Published: Friday, September 14, 2007
the scoop
the scoop
be a cavs kid
The Cleveland Cavaliers are holding a workshop-audition for their children's dance troupe, the Cavs Kids, at 10 a.m. Sept. 22 at Quicken Loans Arena. During their inaugural 2006-07 season, the squad made up of dancers and performers ages
5-13 quickly become a crowd favorite. The Cavs Kids perform at six games throughout the regular season (one performance per month).
The workshop-audition will run from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., with registration beginning at 10 a.m. The day will begin with a performance from the Scream Team followed by a group warm up. There will be two learning sessions (one hip-hop combination and one break dance routine), a performance for the parents/legal guardians of the skills learned, an individual freestyle dance opportunity, and a question and answer session for the children and parents with the coaches. Coaches are looking for energy, showmanship, personality, crowd appeal, ability to execute choreographed dance routines, and individual talent.
Requirements are a $10 registration fee and a nonreturnable photograph. A parent or legal guardian must be present to register their child. Children should look performance ready wearing comfortable athletic clothes with sneakers. They are encouraged to bring water and a small snack for breaks throughout the day.
The Cavs Kids is run professionally to teach children the responsibility of being part of a team, as well as provide a channel for them to display their talent and creativity. As members of the Cavs Kids, children will not only learn choreographed dances, but also train to explore their performance skills and gain a strong sense of self-worth while learning the importance of teamwork.
For more information, go to cavs.com or call (216) 420-2482.
get a whiff of this
Megan Dickerson of Boston always loved the rich colors and melodic scores of the film "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory." But she also longed to experience the sweet scents of chocolate and schnozberries.
A self-proclaimed multisensory artist, Dickerson is now trying to revive "Smellovision."
She's staged outdoor showings of "Willy Wonka" for hundreds of people and used oscillating fans and artificially scented oils to distribute aromas of blueberry pie and banana taffy during the film. With help from local art houses and the Boston Children's Museum, she plans to bring other films for sniffing to theaters this fall.
"There's been a crazy response to the movement," Dickerson said. "I guess there just aren't enough opportunities for wonder out there, but there's something nostalgic about this art action that makes you feel like a kid again."
Smellovision never quite caught on, though it dates to the late 1950s, when a signal from a "smell track" on the film activated a tubing system to transmit odors to each seat.
i want candy
M&Ms is bringing back its Dark Chocolate Peanut Candies for good. The peanut candies aren't as sweet as their milk chocolate counterparts. You can taste the peanut a little more, as the sweetness doesn't overwhelm your palate. Perfect for an afternoon pick-me-up.
For a limited time, M&Ms also come in a new milk chocolate flavor: Razzberry. These candies are a little bigger than your typical M&M, but that's so you can truly get the flavor of the raspberry and the chocolate combined.
monsters of rock
The most intriguing face-off in the video-game industry this fall is between Electronic Arts' "Rock Band" and Activision's "Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock." Will "GH" fans remain loyal to the original (and less expensive) franchise? Or will the addition of drums, bass and microphone put "Rock Band" on the top of the charts?
For many fantasy rockers, the choice may come down to which game has the best tunes. And both publishers have been hyping their set lists, with new additions announced just about every week. Last week, for example, "Guitar Hero" scored Rage Against the Machine's "Bulls on Parade," and signed ex-Rage guitarist Tom Morello to be a character in the game.
"Rock Band" countered with a huge slab of tunes from the Grateful Dead, including "Casey Jones," "Truckin"' and "Uncle John's Band." EA also delighted alternative rock fans by revealing fresh tracks from Garbage, the Pixies, Hole and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs.
monsters of hip hop
Perhaps the whole "Guitar Hero" phenomenon leaves you cold, and you're looking for a game with a little more hip-hop flavor. Your wish may come true with "Play the Industry," reportedly being developed by an odd pair of talents: rapper Master P and "Austin Powers" actor Seth Green.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Master P is working on the game with Green's Stoopid Monkey Productions, creators of the Cartoon Network hit "Robot Chicken." Stoopid Monkey's Matthew Senreich told the paper that the game will let you make a fortune as an athlete, rapper, mogul or agent, and described it as closer to "The Sims" than to a fighting or shooting game. The project is still in very early stages, but the partners hope to have it ready in 2009.
