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Sometimes it happens here, in front of the WILK, and other times it’s just around the corner in front of the JFSB. Get the down-low on Freshman dances and Senior ORCA grant demonstrations.

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Caroling in the Square

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I love that Santa is wearing flip-flops

The snow has officially melted, but we all know that wasn’t the last of it.  I was walking through Brigham Square today and saw a group of students dressed in a variety of costumes from the nativity scene, and Santa Clause in a plastic chair.  The girl in the back, on the left, is my favorite.  Looks like she’s supposed to be the Christmas Star, wrapped in gold fabric and Christmas lights.  They were caroling and Santa gave a hearty “Ho, ho, ho, Merry Christmas!” to all the students walking by.

In an unofficial flyer competition with Divine Comedy, their event reads: “Carollama 2010 annual food drive”.  For $2 a person, $3 a couple, you can go around caroling 6:30 PM tonight (Friday), and 5:30 PM tomorrow night (Saturday) with real llamas, for canned food!  I’m assuming all proceeds go to the food drive as well.  Oh and they’re meeting in the NE corner of the Law Parking Lot if you wanna go…plug complete.

Divine Comedy was handing out flyers too for their show this weekend, tonight and tomorrow as well, 7 and 9 PM shows, JFSB auditorium, $5 presale, and $6 at the door.  You might want to check that out too.

And since we’re listing all events happening this weekend, I’m personally going to “Christmas Around the World” at 7:30 PM in the Marriott Center.  Tickets for that are $9 I think, with a student ID.  Over 200 dancers in dozens of costumes, performing folk dances from all over the world, once tonight and twice tomorrow.  Either way, this weekend’s packed.

-Sariah

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Winter fashions and student ratings

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"I do believe that the peacoat originated from a coat that sailors wore..."

It’s December in 2 hours.  We’ve made it through another fall semester at BYU and the snow is on the ground.  The permanent fashion for men and women on campus has and still remains the peacoat.  Usually in black, but every once in a while students will venture into colors like red or blue, these are most often the girls.  I have a peacoat, two actually: black and blue, haha.  Ironically when I google search peacoat though, most of the images are of male models; but  I do believe that the peacoat originated from a coat that sailors wore, who were generally men.  Got it.  This story could be wrong…so don’t quote me on it.

You’ll get used to the snow, and hopefully it won’t take you four years.  I like it a lot now actually, and snow boots are a must. I remember when everyone wore UGGS, haha, but now it’s just whatever.  Rain boots have been in lately too.  I don’t own a pair, but someday I might.

BYU usually requests that students fill out these “student-ratings” surveys online near the end of semesters.  I used to think it was no big deal, until one day my professor told us that they’re actually  a tool the university uses for grading a teacher, and I believe if they aren’t being rated above an 8, it could be bad-news-bears for them…say goodbye to tenure kids…which = not good.  So, rate your teachers honestly, and if you’re sweet, rate them high (but honest 🙂 ).  After hearing this, I think I’ll actually do my student ratings this semester (I usually never do them…).

-Sariah

Please do your student ratings.

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Synthesis and Combos

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Central Avenue Jazz Festival

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Good morning Susan.  They put up stockings in the window of the corner market today; The South End Market.  The BYU jazz big band, Synthesis, is playing tonight, and I only wish that I could go.  They’re fantastic and full of talented musicians.

I’ve been working on a story lately about a jazz combo from BYU.  They auditioned and got into a Jazz Academy for this summer, 5 of them total.  One plays the sax and violin even.  I wish they had a name so I could call them by it, as opposed to the jazz combo, but they’ll figure one out eventually, and I’ll let you know when it happens.

BYU has several jazz bands and a combo program where students create combos, practice twice a week and then come together each Friday to listen to each other play.  They cover any kind of jazz they like, and just sitting in on a Friday session is like going to a world class concert.  Love it.  I listened to some of my friends play a little while ago, and really really wish I could listen to Synthesis tonight.

I don’t know, there’s just something incredible about jazz: The rhythm of the bass, drums, and piano, that sax in the background, trumpets, and vocals here and there.  Ah, so good.  There was a little group playing in the Wilk today during lunch time.  Piano, bass, drums, and a trumpet.  I really don’t know what I’d do without jazz.

You can check out the jazz combo that got into the academy on BYU Weekly this coming Sunday.  Oh and here’s last week’s episode, I think I promised it in a previous post, yeah the one on True Blue Tuesdays, the story’s at the end:

http://www.byutv.org/watch/173-524

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BYU Silly Bands and True Blue Tuesdays

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BYU silly bands -they're out of this world

Sometimes you really suck at accounting, or you just haven’t been studying.  But all in all you’ve got to remember that you did get into BYU, and college period, which, in the words of my roommate means, “you don’t suck at school”.  OK, OK, you’re right Janie, and on the upside dinner last night, turned out awesome.  I’m in this thing called a dinner group.  It’s pretty sweet.  There’s 12 of us and we get together every night, Monday through Thurs to share in the goodness of home-cooked meals.  I love it cause I don’t have to cook every night, and I get to hang with some friends before diving back into the books-diving? right…at least that’s my intention.

As far as BYU Silly Bands and True Blue Tuesdays go though, yesterday, wait, the day before…was True Blue Tuesday.  It’s this new event that comes up every Tuesday.  The idea behind it is getting students to show their spirit every week on campus.  For sure we all dress up for Football and basketball games, but what about just for fun?  Out of our in-conquerable cougar blue spirit?

So they give out a prize every Tuesday to students in blue.  This week’s prize was a BYU Silly Band.  You know those crazy rubber bracelets all the kids are wearing these days?  That’s right, they made one that says, “BYU”.  I did a story on it for BYU Weekly this week.  Check it out this coming Sunday on BYUTV!

-Sariah

Find the True Blue Tuesdays story here: http://www.byutv.org/watch/173-524

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