Texas Tech University - La Ventana Yearbook (Lubbock, TX)

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Proudly Presents ruiJi .i ® Saddle Tramps win first place in individual competition for the fourth consecutive year! The show must go on! And so it did. University Sing, sponsored April 12 by Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia fraternity, charmed the audience as various campus organizations performed their chosen themes. Universit y Sing is a campus-wide event open to organizations in or out of the Greek community to provide competition between them. The event has been a tradition since its premiere in 1930 as Sing Song. After weeks of learning notes, rhythms and dance steps, the time to appear on stage in the Lubbock Municipal Auditorium came for each of the organiza- tions entered in the contest. In individual competition, the Saddle Tramps cap- tured the first place trophy for the fourth consecutive year with their arrange- ment of Old Texas Songs. Second in individual competition were members of Gamma Phi Beta sorority, who presented the theme Moonlight, Sunshine, and Rainbows. In dual competition, each organization performed excerpts from famous musicals, providing the audience with an entertaining program. Alpha Tau Omegas teamed with Chi Omegas to present Guys and Dolls and won the first place trophy in their division. Sigma Phi Epsilon and Pi Beta Phi won sec- ond place honors with their performance of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Oklahoma. Phi Kappa Psi and Alpha Delta Pi joined forces to win the ticket sales trophy. Their selection was Annie Get Your Gun. Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Kappa Kappa Gamma also entered the competition, pres- enting South Pacific. Members of Phi Mu Alpha provided entertainment between performances by the competing organizations to allow for backdrop and prop changes. Mas- ters of ceremonies for the evening were Phi Mu Alpha members Jimmy Edwards, Rob Motl. Paul Schmidt and Frederic Wilmer. Providing music were Skip Winglein, piano. Bobby Todd, bass, and Blake Coffe. trap. Ushers were members of Mu Phi Epsilon, an international sorority for women in music. Judges were Kyung Wook Shi, voice teacher at Tech; Charles E. Cox, associ- ate professor of Music at Lubbock Christian College, and William G. Hartwell III, teacher of v oice and director of the Women ' s Swing Chorus at Tech. Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, a professional fraternity for men in all areas of music, sponsors University Sing each year to raise money for music scholar- ships and other activities. t 2-i — La Vri ana

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