CultureSCAPE diversifies and conquers
Issue date: 11/15/07
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Kicking off the newly designed CultureSCAPE, the Office of Multicultural Student affairs hosted the annual CultureShow this past Saturday evening.
In an effort to promote diversity, CultureSCAPE, previously known as CultureFest, will now cover the entire year instead of limiting ethnic awareness to 11 days. These changes have been made in honor of the event's 20th anniversary.
Hopefully this CultureShow will be indicative of the reinvigorated collaboration between student groups and the administration intended to create a nurturing and understanding environment on campus.
With a short introduction from this year's hosts, Michelle Gutierrez and Gabrielle Morris, the show started in a relatively timely manner.
Although they were definitely enthusiastic, their bad humor would eventually put a damper on the evening. Such lines as, "Good news, we have air conditioning. Bad news, the second half is really hot, so stick around," elicited awkward chuckles from the crowd.
The evening began with an exhibition of Capoeira, Brazilian dance-fighting. Although the format has differed little from year to year (the members stand in a semi-circle, playing drums and singing while two members fight in the middle), it seemed as though the crowd was more involved this year. The enthusiasm certainly set the tone for the rest of the evening.
Next was a solo performance by Claire Kenney, an international Irish Dance competitor. Doing two "hard shoe" routines, titled "Kilkenney Races" and a traditional trump jig, Kenney gave the audience a taste of real Irish heritage.
Ketzev, the Jewish a capella group on campus, sang two songs. First, they did "Ahava K'Tana" (Small Love), an original song by Shiri Maimon, the winner of Kochav HaNolad (The Born Star), an Israeli version of American Idol.
Second, they translated Boyz II Men's hit "So Hard to Say Goodbye" into Hebrew. The better of the two pieces was definitely the former song. For some reason, English songs never translate well into Hebrew, although, their rendition of "Ahava K'tana" was more sweet and melodic than the power-poppy original.
In an effort to promote diversity, CultureSCAPE, previously known as CultureFest, will now cover the entire year instead of limiting ethnic awareness to 11 days. These changes have been made in honor of the event's 20th anniversary.
Hopefully this CultureShow will be indicative of the reinvigorated collaboration between student groups and the administration intended to create a nurturing and understanding environment on campus.
With a short introduction from this year's hosts, Michelle Gutierrez and Gabrielle Morris, the show started in a relatively timely manner.
Although they were definitely enthusiastic, their bad humor would eventually put a damper on the evening. Such lines as, "Good news, we have air conditioning. Bad news, the second half is really hot, so stick around," elicited awkward chuckles from the crowd.
The evening began with an exhibition of Capoeira, Brazilian dance-fighting. Although the format has differed little from year to year (the members stand in a semi-circle, playing drums and singing while two members fight in the middle), it seemed as though the crowd was more involved this year. The enthusiasm certainly set the tone for the rest of the evening.
Next was a solo performance by Claire Kenney, an international Irish Dance competitor. Doing two "hard shoe" routines, titled "Kilkenney Races" and a traditional trump jig, Kenney gave the audience a taste of real Irish heritage.
Ketzev, the Jewish a capella group on campus, sang two songs. First, they did "Ahava K'Tana" (Small Love), an original song by Shiri Maimon, the winner of Kochav HaNolad (The Born Star), an Israeli version of American Idol.
Second, they translated Boyz II Men's hit "So Hard to Say Goodbye" into Hebrew. The better of the two pieces was definitely the former song. For some reason, English songs never translate well into Hebrew, although, their rendition of "Ahava K'tana" was more sweet and melodic than the power-poppy original.
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