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Show THE THUNDERBIRDDSOUTHERN UTAH UNIVERSITY!! MONDAY OCTOBER 28, 1991 PAGE 9 CONCERT TIME CHANGE: The starting time of the Oct. 30 Utah Symphony concert is now p.m. rather than 7.30 p.m. The concert will be held in the Centrum and admission is free to SUU students with activity cards. 8 PLAY OPENS: The SUU Theatre production of Little Shop of Horrors, directed by Fred C. Adams, opens Thursday night at 8 p.m. SUU students with activity cards are admitted for $2. Bob Goodman, SUU faculty Julie Simon won a first prize honor for an member recently essay dealing with both mice and the homeless Simon wins with essay Julie Simon, an SUU special instructor of English who came here two years ago from Logan, Utah, has been honored in the 33rd annual Utah Original Writing Competition sponsored by the Utah Arts Council. Simon received first prize in the competitions Personal Essay category for her manuscript, The Small Desires of Mice. It started to be about the problems that come from having mice in ones home, then turned into a study of the homeless, said Simon. But although it is indeed a look at the homeless, theres a lot about mice in it as well. Gov. Norm Bangerter presented the award Oct. 10 during an awards celebration at the governors residence, at which writer Patricia McConnel was the guest speaker. right, instructs Scott Judd, a Spanish and environmental engineering sophomore, during Music 114, beginning guitar Guitar class offers smooth strumming BY CHERIS TUCKER Thunderbird Arts Editor Bob Goodmans SUU guitar class js somewhat unusual. It begins with time devoted to tuning each individual students guitar and it sounds similar to about 30 children who have been given instruments for the first time and are trying to impress their friends And that is somewhat ironic, since that is the reason Goodman began playing the guitar. I was sitting in one of my friends rooms, listening to him mess around with his guitar, Goodman recalls. And my mind wandered and something totally unrelated came into my head. I guess it was kind of funny, because I began to laugh. My friend thought that I was laughing at him and said, Well lets see you do better. And I did. It wasnt hard since he quit shortly thereafter. According to Goodman, it is this healthy urge to impress ones peers that keeps his guitar class going. At first I was worried about having a class this big, because I thought that instruction the result without being able to give he says. would be slower progression, However, the class progression is faster than private classes and I think that is because we are meeting two times a week and, more importantly, that the students are trying to keep up with each other there is pride involved here. No one wants to be the slow one. The class consists of students who have played for several years and those who have never even touched a guitar prior It would be to the class, however Goodman is not worried. hard if I tried to direct everything to both groups, but I dont, he says. The class description claims that it is a beginning class and out of those students who saw no prerequisite to the one-on-o- class, I am teaching it on a beginners level. I dont want to stay at the level of the slowest student, so I am going as fast as the main group of students and trying to keep them with me. Goodman graduated from SUSC in 1981 with a teaching certificate and majors in Spanish and communication. Since then he has been teaching private lessons in the area. He began playing the guitar 22 years ago. It is the first love of my life, he claims. He has played in several local bands including Nightwatch, Crossfire and Patch. Some of the older students or those who went away and came back might remember them, he says. Goodman is excited for the future of the guitar class. I am getting satisfaction out of teaching this class and I want to take it as far as possible, he says. I think a lot of students will want to continue to take the advanced guitar class offered winter quarter, he continues. By the time this quarter is over the students and for some students, its will be over the initial hurdle not a hurdle but a brick wall. However, once they get a taste of themselves doing some finger picking it will clench it for them. If enough student interest is generated, there will also be a guitar class offered during spring quarter. Right now there is only funding for two quarters because I think they the music department feel like this is something that is being rebuilt. Dr. Hal Campbell has been really supportive in getting this started again, Goodman claims. ' In previous years the class was taught by Mark Alger, who is a former student of Goodmans. When Alger left during the summer for an LDS mission, Campbell asked Goodman to take over the class. I used to teach lessons in a store that Dr. Campbells son owned, Goodman recalls. Because of that connection he knew the next person to look for. |