Ball State University - Orient Yearbook (Muncie, IN)

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Minimal injuries, good crowd contribute to party I I Bust deemed a by L8UI'8 Moorhead pring Quarter 1987 was coming to a close. Some students began searching for summer jobs. Others planned vacations. Yet, members of' Alpha Chi Omega Sorority and Delta Tau Delta Fraternity organized a joint steering committee for the Water- melon Bust Festival. Summer hours extending into early Octo- ber were spent organizing the 16th annual Water- melon Bust Festival. Held at LaFollette Field, the Bust supplied students with continuous entertainment and concessions through the day and into the evening. Janet Ulshafer, member of Delta Zeta Sorority, was crowned Watermelon Bust Queen. If the Watermelon Bust is to be done right it takes a lot of planning. It's amazing the time and work which goes into just one day, said Paul Schmidt, Delta Tau Delta member and the frater-nity's general 6 6 chairperson If the for the f ' l. Watermelon estwgccord- Bust IS to be ing to Julie done right it Hochstetler, takes a lot of lglfllggachl planning 99 member and the sorority's festival general chairper- son, a main concern of the steering committee was obtaining adequate spon- sors. We tDelta Tau Delta and Alpha Chi Omegaj had to come together in ajoint effort. We were able to get 12 sponsors. Pizza King! Kings Corner was able to vliesidence halls, fraternities and so- rorities compete to see which team can waddle the fastest from one end ol the lieldtothe other. Slickwatermelons made the games tougher and the competitors more determined. V Kirk DeBrunner r!Jelf Fuze and Bust queen and king, Janet Ulshaler and Rick Caston enjoythe day's events from a privileged clean throne. Bust started 16 years ago as a campus wide Delta Tau Delta party on the lraternity's front lawn. smash give S2,000, Hochstetler said. Profits were split evenly between the sponsor- ing Greek organizations. Delta Tau Delta donated its share to the local charity, Alpha center. Alpha Chi Omega gave its portion to the Indiana Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. With the aid of sponsors, the Bust was able to afford presenting not only two local bands-the Governor Davis band and 10:01-but a group with na- tional prestige as well, Mitch Ryder. Bands are always our biggest cost. This year we even spent a little more, Schmidt said. We wanted to attract different people with the bands. We were hoping for more people from within a 50-100 mile ra- dius. continued - . VAS tradition goes Watermelon Bust brings out the creativity in students, Jeff Howerton and Mike Wildridge wore color- tul and unusual outfits lor the occasion, right down to mix-and-match shoes. watermefon Eust-23.

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'X p. t sis Jf' l e il .B 6 .. X I i t ,ilu , ls- -malta' U. YJBH Bond vThe success ol the watermelon relays depends on a good start. Members ol Klipple and Howick Halls were still trying to perfect their 'exchange' technique. vdodi Phillips looks to her fellow Alpha Omicron Pi sisters for help. Watermelon Bust was considered the biggest week- end event by students. ..24.zuatermef0n 51151: ,,. ' ,,. ,. 'lm'-w 'A . A nw- or 3 Aiwa ' ' Ny 4 f -vdrv f5'5f: ?2l-K Q nn' lj' ,,,.-'vp-, sw if-..f', .2625 , -- Q sv-.. V Kirk DeBrunner