Monday, April 11, 1988/The Battalion/Page 3
State and Local
MSC Variety Show entertains students, parents
By Kathy Crawford
Reporter
The winners of the 1988 Memo-
ial Student Center Variety Show,
'I’ve Gotta Be Me,” were the Aggie
iVranglers, a country and western
iance group composed of 10 to 12
:ouples. They received $100 and a
rophy for their performance Friday
light in Rudder Auditorium.
Elvin Smith, a senior chemical en-
rineering major and president of
}ie Aggie Wranglers, said the group
ust likes to have fun.
"We love to perform,” he said. “It
peans a lot to win Variety Show. It’s
a springboard.”
Last May, the Wranglers per-
lormed at Opryland, U.S.A. in
Nashville, Tenn., and will perform
ii Las Vegas and Disneyland this
tar. However, Sharon Salvato, a ju-
lior finance major, said she likes to
lerform for audiences at Texas
V&M best.
“Nothing feels as good as to dance
n front of Aggies,” Salvato said.
They’re our best crowds.”
. _ Second place went to Guys with
{Ties, a quartet composed of Jon
Gardner, Greg Gorman, Michael
tlickan and Dave White. They were
warded $75 and a trophy for their
ctthat included various music from
iJamaican song to “Breakin’ Up Is
Hard to Do.”
Mickan, a sophomore majoring in
lusiness administration, said they
hose the songs they sang because
venH! hey heard them on the radio and
, .. f li\ed them.
gjyM Landing third place was Suzanne
More than 4,000 attend Casino Night ’88
By Christina De Leon
Reporter
More than 4,000 people attended Friday’s Casino ’88
“On the Orient Express,” a night of Las Vegas-style
games sponsored by the Residence Hall Association as
part of Parents’ Weekend.
The event, which lasted from 7 p.m. until midnight,
featured about 200 casino tables, a prize auction and
live entertainment provided by dancing “can-can girls”
and the Texas A&rM Jazz Band.
Maryanne Connelly, Casino ’88 co-chairman, said
each entrance ticket was worth $3,000 in play money
that participants could use to play games and bid for
auction prizes.
Several local merchants provided the prizes, which
included gift certificates, food, clothing and grand-
prize airline tickets to Mexico.
In line with the Orient Express theme of the event,
each casino room represented a different country or an
international city, Casino ’88 co-chairman Angela Lee
said.
A mural of Venice, Italy, and a representation of the
Swiss Alps were among the decorations.
Of the eight casino-style games, Lee said blackjack
was the most popular.
Gerri Felling, a casino girl at the Wheel of Fortune
table, said the Wheel of Fortune game also had been
popular.
Kristin Faver, a secondary education major from
Houston, was one of many students who brought their
parents to the casino games at the MSC during Parents’
Weekend.
“I decided to bring my parents since I volunteered
last year as a casino girl,” Faver said.
Although it was the first time for her parents to at
tend, both her parents and Faver were optimistic about
winning prizes.
Connelly said that at least 500 people helped orga
nize the event, which is RHA’s main fund-raising pro
ject.
Photo by Mike C. Mulvey
Students try their luck at a game during RHA Casino Night in the
MSC. The event was part of the Parents’ Weekend festivities.
ned
Conn, a sophomore journalism ma
jor who will receive $50 and a trophy
for her rendition of “Break It to Me
Gently.”
The acts were judged on
showmanship and audience appeal,
technical excellence and stage pres
ence. Ten was the highest possible
score in each category.
The judges included 1987 Aggie
Parents of the Year Joanie and
Frank Abbott; Ann S. Brown, presi
dent of the OPAS Guild and mem
ber of the OPAS Board of Directors;
Kent Demaret, the regional bureau
chief for People magazine; Jay Kel
ley, disc jockey for KKYS 105 in
Bryan; and Diane Neidigk and
Tammy Book, who placed fifth in
the 1988 National Mother/Daughter
Pageant.
The master of ceremonies for the
show was Eddy Strange, a comedian
whose credits include “The David
Brenner Show,” Dick Clark’s “Keep
on Cruisin’,” “Comedy Tonight” and
“Showtime’s Laff-Off.”
Strange discussed questions such
as, “Was it just me or did you have
trouble picturing your parents
naked and sweating?”
He also had advice for anyone
planning a snow-skiing trip.
“Don’t go skiing with people who
have more experience than you,”
Strange said, “someone with an ac
cent or someone named Jean Clau
de.”
