The Daily Collegian Blue Band plays Bandorama By Jesse Hein COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER Blue Band members spend countless hours practicing marching, but they will stand still tonight, taking a seat to honor their tradition and showcase their talent. Tonight’s “Bandorama” offers members the chance to share the music they worked on for the football season one more time, an opportunity many members are excited about. “It’s just a fun way to go back and revisit all the music we’ve played and remember our shows,” said Tom Hofmann (jun ior-recreation, park and tourism management), a manager with the Blue Band. Band president Abby Brunner said that while she is happy to revisit the music, there is anoth er aspect of the performance she likes even more. “When we’re performing in Beaver Stadium, we have to Vole to perform cinematic show By Robin Tilley COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER Pans of movies and musicals like “The Holiday,” “Rent,” and “Monsters, Inc.” can see their soundtracks come to life through the dancing of Vole ballet club this weekend. Vole will perform “A Night at the Movies” on Sunday in Paul Robeson Cultural Center’s Heritage Hall as its fall perform ance. The night will feature 19 pieces, including dances to music from “Juno,” “Twilight,” “Austin Powers” and “The Boondock Saints.” Each dance has its own chore ographer, Shannan McCormick, vice president of Vole, said —and all of them are students. Each choreographer was responsible for choosing a movie and a song from that movie to perform, said Emily Simmons, choreographer of “The Holiday.” Simmons (senior-public rela tions) said “The Holiday” is one of the more advanced pieces in this recital. Many of the dancers INLY API ire rvgi < :Cege ' gwv. If you go What: Bandorama When: 7 tonight Where: Eisenhower Auditorium Details: Tickets are available at the door. $l6 for adults, $ll for PSU students, $6 for 18 and under focus a lot on marching,” Brunner (senior-finance) said. “It’s great to get to focus on the musicality and not worry about marching.” The event, which also show cases the Symphonic Band, will give the audience a closer look at the musicians than during the games. “Many people who see the band see them from such a dis tance that they don’t really con nect directly with them,” Blue Band director Richard Bundy said. If you go What: Vole “A Night at the Movies” When: 11 a.m. Sunday Where: Paul Robeson Cultural Center’s Heritage Hall Details: Admission is free in the piece have had years of experience, and she said the dance is harder and faster than some of the others. Adriana Boylan, one of the lead dancers in the piece, said she loves that the dance is traditional ballet and is short and sweet. “For me, it’s the technical, quick footwork rather than fluid leaps and turns there is quite a bit [of footwork] in this dance,” Boylan (senior-secondary educa tion) said. One of two pointe pieces in the recital is “Seasons of Love” from “Rent,” choreographed by Vole member Molly Johnson. It is her first time as a choreographer, and she said the hardest part of ARTS & ENT He described how the band marches in through the aisles of Eisenhower, accompanied by the majorettes, silks and a feature twirler. Though marching is not the focus, Bundy said, band mem bers still give the audience some thing quite interesting to watch. While many annual events aim to change things up from year to year, Brunner said this is not the case for Bandorama. The only change he usually makes is the halftime music. “One of the biggest parts of the Blue Band is tradition, and that holds true for Bandorama as well,” he said. Brunner attributed this adher ence to tradition, in large part, to the audience. “I think that people who come to Bandorama enjoy hearing the fight song and halftime songs every year, so we don’t really wanna change it up too much,” he said. To e-mail reporter: jvhsolS@psu.edu creating the routine was making sure the dancing didn’t look repetitive. McCormick said Johnson did a nice job in her choreography. Vole gets more members each semester, she said. There are now about 90 dancers, mostly women with a few men who join for certain performances. Vole members hope the fact that the show is in Heritage Hall this semester will draw a bigger crowd. Johnson said the recitals are usually in 132 and 133 White Building, but this semester it conflicts with the Thon Family Carnival. Simmons thinks the new location will improve the quality of the performance. “The venue is more suitable for a performance and seating,” she said. “There’s a stage now in White, it was all on one level.” Boylan said students should come see the recital because it’s on campus and it’s free. “It’s something enjoyable to see on a Sunday afternoon,” she said. To e-mall reporter: rmtso4B@psu.edu ERTAINM Courtesy of slashfllm.com Comedian Patton Oswalt will perform as part of Late Night Penn State at 10 tonight in Alumni Hall. Oswalt's show sold out after just one day. Late Night laughs: Oswalt performs Patton Oswalt doesn’t normally perform on college campuses, but he enjoys students because they don’t have as many expectations. “Their opinions aren’t calci fied,” he said, “I’m free to roam around.” Oswalt, an actor and stand-up comedian, will present his materi al to a packed crowd tonight in Alumni Hall. Tickets sold out at noon Nov. 3, only a day after they went on sale. Oswalt said he was deeply flat tered at the success of the event. “I better give a better set than what I was planning,” he said. “I need to get more focused.” Performing the night after another comedian came to cam pus Daniel Whitney, also known as Larry the Cable Guy Oswalt said he was confident that his stand-up would give students something to laugh about. Student Programming Association (SPA) Late Night chairman Kenny Verbos (sopho more-behavioral health) said he was surprised by the initial suc cess of the event. “I had a bit of doubt,” Verbos said. “It’s hard to program events for 40,000 students.” Verbos explained the Late Night committee had a few days on their calendar where it wanted to host larger scale events. The commit tee made a list of its top comedi- .... . , - f <tS» 0 4?- St ■«?' ■ With rate caps expiring at the end of next year, your V\f/JkTT Save electricity before and after rate caps expire. electricity bill is likely to increase. But you can take steps today to help control your energy use. Did Save energy all winter long, you know that lighting accounts for about 20% of the Swjtch t 0 LED ho | iday , ights average home’s electric bill? But switching to LED weather-strip doors and windows. lights can help control the size of your bill. To leam more, Keep heating registers clear. call 1-877-928-8928 or visit alleghenypower.com. Install a programmable thermostat. ENT By Amanda Elser COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER Friday, Nov. 13,2009 I 7 ans and lucked out when one of them, Patton Oswalt, came through. Although Verbos was surprised the show sold out so quickly, he knows it was because of Oswalt’s celebrity. He’s known not only for his stand-up but also for his role on “The King of Queens.” “I’m not as sophisticated and subtle as Larry the Cable Guy,” Oswalt joked, “but I really can’t think of a style for what I do, besides standing on stage, pacing, talking into a microphone.” Oswalt said he feels little “burnt out,” and is really looking forward to a vacation Late Night is his last gig until December. Sankalp Nagpal (senior-health and policy administration) is the director of events for SPA and last year’s Late Night chairman. Nagpal said SPA always loves to bring out comedians that attract a large audience and especially one that attracts a crowd to Late Night. “It is a great program we have that many students don’t take advantage of,” he said. “I am hop ing that this event will build some popularity.” This is Verbos’ first big Late Night event and he said he still has reservations. But veteran Nagpal said he expects a success fill evening. “i think there is a mutual expec tation between the crowd and Patton,” he said. To e-mail reporter: aleso4s@psu.edu A Allegheny Power an .'dlcgheny Energy company
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