The Daily Collegian Concert set to honor veterans By Brittany Horn FOR THE COLLEGIAN As the chords of the “Armed Forces Salute” fill the air and vet erans stand, it’s more than just music it’s moving. “It’s meant to honor and salute the veterans,” said Linda Mattem, a clarinet player and treasurer for the State College Area Municipal Band. “It’s so touching what they’ve done for us and are still doing.” The State College Area Municipal Band will host its annual Veterans Day Concert at 3 p.m. Sunday at the State College Area High School’s South Auditorium. The concert is free to the public, though donations are accepted. The concert serves as a cere mony of remembrance, with cur rent Penn State Reserve Officer Training Corps members pre senting the colors at the begin ning of the performance, said clarinetist Dianne Petrunak, a board member for the band. Music featured includes official military hymns, patriotic march es and some ballads, Mattern said. “It’s not all marches, which is different from most Veterans Day concerts.” flute player Patty Lambert said. “We have some very soulful and moving pieces that touch on the other side of military life.” Come Sunday, though, veter ans will not be the onlv ones with Ski documentary to chill, thrill By Courtney Warner FOR THE COLLEGIAN Audiences will experience the thrills and chills of professional snowboarding and skiing if they watch Warren Miller's documen tary “Wintervention” tonight. The State Theatre, 130 W. College Ave., will screen the doc umentary at 8 p.m. General admission cost is $8 and $6 for students and senior citizens. This is the third year the the ater has shown a winter sports documentary, and the second year Appalachian Outdoor and Ski Store, 123 S. Allen St., has sponsored a film, said Kristy Cyone, sales and marketing man ager for the State Theatre. Other sponsors are Tussey Mountain, TMART, Keystone Realty and Dix Honda. Audiences have shown a posi tive response to the documen taries and attendance increases each year, she said. Lyndsie Smyser (senior-advertising and public relations) said for the past three years, the Penn State Ski Club has gathered a group to see the documentaries at the theater. “We're big fans of Miller. When we take our long roadtrips for ski ing, we usually pop a Miller DVD in because it gets ourselves psy ched," she said. Smyser, Penn State Ski Club president, said watching what ARTS & “It’s not all marches, which is different from most Veterans Day concerts. We have some very soulful and moving pieces.” emotion. “I tell [Bemie Kitt, fellow clar inet player] he’s in charge of the tissues,” Mattem said, pointing to her eyes. The composer dedicated the featured piece “Purple Heart” to a Miami Universiy of Ohio gradu ate who died in battle. “There’s a very personal con nection with this song, as I’ve lost fellow students as well,” said Ned Deihl, director of the State College Area Municipal Band and retired Blue Band Director. “We teachers have a unique relation ship with students. We see them in their prime.” Some Penn State graduates play with the band now, with ages ranging from 22 to 86, and current college students fill in as "ringers” occasionally, Deihl said. Sponsored by Centre Region Parks and Recreation, the band formed in 1976, according to the band's website. Rehearsing once a week, the band offers a form of expression as well as a social outlet, Mattern said. It also offers a great way to keep practicing and gain “When we take our long roadtrips for skiing, we usually pop a Miller DVD in because it gets ourselves psyched.” Miller and his professionals do with their snowboards is jaw dropping. "He does what we wish we could do. He jumps out of helicop ters and boards off the sides of mountains without even falling," she said. “We appreciate what he does, but none of us would ever dare to replicate his moves, because we would like to not die when we ski.” Di Pak, director of marketing and advertising at Appalachian Outdoor and Ski, is hosting the event. He said showing the film to people will give them a realistic perspective on what "dramatic skill and awe-drawing tricks the athletes are capable of doing." Pak is also a snowboarder and said people don't realize how harsh the environmental condi tions are. “When people think of snow boarding, they think of people diving off cliffs into snow that's two or three feet deep. They don't realize that as we jump from an atmosphere so high up that we can barely breathe, we re landing ENTERTAI Patty Lambert State College Area Municipal Band flute player improvement, she