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SUMMER NEBRASKAN
JUNE 23, 1583
Musicians expose people
downtown to folk music
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Dave Marsh, 26, a senior German student at UN-L, plays at 13th and 0.
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BY BILL CON II A DT
Do you find the daily routine of lunch
boring? If so, try something new and walk
down to 13th and 0 St. where street musi
cians play traditional English, Irish or
French folk music,
Stop or slow your pace and listen to
music and instruments you don't hear on the
radio. Depending on the day you can hear
musicians play the concertina (a small ac
cordion), penny whistle, banjo, accordion,
English bagpipes or other traditional instru
ments. These street musicians are professionals
who love their music and wish to share that
love with others.
For Chris Sayre, playing the concertina
outside Miller and Paine helps him be a self
sufficient musician. Sayre plays with the
band Northwynd and also does solo and duet
performances.
"It's kinda like the American dream in a
way," Sayre said, because he is doing what
he wants to do.
"I'm trying to see if I can make a living
off my music," Sayre said. He has a dream,
he said, to be a self sufficient musician as
long as he is happy doing it.
Sayre, who has played on the streets in
Boston and New Orleans, said he first
started playing in Lincoln in front of Me
morial Stadium before University of Nebraska-Lincoln
football games last Septem
ber. He decided to move to 13th and 0
streets in October, he said, to see if Lincoln
could handle street musicians.
"Immediately, people were very kind to
me," Sayre said. It is neat to have the sup
port he has received, he said, and considers
it something very special. It was difficult at
first, though, he said, because he was the
only musician and he felt novel.
Dan Newton, who also plays with North
wynd and Last Call, said he plays on the cor
ners because it's good practice and he too
wants to support himself by being a full
time musician. Newton considers street
music good for the city, especially during
the summer when children are introduced
to new styles of music.
Newton can be heard outside J C Penny's
usually three days a week playing the accor
dion and penny whistle, he said.
For Dave Marsh, street music is a way to
expose people to music he appreciates and
that is hard to find. Marsh said fewer bars
offer live music, making it more difficult to
find bars to perform at. Most bars don't
want to take a chance with a band that
plays music (traditional folk) that so few
people are familiar with, Marsh said.
"You can't find it anywhere else unless
you look for it," Marsh said.
Sayre said he hopes the street music will
spur people to get more interested in tradi
tional music. People are needed to support
this style of music, he said.
All three said they have received good
response from pedestrians.
A few people dislike it, Sayre said. One or
Day care centers
available at UN-L
BY JOAN MORRISON
Three full-time child day-care centers
are open this summer for children of Uni
versity of Nebraska-Lincoln students and
faculty.
Valdeen Nelsen, director of the Univer
sity Child Care Project, said both the Infant
Care Center at 640 N. 16th St., and the Child
Care Center, 333 N. 14th St., are still taking
children.
A summer day camp for school-age chil
dren is also available, she said. The day
camp is located at the Lutheran Student
Chapel and Center, 535 N. 16th St., and St
Mark's-on-the-Campus, 1309 R. St.
The centers are open from 7 a.m. to 5
p.m. and provide a wide variety of activities
for children. Two meals and a snack are
served each day.
Ms.Nelsen said the weekly Tates are $56
for infants and 1-year-old children, $48 for
children 2 to 5 years old. The rates are com
parable to other day-care centers in Lincoln,
she said.
Financial assistance is available she
said. Although children of low income stu
dents are given first priority, children of
other students, faculty and the general pub
lic can use the.facilities, space permitting
Interested parents may call Valdeen Nel
sen, 475-0120 for more information
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Chris Sayre plays his concertina.
two people have told him they can't under
stand why he's doing it.
When someone tells him they like what
he's doing, he said, it makes him feel like he
is part of this world doing something very
positive.
"I take what I do very seriously .... I
work to do the best I can," Sayre said.
Marsh said he receives several com
ments every day from people who thank
him or tell him they like his music. Most of
the $10-15 he receives each day, he said,
comes from women 50 or older or from chil
dren. Businessmen acknowledge street music
the least Marsh said. Marsh said some of
them like to jingle their money as they walk
by or they will walk up to him just to see
how much money he has in his case.
Sayre said his best day was last fall when
one woman gave him $20 and another
woman gave him $10. He took home $50 that
day, Sayre said. At that time, he normally
took home only $20 a day.
All the street musicians belong to the
Lincoln Assosciation for Traditional Arts,
Sayre said. LAFTA, Sayre said, offers a
forum by which the musicians can adver
tise, share ideas and learn whose coming to
town.
"We have a nice support system,"Sayre
said.
SUMMER
NEBRASKAN
The Summer Nebraskan is a student
newspaper published each Thursday as a
laboratory project by School of Journal
ism classes in Advertising, Editing,
Photography and Reporting.
REPORTERS
Bill Conradt
Meiling Liu
Joan Morrison
Larry Sparks
Robin Stanosheck
David Trouba
Jo Anne Young
PHOTOGRAPHERS
Mark Bastin
Chris Dooley
Gene Gentrup
Nancy Johnson
Mica Kubicek
Amy Kunce
David Lavender
Sheryl Neyens
Mark Nisley
F.C. Palm
Larry Toof
Chris Welsch
Dave Wesely
COPY EDITORS
Melissa Dunlevy
Russ Powell
Fred Spearman
Jim Wegman
ACCOUNT REPS
Susan Hill
Jerry Scott
Instructors are Jack Botts, Julie Dean,
Al Pagel and Don Glover. School of Jour
nalism Dean is R. Neale Copple.
