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Annavox will make its first ex cursion outside of Portland on Fri day to appear at Eugene’s Cozmic Pizza. They will perform from 8 to 10:30 p.m. with local indie rock band Abandon Ship and funk band Champagne Syndicate open ing. Tickets are $3 at the door. Annavox is a trio comprised of cellist/vocalist Anna Fritz, acoustic guitarist/vocalist David Gerritsen and electric guitarist/vo calist David Waingarten. “I’ve dreamed since I was a kid of fronting a band with a cello,” said Fritz, who began her classical training on the cello when she was 6 years old. “The cello is a gorgeous, rich, versatile instrument,” she said. The trio met two years ago through their involvement in the Portland poetry scene. Gerritsen said he was looking for something new and different, and Fritz said she was interested in bridging the gap between the between the con straints of classical music with more fluid rules of folk music. “They helped me break out of my classical chains,” Fritz said. The group started playing to gether in coffee houses, pubs and medium-sized clubs around Port land, such as the Medicine Hat Gallery and Ash Street Saloon. The trio tries to create a very “in timate feeling” with vocal har monies, Fritz said. Although their music is heavily influenced by folk, Gerritsen said the trio’s wide spectrum of tastes has often brought other more sub tle influences to their music. He said he enjoys listening to pop and hip-hop, and on some level that must influence his songwriting. “When it finally comes out the funnel, it sounds like folk-classical with a candy pop coating,” he said. Nathan Lester, who produced their album, “All Day Breathing,” admitted it took him a while to warm up to the new sound. “Anna is doing something that fills the place of the bass line,” he said. “She’s doing something her own.” Lester said he was amazed when the trio went into the studio to make the album. He said they only had to record one or two takes to lay down a track, instead of the usual three to four. Lester said Annavox is unlike any other folk band he has heard. “It’s not the typical bass, drums, guitar,” he said. “It’s got complexi ty and subtlety.” E-mail reporter Jen West at jenwest@dailyemerald.com. News brief New senators make transition, transfer funds Out with the old and in with the new — student senators said their farewells Wednesday and the new ly-elected 2002-03 legislative body took charge and ran the ASUO Student Senate meeting. During the meeting, the Senate voted unanimously to move $560 from the Black Student Union’s Black Arts Festival account to its food holding account for an up coming barbecue that will be held at Oregon State University. The Senate also transferred $500 from BSU’s Black History Month food account to its spring gradu ation account. “This year, we have opened up our graduation ceremony to all stu dents and not just BSU students,” BSU Co-Director Haben Woldu said. “We are expecting a larger number of people this year.” In addition, the Senate trans ferred $800 from the BSU’s Black Arts Festival account to its spring graduation account to help pay for a keynote speaker and a pianist. The Senate transferred a total of $2,996 from various accounts within the Native American Stu dent Union’s budget to help pay for the group’s Spring Pow Wow, which was held earlier this term. “I think that NASU does a great job, and they work hard to put on successful events,” Sen. Do minique Beaumonte said. “They’re a cute group.” The Senate voted unanimously to move $6,000 from Spencer View Family Co-op Center’s stu dent employee account into its work-study account because the group had more student employ ees than work study students this academic year. Returning Sen. Kathryn Kranzush was nominated for this summer’s senate president, and newly-elected Sen. Levi Strom and returning Sen. Beaumonte were nominated for the vice president position. The positions will be vot ed on in the next meeting, which will be held June 5. Sen. Rebecca Cambreleng re signed from her senate position at the conclusion of the meeting. For a complete list of the newly elected student senators, go to www. d ailyem erald. com. — Danielle Gillespie Center ill;i 8:00 p.m. Gerlinger Alumni Lounge by a book sale and , or for disability ii, please contact the Oregon Humanities Center at (541) 346-3934. wmm
