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Features Editor: LisaToth lisatoth@dailyemerald.com Friday, October 26,2001 Free tickets to Rocky Horror! A pair of tickets will be awarded to each winner of the Pulse Costume Contest. EMU Amphitheater, 4-6 p.m., Oct. 31 Battle of the Bands ■ High school students will get the most playing time on the field this weekend By Aaron Shakra for the Emerald The Oregon Marching Band has long provided the soundtrack and entertainment for Ducks football games, but each year the band gets its chance to shine in the spotlight. On Saturday, the University will host the 23rd annual Festival of Bands, a high school marching band competition, with the Ore gon Marching Band punctuating the performances. The Oregon band will perform Louis Arm strong’s “Sing, Sing, Sing” and Aaron Copland’s “Appalachian Spring” after the preliminary and final qualifying events. The festival, at Autzen Stadium is run by band members and volun teers from the Oregon Wind Ensem ble and Fighting Duck Alumni Band Association. It operates under the umbrella of the Northwest Marching Band Circuit and is the largest competition of the circuit, dwarfing the high-stakes champi onship event at Oregon State Uni versity. As many as 4,000 people are expected. Carolyn Stock, festival coordina tor and graduate teaching fellow at the School of Music, said she views the festival and band as a showcase for the musicians involved. “They’re the ambassadors of this University,” she said. The 32 marching bands in com petition represent high schools from Oregon, Washington and Ida ho. They will compete in four class es: A, AA, AAA and open. The eight judges are specialists in spe cific marching band aspects and hail from around the country. The judges will choose the top 15 bands for the finals. Music vendors on hand will in clude Yamaha and locally owned Lights for Music, which will pro vide on-site instrument repair and maintenance. While there is a clear emphasis on the competition, Courtesy photo Northwest high school marching band students come to Eugene this weekend to take part in the Festival of the Bands at Autzen Stadium. Up to 4,000 people are expected to attend. Stock said the event should have more educational implications than competitive. “I don’t want to put all the weight on who’s No. 1,” she said. “It’s a competition — but it’s about the kids.” Considering the volume of both high school juniors and seniors, the festival also serves as a recruit ing tool for both new band mem bers and University students in the music school. Katie Moss, band council member in the OMB, said many high school stu dents at the event will be placing themselves in a university envi ronment for the first time. “There’s a high level of excitement and energy for them,” she said. Lee Wood, a fourth year veteran of the OMB, mentioned that because it’s the only fund-raising event of the year, it’s the single largest source of revenue for the band. “I think of it mostly as a fundrais er, and secondly as a recruitment tool,” she said. Organizers expect $30,000 to be raised. The only other source of revenue for the band are yellow duck “lips,” sold at football games and other locations. Gates open for the event at 7:30 a.m., with preliminary rounds be ginning at 8:30 a.m. Tickets are $12 for adults and $8 for students (ad mission is free for children under 5) and will be available at the south gate of Autzen Stadium. For residents of Salem, the competition will be televised on the public access station, CCTV. Stock is trying to get TV coverage for Eugene. Aaron Shakra is a freelancer for the Oregon Daily Emerald. He can be reached at aaron@startled.com. By Andy Guess Cornell Daily Sun (Cornell U.) 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Instead of us ing scientific methods as in “Sleepy Hollow,” Depp relies on drug-induced visions to draw conclusions about the case. Even tually his findings lead him to prostitute Mary Kelly (Heather Graham), whom he believes will be the next victim. Based on the comic book series by Alan Moore and Eddie Camp bell, the film is not an exploration of good and evil. The so-called pro tagonists and antagonists are all sinners to differing degrees, whether the transgressions involve infidelity, murder, addiction or ob session. Depp needs his drugs to stay afloat in the investigation, Gra ham needs to sell herself to survive, and maybe, in some sick way, Jack the Ripper needs to kill to fulfill himself. And like any moral tale, characters must suffer the conse quences of their deeds. Most striking in “From Hell” are its unforgiving depictions of explic it gore and sex. They’re striking be cause they just don’t seem right in a movie taking place in 19th centu ry England. 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