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w riting festival encourages would-be authors Ry Sarah Sicler More than 200 Nebraskans of all ages attended the fourth annual Writing and Storytelling Festival for Older Nebraskans in Lincoln at the Nebraska Center for Continuing Education Saturday. The purposes of the festival were to encourage would-be authors to write and to support the efforts of more experienced writers. Ten workshops were offered to help people develop their abilities in various types of writing and story telling. The morning workshops were storytelling, fiction writing, poetry writing, oral history, history writing, journal writing, writing for publication, writing stories of your life, developing a writing group and an author's roundtable. Some advanced workshops were offered in the afternoon. The workshops were more than lectures. Most of them were set up to involve the participants imme diately in the process of creating. Judith Sornberger, leader of the workshop on poetry writing, had each of her participants write rough drafts of poems and then share them in small groups for encouragement and suggestions. The workshop leaders were Les VVhipp, professor of English at UNL and director of the Nebraska Writing Project; Sornberger, teacher of creative writing and composition at UNL; Nellie Snyder Yost, author of several books about the Old West; Kay Young, folklorist; Lois Droady, teacher of writing at Southeast Community College; Sue Outson, who has conducted several workshops for the Lincoln YWCA New Directions Center; Gene Harding, storyteller, writer, and musician; and Al Pagel, professor of journalism at UNL. Writing is an activitiy beneficial to both the writer and the readers, according to one of the festival coordinators, Joy Ritchie. Writing helps an author sort through his experiences and discover the value and meaning of his own life, she said. Encouraging older people to write produces "a group of people wo don't see themselves as useless, but who, because they are writing, are actively involved in life," Ritchie said. The I An older person's writings also benefit society in general, Ritchie said, because they are "the record of one individual's past that becomes a part of our heritage." One permanent outcome of last year's festival is a compilation of the writings of around 400 Nebraska authors titles "A Flowering: A Festival," Vol. IV. The book currently is available for sale to the general public. The Writing and Storytelling Festival for Older Nebraskans was sponsored by the UNL Division of Continuing Studies and funded by gifts and a matching grant from the Nebraska Committee for the Humanities. This festival was one of the three such events scheduled in Nebraska this month. The first took place in Scottsbluff on May 1 2 and the third will take place June 2, at Mid-plains Community College in North Plate. Anyone interested in attending the fes tival in North Platte should contact the Nebraska Center for Continuing Education, Department of Conferences. ove song: Never, goes out oj style h MjawiMiBiaifcWwwi.iiisf-wiiw mi m nurw imi-itHi i wwiw writi. l hi mini i iiiImM viuimmi Courtesy of MCA Records. r htc JeeTcoupoY '7 " "pitcher couponH iBuy 1 2nd FREE j Buy 1 2nd FREE I Good until 823 Good until 823 i imfiitliriUlif ixbat tann , pTtchercoupon . higher" coupon , fcrooa until - lioca until ma imteOJ.,ifiiliitlifin.Ss ftftftftftit ft fttitiir &&&&&& I RALEIGH Olympian 12-Speed lightweight Wyoming 12-Speed extralight SALE! 239.95 Regular Price 209.95 Sale Price 10.00 Raleigh Rebate 199.95 Your Price 299.95 Regular Price 279.95 Sale Price -20.00 Raleigh Rebate 259.95 Your Price Offer good through June 22 DOWNTOWN 427 South 13th 475-C204 EAST PARK PLAZA 203 North 63th 464-012S Downtown Hours 9-7 Mon-Thur 9-6 Fri 9-5 Sat 12-5 Sun No matter what happens in the world of music whether it be a new technological advancement, another "new wave" explosion, or what have you there will always be a place for that old mainstay: The love song. While some come off as drippy and overly sentimental, others can still be very good after all of these years. Just when it seems that all of the variations on this theme have been (over)worked, some band manages to do a good job. Two cases in point: Wang Chung and Franke and the Knockouts. While Wang Chung should definitely not be consi dered a "ballad band," they do include some songs about relationships on their latest album Points on the Curve. "Don't Let Go" is a bouncy little number that comes across a tad sweet, but the vocals by Jack Hines and the guitar work by Hines and Nick Feld man add a touch to make the song a bit more legiti mate. A good dance number, the song broke Wang Chung here in the states. But it is the second single "Dance Hall Days" that has brought the trio further into the spotlight. The image of the bad as slick and fashionable comes through in their own lyrics. We were so in phase In our dance hall days We were cool on craze When I, you, and everyone