1993_11 Insight November 1993

              	
ARTS &ENTERTA
Insi;
isight/Calil
lifornia State University, Fresno
November 10,1993
Karaoke captures kickiiV, dubbin' crowd
Jennifer Newman
StaffWriter
As they took the last ofthe happy hour
food away, Julie Harvey, a 21-year-old
senior, knew that it was karaoke time at
Baja's.
Harvey, known io some as the "Queen
of Karaoke," is a regular entertainer at
several establishments in Fresno.
"Karaoke gives mc the chance to feel
like a star, that's why I do it so often,"
Harvey said.
In case you've been in the dark forthe
pasl few years, karaoke gives people the
opportunity to get up on stage and perform for an audience, even if they can't
sing.
The participant chooses a song and
follows along with the words, which appear on a television screen as they sing to
the instrumental musiccorrcsponding with
the lyrics.
Some karaoke contests offer contes-
lanis ihe chance lo win prizes.
Karen Mendel and Amy McBride, both
22-ycar-old seniors, were the winners of
a fifty dollar credit at a local bar during a
karaoke contest.
"I don'i know how they picked the
winners, because we were the worst peopic
upon stage." Mendel said. "Besides. Amy
can't carry a tunc to save her life."
Favorite spots for CSUF students to
showcase their talents arc the Bucket,
Baja's and Acapulco.
The Buckctofferskaraokcevcry Thursday night at 8 p.m.
Acapulco has karaoke Tuesday thru
Saturday from 8 p.m. to close.
Baja's features karaoke Mondays at 10
p.m. and Tuesday thru Saturday, 8 p.m. to
close.
Baja'sgeneral manager, Rosalio Avila,
said they draw quite a crowd for karaoke,
especially on Friday and Saturday nights.
"Some people take karaoke too seriously, like there's a record producer in the
audience waiting to sign a new star," said
Amy Johnson, a 21-year-old junior. "I
just enjoy watching adults make complete asses of themselves," Amy Johnson,
a 21-year-old junior, said.
Several students admitted to having
had a few cocktails before hopping up on
stage.
"There's no way I'm going to get out
there and make a fool of myself without
having a few beers to numb the embarrassment before hand," said Kim LaCava,
a 21-year-old junior.
This docs not mean that you have io gel
liquored-up before you do karaoke, peopic
have a good time even when they're sober.
"I've never been under the influence of
alcohol when I've gotten up on stage; I
guess you could say I am on a natural
high.
See KARAOKE, page 2
"Love Shack" comes to town as Julie Harvey, Karen Mendel, Jennifer Brlsco
and Stacle Berry get into the B-52 style at Baja's karaoke.
Designs on 'Learned Ladies'
By Michael Yparrra  SusmAltasnsmhclivingroon.lool-
Staff Writer ing at her creation as most would look at a
work of art by Van Cough or Rembrandt.
Il is 9 p.m. on Halloween. The nighl seems "I love Halloween. "Allen said. "I would
darker lhan usual. love io do a haunted house. There arc grcal
Light from ihc full moon sireiches die dark- ideas brewing in my head aboul doing one
ncss into Gothic shadows across the walls. of those."
A ouiji board lies on a Walking down her hallway, one can't
Hats, caps and visors galore
Nancv M. Hormel
StaffWriter
From plaid to plain, big to small, an
endless sea of slocking caps, baseball
caps, visors, berets and becnics adom
students' heads on any given day.
Cynihia Gauihicr. a customer service representative for ihe Kennel
Bookstore, thinks that more caps have
been sold ihis semester as compared
io last because they offer aboul 10
new styles.
Among the more popular styles is
ihe traditional baseball cap, but in
different fabrics and designs.
For example, wool caps and ihosc
with cartoon characters arc selling
well. To compete widi ihc demand
for ihcsc kinds of caps, the Kennel
Bookstore sells a whole line of baseball caps adorned with the characters
from Marvel Comics.
Although the traditional tcam caps
t lost their popularity, oilier
inuoduccd ihcir own lines of baseball
caps, becnic caps and visors.
Ron Soldo, manager of Pacific
Sunwcar in ihe Fashion Fair Mall,
said dial ihc most popular baseball
caps arc made by Billabong, Siussy,
No Fear and Red Sand and that wool
capsarc also popular this fall. He also
added that college siudeniseiihcr wear
Stussy or tcam caps.