new video games
In stores this week: Ubisoft brings the guitar genre to the Nintendo DS with "Jam Sessions." ... Electronic Arts launches its new skateboarding game, "Skate," on the Xbox 360, but if you prefer another kind of skating you have your choice between EA Sports' "NHL 08" or 2K Sports' "NHL 2K8" (both for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 2). ... Sony's "Heavenly Sword" beams down to the PS3. ... Namco continues to give my copy editor fits with ".hack//G.U. vol. 3//Redemption" for the PS2. ... The Xbox 360 also gets Majesco's samurai epic "Kengo: Legend of the 9" and Koei's racer "Fatal Inertia." ... And THQ appeals to your inner cartoonist with "Drawn to Life," for the DS.
'hsm2' still on top
Without any high-powered competition, the soundtrack to "High School Musical 2" cruised to a fourth straight week atop the national album chart, selling 165,000 copies. Only one album premiered inside the Top 20, and "HSM2" is the only album to sell more than 50,000 copies last week, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
As a particularly grim reflection of how far music sales have fallen recently, sales of the nation's 200 bestselling albums last week totaled just short of 2.1 million copies, the lowest of the SoundScan era, and less than 'N Sync sold by itself in one week in 2000, when the pop group set the record for first-week sales of 2.4 million copies of its "No Strings Attached" album.
The reign of "HSM 2 ," the first album to hold the No. 1 slot for four weeks since rapper 50 Cent's 2005 album "The Massacre," is expected to end next week. A winner in the much-ballyhooed battle for hip-hop supremacy between Kanye West's "Graduation" and 50 Cent's new "Curtis," released head-to-head Tuesday, will be crowned next week.
Friday, September 14, 2007
the scoop
be a cavs kid
The Cleveland Cavaliers are holding a workshop-audition for their children's dance troupe, the Cavs Kids, at 10 a.m. Sept. 22 at Quicken Loans Arena. During their inaugural 2006-07 season, the squad made up of dancers and performers ages
5-13 quickly become a crowd favorite. The Cavs Kids perform at six games throughout the regular season (one performance per month).
The workshop-audition will run from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., with registration beginning at 10 a.m. The day will begin with a performance from the Scream Team followed by a group warm up. There will be two learning sessions (one hip-hop combination and one break dance routine), a performance for the parents/legal guardians of the skills learned, an individual freestyle dance opportunity, and a question and answer session for the children and parents with the coaches. Coaches are looking for energy, showmanship, personality, crowd appeal, ability to execute choreographed dance routines, and individual talent.
Requirements are a $10 registration fee and a nonreturnable photograph. A parent or legal guardian must be present to register their child. Children should look performance ready wearing comfortable athletic clothes with sneakers. They are encouraged to bring water and a small snack for breaks throughout the day.
The Cavs Kids is run professionally to teach children the responsibility of being part of a team, as well as provide a channel for them to display their talent and creativity. As members of the Cavs Kids, children will not only learn choreographed dances, but also train to explore their performance skills and gain a strong sense of self-worth while learning the importance of teamwork.
For more information, go to cavs.com or call (216) 420-2482.
get a whiff of this
Megan Dickerson of Boston always loved the rich colors and melodic scores of the film "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory." But she also longed to experience the sweet scents of chocolate and schnozberries.
A self-proclaimed multisensory artist, Dickerson is now trying to revive "Smellovision."
She's staged outdoor showings of "Willy Wonka" for hundreds of people and used oscillating fans and artificially scented oils to distribute aromas of blueberry pie and banana taffy during the film. With help from local art houses and the Boston Children's Museum, she plans to bring other films for sniffing to theaters this fall.
"There's been a crazy response to the movement," Dickerson said. "I guess there just aren't enough opportunities for wonder out there, but there's something nostalgic about this art action that makes you feel like a kid again."
