Northwest Missouri State University - Tower Yearbook (Maryville, MO)

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Trying to avoid the smoke, Jane McCary prepares hotdogs for the ARA Picnic. -Photo by D. Smith Students have fun participating in one of IRC ' s Almost Anything Goes games. -Photo by D. Smith Stroller Daze, 11

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im Incredible ' escape The crew of ABC ' s That ' s Incredible visited the Northwest campus to film the ultimate escape. Charlie Myrick, a former theater major at Northwest, is now a nationally known escape artist who performed his ultimate escape for the cameras, as well as a standing-room-only crowd on May 4, 1983, in the Robert P. Foster Aquatic Center. His fondness for the University prompted Myrick to have the stunt filmed here for an October episode. The escape consisted of Myrick being welded into a three-foot-square steel box, which was dropped into the 12-foot depth of the pool, where he escaped through the steel enclosure after 9 minutes and 40 seconds. Myrick pointed out that the box was fit- ted with safety devices as required by That ' s Incredible to protect him if something went wrong with his escape attempt. As a pre-show, Myrick performed a 10-minute magic show explaining his lifestyle and preparing the audience for the upcoming event. That ' s Incredible aired Myrick ' s escape. -Photo by D. Nowatzke Myrick told the crowd that this was his last life-threatening escape. He planned to leave that part of show business to younger people and devote his career to other aspects, such as production. As for the University, it received na- tional exposure. Segments of the show not only showed the escape, but also the entrance to the campus, the library, aquatic center and president ' s home. ' That ' s Incredible ' was really nice to work with, said Beth Costello, president of Campus Activity Programmers (CAPs). Setting up equipment and reserving the aquatic center were the difficult tasks. Michelle Detty, CAPs treasurer, en- joyed the show as well as the production of the television filming. I thought it was great, Detty said. More than being a show of Myrick ' s escape, it was a demonstration on how television shows are filmed. We (CAPs) learned that no matter h ow much ex- perience you have, there is always more to learn. Whether students witnessed it live with the ABC cameras rolling, or gathered around television sets six months later, Myrick ' s escape and the University ' s na- tional exposure were exciting-now, That ' s Incredible. -Tricia Hales Testing equipment, Myrick and the crew from That ' s Incredible take measures in filming the Great Escape. -Photo by D. Cieseke. Lowering the box into the pool, students prepare Myrick for his escape. -Photo by D. Cieseke In anticipation and curiosity, Kathie Zierke and Mary Aguilar watch Myrick attempt to make history. -Photo by D. Cieseke Charlie Myrick H