"Wc sell a lot of black, plaid and
burgundy baseball hats. Becnics arc
popular, bul they're seasonal. Il's a
little bit loo warm now," Soldo said.
The arrival of fall and the
rcsurgancc of fashion from ihe '60s
and '70s arc just iwo reasons why
there is a growing popularity of
becnics.
Like Pacific Sunwcar. The Pro
Image al ihc Fashion Fair Mall also
carries teenies.
"We have a lot ol bcenie caps, even
ihe really long ones.'' said Paul Hill,
siorc manager.
Hill has his own ideas of whai's
his sports store. He said thai
earthtonesarc ihc most popular this
fall.allhoughthcy'rcaquick trend.
He added ihai team caps in special
colors usually only last about four
months.
Inaddiuon. Hill thinks that there
arc three basic kinds of sports caps
for different personalities.
"The fashion cap is lor someone
who likes ihe color, noi necessarily
the team. The sporis fan wears ihe
team cap and ihe irendy guy wears
ihc cap of ihc most popular tcam al
table surrounded by three
tall, while candles; wax
bleeding down the sides.
Chilling, haunting
music is being played thai
seemstohcdripping from
ihc walls.'
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ud.
Hill also added thai people who
wear caps lor fashion will buy lasi
place team caps as long as they like
the color anil il looks good with
whai they're wearing.
"1 wear black hats because the
color goes wiih everything," said
Richard Pallan.a construction man-
agemeni major
Pallan said ihat he prefers to
wear fahion caps because although
See HATS, page 2
more contemporary designers have     popular with customers who shop ir
CSUF dancers strut their stuff
By Tricia Geringer
StaffWriter
Bright red uniforms flash across
ihc football field as dancers kick, leap
and pirouctic to the beat of the band.
The Fresno Stale Red Wave Dancers, choreographed by Kiersicn
Handorf, now accompany ihc band at
all of the home games.
Handorf said the eight-member
dance line is "the visual component of
Ihc band ihat accentuates the color
guard and helps to involve die crowd
in the performance."
CSUF is nol unique in having a
dance line because most collcgcscon-
sidcr it a vital aspect of ihc band's
performance.
'The dance line is a must for any
collegiate band," said Gary Gilroy.
CSUF band dirccior.
The driving force behind ihe addition of the Fresno Suite Red Wave-
Dancers is Handorf.
"Kiersicn heavily recruited for die
dance line.'She was the main muscle
behind the idea and a big part of the'
reason it worked oul." Gilroy said.
Others saw how Handorf pushed io
make the dance line a reality.
"She basically made the whole
thing go." said Amy Ledford. a member of the dance line.
Kiersicn. who is a junior, worked
widi the band director io coordinate
iryouts for the dance line in September.
"The group had iryouis after die
firsi football game had already been
played, so wchadalate start." Handorf
said.
She said ihe first ir) out didn I work
out because of a lack of interest.
So Kiersicn said she went "back to
the bargaining table with the band
director."
"He told mc if I could find 10 girls
who could dance then we would go
ihrough widi il," Handorf said.
She found 10 girls, but not without
hard work.
"Kiersicn did so much just to gel
ihc group started," said Silvia
Torres, a member of the dance line.
A Iter the group was started, some
ofihcgirlsrcali/edihcydidn'iknow
how much involvement it
look to be a member.
"I ihoughi I knew what
1 was gelling mio, but I
didn't. I hadalot of things
I was doing all al once.
I'm jusi a freshman, so I
didn 'i know how to handle
u all." Ledford said.
Ixdford decided lo talk
lo Kiersicn about nol having enough time for the
group.
"I had lo go talk to
Kiersicn, and she helped
me out I stuck with it.and
ifswonhii now,"Ledford
said.
Another dance  line
See DANCE, page 2
1 sal idle today
My mind
encompassing
Nothing new.
The lack of
stimulation
has transformed
a brilliant canvas
into a lamishcd
blank slate.
Withering prisms
of pigment
drip
solemnly
io the ground.
Desperately
I need a brush
before the pallet
hardens
and the former
spectacular
rainbow
is reduced
io dry flakes
i   scattered
in the wind.
help bul notice ihc tiniest ol details she has
atlcndcd io in making her home look authentically haunted, down lo the real insects she used in the spider webs.
