Ball State University - Orient Yearbook (Muncie, IN)

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a little footstomping. Circle, chain and line dances were formed while some iust sat and listened. The Exiles stopped playing around eleven and by midnight the place was deserted. Chi O's and SAE's then started on their partying .... Chickens worked overtime to produce enough eggs for the Egg an Alpha Phi booth. Coura- geous volunteers, such as Natalie Green and Linda Primm, braved the crunchy shells and slimy- yolks which came flying through the chicken wire as the crowd threw them. The candle, stupid, not me! Karla Luigi Warner winces as a contestant aims for the candle...and misses in the Sigma Kappa Squirt A Snake booth. Rumbling stomachs and long lines can't sympa- thize with a broken fish cooker and slow-cook- ing hot dogs. The Chi O's and SAE's began cook- ing in the earlyafternoon, but due to late setup of electrical facilities and late starting of the coals, the lines were lengthy the entire night.

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Games of chance, luck, skill with endless amounts of food and brightly colored clowns highlighted Circus Feed Carni al without the rides More fish! ...Hey, we're almost out of hotdogs up here and look at that line...Step right up, fellow, and see the girly show of your life...Hey, buddy, is that your nose or are you eating a banana? C'mon, try to dunk Bozo... Carnival sounds filled the football stadium area as the Sigma Alpha Epsilon-Chi Omega annual Circus Feed began. Orange tickets were flashed as people waited in line for all they could eat. Due to some broken cookers, however, stomachs rumbled for a longer time. A chariot race, in which members dressed as Romans and charioteers and competed against one another fthe guys pulled the chariots while the girls rodei, was won by Delta Zeta and Phi Sigma Epsilon. They proudly displayed their trophies at their booths. Caramel apples, cotton candy, Kiss a Pi Phi, Squirt a Snake and a basketball toss booths lined the 1 -4 '-'k i 2 , .. A i t PM r A 2 . ,ya . ..g5,,g5A5,3::-H . it-...wbc V 1 I 1 s t Q . 1 .'ar,.i.j ' ' gn , ?6 I. Vv n. I y .su I - - . ,- I YW' ,,, U U ,, 5.7.4 fences, along with other booths. Barkers shouted their wares while crowds played games and laughed at the SAE's and Chi O's picking up trash to eliminate late-night cleaning. With all the food gone by nine, people drifted towards the parking lot for some music by the Exiles and A soft glow and bunny outfits attracted? male crowd to the Kiss A Pi Phi booth. A gar- ter tossed around the young lady's toot signi- ties a winner. Jeering at the crowd, Tri Sig Peggy Covington dares the people to hit the arm and knock her into the water. Cooler temperatures as the night progressed, however, cut the ieers.

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2 0 U7 Ll- L.. 4-9 U5 Mary Travers combined folksy charm, mellow moods into songs of events, love for the 800 who came Q- Thundering out an old hit song, Leaving on a Jet Plane, Mary Travers, formerly of Peter, Paul and Mary, captures the Emens' audience with her folksy character. Almost everything was perfect. Em- ens' lights colorfully caught and ex- tended each movement the artist made. Feelings ran the spectrum from romantic to sad to mellow. The five- piece band precisely blended the songs to fit the atmosphere. Almost everything was perfect-but only around 800 persons watched as the concert unfolded into a picturesque presentation. The performer-Mary Travers, for- merly of Peter, Paul and Mary. The Friday evening concert, perhaps shaken by earlier rumors of cancella- tion, was touched with many songs of the past and various modern artistic arrangements. The golden-haired singer gave meaning to every song as Some feelings can't be expressed in songs, as Mary Travers talks backstage with some of the ' audience. There she further explained, ln be- tween autogrophs. her views as voiced ln the concert on national issues and being a profes- sional performer. 4 rl