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Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011
Mainstream brings music to Niemeyer
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Richard L attm an (left) a n d the rest o f M ainstream sing during their performance last week. The show wot M ainstreams fir s t o f the year a n d featured multiple instrum ental
a n d vocal soloists^ including a tribute to CodyMyers, a rnusic major, a n d j a z z guitarist murdered earlier this year.
Reviere. Reviere was th e o u tstan d in g
soloist o f th e n ig h t, p u ttin g energy
in to his p erfo rm a n ce a n d w ow ing
th e crow d. N o t only d id h e sing b u t
he dan ced along w ith th e m usic an d
those in th e audience c o u ld n o t help
b u t a t least tap th e ir feet along.
?. “I th o u g h t ! d id q u ite sexy” said
Reviere, “I d o n ’t p la n m y dance moves:
beforehand, I go w ith th e flow an d let
th em po p o u t.”
D espite being new to M ainstream ,
Reviere said he has enjoyed his tim e
o n M ainstream . “I th in k i t s q u ite
am azing,” h e s a id , “Everyone is really
friendly. W e ate like a fam ily.”
G en a D e g lia n to n i, also new to
M ainstream , said she has enjoyed h er
tim e w ith th e group. “M y .favorite
p a rt is 'the» overall? e n v iro n m en t. It
B y M andie Gavitt
Arts & Culture Editor
C lackam as C o m m u n ity C ollege’s
p rem ier vocal ja z z group, M ainstream ,
p u t o n th e ir rail c o n ce rt last T uesday
N ov. 22. T h e concert consisted o f
th e vocak jazz g roup, th e ir h a n d as
well as a guest p erform ance from th e
b a n d “T h e Rebecca K ilgore T r io ,”
w ifh mem ber's R ebecca Kilgore, Steve
C h risto p h erso n an d T o m W akeling.
M ainstream consists b f 18 vocalists
a n d tw o o f The P r in t’s very ow n,
sp o rts e d ito r Jo h n W illiam H o w ard
an d sta ff w riter C hris TaylorV* -
T h e e n tire show was tw o h o u rs o f
fantastic m usic, b o th fu n an d relaxing.
Som e o f the tu n es were u p b e at like
“Ju m p Jive A n’ W ail,” sung by E th an
enables you to be y o u rse lf a n d feel
th e m usic.” ■
T h e g roup also played “Fragile”
by S ting as a trib u te song to C ody
M yers, a C C C stu d e n t a n d m usic
m ajo r w h o was m u rd ere d in O ctober.
T h e song was in tro d u c e d by a qu ick
e x p la n atio n o f w h o th e -song was
fo r b u t w ith o u t giving th e details o f
w h at h a p p en e d to M yers. It was asked
th a t p e o p le liste n to th e lyrics, w hich
spoke against violence.
To give singers a c h an ce to
regroup after the C o d y M yers trib
ute, M ain stream to o k a m o m e n t an d
in tro d u c e d th e ir m em bers. T h is was
help fu l as they have add ed a lo t o f
new faces th is yeah A fter th e in tr o
d u c tio n s th e show c o n tin u e d w ith
“Im agine” by J o h n «Lennon.
T h o se new to M ain stream said they
have h a d an excellent tim e being w ith
th e group.
M ain stream seems to be a c o m b in a
tio n o f good m usic a n d good friends
for m an y b a n d m em bers. “U ltim a te ly
it’s a great w ay to m ake new friends
a n d sin g m usic I ’m passionate for,”
said R ichard L attm an?
T h e vocalists said th ey are p ro u d o f
th e ir p effo rm an ce on Tuesday, “as “they
very well sh o u ld be. N ic k W oods has
been o n M ain stream for th ree years
an d said h e felt Tuesday’s p erform ance
w e n t well. ‘ It c o u ld have been b etter
b u t it was overall solid,” he said.
L attm a n agreed, “W e d id great an d
we w ere to ld n o t to criticize it b u t ju st
have' fu n .”
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Ethan Reviere begins his solo during the vocal j a z z night on Tuesday Nov. 22. Reviere sang a n d danced to
“ju m p Jive A n W ail” orginially sung by Louis Prima.