Counterparts' 'X' starts this weekend

Counterparts will present its 10th anniversary show, X, tomorrow night, featuring Counterparts alumna Lolita Jackson and her group Motorhot. College junior Kate Grant, the president of Counterparts, said this week that along with Motorhot, there will be some surprise guest performances. Counterparts members will be singing 25 songs, all arranged by the group, including six songs the group has never performed before. "We will be debuting new songs as well as mastering the old," Grant said. Music director Jonathan Coopersmith, a College senior, said this will be "technically the most difficult and challenging show" that Counterparts has ever performed. Fresh from their spring break tour of Florida, where they performed at several alumni receptions and underwent "an intense week of rehearsal," according to Grant, Counterparts is also using the show to promote its new album, which will be available during intermission. Each member of the group will sing a solo, including new bass and College junior Brad Richards. The show will also be the last for six Counterparts members, including Coopersmith, who has been music director and arranger for the past three years. "It will be a nostalgic and sentimental journey down memory lane," Coopersmith said. Grant said ticket sales have been very good. All remaining tickets will be available at the door for $6 for one or $10 for two. Counterparts will be performing in their traditional formal wear and will begin with a new opening number, which Grant would not disclose. "Above all, the theme is glit," Grant added. The show's title, X, is the Roman numeral for 10, to commemorate the group's 10th anniversary. The show will start at 8 p.m. tomorrow night in Harrison Auditorium at the University Museum.

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