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THE BATTALION
Variety show draws cro
MSC Town Hall hosts array of talent
By Anna Bishop
The Battalion
From sequined Latin dancers to the
rhythmic broom-heating Percussion
Studio, Memorial Student Center’s
(MSC) Town 1 lull’s Variety Show 2000
boasted a wide array of talents.
JP BEATOTiif t ^
John Fonner, freshman biomedical
engineer major, and Anna Allred,
freshman biomedical science ma
jor, perform with the Texas Aggie
Swingcats in the Variety Show pre
sented by the MSC Town Hall.
Saturday evening’s Variety Show was
held in Rudder Auditorium, packing in a
2,300-member audience.
Contestants in the show competed
for cash prizes awarded to first, second
or third place winners.
Winners are as follows:
• Apotheosis, a ten-member a capella
group, sang its wav to victory.
Apotheosis took third place in last
year's Variety Show.
• Percussion Studio, a Texas A&M
student-run percussion organization,
took second place for the second con
secutive year.
• Paul Murcllo, a sophomore recre
ational parks and tourism sciences ma
jor, placed third with a piece from
Broadway’s “Miss Saigon.” Murello
was accompanied by Emilie Naiser, a
freshman education major.
Murello said his third place w in was
a complete surprise.
“(Winning! was a shock!’’ Murcllo
said. “There was just too much talent
on one stage to narrow it down to three
winners.”
Judging was based on talent and
performance, as well as audience ap
proval.
Show judges included: Jim Butler.
Class of '64. a movie and drama critic
for The Bryan-Col/ege Station Eagte\
Will Hurd, senior computer science
major and the student body president;
Forrest Lane, senior]
major and the student I
elect, Cheryl Montalbano,
MCM Dance Studio in I
anne Rolls, Class of 96,2(1:
for KTSR-FM 92.1
Freudian Slip, an improis
comed> group, served asil|
of ceremonies for the I
live year.
(Itlier performers incl
\&M Dance Repertoire, Hea^
and Stephanie Rigg, AcousiicE
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I ance Lunsford, John Merer;
Tasha and Dean.
I )crek Bergeron and the Ad
piers scr\ od as special guestsr:|
and closed the show.
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a rendition of "The StarSpar.|
ncr” on his electric guitar.
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year's Variety Show.closeiloii jj vei MlN ol'Kci
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and two-stepping routine.
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and Kristen Bradley, a junior horticulture major,
belly dance at the Whoopstock Unity Festival on
Saturday. The three are members of The Brazos
Valley Jellie Bellies. Whoopstock succeeded in
bringing in record numbers this year by holding
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event, held at Simpson Drill Field, alsofeatirf
acts by The Aggie Wranglers, Fade to Black,
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nizations set up booths around the field t(#
participants the opportunity to taste cuisine
from around the globe.
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market’s rout has taught clients^
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ford to lose money if the market
decidedly against them,”
R. Spear, editor of The Spent' • .
published in West Hartford,Co® T"lj "I |
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companies will report their firsH / getting sligl
earnings, and signs of strong^ ,y this month,
growth could at least help stain® ; j s getting woi
market, analysts said. ' ng the first we
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econom ie reports, and that con# ors belonging
difficult for stocks to advanced [ice Employees
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percent-plus annual returns
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