May 2005 Articles
Public Radio Collaboration: "Think
Global"
Throughout the month of May, WFIU will devote special coverage
to exploring how globalization affects you and your community, and
how global change will shape the world that the next generation
inherits. The coverage is part of Public Radio Collaboration 2005-an
annual programming event wherein public radio stations around the
country assemble programming on a single theme. The theme for this
year's collaboration is "Think Global."
Whether we live in Bloomington or Bangkok, Terre Haute or Timbuktu,
globalization is one of the most important trends of our time. Our
lives are connected as they've never been before. What we wear,
what we eat, how we work, how we communicate-almost everything we
do is part of a spectacularly complex web of global interactions.
WFIU will present nine news and information special programs on
this theme on Sunday evenings in May. We will add our own local
resources to this international network with thematic installments
of Noon Edition, Saturday Feature and Ether Game.
And on Wednesday, May 18, at 10 p.m., we will present Yo-Yo Ma and
the Silk Road Ensemble Live in Concert, produced by WFMT from a
performance given in Chicago in April of this year.
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American RadioWorks
This month we present three documentaries from American RadioWorks,
public radio's largest documentary production unit.
Gangs in the Supermax
Sunday, May 1, 8 p.m.
Producer Michael Montgomery investigates the gang culture inside
the Pelican Bay "supermax" prison in California. We hear
from Robert Gratton, a former member of the Nuestra Familia who
dropped out and cooperated with FBI investigators, who describes
how gang affiliation is determined. Lt. Steven Perez gives an address
to graduates at Pelican Bay's gang dropout program, using the story
of St. Paul to describe the challenges of leaving the gang. "Luis,"
a former member of a Latino gang, talks about the biggest obstacle
to quitting a gang: pride. And former gang member "David"
describes going through Pelican Bay's debriefing program and getting
paroled.
Global 2.0
Sunday, May 8, 8 p.m.
Combining the talents of Robert Krulwich and American RadioWorks'
Chris Farrell, Global 2.0 shows how the high-speed movement of goods,
people, capital and ideas is transforming the global economy. Our
first stop is Pittsburgh, a manufacturing city devastated by global
competition that rebuilt itself as an information hub in the 1990s.
Now the city and its knowledge workers face new competition from
the low-cost, high-skill workers in India, China and elsewhere.
We next visit Bangladesh, suddenly one of the world's biggest producers
of prawns, and from there to Bulgaria, a center of Europe's illegal
traffic in people.
The Cost of Corruption
Sunday, May 15, 8 p.m.
Until recently, bribes and other forms of corruption were considered
business as usual for Western corporations and governments operating
overseas. Now, transnational institutions see corruption as a major
obstacle to development. But in the hyper-competitive global marketplace,
can corruption ever be eradicated? Featuring extraordinary tape
from Peru, Sao Tome and the Republic of Georgia, this program explores
corruption from the inside, focusing on both the problems besetting
these countries and on attempts at finding solutions.
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America Abroad: The U.S.
and China-Bush's Next Test
Sunday, May 1, 9 p.m.
President Bush has called for an end to tyranny around the world:
"We will persistently clarify the choice before every ruler
and every nation: The moral choice between oppression, which is
always wrong, and freedom, which is eternally right."
China: Bush's Next Test with anchor Ray Suarez examines the implications
of that position for America's relationship with the People's Republic
of China. It considers the effect of Bush's intentions on those
seeking to promote greater democracy and human rights in China,
and it probes how the administration can balance this doctrine with
its economic and strategic interests in that country.
Correspondents look at the situation from various points of view.
Garrick Utley narrates an archival audio history of U.S.-China relations.
Margaret Warner hosts an "Eyewitness" examination of the
first Bush administration's response to the Tiananmen Square shootings.
Steve Roberts reports on the growing Sino-American economic relationship.
And Marvin Kalb hosts a roundtable discussion on the prospects for
political evolution and democracy in China.
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Worlds of Difference: Local Culture
in a Global Age
Sunday, May 8, 9 p.m.
