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Published by the Library Staff Association of the University of Oregon Library System
No. 34, July 2001
GONZO 2001
Gonzo this year was full of variety and proved a hit with our audience. El Invisible once again emceed the event, which opened with a brilliantly played flute solo by Bruce Tabb. Harriett Smith, accompanied by Ben Farrell at the keyboard, then offered beautiful renditions of two songs, Ned Rorem's "The Sleeping Palace" and Duke Ellington's "In a Sentimental Mood". The absolutely adorable mother-daughter tap dance duo of Lori and Libby Robare then performed "Sailor Dance."A musical Cook's tour of the world followed, beginning with Terry and Ellen McQuilkin and Michael Wherley playing Zimbabwean music on the marimba, with the driving hosho rhythms provided by Marilyn Mohr. We then traveled to Hawaii to watch Aimee Yogi's exquisite and evocative hula, "Pua Hona." Our next stop was Ireland, as The Banshee, consisting of Susan Hoyt, Ann Muller, Julie Palmer, Lori Robare, Harriett Smith and Heather Ward, performed a ceili dance called "The Fairy Reel." Returning to Zimbabwe, we heard the masterful mbira playing of Marilyn Mohr and Marilyn Kolodziejczyk, who were joined by an outstanding singer and hosho player, Jennifer Kyker.
The highlight of the afternoon came at the end, as Susan Hoyt and Connor Dudley sang the love duet, "ISBNing to Fall in Love," from the musical comedy, LIBRARY - The Musical, composed by the amazingly skillful Connor, a AAA Library student assistant and theater arts major who obviously has a bright future. The pair's brilliant comedic acting and fine singing had the audience rolling in the aisles; they were assisted by a fine company consisting of Doug Jenkins, Erik Dahl, Mark Mimnaugh, Beth Gibbs, Jessica Rubin, Collins Makunda, Mike Spangenberg, Tenille Dover, and Emily Dixon. Refreshments were provided by the Library Staff Association.
--Terry McQuilkin
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Above: Susan Hoyt and Connor Dudley dance in "ISBNing to Fall in Love"
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Above: The chorus line for "ISNBing to Fall in Love"
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Above: Aimee Yogi dances hula, "Pua Hone."
Accordion Awareness Month Observed
In the United states, June is National Accordion Awareness month.
In celebration of this fact, David Landazuri assembled a display with
the
help of the Music Services staff, (most notably Leslie Bennett,) to honor
the multicultural squeezebox in its variety of forms. Elements were
selected from the Douglass Listening Room, Special Collections, the
regular Knight Library stacks, and materials were also loaned by accordion
enthusiasts from the community at large, including the currently reigning
S.L.U.G. queen, Accordionna. The staff of Music Services, in whose display
cases the exhibit was housed, report that the homage elicited numerous
favorable comments from our patrons. Perhaps next year it can be
accompanied by a concert!
--submitted by El Invisible
Diversity Doings
Rose Thomas has been appointed Chair of the Library Diversity Committee and the Library Diversity Committee has recently had their first meeting under the guidance of a new chair. The committee has chosen to use the downtime during summer session to begin planning events for the next year. LDC hopes to present an ongoing film series, which will highlight films from the Library's video collection. We hope to show a film each term-starting with a film this summer. We also hope to have a talk on the Census 2000 findings and the changing diversity make-up in Oregon. There may also be another display of Special Collections materials in the display cases.
If you have any great suggestions for upcoming events, please contact Rose Thomas, LDC Chair (rthomas@oregon, ext. 6-1842).
FROM THE FACT FILE
1. Initially this police drama enjoyed strong critical but not popular
acclaim. A number of factors helped bring up ratings and make this one of
the most memorable crime shows in television history: a large cast of
interesting characters, superbly played by its brilliant and ever-evolving
cast, a clever admixture of humor and tragedy, and a judicious dose of
romantic secondary plots, all introduced by Mike Post's memorable theme
music.
2. This sitcom was about the life of a wise
and caring father and his family (wife, three children) living in the town
of Springfield. It began as a radio program, and its central character
was
played by the actor who had played that role in the radio broadcasts.
3. Based on a German film of the same name, this half-hour sitcom was
centered at a restaurant/motel in the middle of the California desert. It
starred Whoopie Goldberg, but she left the show after nine episodes, and
the show quickly fizzled out.
