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news:
Art events draw
low turnout
By Akira Hayakawa
On-line Forty-Niner
Music, open mic
and a scrapbook-making workshop were scheduled for Tuesday
as part of Week of the Arts, but the events did not attract
as many people as expected.
University Student
Union Program Council, one of the sponsors of the Week of
the Arts, originally planned to have an open stage for performing
arts such as dancing and acting, said Precious V. Robinson,
program coordinator at the Student Union.
Some students that
signed in to perform, however, could not appear during their
slated time slots.
"We could
have hired professionals," Robinson said.
Program Council
wanted to showcase student talent, but had to change the performing
arts platform to music and open mic. As a result, it ended
up with a disc jockey playing on stage before a small audience.
Another event for
Tuesday, the scrapbook-making workshop, was held at the USU
Informal Lounge. Cassie Ingram, Creative Memories consultant,
came to teach participants how to make scrapbook photo albums.
About 15 people showed up, received supplies for free and
learned scrapbook making.
"Creative
Memories is preserving photos from tearing, ripping and fading
as with traditional albums," Ingram said.
Since its foundation
in 1987, the company has grown to more than 50,000 consultants
in foreign countries such as Germany, Japan and United Kingdom.
The Week of the
Arts continues Thursday with a theater workshop being one
of the highlights.
Joseph C. Phillips
will participate and teach acting at the workshop. Phillips,
born and raised in Denver, attended the University of the
Pacific before pursuing a bachelor's degree in acting at New
York University.
His many theatricals
credits include roles in "Six Degrees of Separation,"
"A Raisin in the Sun" and "Dreaming Emmett."
Also, he has starred in the film, "Let's Talk About Sex"
and "Midnight Blue," and has starred on the television
series "The Cosby Show," and the soap opera "General
Hospital."
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