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Show life A7 MONDAY • JULY 16 • 2 0 0 7 Warped Tour rocks Utah Continued from A5 Fly Fishing Instructor Mike Guymon and Student on Provo River Learn to fly...fish UVSC offers fly fishing classes in fall semester Ray Cheatham Life writer Utah Valley State College is well known for teaching students to fly. Hundreds of men and women have earned their wings from the school's global aviation science department. A smaller number of students have learned to fly from the physical education and recreation department. You won't find this smaller group of students behind the controls of a Cessna at the Provo Airport, but you will find them on the Provo River with a fly rod in one hand and a brown trout in the other. This smaller group of students is learning to fly fish in one of the school's most enjoyable classes. This fall, fly fishing will be taught on Tuesday and Thursday afternoon. Fly fishing is actually taught in two separate block classes. In REC 1512-fly tying, students learn how to tie "flies" using various types of thread, feathers and other materials. In Fly Tying the difference between a wooly bugger and a pheasant'tail nymph is taught, by tying both flies. REC 1513-fly casting focuses on how to use the fly rod and reel. In fly casting, very few of the class sessions are held in a classroom. Most sessions are spent outside near the irrigation pond or on the Provo River. The instructor Mike Guymon is one of the most down-to-earth instructors on campus. He has a teaching style to match his personality. With Mike, one feels as if they are learning to fly fish from their favorite uncle. And when Mike is by your side on the Provo River, and you catch a fish using a fly that you tied on your own, you can't help but feel as if you really are flying. Students who take fly tying and fly casting this fall may not earn their wings like students in the aviation program, but they can honestly say that they learned to fly as they proudly place a self-tied pheasant tail nymph in the brim of their favorite fishing hat. Eye on Entertainment Continued from A5 same money-making move that FF4 pulled, opening up its audience as well. Three, Live Free or Die Hard. Known for super violence and Bruce Willis' Fbombs, the fourth of the DIE HARD series was the first to not get the R, but a PG-13. The violence was still extreme, but the language cut down. Surprisingly enough, the reviews were the strongest they've been since the first Die Hard. And now they have a larger viewer pool {including here in Utah). This summer has shown that you can still make good movies family-friendly. They don't all have to be R, or even PG-13. PG works too. Hopefully Hollywood will continue lowering their ratings to open up the selection of movies that many people here in Utah Valley wouldn't see otherwise. Rumor has it that the makers plan on releasing an Rrated cut of Live Free or Die Hard on DVD for those who don't mind ratings. If they were willing to do this for one movie whose results were great, why not keep it up for future releases? from every part of their discography and improved dance moves from Vassoli. Also on the tour this year was New Found Glory, who have never failed to impress. This time was no exception. The set, even with a shift in weather creating a disturbance with equipment, was incredible, including a taste of what is to be expected from FROM THE SCREEN TO YOUR STEREO PART 2, a punked-up version of Sixpence None the Richer's movie hit, KISS ME. The record is an excellent addition to the summer of sequels syndrome at the box office. Other bands that did an incredible job this year included Coheed and Cambria, Anberlin, Amber Pacific, Circa Survive and Boys Like Girls. Also doing a great job were the people handing out free stuff. My backpack was pretty full with stickers, magazines, posters and sampler CDs. And not to be forgotten, local band The New Nervous was even in action at the tour this year, playing in the Ernie Ball Battle of the Bands. They were great on stage, though I only caught the tail end of their set. Much better than the bands I saw and heard follow them on that same stage. There were other great bands at the show this year, but due to conflicting time schedules, walking from stage to stage, trying to see what was going on in the freak show tent in the middle of the park and having to leave early, I was not able to catch them all. But what I did see this year renewed my faith in the Vans Warped Tour. Whether it was because it was their lucky number 13, the lucky date or just a slew of talented bands actually trying to put on a good show this year, the end result was success. How to survive SCERA's JVlSS IVIC) JVcilC Mel Sundquist Ufe writer It might not be wise to approach the Scera Shell's latest cookie-cutter musical without some instruction. Watching Kiss Me, Kate, showing through July 21, without some direction could lead the common college student to anything from massive boredom to utter confusion. First, the audience must know how to approach outdoor theater. The most important tool is definitely bug repellant. A pillow or blanket might also help, as the cheap seating is simple grass. Also, to get a reaction from the cast, the audience might have to laugh a bit louder and clap with a tad more ferocity because they might not be able to hear you in the open air. It is unfortunate that many of the actors didn't apply this principle to their lines and songs. Don't worry about the actors gallivanting around stage before the show begins; it's part of the act. Director Chris Clark has given a very personal new wrinkle to the show, allowing actors to interact with the audience often, and A step-by-step guide go about their business on stage during typical "offtime." The best example of this was the stage manager, played by Jordan Vance, who talks to the audience quite often, and with charm. The cast and crew did try to pull out all the stops, but unfortunately the stops just weren't pulled out all the way. The ambitious dance numbers too often wound up slightly messy, the necessary melodrama seemed threadbare, etc. However, there were a few hilarious moments, including a mass removal of women's stockings, a pun concerning Shakespeare's Coriolamts, and a stage fight accompanied by tambourine. Rosanna Ungerman as Lilli/Katherine did try to fill the vacancy left by the rest of the cast, and she put up quite a fight doing it. But in the end, there was still something lacking. Perhaps it was just the general panache to make the show big enough to fill the enormous venue. If you have a curfew, plan on breaking it, as this show is quite long, almost three hours. The Scera has given in to their curse once again by producing yet another plodding, outstretched musical. In my opinion, a good hour of the show should have been cut. Kiss Me, Kate is my favorite Cole Porter musical, but only because it can be so easily updated to appeal to modern audiences by cutting verses, reprises, and speeding up, well, everything. This is an artistic liberty that this particular production did not take advantage of. So, get comfortable and keep an eye on your program, because it's going to be a long ride and you might need some reading material. 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