Harding College - Petit Jean Yearbook (Searcy, AR)

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26 Mgior-Cmicerts o o .1 WWW .MO$W 9:09:oo:oo:u:u:u:oo:u:u:eo 'oo,uuoo,oo.oooo Loo. ,1. 5 . ,1 . .0 2003?: 1 '00 . 111111 back: reling 11:. his cLanerLt b1 Ldeai Clearly the fall and spring semester concerts were an appre- Cia-ted 11111141111111 therusuai kind of ,1 Harding date. W'yidewood walks and football games characterized the i inexpensive Vtype. - Though y free, they somehow lacked the en i tra pizazz of a date that tumigated most billftalds. Fresh flowers and battle crys didn't seem to hold much weight against concerts that presented the country music of Don Williams and the spettacuiar laser- light show of Air Supply. Later 1n the '83 spring semester, performer Don Wiiiiams deiivered 7 his music to an eager Harding EUe dience Casually dressed,Wi1- Hams presented his easy twangy'w tunes that are so popular in the cquntry music charts. Songs like $211161, 1212161312 this; Day Lisu-Good, g;: :1 Good 019' Boys like Me and I'm Just a Country Boy' help prove hie genuiiie talent LWearing blue jeans boOts, and a cowboy hat, Williams seemed to reinforce the what he wore. Though his expres- sion was solemn through most of Mar h :4 momentarily revealing his quiet, kling person ,, Certainly the is a busy one and Ciaims a great of time from the artist Spending as mariy as eight to ten Lmonths cm the road each year. Decembert But resumes his old pace as early as January, leaving behind hiSTiNashviliei, Tennessee home. While he doesn't see a big difference between Christian and state universities, he was impress- ed With the Harding audience. They're a good audiencefi VVii- liams said. Highlighting the fail semester in their September 24 performance, Air Supply dazzled Harding with L their laser Tight show and smooth singing. Billows pt white fog were pierced with the seemingly solid rays otw Air' Stippiy'siiaser, adding a mysterious quality to the show. Usingmirrors to retract the single iase'ris light beam. 'itpmtrayed the illusion of several lasers operating simultaneously. However, lights - andflasers didn't make theJ-show, Enraptured by the lead vocalists 50ft, enticing voice students especmlly girtiqs were pounding the air with their wild yells of dehght ., ;.: 1 Air Supply 5 lead guitarist allowed the: mini: band members a break LL later in the program Sliding over the Ustrings, his fingers screamed other Top Ferty sihgies From soft ballads to 101111, fast- -beat songs everything a Harding rock-and- roller wantedtlnt plus many I 'Miclivteiifivlly t i i Itihn I Rutlthffe k C h 115 Oct