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Show Spring Thoirfest' around the corner The Weber State University Concert and Chamber choirs will perform in Choirfest on Monday, Feb. 13. Karsten Longhurst, a senior in the choral education department, wilt conduct the male members of the Concert Choir in "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" from Randall Thompson's "Frostiana." "Randall Thompson took a collection of Robert Frost's poems and put them to music and called it 'Frostiana,'" Longhurst said, "it's a snowy song for a winter choirfest. It feels like you're walking through the woods on a snowy evening with the snowflakes falling on your head." Conducting the choir is part of a requirement for the choral education major. To fulfill another graduation requirement, Longhurst will student-teach in a local school in the fall. Ashley Hansen, an undeclared freshman, is experiencing her first semester in the Concert Choir. "It's so much - holy cow, it's amazing," Hansen said. "It's so much better than high school." A wide variety of music will be presented in this concert '"I Never Saw a Moor' is my favorite song for this concert," Hansen said. The lyrics are taken from Emily Dickinson's poem. "A moor is a hill without any trees and everybody knows what it is, but they've never actually seen one," Hansen said.. "So the song is 'I've never seen it' and 'I never spoke with God' and that sort of thing." Track Page 7 The Signpost Friday, February 10, 2006 Lead scored 12 points, dominating her post defenders. She also notched four blocked shots. "I was feeling really good down there," Releford said, "tonight was a lot different than other nights. I was a lot more patient underneath and read the defender, feeling where she was from behind." As she and her teammates were told the results of the NAU game and the implications on the Big Sky standings, an ecstatic cheer was heard from the locker room. Releford said it's a great feeling to be number one. "It feels so good. It kind of gives you a sense of urgency also," Releford said. "We play NAU on Saturday and it's time to dominate - we have it right there in the palm of our hands and all we have to do is clench our fists and take it." Porter said she is excited about the ranking but knows the importance of continuing their strong play throughout the remainder of the schedule. V-Day PHOTO BY TRICIA GERHARD | 1HESICNPO5T WSU choir students rehearse for their upcoming performance Monday, Feb. 13. The performance will be held in the Val A. Browning Center Austad Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. The concert will be in the Austad Tickets wiil cost $4.50 for the Auditorium in the Val A. Browning public and $3.50 for students Center at 7:30 p.m. and seniors. continued from page 5 calling 626-7983. continued from page 6 women may not know about themselves. "There are all of these tilings that women don't talk about, but all women think on one level or another," Pappas said. "It makes the female experience very collective." "V-Day" is a time to celebrate women around the world. It. is also a time to become comfortable with a word that may not be a part of many people's everyday vocabulary. "What is this pejorative term we have for this word?" asked WSU Department of Performing Arts Marketing Director Caril Jennings, regarding the word "vagina". "None of us come into this world without it. Why should we be embarrassed? It's our entry into life. It shouldn't be a word that we're ashamed of." Pappas said that "V-Day" is a performance that men will enjoy too. Pappa said there are two reasons that men should attend the production of "The Vagina Monologues": because it is funny and because it is informative. "It helps people become aware of things that are going on in Porter continued from page 5 the 60-meter hurdles, an event in which he has already attained a national qualifying mark, by taking first place with a time of 8.01. He also took third place in the 200-meter race and in the triple jump. Junior Jed Casper had a big weekend, winning the 400-meters with a time of 48.09. That is the fastest in Big Sky records this season and ranks as the sixth best time in Weber State University history. Junior Drew Casselberry also pitched in and took first place in the 5000-meters. He ran a time of 14:56.81. It was his personal best by 17 seconds. Weber State men's coach Chick hand, didn't fare quite so well. Senior Hislop seemed pleased with his Nicole Dickmann was the lone event team's performance. winner for the women. She took "We still have a few people not first place in the high jump with a getting the job done, but we are season-best jump of 5 feet 8 inches. The women did