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Take The Fridge: Take out the drawers and into account when everyone is leaving when you assign clean them with dish soap, these can cleaning duties. actually go in a dishwasher if they'll fit. The oven is arguably the hardest area in any home to Don't forget to clean the freezer. clean. Most ovens have a self- Utah State University's Wind Orchestra presents annual spring concert on Friday USU PUBLIC RELATIONS The Utah State University Wind Orchestra, under the direction of Director of Bands Thomas P. Rohrer, presents "Marches, Dances and Downunder," a unique combination of dance, march, movie and contemporary music. The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 28, in the Kent Concert Hall of the Chase Fine Arts Center. Admission is $5 at the door, with free admission to USU staff and students, as well as school band students. Headliners on the program include USU faculty soloists Jon Gudmundson on baritone saxophone and Nicholas Morrison on bass clarinet. The two are featured in Michael Schelles "When Hell Freezes Over: Double Concerto for Bass Clarinet, Baritone Sax, and Symphonic Wind Ensemble." Schelle, a composer-in-resi- dence at Butler University in Rohrer said the "dowIndianapolis, Ind., has writ- nunder" label in-the conten a myriad of works for cert's theme refers not only orchestra, chamber ensemto the title of the Michael bles and wind ensemble. Schelle headliner piece, "When Hell Freezes Over," The concert's featured dance music includes Clifton but also to Australian Ralph Williams' "Symphonic Dance Hultgren, the composer of "Jessie's Well," which No. 3," ("Fiesta"), Malcolm receives it third-ever perforArnold's "Four Scottish mance during the evening. Dances" and the world premiere of "Mediterranean The Wind Orchestra Dance Sequence" by USU just completed a successful faculty member and conduc- March tour to Reno, Nev., tor Thomas P. Rohrer. Rohrer said. The group was a selected ensemble and Rohrer's work was writperformed for the College ten in commemoration of Band Directors National the centennial of the band program at the University of Association Western/ Northwestern Division Oklahoma in 2005. conference. The prestigious March music is represented by "March, Opus 99" performance demonstrated by Sergei Prokofiev, "L'Esprit the high artistic reputation of the Utah State band du Tour," a fanfare-like program throughout the overture by Randol Bass Mountain West, Rohrer written in response to the said. seventh Tour de France victory by Lance Armstrong in For more information 2005, and "633 Squadron," a about the Wind Orchestra British march from the 1964* and its spring concert, call movie of the same title. (435) 797-3004. |