eatures Second City plays Behrend by Bill Warner tinue the Second City legacy. quences the troupe asks the crowd Collegian Staff Writer Shawn Masterson, Judy Scott, to shout out a list of emotions, then Behrend students started the fall Christina Dunn, Evan Gore, Bill occupatons or some sort of rela term with a laugh and a smile as Se- Kusak, Ron West and Paul Hites tionship that the skit will center on. cond City's touring group ap- (piano) make up this years ensem- S.C. takes it from there twisting peared on the stage of Erie Hall. ble. Their performance here was and molding the audience's sugges- The innovative antics of the well received and was their only tions into strange and improbable Chicago based comedy troupe local appearance. situations. As for the would-be punctuated the first week of classes comedian hoping to someday join a with an exclamation point ( !!! ). group like S.C.,Mr. Masterson had An audience approaching two hun- two recommendations. "First is dred gathered on Saturday, August dedication. Auditions are only half 29 to see the latest crop of im- the battle, the other half is getting provisational talent that has recognition of your development. sprouted from the hallowed halls When I arrived in Chicago, I cer of Second City (S.C.). tainly couldn't have auditioned Most widely known for it's right away and gotten in. It took television spin-off, S.C.T.V., Se 7 me ten months to learn the rules of cond City has been the proving the game." Secondly, he said of ground for some of America's best improvisation, "Before you're comedic talents. Names such as Ed ready to succeed you'd better Asner, John Candy, Eugene Levy, undestand failure, because they go John and Jim Belushi, Andrea hand in hand. Somebody once said Martin, and Chevy Chase, as well 'lf you fail fifty perent on stage, as many others, appear on the S.C. you're doing something right and if Alumni list. From their head- you fail any less you're writing too quarters in the Olde Town section much at home.' If you want to do it of Chicago, members have jumped enough, all you have to do is find a from the theater-stage to television bar or a space that people can come and screen roles, gaining world to see you. You can learn alot. You wide attention. Each year a hand- don't have to join up with Second ful of their most promising actors City, but it doesn't hurt on the and actresses hit the road to con- resume." Orientation Week beefed up by Rebecca Macey Collegian Staff Writer On Saturday, August 22, incom ing freshmen at Behrend began to arrive for orientation and the up coming school year. Penn State staff and orientation leaders work ed together in an effort to help new students meet different people and become acquainted with their sur roundings. This was done by offer ing freshmen various activities and workshops involving interaction with others. Some of the activities offered were "Playfair", Las Vegas Night, assorted intramurals, dances and tours of the campus. Orientation week differed this year due to the fact that there were more activities scheduled by the Orientation Staff. This year, orien Topical humor was provided in the form of "Macroeconomics", a song and dance routine extolling the virtues of supply and demand and the gross national product. Also presented, with the college student in mind, was a skit depic ting an obviously uninformed stu dent tying to pry a passing grade from his history professor. Some of their material is tailored to the particular audience they are perfor ming for, but as member Paul Masterson stated prior to the show, "We deal mostly with human behavior. • You can be from Thailand, but we'll still relate to each other the same way, because we're human. The scenes were not written by us, but by Second City alumni. We do our improvisation during the game sequences. That's where we actively improvise for the audience." During these game se- tation week was organized primari ly by Chris Reber, the new Dean of Student Services, Jamie Grimm, Assistant to the Dean of Student Services, and her assistant John Downey. Angie Papaleo, an orien tation leader and the Student Pro gramming Council President, felt the activities went over with stu dents much better this year because events were publicized more and there was greater enthusiasm among orientation leaders to help the new students and try to get them involved. Overall, the acitivites planned were believed to be worthwhile by most students. Playfair appeared to be the most popular event among the students. Carolyn Bilyak, a freshman, felt that Playfair let students meet new peo ple and looked at it as a very welcoming activity. One particular complaint of students was that they were forced to attend too many meetings which dealt with rules and policies." Listening to 'don't do this and 'don't do that' is bad enough, but to have to hear it seventeen times in a day is too much," claims freshman Dianna Ertmann. Several students suggested that the number of "rules and regulations sessions" be reduced to just one or two, but for the most part, both students and faculty thought Orientation Week was quite successful. Orientation activities ended on Tuesday, August 25. Although there were some complaints about convocation meetings, the ex tracurricular activities made up for them in the way of social interac tion and just plain fun. Snapp, crackle, pop! On Friday, September 11, The Snapp Band will be appeared in the Wintergreen Cafe at 10 P.M. Behrend students were entertained by one of Akron Ohio's Top 40 Bands for free. The show was suggested by Jamie Grimm of Student Services. She realized that "many of our bands are geared toward white students and locally there aren't any black bands." She also says, "We want to make sure that everyone hears what they want to hear." Although the group is from Akron, they have performed night club : acts in Ohio, Tennesse, South Carolina, New York, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Maryland. SNAPP has opened for Stephanie Mills, The Manhattans, The O'Jays, Bobby Bluebland, Roger Troutman and Zapp Edward Glenn, "Eddy", is the lead singer, keyboard player, lead by Tanya Williams Collegian Staff Writer and rhythm guitarist. With over 15 years of experience in groups featuring Rock, Classical, Gospel, Rhythm and Blues songs. Glenn also has a talent for writing and ar ranging music. He Wrote Royal Majesty, My Body's Hot, It's Hot, Little Red, and Party Jammers. These songs were released by Heat Records and performed by The Ultimate Choice Band Luther Johnson IV, "Lou", is the bassist and background vocalist. He started his music career at the age of six by taking piano lessons. He later taught himself to play the bass viola. Richard Brown Jr., "J. 8.", plays the alto sax, flute, tenor sax and background vocalist. He has studied both Classical and Jazz saxophone. He has over eight years of experience under his belt. Brown worked with nationally acclaimed Jazz band leader, Roland Paolucci, from The University of Akron Eric Johnson, "Drummo Johnson", is the drummer, lead and background vocalist. He is a self taught drummer since the age tiffve FLy! wibfr's ViS i'' MY SOUP? September 17, 1987 Collegian PAGE 5 of five. He also attended The University of Akron for four years Bryant Edwards, "The Pearl", plays the synthesizers, multi kebroadist, and background vocalist. He began as The Ultimate Choice Band's road. Hw moved up from light technician to sound technician. Edwards ran the sound systems of Stephanie Mills, The Manhattans, and others Larry Gibson, "Gib", is the lead and background vocalist, keybroadist, lead and thythm guitarist. While attending The University of Akron, he had Classical and Jazz guitar training. Gibson has over two years road ex perience and three years as a studio musician for Heat Records While in concert, they will play songs of various types. They per form songs by Pince, Jesse Johnson, Alexander O'Neal, and Police. The also play Jazz selec tions. "Our accomplishments speak for themselves, not just your ordinary hotel lobby band, but a SNAPP of entertainment ," says Larry Gibson.
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