University of Idaho - Gem of the Mountains Yearbook (Moscow, ID)

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MOSCOW Mall's park- ing lot transformed into the Latah County Fair grounds in carly September, Featured were rides, animal shows, and ferris wheels for kids of all ages. The fair was sponsored by the Da vis Amusement Com- pany. (Sperry) WASHINGTON State's Beasley Performing Arts Coliseum was equipped to host big name performers such as Def Leppard, Van Halen, and Tina Turner. Turner rocked the Palouse on her “Break Every Rule” tour just before fall semester finals. (Fritz) DESCRIBED as being the strangest vocal quartet of all time, the Bobs brought their nu wave a capella sound to the Ul October 4 Gunnar Bob Madsen practices his unique music style in the ad- ministration audito- rium, (Dahiquist) Entertainment 29

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Most fir st-timers on the Palouse didn't have visions of the Metropolitan Opera or an even- ing with the Boston Pops among the dusty hills and wheat fields. While visits from the cultural meccas were few, the Ul made its own enter- tainment in the form of plays, con- certs, and the most successful year ever for ASUI Pro- ductions. As the entertain- ment arm of the ASUL, ASUI Produc- tions presented stu- dents with what as sistant director Sandy Burr called a wide variety of events. “We try to 28 Entertainment Palouse Rocks and Rolls Carnivals and classical music among entertainment options gear our progranis more to college stu- dents and what they wanted to see,’ Burr said. “We want ASUI Pro- ductions to be self- supporting to a de- gree, and to do that you need good pro gramming. Burr's first con- cert of the school year did just that for the department, when blues legend Albert Collins blazed across the SUB Ballroom stage for a sold-out audience in Sep- tember. “I like do- ing the college cir- cuit now,” the 59 year-old Collins Said. “There's a whole new genera- tion of blues fans BECAUSE of the close location of WSU and the UI, combining tal- ents was convenient. The Washington Ida- ho Symphony per- forms under the di- rection of Keating Johnson. (Duffy) oul there who aren't tired of hear- ing an old guy like me. On the heels of Collins’ steaming performance came the Oct, 13 appear- ance of San Francis- co accapella qroup The Bobs. On tour supporting their second album “My I'm Large,” the foursome gave Ul students and Pa- louse residents a two-hour set cover ing most of their originals as well as a blistering cover of the Beatles’ “Helter Skelter.” The highlight of the theater season at Ul was in April during the student production of the THE first concert sponsored by ASUI Productions featured Albert Collins and the Icebreakers. Collins, known as the “Master of the Telecaster.” performed before a sold-out audience during his “Cold Snap” tour of the U.S. and Australia. (Fritz) controversial play As Is.” The play chronicling a ho mosexual couple dealing with AIDS, Stirred up resent- ment and picketers from Moscow's con- servative wing. De- spite some public outcry and picket- ing at every perfor- mance, the play's four-day run at the UI Collette Theater was a sell-out, lead- ing to an encore performance at the Moscow Communi- ty Center in May by One More Time Pro- ductions. The Hartung The- ater’s productions of Bertold Brecht’s Caucasion Chalk Circle” and Oliver continued to p, 31

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PORMER Entertainer of the Year of country music Mank Williams, Jr. offered his coun- try-rock style to 5,800 fans at the Beasley Coliseum during an October concert, (Fritz) WARMING up crowds at the SUB ballroom for the Albert Collins and the Icebreakers concert were the Kingpins, a long-time local band. (Fritz) 30 Entertainment CLASSICAL quitarist James Reid gave a December concert free of charge at the Lionel Hampton School of Music. Reid is also an associate professor at the School of Music. (Pritz) ROCK music lovers traveled to Seattle in order to be a part of Fleetwood Mac's final concert on their na- tional tour, (Fritz)