'Tenor' lends hilariiy to campus
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“I’MA
GONNA
KILLA
MYZELFA!” The words of Tito
Morelli ring loud and hilarious in
David Smith-English’s production
of Ken Ludwig’s “Lend Me a
Tenor.”
Tito, played by Jeff Miller, is an
opera singer scheduled to make a
Cleveland appearance that seems
destined for disaster from the get-
go. The story follows Max (Matt
Morrison), assistant stage manager
and aspiring opera singer, through
pride, pain and pandemonium.
The play opens with Max
explaining to his Tito-enamored
fiancé Maggie (Jayne Stevens) that
he doesn’t know where the per
former is.
After Tito is found and Saunders
(Tom Cavanaugh) the stage manag
er calms down a bit the singer’s
wife leaves him, Tito gives a
singing lesson to Max, and inadver
tently overdoses on medication,
after which he is found “dead” by
his protégé. This, of course, opens
a whole new can of worms, and
Max ends up deciding to attempt a
Morelli impersonation for the per
formance.
Dozens of such cans get
smashed violently open in this
irony-laden comedy, with hilarious
results. The scenes are acted
superbly, with impeccable timing.
Gestures and actions are so terrifi
cally executed that you can’t help
but guffaw often throughout.
However, the strongest point
was the acting of Jeff Miller, whose
theatrics degrees from Lewis and
Clark College have obviously not
been in vain. His facial and verbal
expressions are classic, not to men
tion his convincing Italian accent.
Another high (and humorous)
point is Tom Cavanaugh’s outra
geous, extreme behavior. One
minute he is yelling at the top of his
lungs, the next he is quietly com
plaining of his ills, then he is jump
ing on top of his adversaries and
spitting grapes into the audience.
Amidst all the humor, sex, sar
casm, death, drinking and Damien
Norwest’s hilarious rendition of a,
gay bellhop, there are; maybe two
aspects that aren’t agreeable. The
first is seeing much more of class
mates than one ever wanted to i.e. a
scene where Maggie and Diana
(Sarah Iverson) get, well, intimate
with Max and Tito, respectively,
(although I do admire both for hav
ing the guts to go onstage like that).
The second is that one gets the feel
ing that Morrison’s performance is
coming from someone who used to
be on stage crew and took over the
lead role three weeks into
rehearsals. What’s that? He did?
Okay then, scratch that second one.
Overall a very funny play, com
plete with excellent acting, a good
effective set and an obviously
experienced director, “Lend Me a
Tenor” is a must-see for everyone
who is able. If you’ve already seen
it, see it again. You’ll catch a lot
LUKE MAHAN Clackamas Print
Saunders (Tom Cavanaugh) threatens a persistent hotel
bellhop (Damion Norwest) in ‘Lend Me a Tenor.’
more the second time around. ’ *
“Lend Me a Tenor” runs Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m.,
and Sunday at 2:30 p.m.. Tickets
are $5 for students and $8 for
everyone else.
Annual skills contest brings new artwork to our college
Staff Writer
The college was closed to
attending students Feb. 27 while
high school students from around
Clackamas County gathered for the
annual Skills Contest.
Over 100 submissions of art
work contributed to a display in
Pauling Hall, which was judged by
Art Department Chair David
Andersen and Art History and
Ceramics
instructor,
Nora
Brodnicki.
Each school was allotted a max
imum of 20 pieces, with a limit of
two entries per student. The judg
ing criteria was based on four cate
gories including originality, intent,
execution and presentation.
At noon Andersen greeted and
thanked all participants in the con
test and encouraged students, win
or lose, to pursue their dreams.
Brodnicki then announced a hand
ful of honorable mentions, followed
by the winning contestants.
Sophomore Liana Hochhalter of
West Linn High School was award
ed first place and received a $250
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LUKE MAHAN Clackamas Print
“Smilin’,” Rockapella’s fifth
studio release, demonstrates the
group’s continual growth toward
perfection as one of the music
world’s most amazingly unique
certificate towards tuition at CCC.
When asked about the inspiration
behind her piece, Hochhalter
replied, “Well actually it was a little
boy that I babysat for five or six
years. His mom is my French
teacher and we’re really close. I
really love children so I just wanted
to do something for her and for his
birthday.” The painting was con
structed from a photograph of the
boy when he was two.
A $150 tuition waiver went to
Luther Kraxburger of Molalla High
School for second place. A tie for
third place awarded both Dan Toole
of La Salle High School and Katie
Kuiper of Lakeridge High School
$100 tuition waivers.
Eighteen-year-old Toole painted
a self-portrait. “I wanted to express
internal things that not many people
know about, so I decided to express
my faith with the cross,” said
Toole.
With graduation on the horizon,
this senior has applied to nine col
leges and hopes to obtain scholar
ships and financial aid. In addition
to his artistic ability, Toole partici
pates in student government, the
national honor society, and enjoys
football, swimming and track.
Andersen is proposing a hands
on workshop for next year’s Skills
Contest in lieu of submitting works
of art.
“I really don’t get to know many
of the students. I don’t really inter
act with them, and we don’t know
the intent of the pieces generally,”
said Andersen. “It would be, great
for them to come just with their
hands and show up to the work
shop, and we give them an assign
ment, and all the medium they can
use - paint, clay, metal, wire’ and
whatever they want, and then watch
everyone respond to it.”
The main benefit of this change,
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originality from the students.
Following the award ceremony,
the day was topped off with a tour
of the new art facility, which is
scheduled to be operational by fall
term.
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Liana Hochhalter stands
next to her first-prize art
at the skills contest.
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and captivating vocal groups.
The album includes the addi
tion of a new voice in George
Baldi, who was a member of
Unique Attraction which later
went on to become Boyz II Men.
The group formed in New
York City in 1986. Rockapella
moved from street corner gigs to
New York’s glamorously glitzy
parties. The thing that made them
so different was their way of
using only human vocals.
Rockapella’s never-duplicated
version of rock-influenced, blue
eyed soul has been seen by mil
lions in appearances on The
Today Show, The Tonight Show
with Jay Leno, CBS This
Morning,
Good Morning
America, Live with Regis &
according to Andersen, is that it
would enable the judges to interact
with the students and get a feel for
their motivation, background, talent
and desire. This would also give
instructors an opportunity to inspire
Kathie Lee. They are best-known
for their five year run on Where
in the “World is Carmen San
Diego,” where they performed
such memorable numbers as “The
ChaaaaA A Asssse. ”
What separates “Smilin’” the
most is the transitions it will take
the listener on. It begins with
five great summer songs that just
make you want to smile. Track
six is a great-sounding barber
shop song (“Lazy River”) that
makes you sit back and relax.
The CD ends after twelve tracks
with a Beach Boy hit “Surfin’
Safari,” an already amazing song
made even better.
This CD deserves two thumbs
up for three words only: feel
good music.
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