University of Arkansas Monticello - Boll Weevil Yearbook (Monticello, AR)

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30 Student Life Debate Society members Caryn Tabler and Connie High ... of light. Launching into one of everybody's fa- vorite country hits - you guessed it - it’s the RNCB (Red Neck Country Band) appearing live onstage. Echoes of footstomping rival the strains of music, with occasional screams and other emotional displays, but it’s only the audi- ence’s way of getting caught up in the music. Sponsored by te Debate Society and em- ceed by members Tom Harden and Karen Omohundro, the Talent Show was a definite success. AWARDS The most anticipated moment of the Talent Show, em- cees Tom Harden and Karen Omohundro prepare to present awards.

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It is once again that special evening which has been so anxiously anticipated by the campus celebrities - Talent Show night. Some affairs of this nature are stated in a festive, gala atmosphere. Not so at UAM, for this talent show features the most electrify- ing entertainers, the most alluring female vocalists, the greatest dancers, pickers, grinners - and they are in the limelight. What of the rich and prominent who promenade about in a leisurely fashion awaiting the start of the show? They are nothing, for even with their limousines, tuxe- does and bulging billfolds they are no match for the performers who, for the next few hours, will electrify the audience. Prince and pauper alike will applaud them, for they are UAM's best, proud to compete in a hybrid talent show combining the best elements of Nashville, Cal Jam, a Funkadelic concert and the Gong Show. Well, maybe we've exaggerated just a bit. The talent show is a big event on campus, however, and were it held in Hollywood there would be limos and alluring females. As it stands, our talent show is witnessed yearly by an audience primarily consisting of UAM students, ‘‘come to have us a good time’n hyar some sangin’.” The stage is set, the lights dim then nar- row to pick out a solitary guitarist on stage. He plucks at the strings faster, faster as oth- er band members suddenly appear in a flood dts “Lillipad and Burns,”’ a comedy duo, enlightened the audience with a humorous skit.

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Without being malicious, one might assess the talents appear- ing as not overwhelmingly good but, in some cases, surprisingly so. Competition is held in two categories, individual and group performances. Robert Almond won a first place for his talent, singing, with Sissy Maxwell and her tap dance routine running second. In third place was singer Debbi Casto. The group catagory probably generated more excitement, since the highest placers played country and western music which seems to better accomodate the , majority of UAM students. “The Blue Grass Band” with Daryle Wallace, Bert Lambert and Danny Morrow took first place honors. If awards were given for original names, the previously mentioned RNCB wou ld be the hands-down winner, but the quin- tet of Bryan Davis, Jim Flatte, Dennis Robertson, Monty Meek and Jim Metcalf had to settle for second. Placing a close third was ‘‘Mag- Debbie Casto took third place in the individual grouping with her rendition of “You Don’t Bring Me Flowers Anymore” ...