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Nov. 25 - Dec. 8, 2013

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Amber Glomb

Freelance Writer

Deaf, hearing and hardof hearing people oodedDart Auditorium for thesold out production ofSYNC Nov. 16.

SYNC, formerly knownas Star Search, was hostedby LCCs Sign LanguageInterpreter Program.

Dorrea Fowler, the di-rector of SYNC, explainedthe name change was acollective decision.

Star Search is an oldTV show that relates to

a talent contest, Fowlersaid. (We needed a name)that would match this per-formance because its veryunique.

We collectively decid-ed that SYNC would bea beer name because itsshort for synchronization.We synchronize two cul-tures, two languages, andwe do it simultaneously.

The cast performed 20songs in American SignLanguage (ASL).

The songs of SYNCincluded Big Bang The-

ory, Born This Way,RadioActive, SomeNights, Taylor TheLae Boy, Can You Feelthe Love Tonight?, Par-ents Just Dont Under-stand, Man!, I Feel Likea Woman, We Are Nev-er Geing Back Together

and more.LCC alumnus Joe Brew-

er has been in multipleSYNC productions. Hesaid he believed this yearsperformance was especial-ly magical.

It was awesome-

sauce, Brewer said.There was lots of cheer,lots of laughter. Knowingwhat the audience wasseeing was just magical They were able to connectwith the performers in away they had never beenable to do before.

Fowler explained due tothe largest amount of au-dience participation theyhave ever experienced andthe hard work that wasput into the show, this wasone of the best shows theyhave ever had.

I think the performersgrew from it, Fowlersaid. We had such talent-ed and hard-working per-formers that were willingto not only visually showand express the music, butbe able to interpret thatinto English for the deaf

and hard of hearing inour audience It was justawesome, it was the best.

First-time performerAlicia Karbowski said theshow was phenomenal.

I think it gets beer ev-ery year, Karbowski said.

I felt on re and soexcited. The adrena-line was just pumping.I dont feel that very of-ten especially this timein the semester. I neededthis and I think everyoneneeded to come out andexperience this.

You just spent the last45 minutes outside in asingle le line, waiting forthe doors to open. Im nottalking crazy Black Fridayshopping madness.

Im talking about theanticipation felt before aconcert.

Its your favorite bandand a tiny venue, so youbraved the cold to ensureyour front and centerspot, practically bump-ing elbows with the band.The night is going to be

epic, youre sure.

You even made suc-cessful small talk outsidewith strangers, bondingover the same favorite

song from seventh grade.

Tonight will be one to re-member, you think.

The doors open, youproudly show your IDand rush up the stairsand secure your spot. Theopening acts are surpris-ingly decent, and then -nally the moment youvebeen waiting for all night The main event.

No maer how hardyou tried, somehow inthe midst of the singingand swaying, youve beenpushed to the left with an

obstructed view thanks to

two guys who are with-out a doubt basketball-player height.

If youre anything likeme, you never realize justhow short you are untilyoure at a concert. Itssuddenly its like a tallpeople convention wasshuled in and youresorely out of place, all5-foot-4 of you.

To make maers worse,Devin (lets name himDevin) stands holding hisiPad at eye level, record-

ing the whole concert.

Its annoying for liter-ally every other personthere. I cant even imaginebeing a musician, staringinto the crowd only to bemet with camera ashes,recording lights and thebacks of Mac logos.

Ive been there, record-ing my favorite songs inhopes the live version willspark something dier-ent, an extended verse, oran ad-libbed phrase.

But please, for the loveof all notes holy, theres

nothing worse than view-

ing the concert from astrangers iPad whenyoure an arms distanceaway from the stage.

We understand its yourfavorite song, its you andyour boyfriends song, itsthe song youre going toget lyrics taooed from but come on, soak it up.

Youre seeing it live.Dont make me get amegaphone and em-barrass you in front ofeveryone: Sir, put thephone down and no one

gets hurt.

The Unknown Spohn

Concert etiquette: Sir, put your phone down

Sarah SpohnA&E Editor

LCCs Experimental Music Ensemble isscheduled to perform Tuesday, Dec. 3 inDart Auditorium at 7:30 p.m.

The Experimental Music Ensemble islike a musical laboratory where studentscan try new things without risk of fail-ure, said Ty Forquer, co-director of theExperimental Music Ensemble. We ex-plore the outer edges of music and pushstudents out of their comfort zones.

Thinking outside of the box and stu-dent input is encouraged. Two of the

pieces to be performed by the student en-semble are wrien by fellow classmates.LCC student Ashilee Roberts has been

playing the viola for 14 years, and shetaught herself piano, guitar, percussionand other instruments.

Approached at the beginning of the se-mester by Potes, Roberts began writingher piece using music production soft-ware in LCCs music lab, and then trans-lated it to sheet music.

I was excited to compose a piece formultiple instruments and get to hear it

performed with real instruments live!Roberts said. I couldnt turn that oppor-tunity down.

This Experimental Ensemble is justthat an experiment, giving life to ideas,new concepts and original work.

Ty and Cesar encourage artistic free-dom in the classroom and help studentsbring their ideas to a reality, Robertssaid. Multiple students compose piecesfor the class; it teaches us what its like to

actually see your musical ideas in reality.LCC music major Michael Steibel also

wrote a piece for the ensemble. Steibelsaid he had a general idea of makingsomething simple, light and fun.

Its called A Toy Story, Steibel said.I wrote it on the ukulele, (and) came upwith the title before I knew what the con-cept was. I gave it to Cesar and he wroteit for everybody arranged it for thewhole ensemble.

All students, sta, faculty and musiclovers are invited to aend.

Students pieces to be performed live Dec. 3

SYNC sells out in Dart

Cast members from SYNC, an LCC Sign Language Interpreter Program production,

perform and sign Radio-Active by Imagine Dragons in Dart Auditorium Nov. 16.

Photo by Suzanna Powers

LCC Performing Arts

Experimental Music Ensemble Tuesday, Dec.3, 7:30 p.m.

Directed by Cesar Potes & Ty Forquer Free Dart Auditorium

The LCC Jazz Band Friday, Dec. 6, 7:30 p.m. Directed by Jon Gewirtz Free

Dart Auditorium

As You Like It

Shakespeare Studio Friday & Saturday, Dec. 6-7, 8 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 8, 2 p.m. Directed by Mary Job $5/10 donation

Black Box Theatre

The Percussion Ensemble/The LCC

Concert Choir/Vocal Pop &

Jazz Ensemble Sunday, Dec. 8, 3 p.m.

The Percussion Ensemble

Directed by Beth LewisThe LCC Concert Choir

Directed by Lydia EricksonThe LCC Vocal Pop & Jazz Ensemble

Directed by Kelly Stuible Free

Dart Auditorium

Musical Theatre Showcase Monday, Dec. 9, 7:30 p.m. Directed by Connie Curran-Oesterle A showcase of the fall Musical Theatre

Performance class Free Black Box Theatre