Smellovision never quite caught on, though it dates to the late 1950s, when a signal from a "smell track" on the film activated a tubing system to transmit odors to each seat.
i want candy
M&Ms is bringing back its Dark Chocolate Peanut Candies for good. The peanut candies aren't as sweet as their milk chocolate counterparts. You can taste the peanut a little more, as the sweetness doesn't overwhelm your palate. Perfect for an afternoon pick-me-up.
For a limited time, M&Ms also come in a new milk chocolate flavor: Razzberry. These candies are a little bigger than your typical M&M, but that's so you can truly get the flavor of the raspberry and the chocolate combined.
monsters of rock
The most intriguing face-off in the video-game industry this fall is between Electronic Arts' "Rock Band" and Activision's "Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock." Will "GH" fans remain loyal to the original (and less expensive) franchise? Or will the addition of drums, bass and microphone put "Rock Band" on the top of the charts?
For many fantasy rockers, the choice may come down to which game has the best tunes. And both publishers have been hyping their set lists, with new additions announced just about every week. Last week, for example, "Guitar Hero" scored Rage Against the Machine's "Bulls on Parade," and signed ex-Rage guitarist Tom Morello to be a character in the game.
"Rock Band" countered with a huge slab of tunes from the Grateful Dead, including "Casey Jones," "Truckin"' and "Uncle John's Band." EA also delighted alternative rock fans by revealing fresh tracks from Garbage, the Pixies, Hole and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs.
monsters of hip hop
Perhaps the whole "Guitar Hero" phenomenon leaves you cold, and you're looking for a game with a little more hip-hop flavor. Your wish may come true with "Play the Industry," reportedly being developed by an odd pair of talents: rapper Master P and "Austin Powers" actor Seth Green.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Master P is working on the game with Green's Stoopid Monkey Productions, creators of the Cartoon Network hit "Robot Chicken." Stoopid Monkey's Matthew Senreich told the paper that the game will let you make a fortune as an athlete, rapper, mogul or agent, and described it as closer to "The Sims" than to a fighting or shooting game. The project is still in very early stages, but the partners hope to have it ready in 2009.
new video games
In stores this week: Ubisoft brings the guitar genre to the Nintendo DS with "Jam Sessions." ... Electronic Arts launches its new skateboarding game, "Skate," on the Xbox 360, but if you prefer another kind of skating you have your choice between EA Sports' "NHL 08" or 2K Sports' "NHL 2K8" (both for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 2). ... Sony's "Heavenly Sword" beams down to the PS3. ... Namco continues to give my copy editor fits with ".hack//G.U. vol. 3//Redemption" for the PS2. ... The Xbox 360 also gets Majesco's samurai epic "Kengo: Legend of the 9" and Koei's racer "Fatal Inertia." ... And THQ appeals to your inner cartoonist with "Drawn to Life," for the DS.
'hsm2' still on top
Without any high-powered competition, the soundtrack to "High School Musical 2" cruised to a fourth straight week atop the national album chart, selling 165,000 copies. Only one album premiered inside the Top 20, and "HSM2" is the only album to sell more than 50,000 copies last week, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
As a particularly grim reflection of how far music sales have fallen recently, sales of the nation's 200 bestselling albums last week totaled just short of 2.1 million copies, the lowest of the SoundScan era, and less than 'N Sync sold by itself in one week in 2000, when the pop group set the record for first-week sales of 2.4 million copies of its "No Strings Attached" album.
The reign of "HSM 2 ," the first album to hold the No. 1 slot for four weeks since rapper 50 Cent's 2005 album "The Massacre," is expected to end next week. A winner in the much-ballyhooed battle for hip-hop supremacy between Kanye West's "Graduation" and 50 Cent's new "Curtis," released head-to-head Tuesday, will be crowned next week.
Friday, September 14, 2007
the scoop
be a cavs kid
The Cleveland Cavaliers are holding a workshop-audition for their children's dance troupe, the...
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