Thursday
June 29,2000
Volume 102, Issue 4
Emerald
Play brings 'My Emperor's New Clothes' to life
■ The University Mad Duckling
Theatre’s latest production will surely
charm child audiences
By Rebecca Newell
Oregon Daily Emerald
With a zany, multi-talented cast, the Uni
versity’s Mad Duckling Theatre is present
ing its most ambitious production ever. “My
Emperor’s New Clothes” opens the summer
season on Wednesday, July 5, at 11 a.m.
“‘Emperor’ is the best children’s theater
script I’ve ever read,” said Jonathan Cole, a
Ph.D theater student and director of Mad
Duckling Theatre. “Emperor” is a musical
tale adapted from Hans Christian Ander
sen’s classic fairy tale by Larry Shue, one of
contemporary theater’s most accomplished
playwrights.
“Shue has transformed the famous origi
nal children’s story into a fresh and lively
theater piece filled with funny lines, hum
mable songs and fast-paced action,” Cole
said.
“It’s children’s theater, which is a much
more personal kind of theater, very interac
tive,” said Tara Warner, a first year theater
student who plays the Princess.
The play, which relies heavily on physi
cal comedy and audience participation, is
based on an emperor of a fantasy kingdom.
The Emperor, played by junior Giovanni
Bliss, holds a contest to see who can craft
the most beautiful suit of clothes in the land.
The lovably boo-able villains, Skreech
and Clodney — played by sophomores Joce
lyn Fultz and Jon Sharpy — win the contest
with a suit made of cloth which is “invisi
ble to anyone stupid or unfit for his job.”
While parading through town in his royal
undergarments and invisible suit, the facade
Turn to Mad Duckling, page 6
Azle Malinao-Alvarez Emerald
Tara Warner (Princess), Amanda Dumler (Scout) and Lindy Anderson (Pony) are part of the play’s cast.
courtesy of Art in the Vineyard
Artists from Eugene and outside the area flock yearly to Art in the Vineyard for expo
sure for their paintings, fiber workings, sculptures and other pieces of art.
Art and wine festival
caters to eclectic art
■Art in the Vineyard enters
its 17th year of entertaining
with storytelling, art, music
and of course, wine tasting
By Kristy Hessman
Oregon Daily Emerald
Eat, drink and be merry. Add to
the old maxim a variety of art,
main stage entertainment and
youth activities, and you have Art
in the Vineyard 2000.
The 17th annual premiere art
and wine festival of the Southern
Willamette Valley is set to take
place Jun 30 through July 2 at Al
ton Baker Park.
“Every year there is a new
theme to help provide year round
funding for the Maude Kerns Art
Center,” event coordinator Karen
Pavelec said.
This year’s theme is “Invite a
Friend,” an invitation to the en
tire community to enjoy the festi
val and support the year-round
programming that the Art Center
provides.
Art in the Vineyard originally
started in 1984 as a wine tasting
accompanied by an art auction.
In 1987 the Maude Kerns Art
Center took over the event. It has
been the center’s principal fund
raiser ever since.
One portion of the event will
focus on “artists in the market
place.” This will showcase artists
whose talents include photogra
phy, jewelry, ceramics, textiles
and wearable fibers.
“This year a huge outreach
took place to get artists,” Pavelec
said. “About 100 artists from all
over Oregon and outside of Ore
gon are coming to take part in the
festivities.’’Many local artists
from Eugene will also be on hand
to show their support for their
community.
Michael Chadd, a sculptor
from Eugene who has been in
volved in art shows all over the
country, is not only getting in
volved with the event as a partici
pant this year but also as an advi
sor to help the show reach a
higher quality of fine arts.
“I am trying to help them build
the event by not making it a
strictly musical event, but a seri
ous art show, for real artists with
fine arts and crafts,” Chadd said.
“The name is ‘Art in the Vine
yard,’ not music in the vineyard.”
One way of upping the art stan
dards has been to judge the
artists.
Turn to Vineyard, page 8
Concoction Sunny Day’s latest
■The Seattle band delivers a scrumptious exploration
through social commentary and compassionate love
By Jon House
for the Emerald
For the past five years, Sunny
Day Real Estate has existed
quite precariously since the de
parture of bassist Nate Mendel
and drummer William Gold
smith. After a brief reuniting in
1998, the northwest band is
back with a lightening bolt of
charged rock and a now-stable
threesome of Geddy Lee-meets
Perry Farrell lead singer Jeremy
Enigk, guitarist Dan Hoerner
and returned drummer, Gold
smith.
