Friday, September 17, 1999
The University Daily Kansan
Section A·Page 7
Entertainment
Sam Bush, Mike Marshall, Josh Bell and Edgar Meyer use violins, mandolins, guitar and bass in their fusion of bluegrass, jazz and classical music. They will open for the Lied Center's New Directions series. Contributed photo
Ensemble to present mix of jazz, bluegrass, classical
Show marks Lied Center's season opening
By Emily Hughey writer@kansan.com Kansan staff writer
The Lied Center will kick off its new season tonight.
Joshua Bell, Sam Bush, Mike Marshall and Edgar Meyer will open for the New Directions series at the center with a different kind of music than what people may be used to.
The show will start at 8 tonight and fuse bluegrass, jazz and classical music via violins, mandolins, guitar and bass. It will begin not only the center's season, but also the four musicians' national tour.
Jacqueline Davis, executive director of the center, said the
show would be one students would love.
"I am very excited, and I think if I were to choose one of the hottest shows for students this year, this would be it," she said.
The group will be performing songs from their CD, Short Trip Home, released by Sony Classical Records on Sept. 7. The musicians have styles ranging from bluegrass to jazz and have played with artists including Garth Brooks, the Indigo Girls, James Taylor, Bela Fleck and the Chieftains.
Bell, a violinist, was the artistic advisor and soloist for the movie, The Red Violin, now playing at Liberty Hall, 642 Massachusetts St.
Davis said many of her friends went to see Meyer, the bassist, at his shows in New York City. They said musicians comprised about half of the audiences at the shows, she said.
Neb., junior, said she was going to the show because it offered a different kind of entertainment for her weekend.
Camille Payne, Kearney.
"I enjoy music and it looks like it's going to be something different than the average concert," she said. "It'll be refreshing. It also gives you an opportunity to dress up and have a sophisticated night on the town."
The center's season will follow with a millennium theme. Some of the themes are Cultural Countdown: Looking toward the Millennium and African influences on American Art.
Tickets for tonight's show are $27 and $22 for the public and $13.50 and $11 for students.
Upcoming shows include "The Whiteheaded Boy" Sept. 25-27 and the "Moscow State Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus" on Oct.1.
- Edited by Ronnie Wachter
KU students helped in Ang Lee's drama, Ride With the Devil
By Derek Prater
wriser@kanson.com
Kanson staff writer
New film portrays border wars
The Kansas-Missouri border wars are on once again — on film, that is.
Director Ang Lee's Civil War drama, Ride With the Devil, is set along the Kansas-Missouri border during the battles that raged there during the Civil War era. It includes William Quantrill's infamous raid of Lawrence.
The movie made its debut last Thursday at the Festival of Deauville for American Cinema in France. It followed with its North American premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival last Friday.
Ride With the Devil stars Jeffrey Wright, Jewel, Skeet Ulrich and Tobey Maguire.
A premiere is planned for Nov. 11 in Kansas City at a location to be announced, Watkins said.
Watkins and Vicky Henley, manager of the Kansas Film Commission, were on hand for both premiers, and both said that the film was an unqualified success.
The national premiere is scheduled for Nov. 24 in New York City and Los Angeles.
"It's a very emotional movie about relationships between people during a very volatile time in our history," said Patti Watkins, director of the Kansas City Film Commission.
Henley said that the film was shot primarily in Kansas and Missouri.
Lawrence residents and University of Kansas students worked on the project from March to July 1998 while it was being shot in Kansas and Missouri.
Ang Lee's Ride With the Devil stars Jeffrey Wright, Jewel, Skeet Ulrich and Tobey Maguire. It was filmed in Kansas and Missouri and opened last week in Toronto and France. Contributed photo
Jack Wright, professor of the
"It's a very emotional movie about relationships between people during a very volatile time in our history."
Director of the Kansas City Film Commission
atre and film, worked as the local casting director of the film.
Patti Watkins
"We had quite a few students from the theatre and film department involved in the film." Wright said.
Henley said that the two film commissions worked a year and a half to convince the producers to bring the project to the area.
In November 1996, the film producers requested an exhaustive list of information about the states that included rural locations, rivers, reenactors, historical documents and availability of horses. Henley said.
She said that she sent a huge package containing 18 picture portfolios, books and numerous brochures to the producers.
Watkins said that Lee was very particular when it came to locations.
"He's incredible," she said.
Watkins said that the scenes depicting the raid on Lawrence were shot in Pattonsburg, Mo., which is about one hour north of Kansas City, Mo.
Henley said that Ang Lee, whose other films include Sense and Sensibility, Eat Drink Man Woman and The Ice Storm, was very popular in France.
"He doesn't give up looking for the perfect location."
She said that Lee received a standing ovation in France and that the press conference in Toronto was packed.
Henley said that people from the area should look forward to seeing the film.
"I think people in Kansas and Missouri will be proud of it," she said.
Edited by Brad Hallier
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