This intimate, sound-rich documentary is about the efforts of traditional
societies to find their place in the global economy. The hour is
enlivened with music, collected sound and interviews with leading
thinkers. Stories include a lyrical report on the cultural impact
of the collapse of the Newfoundland cod fishery, a visit to Scotland's
Outer Hebrides, where entrepreneurs are using the Internet as a
cultural lifeline, an up-close look at a tiny Mexican town's attempt
to market its hand-made local liquor, and an eyewitness account
of an Andean village's anguished decision about whether to sell
its colorful native potatoes to city buyers. Join host María
Hinojosa as she brings you into the homes and communities of people
facing critical decisions about their changing ways of life.
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Security Check: Confronting Today's
Global Threats
Sunday, May 15, 9 p.m.
Globalization confers a mixed blessing upon the world. Threats
to health and security move across national borders as easily as
information and capital. Can we find global responses to these global
challenges?
"Security Check: Confronting Today's Global Threats" focuses
on personal stories illustrating some of the most dangerous threats
facing the world today: weapons of mass destruction, HIV/AIDS, civil
war, small arms, interstate conflict, terrorism, and organized crime.
These stories are woven with the relevance on America and Americans,
as well as the latest efforts to find collective answers to these
shared problems.
David Brancaccio, host and editor of the PBS weekly series NOW hosts
and reports for the special one-hour documentary, which is a Stanley
Foundation production in association with KQED Public Radio.
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Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble:
Live in Concert
Wednesday, May 18, 10 p.m.
In keeping with this month's theme of "Think Global,"
WFIU presents this special broadcast of a concert that explores
the links between Eastern and Western music.
Cellist Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble perform music that explores
the cultures that flourished along the Silk Road-the ancient trade
route that for centuries linked China and the West.
This live concert from Orchestra Hall in Chicago features composers
and musicians who share a mastery of both traditional and contemporary
musical language, and by this mastery have forged unique, bi-cultural
careers.
Featured works include a medley of compositions written by Chinese
composers Zhao Jiping and Zhao Lin; ensemble members such as Iranian
kamancheh virtuoso Kayhan Kalhor; the Azerbaijani composer Franghiz
Ali-Zadeh; and work based on Indian percussion cycles written by
tabla virtuoso Sandeep Das. Interwoven throughout the program are
arrangements of "roots" music from Iran, China, Azerbaijan,
Armenia, Romania and Turkey.
The Silk Road Ensemble is an international collective of musicians
that nourishes global connections while maintaining the integrity
of art rooted in an authentic tradition.
Yo-Yo Ma founded the Silk Road Project in 1998 to study the ebb
and flow of ideas among different cultures along the Silk Road.
"Throughout my travels," says Ma, "I have thought
about the culture, religions and ideas that have been influential
for centuries along these historic land and sea routes, and have
wondered how these complex interconnections occurred, and how new
musical voices were formed from the diversity of these traditions.
"We live in a world of increasing awareness and interdependence,
and I believe that music can act as a magnet to draw people together."
Your journey along the Silk Road is hosted by WFMT's Jan Weller.
It includes an exclusive interview with Yo-Yo Ma and members of
the Silk Road Ensemble.
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BBC World Service: China's World
These programs explore the influence of contemporary China
across the globe, examining the way this mighty economic power affects
regional economies and the lives of ordinary people.
Part 1: Sunday, May 22, 8 p.m.
Part 2: Sunday, May 29, 8 p.m.
Argentina's growth reached more than eight per cent in 2004 and
many analysts say one of the biggest factors behind its remarkable
recovery from its crisis three years ago has been China's demand
for soy. Argentina now provides 30 per cent of China's soy needs,
and the Asian giant is now Argentina's fourth major destination
for its products. But is Argentina relying too much on China, and
is it a good idea to concentrate on one crop to make business with
a global superpower?
In Sierra Leone, a semi-private Chinese company is set to invest
up to $200 million in a large-scale tourist resort. If it goes ahead,
the venture will finance the construction of 200 hotels, conference
centers, sports facilities, and a promenade along one of the most
beautiful beaches in West Africa. China and Sierra Leone have had
good relations since Sierra Leone pushed for China's admission into
the UN in 1971. But this venture would be the largest direct foreign
investment in a country still ranked as the poorest in the world.
Reporters Oleg Boldyrev and Dina Zhansagimova travel to Kazakhstan,
where they explore whether this new and very promising oil-rich
country is still under Russian political dominance, or if its other
big neighbor, China, is starting to get a far more prominent hold.
