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GOODTIME from page 13 Much like a student’s scholar ship for outstanding academic per formance, the New Duncan Imperials have landed a partial sponsorship by Jagermeister for the same type of dedication. “Alcohol is very important to us,” Goodtime said. “It’s the fuel that feeds our fire, and Jagermeister provides us with inspiration. We have a song where we sing ‘Jagermeister blows your head off.’” In addition to subject matter, the Jagermeister company also supplied the band with an authentic Jagermeister guitar, as well as play ing cards. “I wouldn’t know what life would be like on the road without alcohol,” Goodtime said, The band members’ typical dis orientation (“I don’t know if we’ve played in Nebraska ... is it near Wichita?”) - due to either the glow from the Jagermeister or their poly ester tuxedos - is also reflected in their music, a sound Goodtime describes as an alternative to the alternative. “We are what you’d get if you had Johnny Cash playing Black Sabbath covers in the Brady Bunch’s basement,” he said. On the road, the irreverence and spontaneity of the New Duncan Imperials make Gwar look some what trite and Madonna seem prud ish. “It was something I could only watch for an hour or two before I had to turn away,” he said. Not satisfied with cheap tuxe dos and straw hats, the New Duncan Imperials have added a more interactive visual facet to their performances. This includes such typically underused gimmicks like a toilet paper shooting gun, a velour beast head (the animal from which they made many of their gar ments) and a confetti cannon. “Sometimes if you’re not pay ing close attention to the confetti cannon, it will damn near blow your head off,” Goodtime said. The show also will include free toys, sparklers and a lot of liquor, assured Goodtime. “We’re above Les Miserables,” he said. The show begins at 9:30 p.m. and has a $4 cover charge. Experience gives \ choreographer broader ideas SEWELL from page 12 possibilities. In Minneapolis, we’re the only one.” Moving to Minneapolis also offered Sewell opportunities to hire permanent dancers. Sewell said this was important in helping the company grow stylistically. While auditioning dancers, Sewell looked for a solid classical ballet base. Then, he had the dancers try some of | his own movement “They have to have a hunger to 1 move in other ways,” Sewell explained. “I also look to see if they can break through the frustration of learning to move in new ways.” Since the company is small, Sewell said personality was a key factor. “Sometimes we’re together 24 hours a day, seven days a week,” he said. “Personality can change things.” j Since the company moved to Minneapolis in 1993, the season has grown to include approximately 97 annual performances. The dancers ■ travel throughout the United States and performed in Bermuda last year. “We like to perform in areas where dance has less exposure,” Peterson explained. “It allows us to introduce audiences to ballet.” Upcoming ballet show mixes ragtime, classic BALLET from page 12 Following “Good Mourning” will be “Tarantella,” choreo graphed by George Balanchine in 1964 and set to music by Louis Moreau Gottschalk. Balanchine based this piece on an Italian folk dance and originally choreo graphed it for Edward Villella and Patricia McBride, two of New York City Ballet’s leading stars at the time. The program also will feature Hernando Cortez’s “Whisper at a Thousand.” Cortez danced with the Paul Taylor Dance Company for nine years before starting his own company, Cortez and Co. He choreographed “Whisper” to the second movement of Philip Glass’s Concerto for Violin and Orchestra. The piece deals with man’s strength in despair and his redemption through death. Following Cortez’s piece will be another piece by Sewell, “Late.” This duet performed to music by Paul Schoenfield takes a tongue-in-cheek look at how two people might react in a relation ship. The last piece of the evening will be Sewell’s “Appalachia,” with music by Edgar Meyer and Mark O’Connor. Sewell divides this piece into six sections and covers a variety of different rela tionships, from the intimacy of siblings to the caring of a commu nity. Tickets are $24, $20 and $16 for general admission, and are half price for students. Call 472 4747 for reservations. Charlotte Adams, director of the University of Nebraska Lincoln dance program, will give two 15-minute pre-performance talks at 7:05 p.m. and 7:35 p.m. in the Lied’s Steinhart Room. —--r---—-— i' ROSS from page 13 have a file cabinet full of pho tographs and not make money.” Ross graduated with a mas ter’s in business administration at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn. He made photography a full time profession nearly eight years ago and has used about 650 rolls of film a year since, photographing wildlife across the nation. Alaska and Yellowstone National Park are two of his favorite areas. Ross ran into one of his more adventuresome encoun ters photographing Yellowstone: He was charged by a bison. Another close call came when Ross was shooting an alli gator in Louisiana. The creature was under a boardwalk. As Ross finished taking photos and was picking up his tripod, it fell into the swamp where the alligator was lurking.' “I stretched out to -grab the tripod, and I just about went headfirst into the swamp,” he said. Ross said he had learned throughout his experiences that photographing wildlife required patience, even though it was a quality that didn’t come easily. In one case, he got up at 4:30 a.m. for eight consecutive days to get the right photograph of the sun hitting a mountainous area. “It’s been a real struggle,” Ross said. “I tend to be a person who- makes things happen. That’s the entrepreneur in me.” Ross has made a business photographing wildlife, having his photographs published in “The Tennessee a—-— I tend to be a person who makes things happen.” Jack Ross nature photographer Conservationist” and “Alive.” He warns aspiring photogra phers that the wildlife photogra phy business is extremely com petitive. “You really have to diversify your skills,” he said. Ross’ campus tours may prove he’s good at such versatil ity. He uses quotes from poets, politicians and authors, and environmental conservation is a central theme in his lectures. “I try not to beat people over the head with that, though,” he said. " , Another interest of Ross is writing, which he discovered fit with his photography. Ross said he drew on his earlier experi ences as a country songwriter to write the pieces accompanying his pictures.. “Country music is very straightforward and to the point, and that’s how I write,” he said. 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