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Show The Thunderbird Monday, February 13, 1984 Page 9 GET BACK IN SHAPE!! Lose inches & pounds in the right places t" Ladltsl Monl Loss up tu lb. I day and mike tho dads Ion that lus brought wolght lost results to thousands. 1 W ' Y S.V " : v' 4 u' " i' No contracts No strenuous excercise m No .V-- Ni drugs ' No expensive psychology Free diet comultatioos .sV. XV'5. For ' s. Dennis Bacon finds his forte working to refine Jazz Band. 506-033- Bacon enjoys hamming it up by Jay Hill Bacons interest in music began with his first trumpet in junior high school. Then, with the influence of an older brother who was a music instructor, the desire grew in him to teach music. He began his musical career in the Emery school district and taught there for seven years. He received his masters degree at BYU, where he was assistant director for the wind ensemble among other directing positions. Prior to accepting a position at SUSC as band director this year, he taught at Orem High School. He has total of 13 years teaching experience and has been given many awards for the performances of his bands. Desiring to expand the music program for Southern Utah, Bacon arrived with the intention of boosting the reputation of the music department. There have been rumors in the past about the jazz band not being all that good, Bacon said. 1 hope to change those rumors and let people see how talented our band really is. Hi also expressed the need for more public expo, ure for the band, saying that it has played at some at basketball games and two concerts, with ' nn in attendance. ' I jazz band According to Bacon, the has received 80 percent of its performers from g bands. We have a group of students here that can give the school a good name, he said, and people need to hear us. If they heard us in the fall they should see how much we have improved since then. The jazz band is the showboat of the bands. Its more relaxed and laid back, bringing out the emotion that people are afraid to show. I hope that students become totally involved in music, he said, its a better way to express themselves. Bacon believes people should allow music to move them. Society, he said, tells you to hold back your emotions, but music is communication, music is what you feel. Bacon said he is a man who is willing to work. He demands perfection, but wants to work with his students to achieve it. I want to do my best, I owe that to my students, he said, and I expect their best in return. You go. a lot further if you set your sights on perfection. Why settle for something less? We want to give a quality performance, and we will not perform unless we are ready, and proud of ourselves. When one witnesses Bacon directing, he sees a man involved in his music. Bacon begins to act with confidence, setting the mood and tempo for his students to play by. Carole King sang of a man who takes your blues away, and one can see Bacon as that man. As the song goes, Jazz man, take my blues away. Make my pain the same as yours, with every change you play. Namme irtr. tK the Magaznime amid wnim $5 nmi mmeirdhiamidiise 1 & ! Ask for Donna Representative Heritage Corporation of America award-winnin- Carole King sang When the jazz mans testifyn a faithless man believes, he can sing you into paradise or bring you to your knees in her song Jazz Man. But the true jazz man, the leader of the band, is identified only when the lights go up and he turns around. Here at SUSC, Dennis W. Bacon makes the faithless believe. appt.call tnromns tiflne SUSC ( - ' A til - BodDLSStiwe. il ijsjtltaUuh irtjfuatjslMf - ' $il - - Ai- - A k - - Q0 - -- V Turn your entry in at The Thunderbird. Deadline: Feb. 29. |