The story starts in Kazakhstan's oil fields, which were an integral
part of the Soviet economy and are now driven by the Chinese. What
do local people-many of whom are Russian-think about these changes?
Romania is an important garments producer, and France is one of
the top fabric producers in the world. China, meanwhile, produces
a fifth of all the clothes worn worldwide. Anca Toader travels to
France and Romania to compare how the two countries deal with cheap
imports of Chinese clothes, and how they maintain their position
on the foreign markets where they compete with the Chinese garments.
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Feet in Two Worlds: Immigrants in
the Global City
Sunday, May 22, 9 p.m.
For generations, immigrants who came to the U.S. were forced to
make a clean break with home. Today, many find themselves in constant
contact with their home countries, and the key to survival is not
just learning how to live in America, but learning to live in two
places at once.
Hosted by author Frank McCourt, and set in New York's immigrant
communities, Feet in Two Worlds features personal stories from reporters
from the city's ethnic press and public radio station WNYC. Stories
include a look at the emotional and financial ties that link Haitian
immigrants to their desperately poor country; Ecuadorian immigrants
using videoconferencing technology to connect with children they
left behind; and immigrants from South Asia who find sexual liberation
in New York, but also embrace traditional Indian and Pakistani family
values.
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Justice Talking: The U.S. and the
International Criminal Court
Sunday, May 29, 9 p.m.
Justice Talking delivers insight on the hot-button legal issues
we all read, think, and talk about every day. From cross burning
to flag burning, the war on drugs to the war on terror, the right
to vote and the right to pray, the program brings together experts
to debate all sides of an issue.
After World War II, the United States helped lay the foundations
for the International Criminal Court based in the Hague. Since then,
America has often led the international community in pursuing justice
for genocide, ethnic cleansing, and other atrocities.
But Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush raised significant
concerns about the jurisdiction of the ICC and refused further U.S.
involvement. The State Department says it fears actions against
American soldiers, private contractors and other citizens. Critics
of the Bush policy say the U.S. is trying to avoid standards of
international justice.
Join Justice Talking host Margot Adler and Radio Netherlands as
they bring together prestigious guests before a live audience in
Amsterdam for a thought-provoking debate where surprises are common,
often entertaining, and always enlightening.
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Community Events
WFIU is the media sponsor for the following events. Find more information
on these and other activities on the calendar page of our Web site:
www.wfiu.indiana.edu.
Bloomington Symphony Orchestra Spring Classical Concert 35th
Anniversary
Sunday, May 1 at 3 p.m.
The Bloomington Symphony Orchestra will present a 35th anniversary
concert at Bloomington High School North Auditorium. The program
will include La cathédrale engloutie by Claude Debussy, Concerto
in F for Piano & Orchestra by George Gershwin and Symphony No.
4 in e minor, Op. 98 by Johannes Brahms. Tamas Ungar will be the
pianist and Geoffrey Simon is the guest conductor.
Run Through the Jungle
Saturday, May 14 at 10:30 a.m.
A 5K Run/Walk to benefit the Exotic Feline Rescue Center near Terre
Haute will take place May 14. The event will be held at the center,
which is 4 1/2 miles south of I-70 Brazil exit (#23). A section
of the race will pass by the habitats of the 170 big cats-no one
has ever run a course like this! Start time will be 10:30 a.m. There
will be male/female age-group awards for the run and overall male
and female awards for the walk.
Estate Planning to Benefit Your Family and Your Charities
Saturday, May 14, 2005 from 1:30 to 4 p.m
Columbus Area Visitors Center
This information-packed seminar by gift planner and consultant
Pamela Jones Davidson will explain how to plan your estate, providing
long-term economic security for yourself, your family and your favorite
charities.
Bloomington Early Music Festival
Friday, May 20- Monday, May 30
Various locations
The annual Bloomington Early Music Festival offers an array of
concerts, opera and oratorios; an instrument exhibition, workshops,
and pre-concert talks, all committed to bringing treasures of early
music to life on stage. The only festival of its kind in the Midwest,
it serves the Bloomington community, the Midwest region and a growing
number of music lovers from across the United States. For a schedule
of events visit www.blemf.org.
"Machinal" by Sophie Treadwell
May 20-22, 26-29 at 8 p.m., Sunday matinee at 2 p.m.
