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Deborah Miller (left). Lynn Johnson Wlltshlre and Janet Deacutner are members of the Northwest Tap Consort and will perform Sunday. By Dawn Baugh Toe Tappin' Northwest Tap Consort and guests will perform eclectic array of dance numbers Back in the tap-dancing days of Fred Astaire and James Cagney you could only hear lap danc ing in musicals and night clubs Nowadays Oregon is the home of five Northwest Tap Consort companies University dance professor Janet Des cutner is an artistic director for one of the NTC companies made up of five women who live along the northern half of Inter state 5 Created in 1990. this particular tap consort is made up of a group of profes sional dancers and teacners who gather to perform for the pubic i ne consort s upcoming program on Sunday Feb 12 will include a wide vari ety of music and dance On© perto* rnance will be "Suite Bru" by Dave Brubeck Descutner said this set is unique because of the metric modulation and the instrumentation of other cultures such as Africa and E urope "Suite Bru," choreographed by Descutner. comprises tour unique, off-beat dances with unex pected rhythms that are typical ot Brubeck's jazz style and technique Descutner will be performing "fcxcuf sions," a solo by fhe internationally Known tap master and choreographer Fred Stockier, who danced as a guest with the NIC in 1(5 1993 performance at the Hutt Center This piece wit be set to the tune of Samuel Barber's Americana piano suite of the same title {Both NTC direc tors will dance *Fungo.* a btues piece by composer Andre Previn, which features improvistons of motifs created by Descut ner ‘ft's very challenging and very differ ent," Descutner said "The first part is fast and complicated The second part sounds like trie blues and is very expres sionate T tie third part is kind of like a hoedown with a dense sequence ' Descutner said she is particularly look mg torw.ird to dancing on the hardwood (tows at the WOW Mail *11 may bo a little slippery for (he per formers, buf for the swipes and strokes of the metal foe on the wooden floor. t| w 1 have a wonderful resonance,* Descutner said The currenf members of Uni NIC include arfssfic directors Descutner and Deborah M "or. whom Descutner has been dancmg with since 1987. Lynn Wilt shire Johnson, Teresa Zrmmerdahi and Deborah Blank Also performing Sunday are former NTC members Kim Chris tensen and A son Rickenbaugh Not Turn to DANCERS, I' s j>■ ' ' —miamiumi mm ii Watch whatever you want, just leave me ‘Ellen’ I only get two channels on my teie vision at home So my choices tor TV viewing are quite limited But that's OK because I'm not a big TV tan anyway Last year, when I had a roommate who wanted cable. I watched aft sorts of things Now i don t get Cnannei 5 (Fox) on TV But i used to watch Bev erly Hills 90210 and Melrose Place every ween I also used to be hooked on QVC, one ot the home shopping channels My roommate always watched MTV when she did her homework, (or me, it was always QVC Once I even bought a Batman watch tor my boyfriend It was difficult at first, to only have two channels l do wish, however, that I could get KEVU. the station broadcasting the new Star Trek Voy ager senes But now I very seldom watch TV. which is a good thing lam kicky to get ABC. so I can watch my soap opera. AH My Children But besides All My Children. I haven'! had a favorite TV show, oi a favorite sitcom, for a tong time The Simpsons and floseanne have always been so popufar. but l iust never got into another first-name only, female corn edy based sitcom Ellen is jus! so funny She's quirky and exaggerated and cool l tike her I tike watching what happens to her There hasn't been a show f liked this much smce the old days of Renting ton Steele and Magnum PI It s nice to have a favorite show again, and it s nice to finally be enter tained by a TV show again As popu lar as some of these TV shows are. I usually don't get the entertainment value out of them that most people do Personal preferences I suppose I like what I like, and l try to let other people like what they like Even if l can't understand how in the world they could like a TV stow like Me and the Boys or Cops To each her own Just leave me Ellen Tnsta Noel is the entertainment edi tor of the Emerald TRISTA NOEL Out of tie Hue play (norites Out of the Blue is an upbeat dance band otter ing a unique blend of Motown favorites. Current Mill l—IIIi Will in' mem «nu i i*e Home Improvement, but I'm not tanatc about it either Recently though, I began treating myself to a night of TV every Wednesday I try to be home ift time to see Roseanne l have finally decid ed that I like Roseanne. sort of Before. I just couldn't stand how mean everyone was to each other Now. it seems. I can look past all that negativity and see the humor every one else has seen for so many years Actually, it is the show that follows Roseanne that I really like It's Ellen. suui «' KJ nCUD favorites, along with other original material The band features the uniquely soulful and powerfully sensitive vocals ol Linda Trotta Linda Trotta and Out ol the Blue will perform at Taylor s. on the corner ol 13th Avenue and Kin caid Street, tonight and Saturday night at 9 30 p m Admission is $3 Friday. February 10. 190f> Oregon fl7
