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about the Ufe and death choices faced
in the nuclear age. The presentation
focused on the company
members' belief in a choice which
people must make between life and
death. The mimes depicted the
destructive direction in which
humanity is headed and contrasted
that with an awakened realization of
the things which are meaningful and
which we care enough about to
save.
October was a busy month with
Homecoming, drama, mime and to
top it off jazz, in the form of the Pat
Metheny Group. Metheny,
somewhat of a musical prodigy,
taught at the University of Miami at
age 18. The Metheny concert was a
rare treat of progressive jazz.
Again, as last year, in November
students were given the opportunity
to experience rock-n-roll in a new
dimension - sight. The Laserium
show fused popular music with the
relatively new science of lasers by
projecting colored laser lights onto
a screen and moving them in beat
to the music.
"An Evening of Unclassical Jazz"
with Glen Moore and Danny Smith
in December, followed Metheny's
earlier outstanding performance. In
an intimate atmosphere, the two artists
stunned the small audience with
their incredible talent and versatility.
The audience was in the
workshop of two master craftsmen,
seeing - hearing - the pieces
roughed, sculpted and given final
touches.
To end the year of 1982, the
Theater Arts Department produced
their second play of the school year,
"13 Rue de !'Amour," a popular
bedroom farce. And popular it was,
as many Idaho students and Moscow
residents found it to be one of the
most entertaining productions they
had seen.
The final lecturer of the year
dredged up bitter memories for
some of the older students and raised
some serious doubts in the
younger ones. Robert Muller, executive
director of the Vietnam
Veterans of America and a veteran
himself, spoke on the issues surrounding
the Vietnam War and
through personal recollections, took
each member of the audience down
into the trenches where the war was
really fought.
Though the year sparkled with
outstanding jazz performers, by far
the biggest event had to be the Jazz
Festival which culminated in a thrilling
explosion of jazz by Doc
Severinsen and his band Xebron.
Also featured during the Festival
were the Four Freshmen, whose
vocal talent spans almost 35 years.
Whether it was "The Elephant
Man," Pat Metheny, Romeo Void or
Gene Roddenberry, one thing was
for sure - they entertained. But
they did more than just entertain.
Each event helped transform an
otherwise uneventful year into a
celebration of sight and sound.
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Sight and sound.
In September Kenny Rogers came to the
Palouse. performing for over 8.000 fans in
the Beaseley Performing Arts Coliseum in
Pullman. Rogers serenaded the audien.ce
with his songs and dazzled them with a
colorful laser show. (photo by }. Reagan)
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