Advertising spending for the 1998 Superbowl may be up 50 percent over previous years, but the quality of this year's commercials has obviously dropped.
Wednesday evening's Chamber Singers performance of "For Lo, The Winter is Past" may not have impacted the weather but it did enliven the audience.
Perhaps the voices of the Chamber Singers at tonight's concert, "For lo, the Winter is Past" will inspire spring to take hold in Hanover.
Dartmouth's Aires and Rockapellas out-sang Amherst DQ Friday
Though the temperature in Collis Common Ground on Saturday night was already high, the dance troupe Sheba managed to turn up the heat. With new routines, props, costumes and a sexual tone, Sheba captured and held the attention of the audience. Sizzling with sensuousness, the group blazed through thirteen dances in a performance that capitalized on talent and choreographic variety. An opening video of assembled clips from prior performances grabbed the audience's attention, while the pulsing theme song from "Mission Impossible" prepared them for the high-energy production. Sheba took the stage amidst a smoke screen with Janet Jackson's "Rhythm Nation." In tight formation, the twenty members impressed the audience with their smooth controlled dancing.
The three performances in the Reade Festival of Alternative Music caught audiences off guard this past weekend with their bizarre styles and displeasing cacophony.