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About The print. (Oregon City, Oregon) 1977-1989 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 28, 1979)
Story by Leanne Lally Photos by Kelly Laughlin Members of Dance Curren ts and class warm up before performance tonight and March 8 and 9. tudent energy creates tmosphere of effort > members take their >ns, pose and for a while, ie audience the feeling of g water or the blooming ise petal, or the power of m. The Dance Currents e College’s dance depar can evoke all of these Both groups will present a performance tonight in the Community Center Fireside Lounge from 7 to 9 p.m. Jane Rickenbaugh, dance instructor, will lecture on modern dance and warm ups. “The work that we are doing is original,” Rickenbaugh said. Queen’s jazz lacks royalty Mike Koller reading the album er of this new Queen ord, “Jazz,” at the local ord shop should give the eiul observer two very id reasons why not to thase it. irst, the title of the album If might lead the prospec- > buyer into thinking een has changed their ige and there could be he nice jazz music on this Don’t be misled! In lity there is no jazz in- ded here, or for that mat- I any good rock music to lust ntion. jecondly, if one checks [back cover closely where song titles are listed, re is a tune called ‘‘jLet Entertain You.” Dón’t relieve for a second that een intends to keep their pise. A deep case of 'onic boredom is a much Inger possibility than en- Binment. ihe opening song on this bm is a Middle-Eastern fit titled “Mustapha” in ¡ch Queen’s lead singer, [die Mercury, screams lipray for you,” but it’s fen that needs help from >ve on this cut. Four rich p rock stars doing an pc chant doesn’t quite teuton vinyl. Hie lyrics on “Jazz” are fcnable throughout the [e album. It’s hard to people would buy fe with such ridiculous as Fat Bottom Girls «lesday, Feb. 28,1979 A and Bicycle Races. After hearing these two songs, it’s not too hard to figure out that Mercury and company didn’t spend weeks thinking up words to this album. Fif teen minutes is probably a much closer estimate. All the songs on this album seem to overlap into one tedious and monotonous waste of 20 minutes on each side. None share any distinct charac teristics that break the boring pattern. Only one song on the en tire album of 13 tracks, “Dead On Time,” is even close to showing any possible talent Queen may have hidden. Brian May’s sizzling guitar work on “Dead On Time” makes it a competent tune. When Queen broke into the rock music scene in the early ‘70s, the critics hailed Queen as a band that “played sophisticated hard rock with complex, but beautiful vocal arrangemen ts.” Obviously, the critics must have been misled by Queen’s clever use of rhetoric when they describe their music on album covers. So, when you’re wan dering aimlessly through your favorite record store and you notice Queen’s “Jazz,” turn your head quickly and walk away or else you may end up hurt and shattered by their false promises. j “It comes out of the group and individuals. The students have been generating their own material.” March 8 and 9 at 8 p.m., the Dance Currents will perform a concert that will include many of the dances they will show tonight. The Bob Heath Dan cers will be guests and the show will feature pianist Kay Murray as accompaniast. “Our dances have a base of modern dance that springs for th jazz and disco,” Ricken baugh said. “Many of the dan ces we will perform will be ones that the students themselves choreographed and many are ^improvisational. ” II ■ 1 1 ■ill 1 i OSU NEXT FALL? If you are —transferring to Oregon State University next fall as a freshman, sophomore, or junior, and —you are interested in a program that offers opportunities for: ‘Guaranteed jobs after graduation — $12,500 to start $20,500 after 4 years (more for Pilots, Navigators, and Veterans) Financial assistance — $100 a month during the school year. Other scholarships for those who qualify. Flight instruction — 25 hours of flight training for those who ■ qualify. Travel — Assignments throughout the world. ‘Vacations — Paid vacations, 30 days each year. then —investigate Air Force ROTC at OSU. Applications are now being accepted for Fall 1979 entry. Visit or call the AFROTC office in Gill Coliseum, room 229, Oregon State University, Corvallis Telephone 754-3291, Capt. Randerson AIR FORCE ROTC GATEWAY TO A GREAT WAY OF LIFE Page 5
