CHORUSES COME TOGETHER
STILL ON TOP
Read about the “Songs of Love “ concert put together by local high school choruses.
The Eastern women’s basketball team is in first place going into the OVC after beating the Readhawks 64-46.
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Young saxophonist jazzes up festival Artist performs own compositions with Jazz Ensemble, quintet By Bob Galuski Entertainment Editor
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Grace Kelly performs "The Way You Look Tonight," arranged by Kelly, during "Grace Kelly + Quintet" Friday in the Dvorak Concert Hall of the Dounda Fine Arts Center. Kelly's performance kicked off 2013 EIU Jazz Festival.
Stepping on stage in a sparkling dress, Grace Kelly was met with thunderous applause as she got ready to perform with the EIU Jazz Ensemble. The applause was well-deserved for the 20-year-old saxophonist, who helped kick off the 54th Annual Jazz Festival Friday in the Dvorak Concert Hall of the Doudna Fine Arts Center. Constantly dancing to the music even as she played, Kelly performed with the EIU Jazz Ensemble before her own quintet came out. Kelly played various songs during her performance with the EIU Jazz Ensemble, including the haunting ballad “My Foolish Heart,” written by Ned Washington and Victor Young and arranged by Dave Rivello. While none of the songs Kelly played with Eastern’s own ensemble were her original work, she quickly made up for it by performing with her quintet “The Way You Look Tonight,” which she arranged herself. She followed up “The Way You Look Tonight” with her own piece, “Filosophical Flying Fish.” Kelly performed most of the concert with songs she had written and arranged.
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“I know I’m playing a lot of my original stuff,” she said. “But if I don’t play it, nobody will.” Kelly, however, was not limited to only playing saxophone. She was also able to showcase her vocal skills during a few of her songs, including “Eggshells,” which she said she wrote while in Germany. “I was having lunch with one of my friends, and he said he felt like he was on eggshells, so I went home and boom – written and done,” she said. “I wish more songs were that efficient.” Kelly gave her tribute to different genres of music and her love for them in her song “Please Don’t Box Me In.” The piece instantly captured the feeling of wanting to explore more than just one specific area of performance, which was something Kelly said she enjoyed. “I love playing both jazz and pop,” she said. “I’ve been playing jazz longer, but they’re each so different — it’s great to play both.” During the performance, it was easy to see why Kelly was named winner of Glamour magazine’s Top 10 College Women competition in 2011. Kelly approached the audience with a very casual tone, even going out of her way to ask for the spotlight to be removed so she could better see the people attending. Kelly even performed a song specifically for Eastern, where she made up lyrics telling the audience how much she enjoyed performing in Charleston. Through this conversational tone, Kelly reached a new intima-
cy with the audience and turned the concert hall into more of a coffee shop performance rather than a jazz festival. During the performance, Kelly made jokes to the audience about some of her songs, including “Nighttime Star.” “I wrote this for my boyfriend, who is now my ex-boyfriend,” she said. “But I like this song, so I’m going to play it.” Kelly was even able to break through the frosty season of winter with her piece “Autumn Song,” which brought to mind different colored leaves and crisp fall days. Working with the EIU Jazz Ensemble, Kelly also played “Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise,” written by Oscar Hammerstein II and Sigmund Romberg and arranged by Dave Wolpe. Kelly mingled well with the members of the EIU Jazz Ensemble. She was able to pick up on subtle cues and continue on her performance as if they all had been rehearsing for weeks on end. Kelly replaced replace the reed in her saxophone, and did so while dancing and moving to the music, allowing her to keep up with the rhythm. Making her debut performance in Charleston, Kelly soared to new heights with her ability to easily interweave pop and jazz music, and made a very memorable opening concert to the 54th Annual Jazz Festival. Bob Galuski can be reached at 581-2812 or rggaluski@eiu.edu.
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Fall Senate elections to begin The DEN offers email news updates Election packets available Feb. 18, due March 20 By Samantha McDaniel Student Governance Editor The Student Senate election process will start Feb. 18 with the election packet distribution. Student Body President Kaci Abolt, a senior communication studies major, said the packets contain information about each position available for the fall semester
with descriptions of the duties and roles of that position. There are both executive positions and senator positions available. The election packets will be available online through the student government webpage and in the Student Activity Center in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union. Abolt said she is starting the process sooner so the candidates can have more of a transition period and learn from the current executives. “We have about a month before we official take office, so we
do have some transition time to get moved into the office, talk to outgoing officers about what to expect,” Abolt said. Abolt said she did not have a long transition period before the end of the semester, but was lucky to have predecessors who were willing to meet with her during the summer to help her transitions. “That grace period is kind of nice to get adjusted,” she said. “You want to have enough time before summer for the new board to meet with my board and be able to talk about ideas.”
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Staff Report The Daily Eastern News is offering its readership an opportunity to receive daily news updates via email. Those who wish to sign up can visit the newspaper’s website at www.dailyeasternnews.com. The sign up is located on the newspaper’s homepage and asks for a screen name, email address and password. Sara Hall, a senior journalism major and the online editor at The
DEN, said they offered this feature in the past before the website switched from College Publisher to Town News. “This is another way for our readers to get the news in addition to our website, Facebook page and Twitter,” she said. “They will be able to be automatically informed of the top stories of the day.” The email updates went through a trial run near the end of the Fall 2012 semester and became available to readers last week.