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friday, november2, 1979
daily nebraskan
Temple renovations will require relocation
of ticket
By Brian McManus
Those using Temple Building will have to adjust their
activities beginning in January for the start of $3.4 million
in renovations approved in May by the Legislature.
An effort to find matching renovation funds also is
underway.
"Right now, the plans are that we will be leaving in
January, and the construction crew will come in shortly
thereafter," Rex McGraw, professor and chairman of
theatre arts said, "The entire inside of the building will be
gutted out and they will redesign the floor plan. When the
work is completed, well have much better arranged
facilities. But it won't be extravagant by any means."
. McGraw added the building will be more fire resistant
after the renovations, the improvements will be extensive,
closing Temple for 1 8 months to 2 years.
Since it is separate from the building, Howell Theater
UNL to get part
revenue
By Jerry Fairbanks
For each ticket sold on campus for the Kool and the
Gang Barkays Concert this Sunday in Omaha; the
promoters will donate 50 cents to UNL.
Basil Kimbrew of Jam Productions said his company
would like to create better ties to the university.
"We'd love to co-sponsor a concert with the univer
sity,' he said. "We could teach you how to do a concert."
y - we a nave us cringing m a concert ana snowing you
how to run one."
Kimbrew said Jam Productions, of San Antonio, Texas,
handles concerts for such rhythm and blues acts as Evelyn
"Champagne" King and Anita Ward, along with the Bar
kays and Kool and the Gang. He said Jam also works with
rock acts like the Doobie Brothers, The Knack and the
Beach Boys. Kimbrew said Jam works mainly in the South
and Midwest.
Kimbrew said the concert, which will be at 8 pjn. at
the Civic Center in Omaha, is the first Omaha appearance
in several years for the Barkays. He said the Barkays were
organized IS years ago in Memphis, Tenn. However, the
current band contains only one original member, bassist
James Alexander.
Alexander was the sole survivor of a plane crash in
which the other members of the original Barkays died, he
said. Mid-60s singing star Otis Redding also died in that
1967 accident.
The current tour, which began Oct. 19, will include 30
cities promoting the 10-man troupe's current album, on
the Mercury label, Enjoy, and their current single "Move
Your Boogie Body."
Kimbrew is optimistic about the Barkays' future. "In
my opinion, they're the next Earth Wind and Fire," he
said. ' -
Kool and the Gang currently have the No. 1 single on
. Billboard Magazine's sales chart, "Ladies' Night." They've
also had two No. 1 singles in the past, "Hollywood
Swinger" and "Jungle Boogie."
Hie third group to play in Sunday night's concert,
Mass Production, was formed by Tyrone and Richardo
Williams when they met the other members at Norfolk
High School in Norfolk, Va. The group played together
when the members went to Norfolk College and went pro
fessional in 1976.
Mass Production has released three albums on the
Atlantic label, "Welcome. to our World," "Believe," and
their current album, "Three Miles High." In addition,
they've had live singles, including the current No. 3 song
on the Billboard chart, "Firecracker."
Kimbrew said a member of Mass Production, co-lead
singer Tiny" Kelly, had a great future. "She will be the
next Donna Summer," he said.
Gary Giljcr, program consultant to Campus Activities
and Programs, is in charge of the money collected from
campus ticket cJrs Gilder, however, said that the pro
ceeds would be srnill.
"If we make a hundred dollars, 111 be surprised," he
said. .
G2-r explained that the university had received only
200 tickets out of the Civic Auditorium's 11,000 seats,
and thecs only arrived Monday. He said he didn't know if
any had sold but he doubted it
lis said he was unsure what organization would
money collected, but he said it would probably go to the
UNL Culture Center.
will stay open until May. It will be closed by summer and
plans call for cosmetic improvements-the stage will be
made safer and new seats wiH be installed. Hie theater will
be closed for 12 to 18 months.
Tenative plans are that classes and offices will be
moved to Bessey Hall and other projects will be relocated
to the Kozer Building, located behind Temple Building
and owned by Nebraska Book Store.
-"Our three shops-scene, costume and prop,-will be
moved over there, and there will be a studio theatre
slightly larger than the one we have downstairs in
Temple," McGraw said.
The theater planned in the Kozer building will seat
about 130 people. There are 99 seats in their present
studio theater.
"Under the new circumstances, we will be able to do as
many performances as we have been, but they will be
done simpler. The performances will primarily be done in
the round. This requires less scenery, but puts a greater
emphasis on costumes and props," McGraw said.
McGraw also said performing outside the university is
possible . Plans haven't been set yet, but he said that there
were some avenues he intends to investigate.
McGraw said he didn't think the new circumstances
will hurt the department. , .
'There will be problems, of course," McGraw said.
"But certainly nothing insurmountable. This will be a new
and different experience for all of us. I look at it as an
exciting challenge."
McGraw said at first students were upset when they
heard rumors of what was happening, but once everything
was discussed, they seemed to take a positive attitude to
the change. -
"These changes will be keeping us busy for a while, but
we're all looking forward to the improvements that will be
brought to Temple by the renovations."
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Traditional Jazz
Photo by Mary Anne Golon
Members of Traditional Jazz filled O.G.
Kelly's with music Wednesday. Pictured are:
Chauncey Blakely on vocals, Mac McCune on
trumpet, Randy Snyder on bass, Jeff Johnson
on drums and Del Whitcombe on guitar.
Yes, Mother, l am keeping warm
By Peg Sheldrick
I was. on the phone with my mother.
"Are you keeping warm enough?" she asked for the
millionth time. "That's a nice little apartment you have
but it just isn't warm enough. Are you keeping warm?"
"Yes, Mom, I'm keeping warm. I'm fine. The apart
ment is fine. Every thing is fine."
kMn?
"So why did you call me? You need some money?"
"No, no I don't. I meantwell, I do, but that's not why
I called."
"You got problems?"
"Well, not exactly."
"Then what exactly?"
"Well, IVe been doing some thinking lately-"
"Uh,oh..."
"-and I think maybe we have problems."
"Have you been reading Mommie Dearest again?"
"No, no, I'm all through with that. You don't even
look like Joan Crawford anyway."
"I don't? Gee, I thought maybe a little around the
.
"Well, maybe. But that's not the point. The point is,
I've been thinking about our relationship in comparison to
the cultural stereotypes formulated and put forth by the
video media. . ." '
"Oh. YouVe been watching TV again."
"Weil... yes."
"I see. Well, what is it you want to know? Why don't I
look like Olivia Walton, right?"
"That'll do for openers. Why don't you?"
"Beats the heck out of me. Why don't you look like
Meredith Baxter-Birney?" .
"Touche."
"So what else do you want to know?"
"How come you never served Kool Aid to ail the
neighborhood kids in our backyard?"
"I tried, but you were all so busy drinking out of the
garden hose, you never noticed."
"What about toothpaste?" ,
"What about it?"
"Why didn't you and your. best friend ever argue over
what kind of toothpaste I should be using?"
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Orchestra performs
Two senior soloist will be featured as the UNL
Orchestra presents its first concert of the season at 4 pjn
Sunday, in Kimball Recital Han, llth and R Streets!
The program is free and open to the public.
In addition to soloists, the orchestra, under the
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