoal portraits for many years now.\nMark Riggins, a local artist, sold his pen and ink drawings. He displayed scenic pictures, including images of the Bloomington Courthouse and scenes from the campus. He only makes "extra money" for his efforts.\n"Most of my work comes from people asking me to draw specific images for them," he said.\nBloomington community groups such as the Buskirk-Chumley Theatre, which shows independent movies and other theatrical productions; WonderLab, a science museum in town designed for children; the Scottish society of Greater Bloomington and the Greyhound Pets of America-Indiana Chapter also came to participate in the festivities. \nThe Greyhound Pets of America group takes in retired greyhound racers from states like West Virginia and Florida where greyhound racing is illegal so they will not be killed. The Bloomington chapter encompasses all of Indiana except for the greater Indianapolis area. All participants are volunteers who are willing to foster the dogs and find homes for them.\n"We really look hard to find good owners for these dogs," volunteer Paul Cain said. Even though a large proportion of greyhounds are killed in the racing industry, the percent saved has increased over the last 10 years. \n"We never kill any of the dogs that we take in," Cain said.\nThe WonderLab community group offered a chemical reaction display, and there were free Frog Flip and Animal Spitting games for children. Cookies by Design rounded out the days festivities with free cookies and birthday cake celebrating the 185th birthday of Monroe County.
(06/02/03 1:23am)
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Cafe Pizzaria.\nCafe Pizzaria, 405 Kirkwood Ave., was founded in February 1953 by current Nick's English Hut owner Richard Barnes, store manager Andrew Storrs said. \nLarry Webb, the current owner, started working at Cafe Pizzaria in 1962. He managed the store in 1971 and bought the building in 1986. The atmosphere and decor have been similar over the years, which leads to the alumni consistently returning, Webb said.\nThough Cafe Pizzaria was not Bloomington's first restaurant to serve pizza, it was the first "pizzeria," Webb said. It has been serving its New York-style pies since its inception. \nBob and Allen Linnemeier, a father and son, said they are consistent customers. Bob Linnemeier, 53, said he remembers being taken to the pizzeria by his parents ever since he was 9 years old. \n"They used to throw their own pizzas, and you could see it in the window," Bob Linnemeier said.\nAllen Linnemeier said he is now following his father's behavior of eating at Cafe Pizzaria almost every weekday for lunch.\nBecause the locals are very loyal, Webb said business stays consistent throughout the year. \nSome crave the Cafe Pizzaria food even though they can't come to Bloomington.\n"We've frozen pizzas and shipped them to Chicago, Texas, Florida -- all over the place," Webb said. \nOne alumni still in town, Jade Butcher, a football player who is pictured in the original room of the pizzeria, said he remembers when he would run to Cafe Pizzaria in the early 1960s for his 45-minute lunch break from Binford Junior High School, which was located near the College Mall. He said he also remembers hanging out with friends at the pizzeria on Sunday evenings when the dorms were closed for eating. \nThey make the best pizzas and strombolis in town, Butcher said.
(05/20/03 9:49pm)
The 10th annual Phil Taylor Memorial Car Show went on despite a rain-soaked Saturday. \nThe car show raised about $1,800 for charity despite a smaller than expected showing, Cruisin' Classics President Virgil Franks said.\nCruisin' Classics played host to the show at the east side of Memorial Stadium. All proceeds of the show went to 'Shop With A Cop,' a yearly charity event for underprivileged Bloomington children.\nThe event was dominated by classic cars and Bloomington residents, but there were newer vehicles and people from neighboring cities such as Bedford present as well. The temperature was warm, but a constant drizzle in the morning and an overcast sky discouraged many people from entering their vehicles in the show, said Joe Wilson, Cruisin' Classics vice president.\n"If we had good weather, we would have about 200 cars," Wilson said. A total of 43 vehicles eventually entered.\nFour judges looked under the hood, inside the trunk and at the vehicles' exterior and interior to compile the points. \nMultiple awards were given in four categories -- cars and trucks made before 1980, cars made after 1979, trucks made after 1979 and motorcycles. Because of the small turnout, everyone got an award. \nThe only special award, the People's Choice Award, was given to a 1950 Studebaker.\nAn auction was later held to raise money for "Shop With a Cop," a charity event in which a child from a disadvantaged family goes to Wal-Mart during the Christmas season with an off-duty police officer, who purchases clothing and a toy for the child. Last year, about 75 kids were able to participate in the program, said Donna Crane, a member of Cruisin' Classics. \nThe auction took place at 1 p.m. after all the cars had been judged and included items such as tool sets, children's bicycles, dolls and trinkets.