MONDAY, AUGUST 26, 2002
NEWS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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Celtic fiddler Natalie MacMaster of Nova Scotia talks to the crowd outside of the Lied Center during her performance Friday night.
Celtic ensemble opens Lied Center season
Celtic fiddle music drifted over the crowd of about 2,000 people Friday night at the Lied Center's Seventh Annual Outdoor Concert.
Tim Van Leer, director of the Lied Center, welcomed the audience to the center's new season and introduced the sponsors.
But Natalie MacMaster, a Celtic fiddler since the age of nine from Nova Scotia, was the real star of the show. Her quick fiddle rhythms stood out among her five-piece ensemble. The band's traditional and contemporary Celtic pieces got children and adults dancing.
Brad Weiner, Denver senior,
said this year's outdoor concert
was the best he had been to.
"I have been going to the outdoor concerts since I came to KU and there were definitely more people there than in past years," he said. "This was one of my favorite concerts ever and I can't believe it was free."
Lindsey Hodel
Mike Rundle, former director of the event and emcee at one of the stages, said the championships started as a Douglas County event during the Lawrence bicentennial and have grown significantly.
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"They help encourage and perpetuate the preservation of folk traditions." Rundle said.
The competition encourages participation from younger folk musicians with its Youth Award, which recognizes outstanding performance from participants 16 years and younger.
Among the younger participants were the Mayhew sisters of Lawrence. The five sisters placed second in the Ensemble Folk Singing category.
Spectators of all ages filled South Park with lawn chairs and blankets.
KU students Natalie Morrell, Beloit senior, and Emily Ross, Columbia, S.C., senior, attended the championships after hearing about it from a friend who had attended in past years.
"It's music we don't normally listen to, but it's pleasant to sit here and listen," Ross said.
Eric Braem/Kansan
Tom Krause, Lawrence resident, plays his homemade bottle flute on stage at the Kansas State Fiddling and Picking Championships yesterday. Krause competed in the Miscellaneous Acoustic Instrument Contest at South Park.
Morrell said she was in high school orchestra and was intrigued by the event.
Rundle said Lawrence served as an ideal location for the championships.
"Folk arts and arts, in general thrive in a grass-roots fashion in
Lawrence," he said.
Rundle said he hoped the championships would spread the interest of folk music.
Contact Nothwehr at cnothwehr@kansan.com. This story was edited by Jessica Hood.
Zeta Tau Alpha will recruit women this fall for new chapter at KU
By Todd Rapp
Kenzo staff writer
Kansan staff writer
A new sorority is coming to the University of Kansas, but it won't be going through formal recruitment.
"We do appreciate everything the University has done for us.Everyone has given us a fantastic welcome here at KU."
Zeta Tau Alpha Fraternity — a sorority despite its name — this fall will recruit women of all ages to be founding members of its chapter at KU.
Julia Hill, national president of Zeta Tau Alpha, spoke to recruitment participants Wednesday night about the colonization recruitment process and Zeta Tau Alpha's history and traditions.
Julia Hill national president of Zeta Tau Alpha
"We told them about our plans
to colonize a chapter at the University of Kansas," Hill said.
Emily Walz, Panhellenic Association Vice President of Recruitment, said Hill also spoke about Zeta Tau Alpha's philanthropy.
housing plans, and informational events.
Walz said that a new chapter will bring an excitement to recruitment and help alleviate overcrowding in chapters.
"All the sororities are excited," Walz said. "Every year new member classes are larger and larger." Walz said. "It will also appeal to a lot of people to be a founding member."
Four national traveling consultants will arrive in Lawrence
on Sunday, Sept. 15 to conduct the recruitment.
Jennifer Knapp of Kansas City, Mo., is the chapter adviser, and national consultants will rotate in and out of Lawrence throughout the year.
Additionally, alumni living in a 30- to 40-minute radius met with Hill on Thursday and volunteered to act as advisers.
Hill said the University had been very helpful in the colonization process so far and has guar-
anted Zeta Tau Alpha housing in three to five years.
"We do appreciate everything the University has done for us," said Hill. "Everyone has given us a fantastic welcome here at KU."
For more information, contact Jennifer Knapp at (913)636-0847.
Contact Rapp at trapp@kansan.com. This story was edited by Ryan Malashock.
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