Courtesy photos
FRONT OF TRUCK (above) will Headline
the "Living Before Dead Week”
concert this Friday. The University
Program Connell-sponsored event
will also feature several national
bands and local favorites Lullaby For p
the Working Class (left).
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NU playwrights
to see their plays
acted on stage
By Liza Holtmeier
Staff Reporter
For the third year in a row, aspiring play
wrights at UNL will have the chance to see
their work performed.
This year’s Annual Masquers’ One Acts
will consist of four original plays chosen by
a selection committee comprising Masquers
members and others from the theater depart
ment.
The Masquers is a student organization
for theater students.
One of the plays is “The Whole Ball of
Wax,” written by Angela Hatcher and di
rected by Kate Eisenhour. The play takes
place in a coffee house and deals with 20
something counterculture and the exploration
of identity.
“Smoke Rising in the Distance,” written
by Adam Rehmeir and directed by Laura
Holman, will also be presented. This play
revolves around a man who works in a fac
tory and who is a product of the factory.
“Alternateen,” written by Joshua
Richardson and directed by Jacob Crabb,
deals with a group of teens who are diagnosed
with “alternateen syndrome” and placed on
medication for their love of Pearl Jam and
other alternative things.
Finally, “Siblings,” written by Timothy
Scholl and co-directed by Jacque Camperud
and Becky Key, revolves around the family
relations of Polly, his brother/guardian Alan
and their recently returned sister, Alex.
The plays were chosen based on criteria
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UPC to offer one last
party before dead week
By Bret Schulte
StaffReporter
As dead week looms, the University Program
Council is offering one last night of relaxation
and rock ‘n’ roll.
Friday UPC sponsors “Living Before Dead
Week” on the greenspace north of the Nebraska
Union. The event features live bands, free food
and free prizes.
“This is the UPC way to bring all students
together one last time,” said UPC adviser Tricia
Besett. “We will have bands so people can chill
out and have a good time.”
With a hefty lineup of Midwestern talent,
UPC promises to please a mixed crowd. Head
lining the event will be Milwaukee-based four
some Front of Thick. Also appearing will be
local favorites Lullaby for the Working Class,
Canada’s jazz funk ensemble Jazzberry Ram,
the ska-influenced V-Eight, as well as Minne
apolis brothers The Wonsers.
For Front of Truck, “Living Before Dead
Week” will be the band’s first exposure to
Nebraska’s rather unique music scene.
“We’re totally excited,” said Randy
Didderich, guitarist for Front of Truck. “We
played last week in Champaign (111.) and spring
happened. So we’re really glad to be playing
among some green grass and blooming trees.”
Front ofTruck has toured extensively among
college campuses, roaming as far south as St.
Louis. The band’s motto is “We want to get to
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| Pre-med m^or learning lots as singer
By Ann Stack
Senior Reporter
Rube: a person from a rural region
who lacks polish and sophistication;
rustic.
The Rubes: a Lincoln rock band
with its tongue firmly in cheek.
The Rubes, a trio that started play
ing together last fall, will be at the
Brass Rail, 1436 O St., this weekend.
Holly Cefrey, the band’s singer, is
a UNL junior pre-med major. She
transferred from the University of Ne
braska at Omaha when she and Dean
Galiano, her boyfriend and the band’s
lead guitarist, moved to Lincoln to
make a go at the rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle.
The Rubes are rounded out by Chris
McMasters, a teacher at Brownell El
ementary School, on the bass.
Cefrey and Galiano met while stu
dents at UNO, when he was still the
guitarist for Blue Moon Ghetto. He left
that band a year ago.
“When I left Blue Moon Ghetto, I
had no plans on being in another band.”
Kind of by accident, they discov
ered they worked well musically to
gether.
This was the first band Cefrey has
ever been in, and having someone who
knows his way around the business has
been helpful to her.
“There’s so much to learn, and
Dean won’t tolerate any attitude from
guys who think girls can’t make it in
rock ‘n’ roll,” she said.
The Rubes will play Friday with
Cadmium and Saturday with
Mondello. There’s a $2 cover charge,
and the show starts about 9 p.m.
They’ll also be at Bodega’s Alley on
May 10.
Lamdapalooza will feature 14 bands
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This is something that hasn’t been done
before in Lincoln.”
Dan Massara
Lambda Chi Alpha social chair
By Ann Stack
Senior Reporter
If Lollapalooza won’t come to Lin
coln, leave it up to Lincolnites to make
one for themselves.
Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity is
sponsoring Lambdapalooza on Sunday
at the State Fairgrounds’ open-air au
ditorium.
Lambdapalooza is an all-afternoon
music festival featuring seven local and
national bands. It starts at 4:30 pm.
and will last all evening.
The bands are: C’Mon Jack, Old
Boy Network, Oil, Azure Bloom,
Norman Bailer, Silly Rabbit and Chaos
Theory.
The festival starts off on a mellow
note, with the ska bands C’Mon Jack,
Old Boy Network and Azure Bloom.
It ends with the sounds of Chaos
Theory and Silly Rabbit, said Dan
Massara, Lambda Chi Alpha social
chair and Lambdapalooza organizer.
Massara, a senior broadcast major,
started organizing the event a few
months ago. He originally was plan
ning a smaller-scale show, with only
one or two bands.
“I went after The Samples, but that
fell through,” he said. “I wanted some
bigger bands, but it was cheaper to get
seven bands that were less well known
than it was to get two big ones.”
The bands Massara did get are ones
that draw crowds in their communities,
but may not be as recognizable in other
towns, kind of like Blue Moon Ghetto’s
strong Omaha following.
“I think there’s something for ev
eryone, though,” he said. ,
Massara said someone in his fra
ternity had the idea to put on something
like Lambdapalooza a few years ago,
but it never happened. As social chair,
he decided to take matters into his own
hands.
“That was one of the only reasons I
took this office, because I wanted to
do this,” he said. “I love music. This is
something that hasn’t been done before
in Lincoln.”
Lambda Chi Alpha has 15 other fra
ternities and sororities involved in
helping with Lambdapalooza, but
Massara said he doesn’t expect to break
even on the venture.
Even so, “I’m going to do this again
next year and make it even bigger and
better,” he said.
Tickets are $ 10 in advance and can
be purchased at the Nebraska Union.
They’re $ 12 the day of the show. Buses
will take concert-goers to the State
Fairgrounds and will be available at the
Nebraska Union.