added. “We’re not your father's com munity band," Deihl said. As for tuba player Philip Jensen, the band is more of a home than anything else. After he moved to the State College area, he soon joined the group. "Playing with the band is great." he said. “I missed it so much and had forgotten what it was like after 17 years.” But the true excitement for the band lies in the element of sur prise, Jensen said. “I always look for when you get a bunch of people who aren't reg ular, and they listen to us and go, Hey. they're a lot better than we thought they were,'" Jensen said. If you go What: Veterans Day Concert When: Sunday, Nov. 14 at 3 p.m. Where: State College Area High School’s South Auditorium Details: The concert is free to the public, though donations are welcome Lyndsie Smyser senior-advertising arid public relations into 30 to 40 feet of powder," he said. Smyser said she loves to ski because of the environment a skier is in. “You get a chance to breathe in the fresh air and see an inde scribable view from the tops of mountain peaks. The concentra tion needed alone to commit to the sport clears your mind," Smvser said. Pak said the reaction he hopes to see from the audience is the same snowboarders and skiers have as they take that jump: "A loss of breath and a rush of blood to the head." If you go What: Warren Miller's "Wintervention" When: Friday, Nov. 12 at 8 p.m Where: The State Theatre, 130 W. College Ave. Details: Tickets are $B, student tickets and senior citizen tickets are $6. he was in there," Braun (senior journalism) said. And now Collegian is adding a new puzzle to the mix! Introducing... CJr Look for it in next week’s paper! JME N T Denzel Washington, left, and Chris Pine are shown in a scene from Unstoppable. Several scenes were filmed in local Pennsylvania towns, and some cast members to-w cm- meet fans in the area. ‘Unstoppable' movie to showcase Pa. towns By Joshua Glossner COLLEGIAN STALL WRITER Students who see Denzel Washington and Chris Pine star in “Unstoppable," released today may recognize some of the scenerv. And they should, because 1 sev eral scenes in "Unstoppable were filmed in local Pennsylvania towns including Unionvillc Pleasant Gap and Port Mali Ida while utilizing local stores, like Sunset West Restaurant. 521 E College Ave. in Bellefonte. Diane Koine, manager oi Sunset West, said it was exciting to have a major motion paiurt filmed in the restaurai "A few of the crew ate here, and they enjoyed iii old-style atmosphere." she said Though the crew had plans to film somewhere else, they dot id ed on Sunset West because of some alteration.- some viewers may not recogm/ it. Koine said. "They made changes to the decor, and they asked for com plete quiet on the set." Koine said. "We had to turn off the air compressors to make it absolute ly quiet for their filming." Pine spent time in downtown State College during the iilmi.oa of the movie. He was often spot ted in Saint's Cafe. 123 \V. Beaver Ave. Leah Braun, an employee Saint's, said it was exciting ■ have a movie star in the cate. "I heard that he was in town ; the filming, and I would get text from my co-workers saying lh, Braun said Pine would sit in the corner at the front of the case Since he could be seen from the outside of Saint's, passersfn Friday, Nov. 12, 2010 I 7 Associated Press A tew of the crew r: embers ate here, <:>d they enjoyed ne old-style c Biosphere.” Diane Koine sunset West manager id i-I.llll' in just to see Pine. '-•lie said she remembers very l .sly what Pine ordered when die ii.oalh got the chance to take order: a cappuccino, double, at 1 h skim milk." I hi! I’.raun wasn't the onlvper on who thought Pine's visits to ho ■ o v were memorable. • ;nu mber a group of girls Wiethe cafe and sitting in wye,-he corner of where he o dic said. "They eventually ordered something, but they walked slowly back to get a good look at him" Nick Griffith (senior-integrated art) said actors who interact with their tans are down-to-earth. it's great to know that he doesn't view himself as any better •ban anyone else." Griffith said. Braun said Pine was very wiend'y with fans when they would cotne up to him to meet Pine would shake hands and old a conversation with anyone ho wauled to talk, she said. ■ och Kissell isenior-manage- an and information systems) said actors who interact with the public create a better fanbase. "Ii really is the best way to market somebody because actors are part of the advertising mar ket, Kissell said. i ! reporter: jdgs299@psu.edu
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