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Kevin Neal, Wichita junior, and Kevin Jackson, Lawrence sophomore, take the safety precaution of checking their air tank and regulator before diving during a scuba diving class at Robinson Center.
Students practice scuba in center's clear water
Staff Reporter
By LADONNA LONGSTREET Staff Represent
Coughing and spitting water, a student breathed deeply and dove into the foreign world of water again, struggling to reach an air tank 7 feet below him. He touched it and grabbed the regulator mouthpiece, jamming it into his mouth.
He immediately pressed on the regulator, air bubbles streamed out and the trainee seba diver inhaled some sweet, dry air. And he was in Kansas.
More than 50 students are participating this spring in the scuba diving classes in Robinson Natatorium to become divers divers.
He said many of the 150 students certified every year at KU plan to practice the sport on vacations.
it's probably the most popular course. Every year it will close out," said Bernard Taylor, KU swimming instructor. "It blows you away that we don't have any clear water in Kansas."
Lake Schuler, Prairie Village graduate student, said, "I'm going to get married in May and we're going to Hawaii. We plan on doing a lot of things like diving."
Taylor said that though the course was offered at KU, the instructors were from The Dive Shop in Leawood. The course fee of $60 in addition to regular tuition enables the shop to provide and service equipment for the students.
Students will learn how to assemble tanks while blindfolded under water, swim a half mile in 20 minutes without their bodies, buddy surf and remember basic safety precautions.
Students can take the course, pass the written final and pool test and get a grade but still not be certified, Taylor said. Trainers also must pass an open-water dive.
Rob Galvin, the official instructor from the shop, will take tanks to Beaver Lake in Arkansas sometime after spring break so that students have the opportunity to take the open water test.
Taylor said the test included skin diving to 20 feet without a tank, then descending with an instructor and a buddy to flood and clear masks and to make free emergency access.
After passing this part of the test, students make at least three dives with their buddies going as far and as long as they like, he said. If they run out of air they can fill up their
At the pool, Paul Winters, an assistant instructor from The Dive Shop, explained to the students how to assemble their tanks. He also checked the equipment and being cautious.
After the students entered the water, the ones wearing the tanks started swimming down to the far end of the pool like a school of fish. Their buddies swam above them on the surface. Upon reaching their destination they ditched their tanks and assembleds.
"You don't want to start down and not have any air. It's not healthy." Winters said, as he exhorted his listeners to check their air pressure.
Their buddies then dove to the tanks and tried to put them on underwater. Many failed.
The more buoyant students, those with more body fat, floated above the tanks with the regulator hoses acting as umbilical cords down to the tanks.
Needing air to remain on the bottom long enough to put on the tanks, many students grabbed the regulator hoses first.
The struggle continued as other prospective scuba divers watched from the side of the pool, eager for their chance to learn how to survive in a watery world.
Sir Vivian Dunn returns to KU, recalls career of music, honors
He has rubbed elbows with the queen and he has played piano in Buckingham Palace while the royal family gathered around and sang.
BY JOHNNIE BETH FISCUS
Staff Reporter
Yet he has ties to Lawrence. He is the godfather of Paul Gray's (Paul Gray and the Gaslight Gang) first child.
His name is Lt. Col. Sir Vivian Dunn, and he is the retired musical director of Her Majesty's Royal Marines.
Sir Vivian was one of three conductors who directed the KU Symphonic Band at the American Bandsmasters Association convention yesterday in Kansas City, Kan. He led the band in the "Coronation March, Crown Imperial," composed by Sir William Walton.
SR Vivian said he enjoyed returning to KU, its music program and the students. He said he was especially pleased with the Symphonic Band which lasted it last Sunday in KU's University Theatre.
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"The students have applied themselves and have given of their very best so willingly and in the most dedicated manner of understanding and rapport," he said. "No conductor could ask for more."
Sir Vivian returns to visit KU from England after a 13-year absence. He was the guest conductor for KU's summer band camp from 1967 to 1979, but because of worldwide recession and increased airfares it was too expensive for him to fly from England to Lawrence.
him to try to friend Legendre.
It was Robert Foster, KU director of bands and coordinator of the ABA convention, who remembered Sir Vivian's ties with KU and invited him to guest conduct the Symphonic Band at the convention.
at the concert. Sir Vivian was born into a musical family. His
father was director of music in the band of the Royal Horse Guards in the household division of the British army. And his grandfather was a father of the late Frederick of Wellington's restitution in the late 1850s.
At home, Sir Vivian was surrounded by music. His mother played the piano, the harp and the organ.
"I grew up in a complete musical environment. Absorbing the atmosphere of continuous music through my mother's teaching and being taken by my father to his rehearsals," be said.
He said he was very fortunate, and believed to have been born under a lucky star.
"I grew up destined to be a director myself. And there seemed never to be any question that
Sir Vivian studied violin at the Konsservatorium der Musik in Cologne, West Germany, and at the Royal Academy of Music in London, where he played in the Queen's Hall Promenaion Orchestra.
The orchestra gives an eight week series of concerts, known as the Promenade concerts. Today the concerts are performed in the Royal Albert Hall
He was knighted in February 1969 at Buckingham Palace, the only member of the band to receive such an honor.
