Friday, April 27, 2001
The University Daily Kansan
Section A·Page 3
Greeks prime for step show at Lied Center
By Danny Phillips
writer@kanson.com
Kansas staff write
Eleven organizations, including two dance troupes, will participate in the seventh annual National PanHellenic Council step tomorrow night at the Lied Center.
Stepping includes dancing and marching combined with an organization's culture.
The only NPHC organization that won't step this year is Sigma Gamma Rho, which has only two members.
Belinda Hinojos, Kansas City, Kan., senior, and step committee member, said it was also a way for the Greek organizations to represent their history. Each fraternity and sorority has its own signature move that is combined with new routines every year. Hinojos said.
Proceeds from the event will go to the Latina Sullivan Scholarship Fund and a new scholarship set up in the names of Shyra McGee and Mark Tolbert Jr., two students who died this semester in car accidents.
McGee was a member of Sigma Gamma Rho.
This is the second year the show will be held at the Lied Center, allowing for a larger crowd and bigger production than at its previous venue. Liberty Hall, said committee chairwoman Leigh Ann Lawrie, Kansas City, Kan., senior. A near-capacity crowd is expected.
Lawrie will be the event's emcee, and she said the biggest challenge would be getting the show started on time and finished by 10 p.m. to allow time to prepare for the after-party at the Kansas Union.
"I spend a lot of time just hoping and praying everything is going OK." Lawrie said.
Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. for the show, which starts at 7 p.m.. Tickets are $15 and available at Murphy Hall, Student Union Activities and the Lied Center box office.
After-party tickets cost $5 with a show stub and $10 without. Those wishing to attend will need a KUID or be accompanied by someone who has one.
Dressed to impress
Edited by Jennifer Valadez
A cross pattern of sunlight shines through Marcela Granados' hat and onto her face at the International Fashion Show. Granados, San Jose, Costa Rica, senior, joined other international students in representing fashion and culture from seven countries at the show. Photo by Nick Krug/KANSAN
Fashions promote cultures
By Michelle Ward
writer@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Hemant Shah had a dress rehearsal for his wedding yesterday at the Kansas Union. He pulled out the garb worn only on special occasions, such as weddings and festivals, for the Parade of Nations fashion show.
Shah, a Bombay, India, sophomore, was just one of the participants showing off their native clothing as part of International Awareness Week. The Parade of Nations took the audience through seven countries and their fashions. As the models walked the makeshift runway, the announcer shared details of the countries and outfits.
"Americans hardly know about Canada." Shah said. "It's nice for them to learn about others' cultures."
Shah dressed in a traditional kruta pajama, a gray, lightweight, long-sleeved shirt that reaches the knees, with pants worn underneath. An embroidered dark gray vest, called a moji, went over the shirt and went to his knees as well.
While Shah dressed in contemporary fashion, Marcela Granados went back in time wearing an early 20th century party dress. The Costa Rican senior twirled her navy skirt, with its small waist and full bell, as she moved across the platform. She tied a red cloth around her waist and a white cotton shirt with red trimming the neck and sleeves. She weaved blue, white and red ribbon
She will perform a traditional dance at the Festival of Nations Cultural Show at 8 p.m. tonight in the Kansas Union Ballroom.
through her braids, a patriotic reference to the Costa Rican flag.
To display her country's fashion, Marie Angue wore a traditional bu bu. The two piece outfit of light-weight material is worn to work and church ceremonies. The Yaunde, Cameroon, senior said people wore the outfit because it was so comfortable. The long shirt that hangs to the knee and the wrap underneath it that falls to the ankles, were embroidered with blue dots inside yellow crosses.
Jennifer Hsiang wanted to show what the modern woman in Taiwan wear. She updated the traditional chihuahua with a two-piece outfit that combined the new and old. Instead of the traditional long one-piece suit, she wore a purple-pink shiny, silk vest and white cotton skirt.
"It is a great way to get the Lawrence public to be more aware of culture," said Hsiang, Taoyuan, Taiwan, senior.
International Awareness Week will continue today with the World Expo at 2 p.m. on the fifth and sixth floors of the Union. A dinner and cultural show will take place at 6 p.m. with a $10 admission. The week will end tomorrow with an International Dance Party at 8 p.m. at Tremors, 729 New Hampshire St. Tickets are $5 in advance and $6 at the door.
Local group to open Hill music festival
By Andrew Davies writer@kansan.com Kansan staff writer
Ear-splitting guitar notes drowned out noises in The Bottleneck as devoted followers cheered, danced and moshed to the music of Preferred Villain Wednesday night.
Lead singer Brett Ditten roamed across the stage and belted out vocals, which shook the benches and bleachers, in The Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire.
Preferred Villain, which won the Farmer's Ball by a tie-breaking vote by audience members, will be the opening act for the Day on the Hill music festival at noon tomorrow.
The self-described hard rock band also won five hours of studio rehearsal time. Ditgen said the band will use that time to add songs to their first CD, "Amalgam."
For the band, performing at Day on the Hill is a chance to play where some of the biggest bands in the country have played and get attention, Diten said.
"Getting exposure like that just kind of catches people's attention," Ditgen said.
Dangdah High School The band will bring a local flavor to the festivities tomorrow. Ditgen, Lawrence senior, and guitarist Damian Siwek, Augusta senior, are both KU students. Drummer Mitch Pender is a senior at Free State High School and bassist Matthew "Cricket" Kirklives in Kansas City, Mo.
Traci Phillard, Salina sophomore and member of the Student Union Activities live music committee, said she had only heard positive reactions to Preferred Villain.
Still, the band isn't putting all of its bones on a music career. Ditgen said.
Siwek will attend law school, Ditgen is majoring in business and Pender will attend the University next year.
Despite preparing for the future, Ditgen said the group members wouldn't mind if the band gained national fame and had to postpone their educational goals for a bit.
— Edited by Courtney Craigmile
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