tl19890406-006 "April 6, 1989 The Towerlight Effects enhance Mechanics show by Timothy Tilghman Contributing writer Mike & the Mechanics put on a tight performance at the Towson Center Arena Friday, March 31. Band leader, Mike Rutherford, a founding member of the megasupergroup Gene-sis, refrained from showcasing himself by rotating lead vocal-ists. Of the 16 songs performed, Paul Young, who plays drums and keyboards, sang ""All I Need Is A Miracle,"" ""Nobody's Perfect,"" ""Taken In,"" and ""Hanging By A Thread."" Key-boardist and bassist Paul Car-rack, formerly of both Ace and Squeeze sang ""Silent Run-ning,"" and ""Nobody Knows."" He also sang the hit single of their title track, The Living Years�a song composed by Brian Robertson and Ruther-ford both of whom lost their fathers three years ago. In addition to Young and Car-rack, Timothy Fenwick han-dled both guitar and bass like Rutherford, but was more im-pressive as a guitarist. Adrian Lee was a second keyboardist Fraternity perpetrates ""Pantry Raid"" The members of the Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity at Tow-son State University collected 1,837 pounds of non-perishable food items for the Maryland Food Bank on March 12 and 13. The event was called a ""Pantry Raid."" Members left grocery bags on doorsteps Wed-nesday, asking residents to fill the bags with canned goods and leave them on their front porches for pick-up Saturday or Sunday. Approximately 160 families donated to the Pantry Raid. ""This event would not have been possible without the sup-port of area businesses,"" said Vince Russomanno, .director of Philanthropy for Lambda Chi Alpha, ""Giant Food donated the grocery bags, Ryder Truck and Van Rental donated two vans and all the printing was done courtesy of Insty Prints."" The Pantry Raid was so suc-cessful that the fraternity plans to make it an annual event. ""This was a practice run. We hit 800 homes and the response was excellent. Next year we hope to double that number,"" said Russomanno. and Peter Van Hooke kept a strong and solid beat on an elec-tric drum kit. Even though the tunes varied from straight away rockers to quiet melodies, the unity of the band remained. All of the mem-bers provided excellent back-up vocals and sharp harmonies, ex-cept Van Hooke, and the sound mix was clear enough to hear individual guitar amplifica-tions. The music was comple-mented by a slick utilization of colored spotlights, slide projec-tions, taped sound effects, smoke, and stage lighting against a solid black fence motif. Although the Mechanics played well together, especially for a non-regularly performing band, the audience seemed to be slow in responding to their quality level. However, shortly before the encore, Young invited the crowd to come forward and dance. That brought the audi-ence to life, as did Lee who surprised everyone by stripping down to his socks and shorts. Page 7 Center Stage's There's One In Every Marriage is a farcical, comic-fillPed�tp�lbaYyRbcy the master of the art of infidelity, Georges Feydeau. Feydeau examines the institution of marriage by setting up situations in which the audience knows the couple will get caught, but you don't know who will catch who with whom. Pictured above is Byron Jennings as Roubillion, an outrageous philanderer, and Carolyn McCormick as Lucienne Vatelin, a vengeful wife seeking to spite a cheating husband. There's One In Every Marriage is one of three plays in Center Stage's RE: DISCOVERY series in which the plays are rotated through June 18. or erson TSU music professor opens door to ""new world"" for students '""���� VER N p oto .y Cecylia Barczyk, a TSU music professor, was awarded the title of Distinguished Honorary Professor by China's Tianjin Conservatory of Music. averman by Evelyn McLaughlin Contributing writer In recognizing the need to establish an effective exchange and cooperation program be-tween the United States and China, Cecylia Barczyk, profes-sor of music at Towson State, was awarded the title of Distin-guished Honorary Professor by the Tianjin Conservatory of Music. With the cooperation be-tween Professor Yang, presi-dent of Tianjin Conservatory, and President Hoke Smith, the program allows each exchange student to study in a ""new world,"" and capture the essence of knowledge and growth that a new atmosphere can bring about. The TSU exchange program has brought students from Po-land, China, and, most recently, Argentina. Barczyk, an internationally known musician and cellist, has been at Towson State Univer-sity for six years. She has per-formed in almost all fifty states. Because of performances in Alice Tully Hall (1981) and Car-negie Hall (1982), she received high critical and public ac-claim. In addition to performing in the US, she has performed in Hungary, Poland, Germany, and the Soviet Union. ""When I first came to Tow-son, there was no single cellist major. Within the course of six years, there are four cellist ma-jors, four students who are studying, and three string en-sembles who are promoting music in our community,"" says Barczyk. Barczyk, along with two other TSU faculty, Gilbert A. Bru-gardt, dean of Fine Arts and Communications, and David Marchand, chairman of the De-partment of Music, recently visited seven Chinese institu-tions of higher education, per-forming recitals and accom-panying orchestras. ""Sometimes the students, be-cause of things beyond their control, can't make it to the University. But with TSU's ex-change program, it is not only hopeful, but it is possible that more students will be able to participate in the program,"" says Barczyk. ""My students are very am-bitious. It's my goal to push those ambitions to the far-thest,"" she adds. ""The at-mosphere of learning and schol-arly growth is here at Towson. With these ingredients, competi-tion is great, and makes [the students] better and better."" Barczyk and pianist Rey-naldo Reyes will perform as part of a ""Candy Concert"" at the Walters Art Gallery Sun-day, April 9 at 2:30 pm. They will be performing VCPF, writ-ten by TSU music professor, Gordon Cyr. "