4. This series followed the adventures of two American undercover agents
whose assignments took them all over the world. Particularly notable is
the fact that this was the first dramatic series to feature an
African-American actor, in this case an actor who later played title roles
in situation comedies he helped create.
5. The school was fictional, but the zip code was real in this serial that
revolved around the lives of a group of high school students living in a
famously wealthy enclave of Los Angeles County.
6. This sitcom focused on a Columbus, Ohio family in which the idealistic
liberalism of the parents was offset by the conservatism of their Richard
Nixon-loving son and the blatant materialism of the eldest of two
daughters, who was also the object of affection from the neighborhood
nerd.
7. A spinoff from another show, this sitcom starred Valerie Harper as a
native New Yorker who returns to her home city after living in Minneapolis, gets a job,
falls in love with the owner of a wrecking company, and in the first
season, marries the man.
8. The decade that produced a horse that could talk and a dolphin able to
solve problems more effectively than the well-meaning chief park ranger
also gave us this short-lived adventure show whose title character was a
650-pound American black bear with the temperament of a lamb.
9. This dramatic program sprung from a Christmas special called "The
Homecoming," whose popularity was so great that it was turned into a
series. That series, despite its placement on the schedule against a
well-loved comedy show, became an instant hit, ran for nearly a decade,
and garnered several Emmys. Set in rural Virginia, its characters were the
seven children and parents who made up the tight-knit family whose name
was also the series title.
10. Perhaps the most popular program in television history, this comedy
remains as durable as ever, due in no small part to the comic genius of
its two principal actors, the husband-wife team of a popular band
leader and one of America's most remembered and beloved comediennes.
Submit your answers
to Fact File by July 26. A $5.00 gift
certificate, redeemable at the UO Bookstore,
will be awarded to the library staff member whose submission has the most
correct answers. In the event
of a tie, a
random drawing will be held to determine a winner. The answers, and the
name of our winners, will be announced in the September issue of LSA
News.
A MEMORIAL SERVICE will be held July 15 for Karyn Schleicher, who died
June 23. Karyn worked in Knight Library for almost 30 years before retiring in
April 2000. The July 15th service will be held at 11:20 a.m. at the First
Congregational Church, 1050 E 23rd St. in Eugene. Memorial contributions
may be made to the Cascade Raptor Center, to Womenspace or to the Greenhill
Humane Society.
Friend Ellen Klaastad said:
"It is will an extremely heavy heart I announce that Karyn Schleischer has
passed away this last Saturday. Karyn was a hard core union activist who
was active in ALL of the past strikes. During the last one, her health
wasn't what it used to be but she still relieved strikers for breaks on
the strike line."
"Karyn worked in Knight Library -- from Microforms to Music then lastly
Current Periodicals & Stacks. She was a Library Contact person for years
and performed some union back up duties for me. In July 2000, due to
health needs, she retired early."
"She was an animal lover and knew most of the Lane County Humaine Society
employees as well as many veternarians in town. Her pets have been placed
in good homes."
The Library Staff Association gratefully acknowledge Dennis Hyatt's gift
to LSA in Karyn's memory.
Robert R. McCollough of Eugene died May 31. He was 82. Robert was head of
the library's humanities division from 1950 until his retirement in 1984.
He also served as acting collection development librarian in the early
1980's. Memorial contributions may be made to Central Presbyterian Church
in Eugene.
The Library Staff Association News will be taking a break for the
month of August. It will return in September with new editors and new
features. Enjoy your summer!
Kudos!
Congratulations to Associate Professor Angus Nesbit on his
promotion!
Andrew Nicholson, MAP/GIS Librarian, starts July 30.
David McCallum started as Info Tech Consultant in Media Services June 11.
Victoria Mitchell will begin her new assignment as Head of the Science
Library on August 1.
Staff profile:
Micah
Champion, Library Personnel
Summer Reruns
by TERRY McQUILKIN
Summertime television, as we know, means reruns. But instead of
resurrecting programs from the past several months, Fact File offers you a
chance to revisit some programs aired during the past several decades.
From the descriptions that follow, see if you can identify the names of
these programs that at one time filled the airwaves during prime time.
Some were blockbusters; others were bombs. In order to give all of our
readers a fair shake, we've selected two shows from each decade from the
1950's through the 1990's.
In Memoriam
Summer Vacation
Welcome New Staff!