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Thursday, April 7, 1983
Daily Nebraskan
Gospel.
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Reed said talk about a choir at UNL has been around
since she arrived. None of the established groups ever took
the extra step of actually forming one, so last winter,
Reed and Wendi Triplett took the responsibility them
selves. "We knew there was a need for students, particularly
black students, to get together and be unified," Reed
said. "Most black students come from a religious back
ground, and music is something they're all familiar with.
"Music is one thing that brings us together," she
added. "We all enjoy listening to it or singing it, as music
is a big part of our culture. We saw this as a way of bring
ing blacks together, not as members of this fraternity,
or that group, but as one choir."
Reed and Triplett, who is now a graduate student at
Creighton, produced fliers and posters to announce their
idea. The choir met for the first time on April 2, and
performed briefly at the 1982 honors program.
Webb said last year's choir was consistently a bigger
group, with 15 to 20 people regularly showing up. But
starting from scratch this year, smaller numbers prevailed
until the conference drew near.
The second week of the spring semester, Tatum vol
unteered his services to the choir. While preparing for
just one performance, Reed said Tatum wanted the choir
to present a well rounded and diversified program. As a
result, not only did the choir's repertoire expand from
old favorites to songs like "It's Gonna Rain" and the a
capella "Lift the Name of Jesus High," more instruments
were added. Consequently, the number ot singers grew.
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"When John started coming down, we saw a dramatic
increase," Reed said.' "He has a certain. flair that makes
people want to work for him. Plus, that goal - something
people could see - was there."
By the time the conference came along, not only were
the 13 original members who returned to UNL on stage,
but 23 more singers had joined. Tate and Tatum were
playing piano, Marlon Manuel was on the organ, Wardell
Smith was on the drums, Allison Ravenholdt was playing
electric bass, Derek Blanks played flute on a song and
Daryl Lovett accompanied on saxophone. Except for
Tatum, all the musicians were UNL students.
The four-song, 20-minute performance was greeted
with a rousing approval by the audience in Kimball Hall.
Lenora Ingram's lead vocal on "It's Gonna Rain" was
regarded as a highlight of the program by many, as were
the dance-like mdves of the spirited director of the ISU
choir and that choir's drummer, an 1 1 -year-old from Des
Moines.
After the show, the choir just took a sigh of relief,
Reed said. Now the work of inspiring members to return
begins and recruitment of new people is back.
"I have had people ask about joining us since then,"
Reed said. "The key to this choir is being able to perform
like that. If people see you up there singing and having a
good time, they are going to want to do it too."
Ingram said that the larger ISU and OU choirs began
with a few people also.
"Further down the road, the university began to look
at them and said 'they are representing us'; now they put
out information about their performances, and the choirs
are part of the program for black students," she said.
While the choir's numbers are important, Tate said
the 10 members who sang at Norwood still had a good
performance.
"But we still need to start being consistent with the
number of singers," Blanks added. "When it's something
for the Lord, you have to be consistent."
Webb added that, unfortunately, some may have just
been interested long enough to be in the limelight during
the conference. Ingram, however, was positive about the
choir's future.
"It's like the old saying, "We ain't what we ought to
be, but thank God we ain't what we were," Ingram said.
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coming weekend, today through Sunday:
BARS
Aku Tiki Lounge, 5200 0 St. - Forty Karats tonight
through Sunday, $1 cover tonight, $1.50 Friday and
Saturday.
Chesterfield, Bottomsley & Potts, 245 N. 13th St. -Capital
Band the Hot Notes (formerly Triple Play) Friday
and Saturday, no cover.
Drumstick, 547 N. 48th St. - Tractorz tonight, $2
cover, Safety Last and The Dick and Janes Friday and
Saturday, cover $2.50.
Green Frog, 1010 P St. - Vector tonight through
Saturday.no cover.
Little Bo's, 2630 Cornhusker Highway - Extasy
tonight through Saturday, $2 cover.
Judges, 2630 Cornhusker Highway - Keystone to
night through Saturday, $2 cover.
McGuffey's, 1042 P St. - The Lincoln Jazz Society
tonight, no cover. Brad Colerick Friday and Saturday,
$1 cover.
Pla-Mor Ballroom, 6600 W. OSt. - Tommy Bishop
Saturday, $2.50 cover. The Czechlanders Sunday, $2
cover.
Rivera's, 1920 W. O St. - Diana and the County
Raiders, country music, Friday and Saturday, no cover.
Jazz Jam Sunday including UNL professors and Big
Daddy and the Star City Players, $2 cover.
The Zoo Bar, 136 N. 14th St. - The Bel-Airs Thurs
day, $2 cover; Friday and Saturday $3 cover.
Larry's Showcase, 1316 N St. - Charlie Burton and
the Cut-Outs tonight through Saturday. $1.50 cover
tonight, $2 this weekend.
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Sweep Left, Lounge, 815 O St. - Mischief tonight
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Kimball Recital Hall, UNL campus, Scarlet and Cream
Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. -- Students $3, non-students
$5.
Howell Theater, UNL campus - The Diviners Friday
and Saturday, 8 pjn. Students $4, $5 for non-students.
THEATERS
Cinema 1 and 2, 13th and P streets - "Spring Break"
- 7 30 and 9:30 pjn.; "The Sword in the Stone""Winnie
the Pooh and Eeyore" -7:15 and 9:15 pjn.
Cooper, 54th and O streets, "Max Dugan Returns" -7:30
and 9:25 pjn.
Douglas 3, 1300 P St. - "Sophies' Choice" - 5 :40 ?.nd
8 30 pjn. 'Tough Enough" - 5:20, 7 20 and 9:20 pjn.
"High Road to China" - 5:30, 7:30 and 9 30 pjn.
East Park 3, 6100 O St. - "High Road to China"
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Joyo, 6102 Havelock Avenue - "Gandhi" - 7:30 pjn.
Plaza 4, 12th and P streets, "48 HRS" - 7:45 and
9:45 pjn.; "Eddie Macon's Run" - 7:15 and 9:15 pjn.;
"Frances" - 6:50 and 9:25 pjn.; "Gandhi" - 8 pjn.
State, 1415 O St. - "The Black Stallion Returns" -7:30
and 9:35 pjn.
Stuart, 13th and P streets - "Tootsie" - 3 :10, 5 :30,
7:40 and 9:45 pjn.
Sheldon Film Theater - "Union City" Friday and
Saturday "Messidor" 3, 7, and 9 :15 pjn. Sunday
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