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Arts & Life
Phil Banker
Arts & Life Editor
nt_artsandlife@yahoo.com
Arts Tomorrow:
They spin hot fire...
literally. read more about
these fire-spinning locals.
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By Shaina Zucker
Intern
The first day of fall is
this Sunday, September 23.
What is your favorite thing
about fall?
"I like the beautiful
colors. I like Halloween, but
I don't really like the other
holidays in fall."
— John Ridings,
Lewisville senior
"I love going to the State
Fair to eat the food, and I
also like Thanksgiving when
I can be with my family."
—Jovonnie Ford, Sumter,
S. C., junior
"Fall means I get to go
home and spend time
with my family for the
Thanksgiving break."
-Stephen Pena, Mission
sophomore
"I would say the weather
change. I really like when it
starts to get cool outside and
I can wear light sweaters
and things like that."
—Tiffany Karasienski,
Piano senior
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"I really like the change
in the color of the trees. The
colors of fall are always really
pretty."
—Stacey Smith, Lewisville
senior
"I like to go shopping
for fall clothes, and I enjoy
dressing up for Halloween
and going to parties."
— Stephanie Butler,
Richardson sophomore
Annual blues fest raises money
By Andrew McLemore
Intern
After a one-year absence, the
Denton Blues Fest is back.
The Denton Black Chamber
of Commerce sponsored its
annual blues festival Saturday in
Quakertown Park. Food vendors
and information booths for the
chamber were strewn across
the grassy space between the
parking lot and the stage.
The event stretched from 2
p.m. to midnight, the hours of
daylight filled with the singing
and dancing of contestants in
the Denton Blues Idol competi-
tion. On two shaded stages, chil-
dren and adults both competed
for prize money, the winners
chosen based on applause.
As the sun went down, blues
artists Pops Carter and the
Funkmonsters, and Wanda King
performed for a crowd of several
hundred people in lawn chairs,
a few children and middle-aged
couples dancing close to the
stage.
The Denton Blues Fest tradi-
tionally has been held on the
North Texas State Fairgrounds
and required an admission fee,
causing mixed feelings among
the festival veterans.
"I liked the one at the
Fairgrounds more," said Terese
Thomas, a four-year veteran
of the fest. "It was more inti-
mate."
Other audience members
enjoyed the change in scenery
and the free admission.
"It's the best one yet," said John
Hancock of Denton. "Bringing it
to Quakertown and making it
free really opens it up to more
people. They made a big change
and took a big risk, but I think it
turned out great."
A year after its inception
in 1995, the chamber began
searching for a "signature event
to call its own," according to
their Web site. After experi-
menting with a fall jazz festival
and a gospel extravaganza, the
chamber voted unanimously to
organize a blues festival.
"We were looking for a way to
bring in more people, for a genre
that could appeal to everyone,"
said John Baines, a co-founder
and treasurer for the chamber.
The festival is free, but Baines
said that the exposure helps
spread the chamber's message.
"It absolutely gives us
an opportunity to raise the
awareness of the chamber of
commerce," Baines said. "We
want to raise the conscious-
ness of the need to increase the
number of African-American
owned businesses."
Volunteers at the chamber
booth distributed information
about functions and banquets,
including seminars that teach
and address business issues
for young entrepreneurs. Past
titles of seminars include "How
to Start a Small Business" and
"Short Range vs. Long Range
Planning," said Baines, who
added that the chamber's educa-
tional slant has nurtured posi-
tive change.
Last year, the festival was
replaced with the Young
Minority Entrepreneurs
Institute, a series of seminars
Photo by Andrew McLemore / Intern
Gator Watson plays with UpAllnightBlues at the Denton Blues Fest Saturday in Quaker-
town Park. The free event featured bands and a blues idol competition.
designed to promote young
people starting their own busi-
nesses, said Sharon McClellan,
chamber secretary.
"Each one of us contributes
to the whole," said McClellan,
referring to the eight board
members of the chamber. "We
spread out like the branches
of a tree."
Punk pioneers Sex Pistols reunite for one concert
LONDON (AP) - The Sex Pistols
are reuniting for a concert to
mark the 30th anniversary of
their only album, Never Mind
the Bollocks.
All four original members
John Lydon, Steve Jones,
Paul Cook and Glen Matlock
— will play a one-time concert
at London's Brixton Academy
on Nov. 8, the band announced
Tuesday on the music Web site
http: //www.nme.com.
The punk pioneers, who once
sang there was "No Future," split
in 1978 but reformed in 1996 and
played together again in 2003.
Last year they were inducted into
the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Led by sneering frontman
Lydon — then known as Johnny
Rotten — the Pistols shocked
many Britons with raucous
singles including "God Save the
Queen," "Anarchy in the U.K."
and "Pretty Vacant."
Released in 1977, Never Mind
the Bollocks is now regarded
as one of the most influential
albums in rock history. It will
be rereleased to mark the anni-
versary.
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