Sunday, December 4, 2011

COLLEGE OF SOUTHERN NEVADA

BY ED BRUCE edbrucevegas@yahoo.com

THE COLLEGE OF SOUTH NEVADA FINE ARTS DEPARTMENT IN THE MIDDLE OF THEIR TWO WEEK PROGRAM SCHEDULE OF SHOW PRESENTATIONS FOR THE PUBLIC...PRETTY GOOD STUFF.

MONDAY ORCHESTRA
TUESDAY CONCERT BAND
WEDNESDAY BIG BANDS
THURSDAY CHORAL CONCERT
FRIDAY- SATURDAY CHRISTMAS CAROL

LAST FRIDAY I ATTENTED MAHLERFEST....A COLOSSAL UNDERTAKING BY DANCE DIRECTOR KELLY ROTH...4 ACTS OF CHOREOGRAPHY WITH BERNSTEIN RECORDED MUSIC...SORT OF.

I HAVE ALWAYS WONDERED WHAT THE DANCERS WOULD DO IF THE MUSIC STOPPED IN MID PIECE...THIS NIGHT I FOUND OUT...TWICE...THEY KEPT DANCING....A MAJOR DISTRACTION OF CONTINUITY BUT A CREDIT TO STUDENT DANCERS TO PLOW ON.

THIS WAS LONG AND LABORIOUS BUT CREATIVE AND WELL DANCED...BEING PREJUDICE TO DANCE I LIKED MOST OF IT....MED PIECE NARRATIONS SORT OF OVERDONE BUT QUASI INFORMATIVE...ROTH SAID THIS WAS MOSTLY FOR HIMSELF AND IT WAS...NO SMALL UNDERTAKING...NOT WELL RECEIVED....MAHLERS 9TH VERY VERY NICE...WISH I COULD HAVE CAUGHT IT ALL.

THEY WERE 12 MINUTES LATE FOR A TWO HOUR PLUS GIG...INEXCUSABLE...

82 B-

651 5483 FOR SHOW INFO ON THIS WEEKS PROJECTS.

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