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Show !THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 1001 PAGE 1S UNIVERSITY JOURNAL ARTS Ballroom's ready to dance BY BROOKE KRAMER JOURNAL STAFF WRITER UU' ballroom dance team will soon be l d by one of its own as reain member Andrea Zundel become the group' new coach. Zundel, a senior communication major from t. Anthony, Idaho, began dandng at age 12 and has been dancing ever since. After high school, he came to SUU to learn from former ballroom director MelissaJewki . Zundel will graduate in the priog, but hasn't decided if he will continue her"duties as ballroom coach. At first, Zundel said, he was overwhelmed by the idea of coaching the team. After giving it om careful consideration, he decided to take the po itlon. Zundel replaced former ballroom directors Richard and Marie Roberts, who left UU at the end of last season. As the ballroom coach, some of her duti include :.! teaching severaJ continuing education dance classes, ~ organizing auditions, working with costume designers and § organizing fund-raisers . " D'El Beatty, adviser to the ballroom dance teain, is ~ confident in Zundel' ability. el "She knows and understands SUU/ he ald. Q. Zundel i a great leader, h added, and has good ideas for what th ballroom dance team can become. Jason Bailey, a sophomore pre-med major " I am so excited for her to take over," he said. from West Valley City, and Kelli Taggart, a This year Beatty and Zundel plan to emphasize sophomore- communication major from "education and competition" within th team. Rather than Sandy, practice ballroom dancing during Tuesday night's audition. spend money on costumes or production co ts, money will go to sending team members to competitions. In tltis way, students will gain the experience necessary to succeed. Competitions are scheduled during th year at various universitl throughout th Western states, including UNLV, BYU, and Ricks College. Zundel plans to enter the team in at least three of tho competitions. Ingle couples, in addition to the team as a whot , will have opportuniti to participale. Zundd and Beatty are excited foe th year to begin and exp cJ th ir confidence in th ability of the team. · To level and quality of the ballroom team has risen and I expect they will come home with medals," said Beatty. ~But mo t of all I bope th dancers will enjoy themselves." The ballroom dance team wUJ perform a winter concert in December and a pcing concert in April. They will also participate at the Thunderfest in ovember. Toe team consists of 12 couples, with four additional coupt as alternates. Membecs auditioned last Tuesday and will begin practicing as early as next week, Zundel said. Zundel will also invite gue t instructors to teach various dance classes, including a swing dance workshop. Some classes Zundel teache include Latin dance, night dub swing and beginning ballroom. No partner or experience are nee~ to be in the clas "Dance is a ocial thing even though you are learning, " Zundel aid. he hopes tudents will take the learning experience of dancing and tum it into an opportunity to meet new people and have fun. A sight to be seen Student art show affords recognition for various forms of expression on campus BY HEATHER FORBES T JOURNAL TAFF WRITER he ight Unseen .opening reception yesterday was a quiet event that created a chance for tudent artists to display their work. Approximately 30 people attended the reception. Some were art tudents who had to attend for an assignment. Others were friends of the artist. A few saw the ign that aid, ~Tum around , you mbsed the student an show." . People's reactions to the art work varied. Nick Peclat, an art tudent there because of an assignment, said, "I like it. There is a wid variety of different drawings. I don't like all of it, but there is a wide variety of things." An opposing view came from Clark Theodore, a enior act major. "I would like to see a little more variety. It i all nice and happy. I would like to ee something aggressive." "It's really good but needs more vari _ty of m dia," aid Renee Backum , a junior act major. There was different subject matter, but the media was imilac. Mo t of the piece were oil paintings. There were a few photography and ceramic pieces. One reason for a lack of media might be the short amount of time there was to put the show together. Tiffany Carter, a enior and curator of the how, put the di play together in a week and a half because she had to wait for students to return from ummer break. "Normally we l;lave a month to plan what pieces we want to display," Carter aid. She wanted to di play art work done over the summer that had not been on display before. The arti ts were glad to have a chance to di play their work. Randy Klein , one of th.e painters said, "lt's definitely a confidence builder." Photographer Rob Johnston said, "This is my first time displaying my work. lt' kind of exciting." One of John ton 's photographs is of a cattle guard. What make it unique i the angle of which it was hot and its lighting. This picture would support his statement, "I think I do well in capturing the uniqueness of the subject." ome of bis other photo are of vaciou landscapes. · Randy Klein, a painter, had to rappel to get to his subject matter. He aw a Landscape in Kolob that he wanted to paint. o be rapelled down to the stream and took photos to palnt from . "I liked how the light was coming down through the trees and reflected off the water, " he aid. "I captured that welJ. • A unique landscape painting was done by Carter. The teclinlque was splash painting. Carter took various tubes of paint. and mixed it with paint thinner. She then splashed it on the canvas and tipped it back and forth creating ribbons of color. The result was what appeared to be a scene of a unset at the beach. "When we do plashings we leave it up to the plash god what will happen ,• Carter said. As for the reception itself, Carter aid she felt it was ·a good opportunity for tudents to see what their peers ar doing. "It gets the tudents a lot more · involved in the art department," aid Carter. Amy Webb, a student there to upport the art departm nt, aid , "If people don 't ee their (the arti t ') work , there ' no point in doing them ." The exhibit, in the harwan mith Convention Center Lobby, will continu through Oct. 2. Rob Johnston, a sophomore communication major from· Las Vegas, displays his cattle guard photograph. Randy Klein, a senior graphic design major from Las Vegas, shows off his art. |