John Waldron Arts Center
The Bloomington Area Arts Council will present this play co-produced
with and directed by Jeremy Wilson. First produced in 1928, "Machinal"
is a powerful expressionistic drama based on an actual murder trial
of the 1920s. Sophie Treadwell's play depicts a young woman searching
for love but who finds herself increasingly imprisoned by a cold,
mechanical society. An early example of modern feminist thought,
the play uses melodic language as it critiques adhering blindly
to traditional societal roles.
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Estate Planning to Benefit Your
Family and Your Charities: An Informative Seminar
Will your loved ones be provided for when you're gone? Would you
like to endow your favorite charities for the next generation while
receiving tax benefits now? An effective estate plan can help you
accomplish these and other goals.
WFIU and WTIU will host "Estate Planning to Benefit Your Family
and Your Charities" on Saturday, May 14, 2005 from 1:30 to
4 p.m. at the Columbus Area Visitors Center, 506 Fifth Street, Columbus,
in the Barbara Stewart Room. If you want to provide long-term economic
security for yourself, your family, and others, this could be one
of the most valuable seminars you'll ever attend.
Gift planner and consultant Pamela Jones Davidson, president of
Davidson Gift Design of Bloomington, will present this lively, information-packed
talk. Ms. Davidson is a nationally recognized speaker in charitable
gift planning with two decades of experience. She has made numerous
presentations to development professionals, planned giving councils,
estate and tax attorneys, accountants and financial planners, and
to prospects and donors about planned giving and charitable giving
techniques.
An estate plan is important because in most states-including Indiana-when
a person dies without a will the state furnishes a standard "plan"
for the distribution of assets upon death. That plan does not provide
for special friends or charitable interests, and distributes equally
to your heirs no matter what their needs might be. A will, on the
other hand, distributes your estate according to your wishes.
Ms. Davidson will talk about ways to achieve personal planning goals,
such as saving for retirement, diversifying sources of income, and
providing for a surviving spouse. She will discuss reducing various
taxes such as income, capital gains and estate, both local and federal.
Light refreshments will be served, and we will have a question and
answer period. For more information contact Judy Witt at 812-855-2935
or jwitt@indiana.edu.
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Musical
Highlights for May
by Robert Lumpkin, Music Director
Artist of the Month
WFIU's Artist of the Month for April is conductor Jan Harrington.
Jan Harrington has been a faculty member of the Indiana University
School of Music since 1973, and is the former director of choral
activities at University of Oklahoma. Professor Harrington has served
as conductor of the Festival Chorus and SUNY at Fredonia and worked
as a faculty member and conductor at the Aspen Choral Institute
and Dartmouth Conducting Institute. He is a member of the editorial
team for Choral Conducting: A Symposium, second edition, and his
recordings can be found on the Spectrum Records label. Join us on
WFIU on Thursday, May 5, at 7:07 p.m. to here him leading the IU
Chamber Singers in the Cantata, Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227 by Johann
Sebastian Bach. On Wednesday the 11th at the same time he conducts
the IU Chamber Singers again and the IU Chamber Orchestra in Prayers
of Kierkegaard, Op. 30 by Samuel Barber. Jan Harrington can be heard
again on Sunday, May 15, at 11:08 p.m. He leads the IU University
Singers in . . . a riveder le stelle by Ingvar Lidholm. We return
to a capella choral music on Wednesday, May 25, at 10:12 p.m. Jan
Harrington conducts the IU University Singers in the All-Night Vigil
(Vespers), Op. 37 by Sergei Rachmaninov.
New Releases
Our featured new releases for May include a special treat from Naxos.
They have recently come out with a new recording of the Gurre Lieder,
Arnold Schoenberg's large choral masterpiece. Robert Craft leads
soloists, the Simon Joly Chorale and the Philharmonia Orchestra
on two nights. We'll hear "Part 1" on Wednesday, May 4th
at 10:12 p.m. and "Parts 2 & 3" the following Wednesday
at the same time. Recent prize-winning pianist Olga Kern makes an
appearance on WFIU Thursday the 12th at 7:07 p.m. She'll be playing
Rachmaninov's Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat, Op. 36 on a new harmonia
mundi recording. On Thursday, May 19th, at 7:07 p.m. tune in for
another new release from Naxos. This time it's the much talked-about
new recording of Brahms' Symphony No. 1 in c, Op. 68 played by the
London Philharmonic Orchestra led by Marin Alsop. And on Wednesday
the 25th at 10:12 p.m., join us for Haydn's Symphony No. 92 in G
played by the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra conducted by René
Jacob. That's also on a new harmonia mundi release.