Sir Vivian said he still remembers what Queen Elizabeth said to him when she knitted him.
"I remember her saying, "Thank you, Sir Vivian, for all the wonderful music we shall hear."
"I fell very deeply about it," he said. "That all the sort of dedicated work, all that I had tried to achieve throughout my career should have been so seriously recaptured."
Sir Vivian believes everyone should dedicate his life to making his profession honorable, and he is proud of it.
He said that his knighthood was the direct result of the time he spent as director of music to the Royal Marines and the time he spent getting to know the royal family on the royal yacht.
In 1931, Sir Vivian auditioned to be the director of music to the Royal Marines, Portsmouth.
I almost blush to say that I was successful in
that audition and I received the position at the
age of 22 years and nine months, a feat that
astonished the musical world," he said.
Usually the director is much older and more experienced. he said.
In 1969 he was made an honorary member of the ABA.
He was director of music to the Royal Marines for 38 years, and upon his retirement, Sir Vivian was appointed Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order by Queen Elizabeth II.
Sir Vivian has distinguished himself in many ways in the music world. Not only is he a knight, but he also holds several positions and honorary titles in the music world.
Among his three children each play an instrument, it is not likely there will be a fourth generation director of military music, he said.
"This is a significant honor of recognition, by fellow directors and musicians from the United States of America, which I will treasure highly," he said.
"My family used to say, 'one is quite enough,
thank you!'" he said.
Weekend Review
Rating System
excellent
good
fair
"Gandhi" with Ben Kingsley.
'Gandhi' has a message as important as those found in any movie of the last few years. It is the story of this century's greatest leader of non-violent resistance, a little man who beat the British Empire by refusing to eat.
Director Richard Attenborough sends intriguing characters flitting in and out of the movie, leaving the viewer wondering where they came from and why they left so soon. With the exception of Gandhi, his characters are left undeveloped.
"Gandhi," a three and one-half hour movie that doesn't drag, is the best picture that came out in 1982.
"The Lords of Discipline" with David Keith.
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This film is about a military military intelligence code and its student who believes in fulfilling the code for its own sake, no matter what the cost.
David Keith is McLean, a cadet at Carolina Military Institute in the early 1960s, who is looking forward to an easy time before graduation until the entrance of a black cadet, Pierce. McLean's life is further complicated when his mentor at the school asks him to look after Pierce.
The problem with this picture is that rather than carrying through the question of honor versus expedition, director Franc Roddam gives way to action and adventure.
Keith's fine performance-his consistent and believable characterization-is the film's strong point. And the film's commentary on the war makes Southern militarism comes through strongly.
--psychiatrist who takes his own advice. Moore's fans will not find him in his usual humorous role. He portrays somber Dr. Saul Benjamin. With McGoverns entrance as Chloe, the movie becomes unbelievable. Benjamin fantasizes about Chloe, and during his fantasies is visited by Freud, who discusses his psychological antics with him.
Meryl Streep.
Sophie's Choice with Will Streep
An incredibly powerful film featuring Streep in a wrenching performance. She manages to step beyond the persona of Streep the actress and becomes Sophie, concentration camp survivor and possessor of a terrible secret.
The film moves with the pacing, flavor and Southern narration of a William Faulkner novel.
Set in the Brooklyn suburbs in the 1940s, the story is told from the point of view of Stingo, a young Southern writer who comes to New York to write his first novel and find out what life and love are all about. He gets his first lessons almost immediately when he moves into the apartment beneath Sophie and her lover, Nathan.
Slowly, with a hint of tragedy, the audience is drawn into the world of Sophie and Nathan. Flashbacks of Sophie before and during the camp come like unrelenting hammer blows until past meets present and Sophie's heart-rending choice is revealed.
Steep has been known as a very good actress for several years. As Sophie she comes into her own and must be recognized as one of the best of her craft.
"Feetie's" with Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange and Bill Murray.
"Tooiste" has every element of a good comedy
except humor.
Jokes are cliched, but when the jokes stop, the movie has something to say. Hoffman discovers sexual prejudice from a woman's perspective and decides he is a better man as a woman.
Despite his gravelly voice, Hoffman gets an acting job as a woman in a soap opera. He spends his time worrying about movies, but he doesn't know how he can smack a peek at Lange in the dressing room.
The bright spot is Murray, who has a small role but every really funny line in the movie.
"Lovesick" with Dudley Moore and Elizabeth McGovern.
The psychiatric term "counter transference"
is the plot of this film about a
psychiatrist who, after being
retrieved from an addictive
psychiatrist.
Benjamin's obsession with Chloe leads him to steal her keys, break into her apartment and read her personal journal about him, making the movie even more unrealistic.
movie even more than an adult. Benjamin's other patients supply the only humor in the movie. And, the most intense moment comes when Benjamin prepares to perform a magic trick in front of his judgmental colleagues.
Don't spend your money on this predictable movie.
Spare Time
Fridav
Saturday
The Preservation Hall Jazz Band will perform at 8 p.m. in Hoch Auditorium. All tickets reserved, $9 and $10, special discounts for students and senior citizens.
