Kansas State University - Royal Purple Yearbook (Manhattan, KS)

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Students perform End Ever, choreographed by Janusz Jaworski, senior in secondary education. Ten students performed in the dance, which dancers said portrayed everyday life. (Photo by Brandon White) Back-stage antics entertain Davis and fellow dancers. Davis performed in, Where We Lived , one of six modern dances that evening. (Photo by Brandon White) 1 4.dance

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Homecoming participants in the Crazy Cat Kickoff make human ice-cream sundaes on the faces of their teammates. The activity was a part of the games for residence hall members involved in homecoming. Winners of the event received points that went towards the total points, which were needed to win the homecoming title. (Photo by Brandon White) Members of Gamma Phi Beta sorority, Delta Tau Delta fraternity and Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity walk with their float during the Homecoming parade as it passes through Aggieville, Oct. 18. The trio placed second in the float competition, fourth in spirit banner and second in body building. They also placed third overall. (Photo by Ivan Kozar) Members of Delta Delta Delta sorority, Sigma Chi and Phi Gamma Delta fraternities march the parade route during the annual homecoming parade. More than 1,300 students wearing various homecoming attire, walked the Aggieville and City Park streets, played music, performed antics and demonstrated K- State pride hours before kickoff. (Photo by Brandon White) fast facts the winners spirit banner student organizations: Black Student Union residence hall scholarship house division: 1. Strong Complex 2. Smurthwaite Smith Moore greek division: 1. Chi Omega Delta Upsilon Lambda Chi Alpha 2. Alpha Xi Delta Alpha Tau Omega float residence hall scholarship house division: —I 1. Strong Complex 2. Smurthwaite Smith Moore greek division: 1. Delta Delta Delta Phi Gamma Delta Sigma Chi 2. Gamma Phi Beta Sigma Phi Epsilon Delta Tau Delta pant the chant student organizations: Black Student Union residence hall scholarship house division: 1. Smurthwaite Smith Moore 2. Strong Complex greek division: 1. Chi Omega Delta Upsilon Lambda Chi Alpha 2. Alpha Chi Omega Pi Kappa Alpha body building residence hall scholarship house division: 1. Smurthwaite Smith Moore 2. Strong Complex greek division: 1. Delta Delta Delta Phi Gamma Delta Sigma Chi 2. Gamma Phi Beta Sigma Phi Epsilon Delta Tau Delta parade residence hall scholarship house division: 1. Strong Complex 2. Ford Haymaker greek division: 1. Delta Delta Delta Phi Gamma Delta Sigma Chi 2. Kappa Alpha Theta Phi Kappa Theta Delta Sigma Phi overall homecoming winners student organizations: Black Student Union residence hall scholarship house division: 1. Strong Complex 2. Smurthwaite Smith Moore greek division: 1. Delta Delta Delta Phi Gamma Delta Sigma Chi 2. Alpha Xi Delta Alpha Tau Omega homecoming.

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after a long absence, student produced dance returns In a 94-seat theater hidden in Memorial Stadium, 20 students revived the Dance Concert for nearly sold-out crowds. Students performed, choreo- graphed, directed and lighted the show in the Purple Masque Theater, Oct. 3 and 4. It is all student run, said Jeremy Seemann, lighting designer and junior in theater. There has been some faculty advice, but that ' s really been a Janusz Jaworski, senior in secondary education, coordinated the show. I found old clippings from student concerts in newspapers and yearbooks, Jaworski said. I asked the faculty why we didn ' t do student shows, and they said because we didn ' t have students to put them together. Jaworski volunteered to direct the show and began planning for it spring semester 1997. We contacted the choreography classes and the dance majors in general and said we would do a dance show the first month of school, Jaworski said. In the beginning, it wasn ' t hard to get them involved, he said. Originally, we had eight choreographers, but then four dropped, so we were down to four choreographers. To make up for the loss of Jaworski choreographed three of the six modern dances, making his job as production coordinator more difficult, he said. Jaworski said if he could have coordinated the show again he might ask students to sign contracts to increase their accountability. I ' d rather just deal with people as people and not deal with contracts and stuff like that, he said. Maybe I ' d require them at the onset to show they ' ve put some more effort into it before we begin. Since most student choreographers directed their pieces, recruited dancers and decided when rehearsals began, they were able to give personal attention to their dancers. Colin Milligan, senior in theater, said he had not experienced that attention in other shows. There ' s a lot more one-on-one Milligan said. They ' re on your level. You can talk to them one-on-one more, and they ' ll understand you bet- ter. To keep costs low, dancers posted photocopied posters around campus and asked friends and family to attend the $2 show. This was just designed to be a experience, Jaworski said. We didn ' t want to spend a lot, and we didn ' t want to charge a lot. Shelby Jennings, senior in theater, said the audience almost filled the auditorium both nights, despite the theater ' s obscure location. We thought with it being in the Purple Masque Theater a lot of people wouldn ' t know where it was, but I guess our posters really reached people, she said. I saw a lot of theater students. I think a lot of the people were from the community. Prior to a dress rehearsal, Crystal Gwaltney, sophomore in arts and sciences, applies make-up. Gwaltney performed in Where We Lived at the Student Dance Concert, Oct. 3 and 4. (Photo by Brandon White) Jeanne Yamabayashi, freshman in social work, and Laura Davis, sophomore in theater, practice at dress rehearsal. The two came together with more than 20 other people to produce the student dance performance. (Photo by Brandon White) by barbara hollingsworth dance.