Strange said he enjoyed perform
ing for such an enthusiastic audi
ence.
“I had a lot of fun,” Strange said.
“It’s great to work some place where
there’s a lot of spirit. Normally 1 just
go out and do my act, but tonight I
got to ad-lib a lot.”
There, were also special perfor
mances by last year’s variety show
winner, Out of Tune, and Stephanie
Suzanne Smith, a junior biology ma
jor and Miss Texas A&M.
Other acts included bands, vocal
ists, a clogging routine, a guitar duet
and dancers. T he Phi Tau lirothers
performed the Blue’s Brothers’ “E-
verybody Needs Somebody!” with
three of the band’s members wear
ing dresses and combat boots.
Sherry Beisert, a senior account
ing major and. chairman of the MSC
Variety Show, said she had a great
time and was pleased with the show.
“We strived to look professional,”
Beisert said. “Everything went very
smoothly.”
The Variety Show began in 1951
as the Aggie Talent Show. Luke Al-
tendorf, adviser for the show, said
the show usually does not make a
profit from ticket sales.
“We mostly break even,” Alten-
dorf said, “but any extra money goes
to the MSC programming area.”
ecipients of Gathright, Weirus, Corps awards announced
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PATHRIGHT AWARD WINNERS
College of agriculture
[Stephen D. Maberry
Ian T. McDaniel
Tammy K. Rooney
College of architecture
Hrsula Maria Cuzzi
ipary Todd Wingo
Kvle William Talbott
College of business administration
Kristen L. Johnson
Wayne Herndon
Tracy Jennifer Dulock
College of education
Lana Denise Michalk
Kimberley Ann Harsch
Dawn Isbell
College of engineering
Scott A. Moehlman
Michael James Womack
Bruce R. Shaw
College of geosciences
Noreen Ann Jasek
Frederick Michael Oelrich
Dennis Jay Lipton
College of liberal arts
Michael John Veatch
I.yrissa Catherine Barnett
Carol M. Reumont
College of medicine
Kathryn Ann Pickett
Randy Pinkston
Robert H. Rosa Jr.
College of science
Carl Lane Collins
Clifford D. Krumvieda
Stan Anderson
College of veterinary medicine
Kathryn Christine Gamble
Sheridan Ann Renouf
Anthony Macaluso Jr.
WEIRUS SPIRIT AWARD WIN
NERS
Freshmen
Sharon D. Lewis
Tracy Lyn McCahen
Leanne M. Rogers
Randal R. Weeks
Jason N. Wilcox
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Sophomores
Kevin E. Buchman
Robert T. Chambers Jr.
Ann P. Doan-Do
John David Dodd
Leah M. Hanselka
Charles E. Henderson Jr.
Keri E. Keilberg
Alan T. McDaniel
L.. Michelle Van Duyn
Clayton L. Whitaker
Juniors
Joselyn L. Anglin
Denise Arledge
Marisa S. Bycle
Charla S. Carter
Karen D. Dunphy
Cynthia Carol Goode
John Hovenden
Michael A. Kelley
Ramesh Krishnan
Deborah A. Massey
Kristen Michelle Phillips
See Awards, page 8
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SENIOR
WEEKEND 1988
Senior Bash
Friday, April 15, .8 p:m:
Texas Hall pFFame, $5/couple
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''pbjlegeStatjon Hilton,'$30/coupil^AJi 1
Saturday, April 16, 9 p.m.
MSC and Rudder Exhibit Hall, $35/couple
Featuring Michael, Michael and the Maxx
Ed Gerlach Orchestra
The Senior Weekend Package at $65/couple,
includes all three events. Tickets are on sale
at Rudder Box Office at 845-1234.
All tickets are presale.
The All-Star
chamber orchestra.
The Marlboro Music Festival has been called, "the highest con
centration of artistic activity...in the U.S. and possibly in the
world." Each year some of the world's most distinguished and
gifted musicians gather to prepare and perform chamber music.
Then they take to the road.
The MSC Opera and Performing Arts Society presents Music from
Marlboro, Monday, April 1 1 at 8:00 p.m. in Rudder Auditorium.
Piine all-star musicians performing chamber works by Mozart,
Janacek, Ligeti and Beethoven. There are still a few good seats
available for this season's Music Series finale.
MSC Box Office • 845-1234 • Dillards Ticketron
MSC Opera and Performing Arts Society
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