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Profiles
Sundays at 7 p.m.
May 1 - Claude Baker
Claude Baker is Chair of the Department of Composition at the
IU School of Music. He was composer-in-residence for the Saint Louis
Symphony Orchestra and his music is performed internationally by
world-renowned orchestras. His numerous honors include an Academy
Award in music from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and
grants from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. The Indianapolis
Symphony will premiere his latest competition Märchenbilder
(Fairytale Images) with Mario Venzago conducting and André
Watts on piano. George Walker is the host.
May 8 - Sol Gordon
Sol Gordon is Professor Emeritus of Child and Family Studies
at Syracuse University and founding director of the Institute for
Family Research and Education. As an author and speaker, he is renowned
for his insight, humor and honest approach to communication about
sexuality, raising and educating children and relationships. His
books include "The Teenage Survival Book," "Raising
a Child Responsibly in a Sexually Permissive World," "Another
Chance at Love: Finding a Partner Later in Life" and "How
Can You Tell If You're Really in Love?" Shana Ritter is the
host.
May 15 - Alasdair Hutton
Alasdair Hutton worked as a radio journalist for radio in Australia,
as a print journalist for The Age newspaper in Melbourne, and then
as an announcer for the BBC in his native Scotland. He was a volunteer
paratrooper for 32 years with the British Army, and later swapped
his parachute for a longbow as a Member of the Queen's Body Guard
for Scotland, which accompanies the Queen on her public ceremonial
duties in Scotland. He left broadcasting to go into politics and
was a member of the European Parliament for ten years. He is now
narrator of the Edinburgh Military Tattoo and Convenor of the Scottish
Borders Council. Patrick O'Meara is the host.
May 22 - Patrick O'Meara
Patrick O'Meara is Dean for International Programs and Professor
of Political Science in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs
at IU. He has published numerous books and articles including "African
Independence: The First Twenty-Five Years," "International
Politics in Southern Africa," and a textbook on Africa that
is used by more than 70 universities and colleges throughout the
U.S. Professor O'Meara is called upon frequently for media interviews
on southern Africa and has testified before the U.S. House Foreign
Relations Committee.
March 29 - Michael Steinberg
Michael Steinberg is a musicologist, teacher, chamber music
coach, narrator, and was music critic of The Boston Globe for twelve
years. He is the program annotator of the San Francisco Symphony
and the New York Philharmonic and is considered the premier writer
of program notes for symphony orchestra concerts. His books-"The
Symphony," "The Concerto" and "Choral Masterworks"-have
been praised for their delightful blend of biography, musical analysis
and humor. Peter Jacobi is the host.
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The Radio Reader with Dick
Estell
"The Broker"
by John Grisham
Begins: Thursday, May 19
During his final hours in the Oval Office, the outgoing American
president grants a controversial last-minute pardon to Joel Backman,
a notorious Washington power broker who has spent the last six years
hidden away in a federal prison. What no one knows is that the president
issues the pardon only after receiving enormous pressure from the
CIA. It seems that Backman, in his power broker heyday, may have
obtained secrets that compromise the world's most sophisticated
satellite surveillance system.
Backman is quietly smuggled out of the country and settles into
his new life. However, the CIA will leak his whereabouts to the
Israelis, the Russians, the Chinese, and the Saudis. The question
is not whether Backman will survive . . . there is no chance of
that. The question the CIA needs answered is, who will kill him?
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A Prairie Home Companion
at the Indiana State Fair
Garrison Keillor and the Prairie Home Companion Rhubarb Tour are
coming to the Indiana State Fair on Wednesday, August 17 and WFIU
is offering a great package deal.
Your ticket includes round-trip bus fare with refreshments, a special
event goodie bag, admission to the Indiana State Fair and a ticket
to the APHC Rhubarb Tour evening performance.
You'll have the option of taking either a morning bus or an afternoon
bus, depending on how much time you want to spend at the fair.
