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Notebook
Tuesday, March 6, 2001
If you're looking for someone in touch with the spirit of St. Patrick's Day, see freshman backup libero Jake Muise. WARRIOR VOLLEYBALL NOTEBOOK
St. Patrick’s Day
serenadeMuise is from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, where his volleyball team was serenaded on to the court by bagpipes for every match.
Celtic music permeates the province's popular music culture year-round, but during the week leading up to St. Patrick's Day, it saturates the scene.
Muise said that fiddle, flute and Irish drum sounds are everywhere, and it's impossible to avoid getting caught up in it.
"There are a lot of Celtic concerts, Irish dancing," he said. "It's a blast. You can't help getting into that music when you hear it. At high school that day, if you don't have any green on you, you're in a lot of trouble. There are a lot of practical jokes on St. Patrick's Day and if you don't wear green, you're a target."
He said he's tried Irish step-dancing in nonalcoholic nightclubs in Dartmouth and he once played the Irish drum, or bodhran, in a local amateur Celtic music group. The bodhran is an ancient hand-held percussion instrument covered with a thick goat hide.
"I was never very good at it, and I had to quit because volleyball took up too much time," said Muise.
He said that when his club team made 35-hour road trips to Ontario to face stronger competition, the players in the vans stayed awake to endless strains of Celtic music CDs.
"We'd get on the walkie talkies and make sure the guys in the other van were able to listen too," said Muise.
He said that he has relatives on Cape Breton Island, in the eastern part of the province, and the Gaelic language of the ancient Celtic tribes is actually spoken by many there.
"It's impossible to follow when you hear it," said Muise.
He doesn't know what he'll do in Honolulu for St. Patrick's Day, but Muise said he knows that senior middle blocker Brenton Davis, who comes from Las Vegas, also has relatives on Cape Breton.
"I'm sure Brenton's experienced St. Patrick's Day, so maybe we can do something," said Muise.
He said he might also invite basketball guard Carl English, a Newfoundlander who grew up immersed in Celtic culture.
Wants to see tape
Dejan Miladinovic, who brought the house down with his parody of Davis' former hair style Saturday night during introductions, said he still hasn't seen himself on tape."I asked Chris McLachlin (KFVE broadcaster) if I could see it," said the 6-foot-7 middle blocker, who's second in the nation in blocking average.
Miladinovic, whose hair is shaved as close as possible to his scalp, said he found the wig he used in the women's training room. He pulled a black headband over it to make himself look even more like Davis, who had long hair, long sideburns and some facial hair up until the series sweep against Stanford.
"(The wig is) still in the locker room," said Miladinovic. "I don't know. I might use it again. Or I might be a brunette next time."
Pat Bigold, Star-Bulletin
UH Athletics
Ka Leo O Hawaii
