A rts & E ntertainm ent CAP concert captivates students on Mansion lawn with original performers

DIANA ASHJIAN A&E EDITOR

DA725@CABRINI EDU

Blanket paved grass replaced wooden desk chairs for 60 students Monday night, Sept. 19, 2005, when the Cabrini Activities Planning Board held another free concert outside of the Mansion.

Relief set in from 7 p.m. until 10 p.m. for the already work-boggled students who left their course loads in their dorm rooms and opted to be entertained for the night by musicians Jason Levasseur and Christopher Jak. Levasseur and Jak performed on amakeshift stage that was both illuminated by stage lights and moonlight providing the right blend of electricity and romance.

Carli Pio, a senior English and communications major, said, “It’s just really great to get people on campus outdoors for this event before it starts to get cold.”

Audience members huddled together in heaps and enjoyed Levasseur, an Oregon native, pro- mote all five of his recorded CDs with an energetic mixture of original songs and classic covers.

T he funny croonster, who tours campuses nationwide, breezily worked the crowd and set the comfortable momentum that left onlookers giddily at ease.

Sophomore Annette Donato, an accounting major and public relations officer of CAP, said, “Levasseur was awesome. I’m glad we got a good turnout, because this stuff is really original and so good live.”

Next came Jak, from North Carolina, who promoted his recorded music, too. Jak kept the audience laughing with his humorously tender accounts of love, feelings of inadequacy and the inability to recall the names of all of the cute girls he has met while on tour.

The soft and slick ladies man suggested that the crowd go inside to avoid mosquitoes and off they went into the Mansion foyer for somewhat of a more intimate setting.

Everyone sat cozily alongside the CAPmembers, who seemed pleased with their choice of entertainment. Even Levasseur looked graciously enchanted as much a part of the crowd as he was enchanting on the stage.

Jak’s voice echoed off of the Mansion walls and hardwood floors for the last hour of the concert, while he reminded himself and his audience, “Every moment stolen is a lifetime regained” with his guitar strings and deeply per- sonal song lyrics.

The night ended with specially requested songs that the remaining crowd knew well and sung along to. When Jak sung his cover of Cyndi Lauper’s classic “Time After Time,” many mouths mimicked.

CAPBoard will be planning many more performances, concerts and dances throughout the year with their event budgets and eager staff for all students to enjoy.

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Choir to orchestrate events on campus

TUNOMUKWATHI ASINO

STAFF WRITER

TA725@CABRINI EDU

The Cabrini community chorus is hard at work preparing for its upcoming concerts later in the year. The chorus will sing Sunday, Dec. 4 in the chapel. The chorus will also sing at Cabrini’s Honors Convocation in the spring.

“We will perform at a community service at the Presbyterian Homeon Monday evening, Dec. 5. This concert is only for the residents of the home,” Dr. Adeline Bethany, the chorus conductor, said. Clara LaPorta is the accompanist of the chorus.

According to Bethany, everyone is welcome to join the cho- rus, both staff as well as students.

Thetheatreauditions for the fall musical were held on Thursday, Sept. 15 and Saturday, Sept. 17. “Iwillbe teaching musictothepersonschosen forthe cast,” Bethany, professor of fine arts, said.

Bethany could not find any negative points on being the chorus’conductor, except that “Sometimes required courses meet when the chorus is meeting,” she said.

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