we knew Could believe, do and share in what was true A lot of parallels between Wang Chung (which means "perfect pitch" in Chinese) and The Fixx can be drawn musically, lyrically and visually except Wang Chung doesn't go as far to the left. "Wait," "True Love," "The Waves" and "Talk It Out" are very strong cuts on a very good second album. On the other end of the scale we have a five-man band from Philly called Franke and the Knockouts. These guys get dangerously close to cliche, but man age to save themselves with solid musicianship and the strong vocals of front-man Frank Previte. The songs on Makin 'the Point follow closely along the lines set down by their previous three albums that included hits like "Sweetheart" and "Without You." While both of these songs were slow and melodic, the first single off of Makin 'the Point is a little edgier and more upbeat. "Outrageous" is not a bad song except that it's nothing new for this band and the words are again a little soft. 'Cause you 're so outrageous Now, you 're ready to ignite You're so outrageous You 're like a double dose of dynamite You 're so. outrageous Now, it 's time to make your move tonight "You Don't Want Me (Like I Want You)," "Come Rain or Shine," and "You're all That Really Matters" are not bad songs at all, but you could probably hear them in various other forms by any number of bands recording today. Expected releases by Bruce Springsteen, Bom In The USA, out June 4 and a new offering from Rod Steward called Camouflage with a guest appearance by Jeff Beck are two of the major summer releases to be watching for in the near future. Going for broke on the campaign trail As the spring semester ended, Celeste Underwood, presidential candidate, had just finished hosting a dinner for President Reagan. After the clean-up, she rushed back to Lincoln just in time for the primary. Disappointed, but not daunted, she and her friends are now sitting on their front porch, drinking whisky sours an d plotting their next move. "Celeste, I think we shall have to increase the scope of our campaign activities if we are to capture the White House," said Addison Steele, her cam- Mary Louise Knapp paign manager. "Thus far, we have exactly 2 dele gates, all of them under the age of four." "Well, we cannot neglect the younger generation," Celeste said, fanning herself with a copy of the National Intruder. "What we need now is money," grumbled her roommate Harley Davidson. "Do you have any idea how much that dinner cost? Edwin Meese's soup alone was more than our month's rent." "Speaking of rent, did we ever pay ours this month?" lazily inquired Otis P. Davenport, who also shared Celeste's abode. "I seem to remember several angry letters from our landlord, but I think I used them to light jay cigars." "We have exactly $13.75 in our slush fund," Harley said, doing a bit of quick figuring on the back of a Jack Daniels crate. "Great! Let's all go to the Dairy Queen!" Otis exclaimed. "I myself am in debt to the tune of at least 400 pounds," Addison said. "Oh, don't let me forget the two dozen orchids I ordered for Celeste's party Daily Nebraskan tonight. I must have a new tuxedo, as well This one's been seen altogether too often." "There's always Antoinette's diamond," Harley murmured. "That might bring at least $100 at Dirty Dick's." "My dear Otis," Addison remonstrated, laying a manicured hand on Otis' sleeve, "Never even think of such a thing! If you pawn the Hope Diamond, you are pawning the very soul of the campaign! Do you want us to go about in drab blue suits like the rest of those misguided contenders? No, in matters of grave importance, to paraphrase dear Oscar, style, not economy well, you know the rest." "Oh, I'm sick of arguing. Let's have another drink," Harley said, throwing his pen aside in disgust. "One thing's for certain, I won't be drinking any more of this cheap hooch once I'm a high-ranking presiden tial adviser." Celeste stared at him. "You're the last person I'd want to advise me! If I listened to you all the time, I wouldn't have a penny to my name!" "How much i&ot do you have stored away now, Celeste?" Harley asked. "Weil, none, of course," she admitted. "But the expenses of being a public figure are so high especially all the payments I made to The Plagiarist au nicjr wuuiuii t any ua.u umigs &uuul me. "I heard from Bernina Kenmore Singer today," said Antoinette Chateaubriand, steak heiress and vice-presidential candidate. "She's presently trying to funnel money from her parents' company to help our campaign." "How successful has she been?" asked Celeste. "So far, not very," said Antoinette. They're send ing us 100 used sewing machines with complimen tary thread." "Maybe we can make banners with them or some thing," Otis said. Addison rose languidly and pulled on his gloves. "I'm off to my club now," he said. "I shall try to resolve our iinaxtcisj problems over several glasses or cog nac, which Pierre is still willing to let me have on credit." .. - TuQsdcr. May 22. 1934 Page 10