She has just finished the last touches to
the sci she designed for the CSUF production of "Learned Ladies."
Allen has been involved in art and de-
sign since she graduated from Bullard High
in 1982.
Allen decided she would pursue her
artistic talents doing SCI designs for ihe
CSUF drama department.
After many hours, her hard work will be
ihe backdrop to the CSUFcomcdy "Learned
Ladies," which opened Friday, Nov. 5.
"I warned to do something that somehow played off of ihe period and ihe characters,*' Allen said, showing a model ofthe
set she constructed beforehand thai siis
atop her dresser. "In fact, I usedthecharac-
icrs and the period, which is set in ihe 20s.
as inspiration."
"She's very creative," said Karen
Focara/zo, a CSUF student "Sometimes 1
don'i like it"
"This is very weird," Focaraz/o said,
looking around ihc house.
She recalled an incident in which a group
of friends were over playing poker.
"She was supposedly studying, so she
wasi)'iplaying."F(>cara//osaid."Shccarnc
out of her room an hour later with a picture
she hail drawn of everyone there and whai
ihcy would look like if they were an ani-
See DESIGNS, page 2
it KuJlmiXo/INSICtri
e dance line struts down the 50-yard line at Saturday's game.
Hlolidau rPoetru
A one-unit class, presenting books
and poetry for major and minor holidays will meet from 4 to 10 p.m. Nov.
19 and from 8:30a.m. to4:30 p.m. Nov.
20 in McLane Hall, Room 162.
Many new books will be displayed;
hundreds will be critiqued and available
for examination.
For more information, contact the
Department of Extended Education.
278-2524.
"Dawn of CSV, f
Photographs depicting student life
and the evolution of the CSUF campus'
structure arc ondisplay in the President's
n,ii^ry in the Thomas Administration
Building/'
The photographs, from as early as the
1920's, according lo Carol Hartman.
director of the Phoebe Conley Art Gallery, will be shown io the Western Association of Schools and Colleges
accrcditaton team when ihcy visit ihc
campus Wednesday, Nov. 10.
The display, including the first graduating class and the first faculty ol what
is now Fresno City College, is from
photographs loaned by die Library Archives and ihc catalogue office.
'Winter formal
A winter ball entitled "Winter Rendezvous" will Like place on Nov. 19.
The semi-formal event will include a
catered dinner, dancing and photographs.
Tickets can be purchased in ihe residence dining hall from 4:30 p.m. lo 7:30
p.m. daily until Nov. 11 or by contacting Mclisa Burastero al 278-3116.
A couples ticket is S35,a single ticket
tsS18.
Te rciission 'LnsembU
Tlie CSUF Percussion Ensemble will
perform works by Cage. Holmes, and
Udow as well as authentic transcriptions of Mexican music at X p.m.,
Wednesday. Nov 17. in the Wahlberg
Recital Hall.
Tickets arc S3 for students. S4 for
CSUF faculty/staff, S5 for ihe public,
and may be purchased al ihc Music
Department Office between 9 a.m. and
4:30 p.m. weekdaj s
Formore information,call 278-2654.
'Mozart 'J-liahlialit
Mozart's Coronation Mass will be Ihe
highlight of the FresnoComniuniiy Chorus' fall concert.
Thisycar'sconcertunderdiedirecuon
of Dr. Leslie Guclkcr-Conc will lake
place at 3 p.m.. Sunday, Nov. 14, in the
New Vocal Performance Hall.
The Fresno Community Chorus will
also present various American music scaling from ihe 18th century io die present
Tickets ;ire S6 general admission and
S4 tor students and seniors.
Tickets are available at die door or can
be reserved by calling 278-2654.
Guitar (Panorama
The Fresno Guitar Society presents
their Annual Guitar Panorama on Friday,
Nov. 12 at 8 p.m. in ihc Northwest ('hurcli
al ihe comer of Wcsi and Baistow Aves.
This well-known ami popular event
offers upcoming and professional guitar -
istsan opportunity to pcrfonn in a concert
setting. Proceeds help sponsor scholarships for guitar students at CSUF.
'Hie Panorama feaiurcs flamenco contemporary and traditional, classical, pop/
folk duel and country.
Among thoseloperform: C'lciusCla/k,
die first to perform electric guitar on the
Grand Olc Opry stage and Alberto
Marque/., a rising flamenco guitarist.
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