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Show uour new/ A2 "The story must be told" Over 150 students combine their talents in the production Echoes ofAmerican Slavery MONDAY*FEBRUARY 6 -2006 Annaley Naegle Redd Lecture Reading Mount Rushmore Given by Phil Deloria Tuesday, February 7, 7:00 p.m. Slee says that Echoes is very for everyone to experience Bringing Echoes of AmeriHarold B. Lee Library Auditorium, BYU can Slavery to life was not an important to UVSC. He also first-hand, one of the darkest News Writer times in Amerieasy task for the actors. Some said, "Without Rusbmorc sits squarely in the American West, TM c a n history. matters of the production a grade hanging and its surrounding landscapes help define the <&*>>w< Doctor Petrie In commemoration of Black have been daunting for the over their head ways that one experiences the carvings. after History Month, the UVSC actors to project because it is or getting paid, echoes of American Slavery hopes Journeying to Rushmore along Interstate 90 Theater Department presents such a sobering subject. Cre- a wide variety February 8-11 @7:30pm seeing Echoes creates different meanings than does driving of American Echoes of American Slavery, ators paid serious attention to of students are Ragan Theater the winding Iron Mountain Road or hiking toSlavery, viewshowing in the Reagan The- every detail to ensure Echoes working through the Black Elk Wilderness. Purchase tickets at is delivered purposefully and gether to develers might introater February 8-11. Similarly, the memorial itself channels op something spectively"take Echoes is derived from the accurately. Campus Connection visitors along distinct pathways, creating a quiet look at In creating this production, i m p o r t a n t . " Slave Narrative Collection of certain kinds of expricnecs and perhaps •---••• • ^ - ^ — • their o w n v a l the Federal Writers' Project, participation from UVSC Over 150 stuprohibiting others. dents have parues." compiled from two years of students and faculty includes Mount Rushmore can be "read" as a text, ticipated in creating Echoes. Echoes of American Slavresearch done in the late nine- those from the Dance, Music, then,in an effort to tease out the kinds of All three UVSC choirs are ery will be shown in the Reateen thirties of former slaves. Multimedia Communication experiences and cultural meanings the involved, and are combined gan Theater February 8-11 Writers of the collection Technology, Theatre and Art memorial proposes to its visitors. at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are now documented their research & Visual Communication de- into a 100-voice choir. through photographs and partments, and also the Black "Very few people knew available and can be purchase interviews, audio and writ- Student Union, Theater Arts about the narratives, and at Campus Connection, or by ten, of more than 2,300 ex- Guild, Multicultural Center they're such a valuable re- calling 863-8797. The cost slaves - most of them being and the Associated Students source," Slee said. Echoes of is $6 for UVSC students and first-person accounts of slave of UVSC. American Slavery is a chance faculty, or $8-$ 10. life and their own reaction to bondage, Adam Slee, co-author of Echoes and a UVSC ^•&Sfe^ v '-' I .••'•""'\'M &:^$$& Junior majoring in Theater, having listened to the actual audio recordings, and de'^''i^ scribe it as "ghostly." Dr. Terry Petrie, chairman of the Theatre department and co-author/director of Echoes, says "Echoes of American Slavery is called Echoesfor a reason. It gives us a look into a not so pleasant part of American history. It's a winyour f i r s t class? dow into what America did to itself." or first tracks? ••>";#& Echoes is written word-forword from the Slave Narrative Collection and though some of its content is raw and aggressive, it is not meant to be offensive, only informative. Its purpose is to give viewers a better understanding of exactly what the slaves went through; from the time they were auctioned off the block, to the moment they were freed. "The story must be told," says Slee. Echoes is comprised of the actual stories told by the former slaves. Pictures taken during the interviews with the ex-slaves will be shown in the production accompanied by narration, telling their real life stories from being sold to the highest bidder, to S u n d a n c e is just a d o l l a r away (and $ 1 b a c k ) w i t h your U T A Ed the inhumane treatment they Ski^>bus r i d e u t a . c o m flOO - RIDE-UTA U T A Passi e x c l u d e s w e e k e n d s and h o l i d a y s - C h o o s e your p r i o r i t i e s * received, all the way to freedom. Ashley Robertson uiuiui.nGTXIIGIIIf.AOl m Ihe college time/ Editor-in-Chief Ryan Meeks Executive Editor John Ditzler Copy Editor Joe Vogel Layout Editor Jessica Ellsworth Your News Editor Errin Julkunen Your Opinions Editor Ammon Van Orden Your Life Editor Michelle Lee Sports Editor Morgan Vance Photo Editor Chad Clark Office Manager Robbin Anthony Advisor Brent Sumner FREE Contact us: Student Media 800 W. 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