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University Daily Kansan, April 1, 1985
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Doug Ward/KANSAN
The Lemon Heads, a Frisbee team consisting of Winona State University, Winna, Minn., sophomores, (from left to right) Jeff Hogarth, Bob Hajek, Mike Otter and Danny Rydel, told jokes Friday night in Oliver Hall. The four participated in the Fools Fest Ultimate Frisbee tournament held this weekend at the practice fields southeast of Robinson Gymnasium.
'Susannah' enjoyable
Rural life shown in opera
By RICK ZAPOROWSKI Staff Reporter
staff Reporter
"Susannah," an opera by Carlisle Floyd, is presented by the University of Kansas Theatre and the department of music. Performances are at 8 p.m. April 5 and 6 in the Crafton-Preyer Theatre in Murphy Hall. Tickets cost $1, $6 and $4 and are half price for students.
Oh, "Susannah"!
On, Susannah
In a thoroughly enjoyable two hours, KU's opera production brings to life the culture of a rural American town through the music of Carlisle Floyd and the powerful staging by Jack B. Wright, professor of theatre and the show's stage director.
"Susannah" combines real-life characters with identifiable situations. The entire show conveys the dramatic conflict between the highly conservative townpeople and Susannah, an innocent girl being ostrated for her so-called sins.
Although some of the opening lyrics were swallowed by the wings and the orchestra, the first scene produces the electricity of a rural Tennessee town of the 1950s. The gossip sung by the townpeople
establishes the town's strict values and leaves no activity in its catchment.
From the time the curtain rises, the audience can see Susannah as a girl not afraid to have fun. She dances and flirts with the men despite the disapproval of the church elders' wives.
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STEFANIE MAY Humes, Remington, Ind., graduate student, is the finely tuned focal point of the show. In her portrayal of Susannah, she projects the spirit of a naive girl who doesn't understand the undercurrents of the town's social expectations.
Her beautiful soprano voice pulls the audience close to her character and shares with it her transition from emotionally fatigued young woman.
As the church elders search for a baptism creek in the third scene, they see Susannah bathing in a creek. The men tell the townspeople she had been exposing herself in public, and Susannah is ostracized.
The town decides Susannah must publicly confess or be banished from
the valley, Susannah, however, has done nothing wrong and refuses to compromise her pride. A revivalist, arriving in town to baptize and save the people she had saved, prepares with his spiritual demands on her, and later his personal needs.
ONE OF THE MOST powerful scenes in the play concludes the first, Susannah tells her brother, Sam, about the town's anger. As Sam comforts Susannah and shares the feeling of being an outcast, their singing creates some chilling moments.
Ron Davis, Elsberry, Mo., graduate student, portrays Sam and makes him the most enjoyable and realistic character in the show. He can change convincingly from carefree to desperately angry in a few bars of color. The only disappointment Davis is has limited time on stage.
The second act shows how the town concentrates its anger and tries to pressure Susannah into submission.
Some of these scenes are rather long, however, and their intensity is temporarily lost. Occasionally, the large number of people on stage tends to detract from the drama instead of advancing it.
Jason and the Scorchers, a progressive rock band, formed in 1980 in the Nashville area. Macferran said.
Scorchers to play here April 28
Tickets go on sale today for the Jason and the Scorchers concert April 28 at Hoch Auditorium, the SUA Special Events said yesterday.
"They've sold out the Opera House two to three years in a row." he said.
Concert-goers may buy as many tickets as they want, said Fran Macferran, the director. But each ticket obtained at a discount must be purchased with a different student ID.
Tickets are $9.50 and $8.50 reserved and are available at the SUA box office in the Kansas Union and at Omni Electronics, 540 Fireside Court KU students will receive a $1 discount on each ticket with student identification cards.
"The people don't have to be there," he said. "Just their IDs."
Tickets also go on sale today at Capital Automated Ticket Services outlets in the Kansas City area, at Budget Records and Tapes and in the Missouri State University at the Kansas State University student union in Manhattan.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A church- operated day-care center has decided to discontinue its infant service until police complete their investigation into the cases of six infants enrolled at the center who suffered broken limbs.
hospital tests have found that a number of the injured infants suffered previous fractures that have since healed.
Capt. Marylyn Brauninger, commander of the Police Department's robbery and sex crimes units, said tests have shown seven people suffered fainting fractures before March 11, when the first injury was reported.
"Jason has been quoted saying that Lawrence is his favorite place to play."
In the two weeks since March 11, six of the 12 infants enrolled at the center have been treated for spinal leg fractures. Authorities have said that kind of injury usually is a result of violent force in the twisting of the leg. The six injured children were all under 18 months of age.
The Missouri Division of Family Services is also investigating the injuries.
Center stops service pending investigation
The Rev Wallace Hartsfield of the Metropolitan Missionary Baptist Church called a weekend news conference to announce the church's We Serve Humanity School would end infant care service until the investigation is completed.
During the news conference, Hartsfield said he believed media coverage of the injuries had blemished the church's reputation with the community.
"It is ironic that a church with a record of helping feed the hungry, clothe the naked, provide heat for those who could not pay their bills ... should be nailed to the cross in such a public way," the pastor said.
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An independent board from the community will also be established to review the day-care center, the pastor announced. Hartfield said there would be a open for 153 older children through the second grade who are enrolled.
"Because of the hurt and frustration surrounding this matter and because we are responsible Christians, we have made the decision to temporarily curtail our infant services until there is a satisfactory resolution on this matter," Hartsfield said.
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