Refreshments will be available on the bus and each participant will
receive a Three lucky participants will receive a backstage pass
for photo and autograph opportunities.
Call us now for details and to reserve your seat. Reservations must
be made by WFIU members. Space is limited. Call 812-855-3957 or
800-662-3311.
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Broadcasts from the IU School of
Music
PURCELL-Welcome to all the pleasures; Stanley Ritchie/IU Baroque
Orch.; Pro Arte Singers (John Poole, dir.)
Airs: 5/2 at 7 p.m., 5/3 at 10a.m., 5/6 at 3 p.m.
MOZART-Violin Sonata in e, K. 304 (300c); Miriam Fried, vln.; Jonathan
Biss, p.
Airs: 5/9 at 7 p.m., 5/10 at 10 a.m., 5/13 at 3 p.m.
BRAHMS-Violin Sonata No. 3 in d, Op. 108; Federico Agostini, vln.;
Reiko Neriki, p.
Airs: 5/16 at 7 p.m., 5/17 at 10 a.m.
MOZART-Violin Sonata in B-flat, K. 454; Miriam Fried, vln.; Jonathan
Biss, p.
Airs: 5/23 at 7 p.m., 5/24 at 10 a.m.
BRAHMS-Violin Sonata No. 1 in G, Op. 78; Federico Agostini, vln.;
Reiko Neriki, p.
Airs: 5/30 at 7 p.m., 5/31 at 10 a.m.
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Sylvia McNair's Big Life Questions
Sylvia McNair radiated happiness as she had performed standards
by Cole Porter and George Gershwin with the Bloomington Camerata
in April. "Some of the songs were new to me," said the
singer, "and some very familiar. But all are songs I love!"
McNair recently made news in the classical music world when, after
two decades as a world-renowned lyric soprano, she bid goodbye to
opera and embraced the popular music repertoire.
The title of McNair's one-woman cabaret show sums up her feelings
about her career change: "This is All Very New to Me."
She performs the show in New York and Chicago, and is doing numerous
pops concerts with various orchestras around the country.
So, she was asked, what made her trade La Scala to the Oak Room?
"For over twenty years," McNair replied, "I've been
traveling the world singing operas, symphony orchestra concerts,
recitals and making records. I've had an amazing run of it. Certainly
I got twenty more years than I ever dreamed I'd get!
"But once I rounded off that twenty-year mark, I started asking
myself some Big Life Questions. 'What do I want to do with the next
twenty years of my singing life? How can I reduce the pain and increase
the pleasure? How can I bring back the element of fun and play to
my work?'
The answers didn't come to her immediately, but she had always adored
the musical theater repertoire. So she made the switch from Mozart
to Gershwin. Is she happy with her decision?
"I'm having more fun singing than I've ever had in my whole
singing life," she declared. "Not to say that I didn't
enjoy my opera career. I mean I had twenty plus amazing years, twenty
more than I ever thought I'd get. I had a great run of it and learned
so much and had eye-popping, jaw-dropping experiences. But now I'm
finally doing what makes my heart race. The music that I just love
so much."
Her fans and the critics share her enthusiasm. Reviewing her one-woman
show, The New York Sun wrote, "Her style is disarmingly personal
as she totally reinvents herself. . . . If she has one trait in
common with Judy Garland, it is her ability to cut through the blue
air to make a direct connection with her audience."
But one dream remains unfulfilled. McNair hopes someday to be in
a Broadway musical-singing, acting, and dancing.
"So far no Broadway producers are knocking down my front door
asking me to star in their new production of 'Kiss Me, Kate' or
'The King and I'" she quipped, "but I remain hopeful."
Smiling mischievously she added, "When a girl gets into her
forties she deserves to have fun."
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Transforming the Translator
Summer is coming, but WFIU engineers were preparing for winter
recently in Terre Haute.
Brad Howard and John Shelton were on the roof of the ISU Education
Building installing a new transmitting antenna while Tim Gentry
was on the street as "ground tag man." The new translator
has a heater that will prevent ice buildup on winter days.
"When ice builds up on the antenna in winter the transmitter
power is reduced," Shelton said. "The deicer will allow
full power to be a maintained during ice storms."
It was a cold and windy morning as the two worked on a 40-foot high
scaffold atop the 200-foot tall building. The work caused the translator
to be off for about an hour.
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