Sunny Day’s new album,
“The Rising Tide,” deals with
many issues that Enigk has
been playing around with for
years. Although there’s no uni
versal message running through
the collection of songs, Sunny
Day leads the listener through a
society devoid of individuality
and morals with love as an of
fering of hope in modern-day
sterility.
The opening track, “Killed
by an Angel,” is an ethereal start
for Enigk with his soft, wailing
voice combined with the haunt
ed, looped guitar riffs provided
by Hoemer. Enigk offers a sharp
criticism of society’s obsession
with money and happiness,
saying “crooked deals can keep
you wealthy/serum vials to
help you when you’re sad.”
As a counterpart, “One” of
fers the solution to the troubles
presented by “Killed By an An
gel.” There is a noticeable shift
in Enigk’s tone to that of plead
ing, yet aspiring message. Enigk
implores us to “lift up our eyes”
and then asks can we start “re
placing the lies” and “own this
moment.” Fueling this passion
is a slow, meticulous guitar
with constant acoustic breaks
and finally a digression into full
acoustic near the end to com
plement a finale of layered
singing.
In the two years since its last
original release, Sunny Day has
proven that it hasn’t lost its gift
for songwriting. “Snibe” high
lights the band’s achievements
with lines such as “we stand in
the marketplace/with cold Sep
tember eyes on the hungry peo
ple/we passed the interroga
tion,” delivered with raw frus
tration and a sincere anger
toward those who are power
hungry.
In “Rain Song” Enigk proves
that a love song doesn’t need to
be trite or overly sappy in order
to have a profound effect. “How
long I’ve known this seed burst
and grown/you’re the one that I
love/you are the one that I
trust.”
To continue with this one-up
smanship of the hackneyed
pop-love-song genre, there is a
light electric riff feathered in
carefully amongst Enigk’s soft,
affirmative tenor and acoustic
guitar to add continuity to his
promises of love.
Although the subject matter
of this Seattle trio’s newest af
fair is too eclectic to be properly
pinned down, there is a con
stant feeling of overwhelming
that creates the urgency of
Enigk’s voice in many of the
songs.
“The Rising Tide” is an in
timidating and masterful piece
by a band that has turned a cyn
ical mirror to society in a wish
for change.
Hardesty offers hikers scenic view
■Trekkers looking for new
terrain to traverse need
look no further than
Hardesty Mountain -
By Inge Scheve
for the Emerald
The hike to Hardesty Moun
tain is a fairly challenging 9.8
mile adventure through varying
terrain. Rewards to be reaped
include fabulous wild rhodo
dendrons blooming in May and
June, open alpine meadows
filled with wildflowers, and
panoramic views of the entire
south Willamette Valley and
Cascades from Mount Hood to
south of Mount Bachelor.
From the gravel road, the trail
begins meandering up the steep
side of Mount June for about
half a mile before branching off.
At this trail junction, hikers take
the Sawtooth trail to the left.
The summit of Mount June
(4,618 feet) lies a short but
steep climb away for those
choosing a right at this trail
junction (2.4 miles round trip).
Being the tallest peak in the
area, the views from Mount
June are no less spectacular
than those of Hardesty Moun
tain.
The Hardesty Mountain
trail leads hikers along the top
of the ridge, following the up
and-down contour of it. The
narrow single-track trail takes
hikers through more conifer
ous forest terrain. About
halfway to the mountain, the
trail goes steep down and me
anders through several beauti
ful alpine meadows overflow
ing with wild flowers this time
of the year.
At the far end of the mead
Turn to Hardesty, page 8
How to find
Hardesty
Take 1-5 south to exit 188A. Fol
low Willamette Highway 58 east
for 11.4 miles and turn right at a
Lost Creek sign. Follow this road
3.7 miles and turn left over a
bridge at a sign for Eagle’s Rest
Road. Follow this narrow road
7.8 miles to a fork. Keep left on
road 20-1-14 for 2.6 miles of
pavement, then continue for 3.5
miles on gravel. At the end of a
fenced tree farm, turn left onto
road 1721. Then after 01. mile,
turn left onto road 941 for a
steep 0.4-mile climb where a
trailhead points to Mount June.
Park on the side of the road and
start hiking.