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On Friday, | ventured to the Water-
front Theatre to see a Carousel
Theatre production of Romeo and
Juliet—the most modern, _ light-
hearted, romantic Shakespearean tra-
gedy | have ever experienced.

The players were full of life even in
the most tragic moments. The fight-
ing choreography, much like modern
day street fighting, was well done.
The setting of the play, however
simple, was effective in every aspect.
The costumes, sponsored by a popular
casual clothes store, developed a
casual tone which was emphasized by
the players. | looked at the clothes
with envy, as | can’t get passed Value
Village—being a starving student-
writer. So if you kind people keep
reading my stuff, I’ll be able to buy

If you are interested in seeing an
enlightened version of Romeo and
Juliet, call 685-6217 for advanced
tickets. It will be running until March
29, so if you have not seen it by the
time this issue is out, you’ve missed a
good play.

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time to see the play.

Overall, the play was delightful in

BUT, yes now comes the but, | did
had just finished
watching a tragic Shakespearean play.
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It all started when we saw the
poster at Douglas for a show at the
Town Pump. It was a.‘magic’ Tuesday
afternoon. But instead of going to a
Famous Player or Odeon $2.50 flick,
we thought, ‘‘Hey! Let’s take a
chance on the Town Pump. show
instead.“’

It was fortunate that the act was
Don Carlos, a reggae performer from
Kingston, Jamaica. It was unfortunate
however, that Carlos was being delay-
ed at the border because of a ‘techni-
cality.’

We decided to take a risk of going
anyway, even though the replacement
act was not known. Fortunately, the
band was the Dangerous. Farm An-
imals, a band that coincidently played
at one of the better Douglas College
socials last semester. Remember
them2

The Animals play very danceable
music and we found them to be a lot
of fun.They perform music which is
Calypson, Reggae, Salsa and Pop.
Most of the songs are originals like
Mexican Eye and Coconuts. Also,
they do some covers of Harry Bela-
fonte and others.

The Dangerous Farm Animals don’t
have an album out yet—hopefully
they will soon. They perform fre-
quently around Vancouver, so do take
them in if you get the chance.

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> MK scott band

Got nothin’ to do? Go see the Rick
Scott Band. Got somethin’ to do?
Drop it and go see the Rick Scott
Band. We did. We dropped it and
went to see the Rick: Scott Band at the
Landmark Jazz Bar on Friday night. It
was great!

Rick’s got an album. It’s called You
Better Dancin’. It’s great!

Did you know you can use the
record sleeve as a hat? Rick does.
Rick’s great!!

Rick smiles a lot, has big blue eyes
and playes the theme from 2001—A
Space Odyssey on the trombone. It’s
great! Rick used to play with Pied
Pear with Joe Mock. They were great!
Now Rick’s got a new band. They’re
great!

Rick and his band just got back
from the Yukon. The Yukon’s great!
They worked with Skinny Puppy.
They did some seminars. They were
great! They both played at the Yukon
Frostbite Festival. It was great!!

We were told when they were
playing again but we can’t remember.
Our memory’s not so great. So keep
your ears open and your eyes open for
the Rick Scott Band. They’re great!!!
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The exhibition of Northwest Coast
Art that was on display in the Social
Sciences department from March 4 -
27, served as a reminder to college
students that the artistic tradition of
Canada’s indiginous peoples rivals
that on any other culture.

Represented in the works by such
artists as Robert Davidson and Don
Yeomans was a wide spectrum of art-
istic techniques and spiritual abstract-
ions.. Whether hand-woven basket,
finely crafted button blanket, exquis-
ite bowl or colourful silkscreen, a rich
mythology sprung to life. There is
nothing ‘‘primative’’ in this art.

Reflected in the works was the spir-
itual and ‘‘realist’’ abstraction of fac-
inating and divers culture. Nature, in
a welcom alternative to the adversar-
ial political reality of the moment, is
not taken for granted; nor is it static,
but an active living force in the art.

This exhibit of contemporary North-
west Coast Art was well worth seeing.
If you missed it you missed part of
B.C.’s indiginous culture.

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