The KU Horn Workshop will start at 9 a.m. in Murphy Hall.
The Music Scholarship Audition Day will begin at 10 a.m. in our outdoor Recital Hall
The Jayhawk Invitational Jazz Festival in the University in the University Theatre in Murphy Hall
Sunday
A senior recital by Teresa Bridges, cello, will be at 8 p.m. in Swarthowt.
The University Symphony Orchestra Spring Concert will be at 3:30 p.m. in University Theatre.
The Symposium of Contemporary Music Concert with the Kansas Brass Quintet, KU Concert Band and University Symphony Orchestra will be at 8 p.m. in Swarthout.
Monday
The Symposium of Contemporary Music Concert will be at 2:30 and 8:30 p.m. in Swarthout
A fute workshop with Harvey Sollberg will be at 13.30 p.m. in Swarthownt.
Tuesday
A flute workshop with Harvey Sol伯ger will be at 10:30 a.m. in Swarthout.
A Music Convocation on "The State of the Art" will be at 2:30 p.m. in Swartwout.
The High School Invitation Band Festival will be at 7:30 p.m. in the University Theatre.
The Symposium of Contemporary Music will be at 8.p.m, in Swarthout.
Wednesday
Master Classes with Menahem Pressler, piano, will be at 9:36 p.m. in Swarthout.
The Symposium of Contemporary Music Coffee with Leslie Bassett will be at 10:30 a.m. in the Murphy Hall Music Lounge.
Thursday
The Sacred Spaces master of fine arts thesis exhibit of clay and drawings will close today at the Scissors-Paper-Stone Gallery, 1101 $2 Massachusetts St.
The KU Concert Choir Spring Concert will be at 8 p.m. in Swarthowton.
B. LAUREN PETERSON
Postcards by Kansas artists to be on display at Lawrence Arts Center
Staff Reporter
The best little art show in Kansas has come to Lawrence to prove that good things come in small packages.
"It's an affordable exhibit that can go in a small area," Ellen Morgan, administrator of Association of Community Arts Councils of Kansas, said. "A lot of small towns in Kansas do not have much exhibit space."
small package. The exhibit, the Kansas Artists' Fifth Postcard Series, will open tomorrow in the east gallery of the Lawrence Arts Center.
not have insets.
Ann E. Fox, Lawrence Arts Center director, and Ann Foster, the exhibited, organized by the ACACK, would feature a group of 25 4-by-6 inch paintings and drawings by Kansan artists.
The 25 works of art were chosen from among 209 submitted last August, she said, as a part of the Kansas Postcard Series contest.
The exhibit, which opened in November at the Kansas Gallery of Fine Arts in Topeka, is booked through the first of January next year and has sold most of this year's postcards. Morgan said:
She said that 16 of the exhibit pieces were selected by Stephen Doherty, editor of American Artists, to be made into postcards and sold at the exhibits and art centers throughout Kansas.
The 10 other works, she said, were chosen as touring pieces.
She said that it cost $75 to rent the exhibit and that the last four postcard series were also available to Kansans who wanted to exhibit the past paintings and drawings.
Evans said that the exhibit would last through
March 18 at the arts center and then move to Douglas County Bank from March 23 to April 8.
Evans, a member of ACACK, said that Lawrence was very fortunate that the local Maupintour travel agency had sponsored one artist each year during the contest because its involvement enabled the arts center to exhibit the series for free.
the series for free.
She said that the sponsors who made donations to ACACK were allowed to exhibit the series in their home town for two weeks. They also received 250 copies of the postcard by their sponsored artist and a set of the entire series.
five series.
"We are the only company that has supported
Virginia Baumgartner, assistant advertising manager for Maupinourt, said that the travel agency had sponsored a postcard artist for the last five series.
an artist all five years," she said. "Tom Maupin, the president and founder of Maupintour, has always had an interest in the arts in Kansas," she said."
The company is sponsoring a tempera painting by Paul Wolf of Kansas City, Kan., called "Nectarines," a still life featuring a close up of three perfectly shaped nectarines on the edge of a pale, yellow-clothed table.
Other paintings include Wichita artist, Diane Thomas Lincoln's "Waiting for the Guest," and
The owners of Douglas County bank, Ross and Marianna Beach from Hays, are sponsors of Hays artist Bruce Burkholder's "View Finder." an oil painting of a young man sitting on a grassy hill focusing his camera on the great Kansas plains.
Shawnee Mission artist, Barbara Robert's "From Kansas, With Love."
The former, an oil painting of a porch with tables set for a meal, is very much in the style of the French fauvist. Matisse. The loose strokes of blue and green fill the painting with vibrant color.
The latter is a watercolor of a package wrapped in brown paper and twine with a colorful stamp representing the flag of Kansas.
Morgan said that "From Kansas, With Love" had been the most popular postcard around the state and that she had ordered more, but would reprint any of the other postcards.
Evans said Maupintour would sponsor an open wine and cheese party from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. next Friday at the arts center to celebrate the fifth anniversary of the postcard exhibit.