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diversions
Christmas jingles
to go island-style
By Alisha Gomez
On-line Forty-Niner
Forget "Chestnuts
roasting over an open fire" -- Cal State Long Beach is
bringing the warm melodies of the Caribbean to the Carpenter
Performing Arts Center Saturday with its 15th annual Caribbean
Christmas Concert.
The sounds of the CSULB Steel Drum Orchestra will embrace
holiday tunes with a Caribbean twist as well as other genres
of music.
"Some of the music is indigenous to islands of the Caribbean
such as Trinidad, Jamaica, Cuba, and even Brazil," Director
Micharl Carney said.
The Steel Drum Orchestra will also be playing samba music
of Brazil with the World Percussion Group.
Although the concert originally began in 1986, Carney said
that each show is never the same.
"Each performance is always different because people
feel different at every moment," he said. "Musicians
don't feel the same at 2:00 as they do at 4:00, so they are
going to react a little different."
Percussion major Ian Grom agreed that the concert is unique
every year.
"The concert is like a huge party," Grom said "Where
both the performers and the audience have a good time."
The music is for everyone, Carney said, there is no age group
that the music fits into.
"It's more of a universal music that anybody will and
can enjoy," Carney said. "That's one of the things
that is really gratifying about Caribbean music. It speaks
to everyone regardless of their age, social status, race or
culture."
CONCERT PREVIEW
Who: CSULB Steel Drum
Orchestra
What: Caribbean Christmas Concert
When: Saturday, Dec. 8
2 p.m. and 8 p.m.
Where: Carpenter Performing Arts Center
Tickets: $15 general; $10 student; $5 for children under 10
for matinee only
Information: (562) 985-7000
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Christine
Shin/On-line Forty-Niner
Bryant Evangelista finely tunes his melody.
Jeremiah Kent gets his bass notes down for Saturday's
show.
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