have some pretty close to where we need to be," strong performances in the mile run, Hislop said. While they didn't keep overall where they finished 2nd, 3rd, and team scores at the meet, Hislop 4th. Sophomore Sariah St. Laurent figured his team would have placed finished second and qualified for the second in a field that included conference championships in the Brigham Young University, Idaho event, running a career-best time of State University, Southern Utah 5:03.77. Jamie Stubbs ran the mile in University and Montana State 5:07.78. Her time was fast enough for 3rd place and qualified her as well. University. The women's team, on the other Sophomore Amy Blodgett finished 4th in the event. Despite several bright spots, V B U d 6 V J I l G continued from page G women's coach Jim Blaisdell was not happy with his team's showing. work with symphony orchestras. 626-8500. "We did not have a very good I do a lot of things." People looking for laughs and meet," Blaisdel] said. "I am pretty Bob Berky and his new entertainment may find them disappointed with our overall vaudeville will perform two with Bob Berky and his new performance." shows this weekend. First, vaudeville comedy act. While Weber States women "Any age can enjoy his skits struggle, on Friday, Feb. 10 at 7:30 p.m. Northern Arizona and Saturday, Feb. 11 at 2p.m. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for children under 16 and can be purchased at the Dee Events Center ticket office by calling "It's a milestone, it's half way "It's great, but you want to be first at the end of the season," to 500 but I don't think I can go Porter said. "We need to focus 18 more years to get to 500, I'll every game on coming out and tell you that right now," Taylor said. playing hard." In honor of the occasion, Another exciting statistics for the team Weber State presented and Coach Taylor was "We play NAU on Satur- Taylor with a signed that last night's win day and it's time to dom- m i n i basketball was Taylor's inate - we have it right after the 250th over game. the span there in the palm of our So it of her 18all comes year career. hands and all we have to down to Taylor said do is clench our fists and Saturday she will just night as take it in take it" NAU comes stride, and to the Dee realizes it Events as being - Shantee Releford, Center to just as WSU junior forward face Weber important State in the as win battle for number 249 or 251. Taylor said she Big Sky supremacy. Tip-off time would cherish it though, as she is 7 p.m. doesn't know how long she will You can reach reporter Jon McBride by be around. and acts," Stern said. "And he keeps doing the thing that he loves." University, WSU's primary competition, is surging. NAU has already qualified five athletes to Nationals. This, and the fact that the Big Sky Conference Championships in Flagstaff, Arizona will be hosted by NAU, does not bode well for Blaisdell and the Lady Wildcats. Blaisdell acknowledged that it would be hard to beat out NAU for the conference title. "No team will touch them," he said. "It will be very difficult to be within 20-30 points of them this year." But all is not lost, given the winner-take-all format of the Big Sky Conference Indoor Track Championships. Blaisdell admits that if they perform well, it may be possible for the Lady Wildcats to come away from Flagstaff with the conference crown. You can leave a message for reporter Ryan Roake by calling 626-7983. the world and, at the same time, raises money for the YCC," said Jessi McCowin, WSU sophomore and an actress in tomorrow's performance. McCowin said that "V-Day" will spark questions, inspire change and help people realize that they can make a difference. Admission to "V-Day" is $10 for students and $15 for the general public. Tickets will be sold at the door. Seating is limited to 275 people. For more information, please visit vday.org. You can reach reporter Ryan Spencer by calling 626-7705. continued from page 5 going to have a good chance to be successful." The 'Cats are now 5-2 in the Big Sky Conference after impressive wins on the road against the University of Montana on Thursday and Montana State University on Saturday. Porter struggled from the field against MSU, only shooting 3-10 for six points. She did, however, make up for her lack of offense Experience by playing intense defense and hauled down a game-high eight rebounds. In the next game against MSU, Porter returned to her offensive game. She had a game-high 19 points that night as she led the way to a 74-48 blowout. She also picked up four rebounds and four assists. You can leave a message for reporter Jamee Garside by calling 626-7983. 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