Fort Hays State University - Reveille Yearbook (Hays, KS)

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M l f d lilt to bo a proachor when I grow up,” Choop Trick lead linger Rick Noilson, laid. ROCKIN’ CUBBY FANS by Alison Hall A bunch of midwest yo-yos appears before a crowd of 4,400 fans. It s Homecoming weekend and Cheap Trick is ready to perform. The yo-yos ' a name dubbed by Cheap Trick ' s singer guitarist Rick Nielson, are avid Chicago Cub fans, and on Oct. 5, their heroes competed in the National League Baseball Playoffs. After refreshing the memories of many fans with their hits I Want You to Want Me, Ain ' t that a Shame, and Dream Police ’ the four band members quickly disappeared and came back to sign autographs only after all nine innings had been played. When you ' re born in Chicago, being a Cub fan is inb reded, Neilson said. You have to like them or get beaten up. Besides, is there anything else (other than being a Cub fan)? Neilson, who was the most active of the group, used dozens of guitars, including o 1 2-string guitar, a guitar with five arms, and o guitar shaped like his caricature. According to Robin Zander, lead singer guitarist, the band’s music is motivated by sexual undertones. Sex inspires a lot of our music ’ he said. Although he sings of sexual urges, Nielson said jokingly, I ' d like to be a preacher when I grow up. He added that being a nuclear physicist wouldn ' t be bad either. Nielson ' s life-long dream is to sing the opening song backwards, The band has been together since 1973, Zander said. Zander, Nielson, and Bun E, Cazlos, drummer, are the three original members of the group, Jon Brant, bass player, joined the band three years ago. Before coming to Cheap Trick, Brant played with bands in Los Angeles, t was on tour with Diana Ross right before I joined the band, he said. Cheap Trick is held together with crazy glue, bubblegum, and lots of spit, Nielson said. The band has been boosted by their fourth album, ' Live from Budokhan It was a real good album for us, well liked overseas, Cazlos said, ft featured 1 Want You to Want Me The album wos also popular in Japan. We had the same popularity all over the world, Zander said. Cheap Trick does not frequent the Top 40 because they are more of an album band, Zander said. He would like to see radio stations go back to being album- oriented by playing com- plete albums. The band prefers live concerts to the rising popularity of videos. You get a reaction from the crowd. We had a great crowd here, Bryant said. The Rail opened for Cheap Trick performing their popular song, 1, 2, 3, 4 Rock and Rolf. The Seattle-based band was the winner of Music Televisions Basement Tapes competition. They have also warmed up for Night Ranger and Sammy Hagar.

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Touch Ptt Felten has ba«n sculpting in this area for almost 30 years. As the sun climbs higher he pulls his hat brim lower. The sculptor squints more tightly to avoid the sun and the shattering fragments of limestone driven by his chisel, Pete felten, a third generation Hays native, has been sculpting in this area for almost 30 years. ff ! got out of the service in 1957. I had always wanted to try sculpting, so I got a rock and tried it ’ Felten said. “It was all just by chance, I guess. I found out that I could sculpt, and the rock was free, so I ' ve been doing it ever since. Felten uses several dif- ferent materials for his creations but has a definite favorite. Ninety percent of my work is done in limestone. I’ve worked with differenl kinds of marble, wood, alabaster and granite, but limestone just kind of suits me, Felten said. It 1 ! easy to work with and h q a great texture. “I don ' t think I ' m psychologically prepared to work with granite, Felten said with a chuckle, It’s just too hard. Felten has his works on display at about 14 loca- tions around town, and has four statues in the Topeka capitoL They exhibit four famous Kan- sans — Amelia Earhart, Dwight D. Eisenhower, William Allen White and Arthur Capper. The statues are eight feet tall and weigh one ton each. “It took four years to complete the four portraits for the Capitol Building, 1 ' Felten said. “That’s the longest it has ever taken me to do anything, but there was so much detail, Speaking of detail, a lot of critics say that all sculptors ' works look like the person who creates them. I suppose that’s true to a certain extent, because when I’m working on some detailed part of the body, like a hand. I’m not going to run out and get a model when I can just look at my own had and sculpt. Felten uses models for many of his works, and says that they aren’t dif- ficult to find. If I see someone that really strikes me as especially interesting, or someone that just makes me wont to sculpt, I ask them to pose for me, Felten said. They can either say ’yes ' or no ! try to sketch them from memory or imagine how they looked. Many of Felten’s ideas come from watching people. I watch people all the time, and just observe everything that goes on around me. That’s where most of my creativity comes from — everyday life. Felten enjoys the accep- tance he has received from the Hays community. I ' m in a very fortunate situation here, Felten said. A lot of people have shown interest in my work. It is really extraordinary. I used to load up the heavy pieces and take them to shows, but now most of my work is kept right here in the Stone Gallery. I have no need to go now. I’m getting all the input I need right here. Sometimes people just come to me with a size and an idea, and I create a sculpture especially for them. Sometimes they come into a little extra money, or just decide that they would like some art in their home, I’ve even had people who remodel their house and make space for a large piece. ”1 always keep a pencil and paper handy in case an idea just pops up, too, Felten said. I kind of like the idea of art being everywhere. 18 PETE FELTEN