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Singer Fahleson overcomes Christian trials
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jfUPC Foreign Film Series
I The 1st film in the University
Program Council’s Foreign Film
Series, “Dogs in Space”, will be pre
sented Sunday at the Sheldon Film
Theater.
Written from a variety of people’s
experiences, the script captures the
era after the initial punk explosion in
1976. The Australian film stars INXS
member Michael Hutchence.
On a back street of a seedy neigh
borhood in Melbourne, Australia, the
post-punks meet the hippies in a
house that could have been trans
planted from Haight-Ashbury of
1967.
The house belongs to Sam, lead
singer for the rock band Dogs in
Space. But Sam shares the house with
musicians, friends, strangers and
other transients.
The movie celebrates the resil
ience of youth — Sam and his friends
can walk away from a car wreck or a
bad drug experience without thinking
about it again. The future does not
exist
Showings are at 3,5,7 and 9 p.m.
Tickets are $3 for UNL students, $4
for the general public. Series tickets
are available.
By Mick Dyer
Senior Reporter
"There’s a point in each person’s
life when
Decisions just must be made
The secret is knowing what the role
The dreams that you have will
play."
— from the song “A Greater
Love,” by Gina Fahleson and
Nathan Rogers.
Gina Fahleson sang these words to
a small crowd that had gathered at the
open air stage area at the state fair
grounds Sunday morning — her
golden voice poured from her soul.
She talked to the audience about the
trials Christians face, encouraging
them to find strength in faith.
She spoke with confidence and
sincerity. There was a tone of author
ity in her voice that only comes from
experiencing some major personal
triumphs.
You would never be able to tell
from hearing her sing that there was a
time when she couldn’t even utter a
sound.
Gina has first-hand knowledge
about trials. And she knows about the
power of her dreams, too.
It’s been a long and difficult road
for Christian singer Gina Fahleson,
but her persistence is beginning to pay
off. Within the last year, the senior
majoring in speech communication at
University of Nebraska-Lincoln has
released two professionally produced
tapes of Christian rock — “A Greater
Gina Fahleson
Love” and “So Much Clearer.
Roll over Sandi Palti, here comes
Gina Fahleson.
Music has always been an impor
tant part of Fahleson’s life. She
started taking piano lessons when she
was six and realized in high school
that she wanted to be a Christian
singer.
The dream.
When she was 16, she had surgery
to remove nodes that had formed on
her vocal cords. That would help her
voice be clearer and stronger. But
something went wrong, and the op
eration left her silent.
The trial.
“I was told I would be singing two
weeks after surgery ” she said. “But I
couldn’t talk for weeks.”
It was a hard time in her life.
“I felt that I had been betrayed,”
she said. “I fell confused why God
would allow something like this hap
pen.”
But her dream drove her on. She
continued to write songs, although no
one could hear them. After six months
of therapy, she was speaking again.
“I basically had to learn how to talk
again,” she said. “I had a great thera
pist and lots of support from my
family and friends.”
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her first performance. Her voice only
cracked twice.
“I was so excited,” she said. ‘‘I
couldn’t believe I made it through a
couple of songs.”
That was four years ago. Today,
Fahlcson said that she applies speech
communication skills when she per
forms. It’s all about communicating
an idea.
“In Christian rock, you’re really
up there to present a message,” she
said. “I want the music to be enjoy
able, but I want people to get some
thing out of it. Music is just a vehicle
for the message.”
Getting the message across is what
motivates her to perform.
“I think it is something God laid on
my heart,” she said. “It’s something
necessary for me to do.”
“This is definitcly not a business to
be in if you want to make money,” she
said. “You have to think in long-term
results.”
Her loss and then rediscovery of
her voice has made a profound impact
on her life.
“I knew that there was good that
would come from this,” she said. “It
was very humbling. It made me ap
preciate my voice.”
Fahlcson has also learned an im
portant lesson from her experience.
“It’s given me a faith that things
will work out,” she said. “Our prob
lems are so temporary.”
■Freshmen introduced to modem dance through Momix
I By Micki Haller
Senior Editor
There’s a certain something about
freshmen — the way they dress, the
way they speak, the slightly hesitant
way they act
But they don’t stay freshmen for
ever, and the University of Nebraska
Lincoln helps with the growing-up
process.
‘Last year’s
freshmen were
very Impressed
with the Momix
performance.’
— Voorhees
Through the University Founda
tions course, many freshmen were
introduced to dance for the first time
Monday.
“Last year’s freshmen were very
impressed with the Momix perform
ance,’’said K it Voorhees, coordinator
of audience development of the UNL
School of Music. That was the main
reason why the foundations course
decided to ask Momix to do a lecture/
performance for the class.
There was noise al9:30a.m. when
Momix appeared before the first
class. Kimball Recital Hall was filled
with murmuring voices. The fresh
men talked among themselves, put
their feet up on the seats in front of
them, and furtively popped open cans
of diet soda.
The lights began to dim, and fi
nally went out completely. The dark
ness didn’t dim these young students
— catcalls and groans and a couple of
screams rang out through the audito
rium.
“Ken, stop that!”
But then, there was a flash of light
as a couple of cigarettes lit up. The
rest of the act followed the two tiny
red lights from the cigarettes through
unlikely paths on the stage.
This, then, is Momix. A few guys
with common props having a great
deal of fun.
The two Momix performers for the
class were Alan Boeding and Joseph
Mills.
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