The University of Nebraska Cornhusker Marching Band will trade the football field for center stage at 8 p.m. Dec. 13 when it performs in concert at the Lied Center for Performing Arts, 12th and Q streets.
The the 267-strong Marching Red will perform the music from all of 1997's pregame and halftime shows and a few holiday selections. Among the themes will be "The Doors," "Big Bands" and "Fantasy Movies."
The band will be directed by the drum majors, graduate students and assistant band director Rod Chestnutt, who is in his third year at the University of Nebraska.
Tickets are available at the Lied Center Box Office by calling (402) 472-4747. Student and senior citizen admission is $5; adult tickets are $10.
NU Theatre Arts and Dance will again offer Creative Drama for Youth on six Saturday mornings Feb. 7, 14, 21, 28 and March 7 and 14, on the third floor of the Temple Building, 12th and R streets. Workshops tailored for elementary students grades 2-5 will be held from 9 to 10:15 am. and workshops tailored for middle school students grades 6-8 will be held from 10:30 to 11:45 a.m. on each of the Saturday mornings. There is a one-time fee of $25 for all six workshops.
Workshops will explore the world of theater through the improvisation of appropriate stories, poems, legends and world events. The children will use imagination, the senses concentration, voice and body to develop skills in beginning acting This is not a course in theater production. A play will not be produced. Sessions wil be informal and imaginative - a perfect compliment to school work in language arts and social studies. They will occasionally make masks, puppets and costume pieces, all to help the imagination soar.
For additional information, call Karen Libman at 472-1626.
All workshops are first-come/first-served. Deadline is Jan. 26. Parents are invited to attend the first class.
In its second outing, the Dance Program will offer Creative Movement for Kids on the same six Saturday mornings. This workshop will be designed for elementary students grdes 1-4. It will be heldon the third floor of the Temple Building from 10:30 to 11:45 a.m. There is a one-time fee of $25 for all six workshops.
Fly, leap, roll and fall. Children will learn to create their own dances solving active and fun movement problems. The workshops are great for coordination, self-confidence, group cooperation and creative thinking. Children experience the joy of moving without competition. The class will be lead by Charlotte Adams, UNL director of dance, who will be assisted by UNL dance students.
For additional information, call Charlotte Adams at 472-1713.
All workshops are first-come/first-served. Deadline is Jan. 26. Parents are invited to attend the first class.
"Language in Lace" will be spoken at the Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery when an exhibit of heirloom lace is showcased from Dec. 15 through Jan. 30.
The exhibit includes many examples of lace, including a geometrically patterned infant's gown from 1850, a delicate black Chantilly lace shawl and a 96-year-old lace bride's handkerchief owned by the late Addie A. Gladstone of Omaha. A Christian Dior lace evening gown from about 1950 also will be featured in the "Language in Lace" exhibit.
Although lace originated as early as the 16th century, it is receiving renewed appreciation today through use by fashion designers including Donna Karan, John Galiono and the late Gianni Versace. But what accounts for the timeless popularity of the textile?
"It has to do with the intricate design and delicacy of it. Lace has a transparent, very delicate quality. The designs can be quite complex and there is an allure because one can see through it," says Barbara Trout, associate professor of textiles, clothing and design and co-curator of the show.
In addition to the renewed enthusiasm for lace, there also is a resurgence in lacemaking, says co-curator Kathleen Rotella, who earned her master of arts degree from the university's textiles, clothing and design department and is the president of Living Lace, an Omaha lacemakers group.
In conjunction with the exhibit, volunteers from that organization and the Lincoln Lacemakers Guild will demonstrate lacemaking from 2 to 4 p.m. Jan. 18 in the gallery. Lace handmade by members of both groups also will be displayed.
The "Language in Lace" exhibition is a collaborative effort including the historic costume collection at the textiles, clothing and design department and textiles housed at the Western Heritage Museum in Omaha. Portions of the exhibit also stem from a previous exhibit curated by Rotella at the Historic General Dodge House in Council Bluffs, Iowa.
Another contributor to the Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery lace exhibition is the Washington County Museum in Fort Calhoun. The museum has lent a handmade lace dress that was created from 100 spools of cotton sewing thread when thread was sold for a nickel a spool. The dress evokes nostalgia for simpler times and was made in 1886 by 18-year-old Charlotte Moore for a Fourth of July celebration.
"Language in Lace" is intended to educate viewers about the various types of hand and machine-made laces and to explain the impact lace had in women's fashion in the 19th and 20th centuries. The current national popularity of lacemaking also will be brought into focus through the exhibit, Trout said.
Located on the second floor of the Home Economics Building on East Campus, the gallery is open Monday through Thursday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and may be open Friday and other times by special arrangement by calling (402) 472-2911. The gallery will be closed from Dec. 24 through Jan. 4 during the university's holiday break.
-Peg Strain
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