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Show The Summerbird • July 20, 1992 • Page 3 Student leaders stay busy in sutntner Although most student government leaders go home for the summer, there are a few still here and according to Sandy Lord, SUUSA president, they are pretty busy. "During the summer we have dances, movies and just recently. we had a barbecue chat was a bigger success than most activities are during the regular school year;• said Lord. She added that these types of activities are favorites during the summer since they cost student government relatively little and provide en~rtainment and fun for the summer students. The next activity is a free movie in the Student Center, July 30 at 9 p.m. Students are advised to bring pillows, blankets, popcorn and whatever they need to watch a movie. Not only are student government leaders planning and conducting activities during summer quarter, but they are planning out their remaining two quarters in office as well. "It's just gone by so fast and it doesn't seem like there's time to do everything," Lord said. One plan Lord has in the process is several committees formed from the freshman orientation groups that arrive during the summer. "Every time there is an orientation, there are about 15 new 1 students here, which are put into committees:• said Lord. Each committee plans to do something during the school yeaL According to Lord, one group wants to construct a sand volleyball court, and have a tournament to pay it off. Another group is starting a recycling project and another wants to plant trees. "We're getting freshmen involved early:' says Lord. She also notes that the activities during the upcoming school year should appeal to a more varied cross section of campus. "We have some unbelievable activities coming up:' she said. "We're going to have a blast?' Homecoming week along with a Christmas Bash should be highlights of year, Lord points out. Also SUUSA plans to begin a lecture program centered on a tree stump, similar to the soap box idea. She says campaign speeches will be delivered on the stump along with, she hopes, lectures in conjunction with the Convocation series. In addition to those lectures, Lord says she hopes to bring in lecturers in the business arena so students can get a hands-on feel of the outside world. "We want to make things not only fun, but educational as well:' said Lord. Roger Drinkall and Dian Baker wiU perform a r,iano and cello in Thorley Recital Hall Sunday. concert Drinkall, Baker to perfortn July 26 SUUSA President Sandy Lo-rd (Tight) discusses plans with Delta Sigma Chi President Brad Bishop. World champ acrobats to be hosted here The world champion spores acrobatic team of Russia recently selected SUU as the headquarters for ics 1992 friendship tour of the United States. The 25-member troupe of acrobats from Moscow, Russia, will be in residence on the SUU campus in Cedar City from August 10 through September 5. A special evening exhibition of the sport, featuring some of the leading athletes of the world, is scheduled for August 24. · In conjunction with the visit of the Russian athletes, a national seminar on spores acrobatics will be held in Cedar City August 22-23 under the sponsorship of the United States Sports Acrobatic Federation, with Joseph Shabbaker, USSAF president, in charge. The Russian delegation is headed by Shami! Vildanov, head of the Federation of Sports Acrobatics of the CIS. The athletes represent the countries which once formed the USSR. Included in the delegation is the world champion four-men team which also won the European championship and the World Cup; the three-women team, champions of Europe and the World Cup; ·the two-women team, world and European champions and winners of the World Cup, a two combined team, champions of Europe; a cwo-men team, European champions and an acrobatic jumps team, world and European champions. The delegation also includes sports experts who will be able to conduct theoretical seminars besides practical demonstration. The American friendship tour is part of the team's preparation for the world championships in Paris, France. The daily practices in the Centrum are available to the public, and week-long seminars, featuring the athletes and their coaches, will be held. International competition in sports acrobatics is 17 years old. The 1991 World Cup in Sports Acrobatics, held in Tokyo, Japan, featured athletes from Belgium, Britain, Bulgaria, China, Korea, France, Germany, Hungary, Poland, United States, USSR and Japan. The competition, televised nationwide in Japan, received a viewer scale higher than the most popular sports in that country. The world-traveling husband-wife team of Roger Drinkall and Dian Baker will perform a cello and piano concert July 26 at the Thorley Recital Hall. Starting time for the performance, which is part of SUU's Summer Evening Concert Series, is 7 p.m: There is no charge for the concert which is funded in pare through the Utah Arcs Council and Utah Performing Arts Tour. Drinkall and Baker will also conduct a master class for musicians and the public July 27 from 10 a.m. until noon in the Thorley Recital Hall. There is no charge for the instruction. "The public is welcome to attend the master class:· said Tom Silliman, SUU assistant professor of music. "Only individuals selected in advance will perform, but anyone interested can observe and benefit from the teaching of the two guest instructors-performers:• Since the Drinkall-Baker Duo was formed in early 1986, the two musicians have performed over 380 concerts together in 22 different countries. They recently represented the United States at an international arts festival in Venezuela. Their performances there were sponsored by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts and USIA. In September they will perform in Taiwan and Japan and will present a broadcast over NHK, Japan's national radio station. In their SUU concert Drinkall-B;,ker will perform numbers by Samuel Barber, Ludwig van Beethoven, Claude Debussy and Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff. Both Drinkall and Baker are on hte music faculty at Brigham Young University. She teaches piano and chamber music; he teaches cello. Drinkall started playing the piano when he was three years old. He began playing cello at age eight, and by che time he was 16 he was attending .the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. He has performed internationally for nearly three decades. Baker began studying piano at age seven. She also became an accomplished violinist., playing with the Burbank Symphony of California at age 15. She has captured national awards, given the premiere of the Malcolm Arnold Violin Concerto, and made her debut with the Utah Symphony. As a pianist she has performed in both solo and chamber concert settings on three continents. Ocher upcoming performances on che Summer Evening Concdt Series include the Zivio Ethnic Arts Ensemble, Aug. 2 at the Randall L Jones Theatre; pianist Pierce Kagari Emata, Aug. 9 at the Thorley Recital Hall and percussionists Ron Brough ang Doug Wolf, Aug. 19 at the Randall L Jones Theatre. |