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Wednesday, January 19, 1994
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--bars. The Milhaus Nixons performed for free at parties, fraternity houses and friends' private homes for publicity.
BANDS: Students struggling to make it big
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Aaron Morris, Wichita senior and trumpet player for Bastard Squad, said that it was the band's agent that got the ball rolling toward booking performances for Bastard Squad.
"I guess we're all leaders in our own way," Morris said. "But no one wanted to assume the role as leader. Our agent saw potential in us, but we had no business sense."
Morris said that since most of the members had been in bands before, they already had their own equipment, so it was not too costly to start Bastard Squad.
"Our parents helped us a lot," said Mark Pfeutze, a former KU student who plays bass guitar for the group. "They bought us our whole PA system. They were hesitant at first, but they knew we were serious about it. And we paid them back right away."
The Milhaus Nixons, however, did need help when they started their band.
Shriver said the band cut costs by handling all of their booking themselves. They also marketed the band by putting up creative flyers around town and in
The Milhaus Nixons' last album, "Fran," was carried by local merchants, and the band sold it at performances.
Another hardship student bands face is trying to survive as a performing group when a member leaves town to pursue a career or further his or her education
Pfueztle currently is attending the Berklee College of Music in Boston. Because of his absence, the Milhaus Nixons have fallen back into the shadows.
"Mark is the reason we've played this week." Shriver said. "Whenever he's here, we'll play again. I believe in original line-ups. I don't like it when bands replace their members."
MacFarland said making enough money from Bastard Squad to support himself was still a long-term goal.
Shriver said he wanted to keep performing after the Milhaus Nixons parted ways, so he collaborated with other area musicians to form the band Die Waiting.
"There are no weak links in this band," he said. "And
MacFarland seemed satisfied with Bastard Squad's line-up.
"I look at the situation like that of a student athlete," he said. "It's like when a basketball player is good and could very well go pro, but realizes that it is so difficult to make it that he has to have something to fall back on.
we all get along really well, which is rare for six people."
Kent Mitchell, Junction City junior and drummer for Bastard Squad, thought that communication was vital for any band to be successful.
"Starting a band is like starting a new relationship," Mitchell said. "But then it's so much more complex. A lot of thought needs to be put into it. Everyone has to want the same thing out of the band. You also have to just get along and learn to cope with anything that comes up."
"We really haven't reached the point yet where we're making a lot of money," he said. "I don't think that quitting school would be a good career move. We're just taking things as they come and having fun."
Bastard Squad will begin frequent local appearances in late February. The members said that they were excited but that they have mixed feelings about what they would do if they became too busy with music to focus on academics.
formance major."
Mitchell had a different opinion about academics.
"I've put everything I've learned in school into a package," Morris said. "My classes have definitely helped give me direction, but I would make a commitment to the band if we got big. I'm a performance major, and that's the whole point of my major. Graduation is not the point of a per-
"What we're doing now is fun, but to give up an academic career would be very stupid."
"I've made my four best friends in this band," Shriver said. "We've done everything together. It's really something special that you don't want to let go, even though it's kind of inevitable."
According to Shriver, that's the best thing a student band can do.
PUPPETS: Shadow puppetry is a dying art
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diced to performers because they see them as gypsies or homeless people. In some areas, puppeteers are as respected as priests."
The Paranox Poor Theatre Company was founded in 1909 by Kassapides, who is originally from Thessaloniki. Greece. Kassapides learned the art from his grandfather and various teachers. Although the company does a great deal of traditional Greek shadow puppetry, they will use a more contemporary style in their experimental version of "The Wizard of Oz," which will be performed Saturday at Liberty Hall.
Kassapides said shadow puppetry had its roots in many different cultures but that it was new to the United States.
In shadow theater, figures are cut out of cardboard and other materials. The figures are held behind a lighted screen to create images of the characters in the productions.
"Greek shadow theater is most comedy," he said. "There is Turkish, which more slapstick and political. And Polynesian shadow theater is more of a religious ritual."
Andrew Tsubaki, director of International Theater and Arts for the Theatre and Film department, said puppetry often did not receive the recognition it deserved.
"In Asia, shadow theater is fully appreciated in the performing arts," he said. "It's too bad that, in America, puppets are seen as crude and for children. It's actually ingenious that two people can operate an entire 30-minute show."
Kassapides said the contemporary version of "The Wizard of Oz", which uses human forms and masks, took a lot of effort to produce. But he said he would not mind as long as people saw the production.
"It's a dying art," he said. "We're trying to keep it alive."
The Paranoix Poor Theatre Company production of "The Wizard of Oz" will be performed at 1 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturday. Tickets are $3 for children and $5 for adults.
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