8 Thursday, February 18, 1993 KULIFE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN Gospel songs make choir feel heavenly Gospel songs make Local bands hit right note on vinyl choir feel heavenly continued from Page 7. Johnson, who has been in choirs since elementary school, said the theme for the extravaganza comes from 1 Timothy 4:12. "Be thou an example." Religious energy and excitement seem to be the common bond among all who sing in gospel choirs. "The content of the message is at praiseing the Lord," Case said. "That's really uplifting. It's about something real instead of something frivolous." Anta Wite, president of the Central Missouri State University gospel choir, also said the religious message in the music was the most important aspect for her. "You can feel the presence of the Lord in everybody when they're singing." Ware said. "You're trying to apply the words in the songs to your life." The religious fervor and musical talent of the CMSU choir have made them quite popular. "We get so many requests to perform that we have to turn many of them down," Ware said. The all African-American gospel choir at CMSU is more than just a group of singers, Ware said. "There is so much enthusiasm that the members bring in that there is never a dull moment," she said. "It's like a family." Ira Gilroy Jr. will be the minister of music for the Gospel Extravaganza. He will conduct and teach the mass choir, made up of all the choirs that will perform at the extravaganza. "I'll teach them to sing with attitude," he said. "If people perceive that the choir is excited, the audience will be excited and stand up and clap." Gilroy, a minister at the Greater Pentecostal Temple, 864 Splittol, Kansas City, Kan., will also teach the mass choir how gospel evolved. Gilroy said Thomas Dorsey was a catalyst for legitimizing gospel music. Dorsey was a jazz musician with an extensive gospel background. After his wife and mother died, he wrote a song entitled "Precious God, Take My Hand." That song caught on and Dorsey wrote many more songs. It was then, in the early 1900s, that gospel music began to branch out and explode, Gilroy said. "Gospel evolved from slavery days," he said. Gospel music is now divided into two branches, contemporary and traditional, he said. Traditional is slower and has more religious meaning. Contemporary is more upbeat and lively. Gilroy said gospel music was not confined to the church. Contemporary gospel music has a much less religious emphasis, he said. So far, Gilroy has chosen two songs the mass choir will perform, "I Know That I've Been Changed," and "He That Overcometh Shall Inherit All Things." The first is about the change in lifestyle when one accepts Christ, and the second is about the ability to overcome life's struggles. The mass choir will perform these and four other traditional and contemporary gospel songs. Perhaps a majority of you folks in Kansan land believe that the battered and beaten 7-inch single has disappeared into the annals of history along with the eight track tape and the Ronco Pocket Fisherman. Well, think again! Thanks to the wisdomof the independent music industry, the 7-inch has remained an outlet for today's up-and-coming artists. Zoom "Ernst and Son/Planet Pinball" (Lotus Pool Records) Those of you still worshiping at the vinyl altar can't afford to miss the nifty "Ernst and Son/Planet Pinball" record by local heavyweights Zoom. The A side is a righteous little rocker describing the frightening and oft-forgotten tale of Lawrence's hardware moguls' evil plot to take over our fair town by sabotaging the tools sold to their unsuspecting customers. While the historical details may be sketched, the song itself murches mightly from intricate guitar interplay to crushing power chords. On side B, the Zoom boys continue their onslaught with "Planet Pinball" which builds from a whisper to a belch. Word has it that an album is soon to be released. In the meantime, checkoutZoom tonight at The Bottleneck with Kill Creek and Beyond Zebra. Butterglory (Merge Records) Next up on our 7-inch 'It飞Parade' is the 6-inch offering from the duo Butterglove. Our heroes, Matt Suggs and Debby Vander Wall, recorded the five cuts on 4-track, sent the demo tape to Superchunk's Merge Records and they released the demo "as is." After listening to the record, it's no wonder they did. Each track displays the naked power that can be unleashed with simple production and sparse arrangements. *Alexander Bernds*) opens the proceedings with a chorus of wavering vocals reinforced by the bumblebee buzz of feedback-drenched muller. The eerie intensity continues on "Luna" before the mood lightens with the hilarious, "Bike," an anode to two-wheeled transportation. Side B contains a hypnotic instrumental, "Two Kings, One Queen," and the record's closing song, "Pocket of Scabs." The latter, with its bizarre linear imagery and stark guitars and drums, brings to mind the sound of the college rock chart toppers. Pavement, if all their flesh were peeled away to reveal stripped, ivory skeletons. Butterglory has recorded an album's worth of material, so let's hope Merge or some other swell label picks it up and releases it as well. Continued from Page 7. Movies Dickinson Theatres 2339 Iowa St. Friday through Sunday Only Sommersby (PG13), 2,4:50, 7:15,9:35 p.m. Cemetery Club (PG13), 2:10, 4:35.7 9:40 m Groundhog Day (PG), 2:30, 4:55, 7:20, 9:45 p.m. Hillcrest Theatres 7:25 p.m. Saturday, Sunday 2:15 p.m. Loaded Weapon (PG13), 2:05, 4:30.7:10.9:20 n.m Ninth and Iowa St. The Vanishing (R), 2:20, 4:40, 7:05. 9:30 d.m. Untamed Hearts (PG13), 5:25. Friday through Sunday only. 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