Broward Community College - Silver Sands Yearbook (Fort Lauderdale, FL)

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SERENDIPITY Q Something New and Different by JEFF BREIN Fun, exciting, typically teenage are a few words aptly used to describe the moods and conversation of the Serendipity Singers, Broward lunior Col- leges first Lyceum stars. They entertained a cap- acity crowd at Fort Lauderdales XVar Memorial Auditorium. Immediately following the program a few of my staff members and I quickly exited hack- stageh and set up equipment, waiting for what was to hecome a lively exciting discussion with eight of Americas hriglitest entertainers. The in- tended interview for the college radio program became an in depth discussion on topics from marriage to the draft. Vile hecame so completely engrossed in the topics of conversation that we couldnt stop and finally had to he almost literally ejected hy the stage personnel who had worked overtime as it was. Here is a portion of the text of the interview and some comments and views expressed hy the Serendipity Singers. 17

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ple should beware is department stores where charging is conveniently offered. In times gone by there Were onlv two ways of charging. You bought the item on time. by mak- ing a down payment and pledging the balance of payments at a fixed weekly or monthly installment which This type of store credit is rela- tively expensive and should be used sparingly. The price of borrowing, like the price of bread, has been going up and all borrowers are paying higher interest rates. There are several tips that may s HELP if QKWN if -sf 9 fi O T ,- 61 LN:'Nf ,,6b X ceeo fa: L r. 5, ff ..., H555 l w included a slight interest charge. The other method was the charge account where you paid nothing down and were billed at the end of the month for the full purchase. The credit was free, although the price may have been tl shade higher than in cash only stores. Today, charging is usually on some sort ol revolving account. which is neither an installment or .1 charge account. The store may run the plan or it may be handled by .1 bank or lending institution. The monthly installment is calculated from tht- balance amount and functions as an open-end installment plan. The monthly payments constantly reduce the balance while new purchases build it up again. The seiyicc charge is usualy 1357 of each months balance or lb!! simple annual interest. Obviously, the cheapest form of credit is the old charge account. lic- tailcrs like the revolving plan because there is a service charge 1-yen when the balance is paid within .Stl days. 16 help the young person before he gets overwhelmingly in debt. Borrow only when necessary and then as little as possible. Build up a savings account and use some of this for your purchases. The interest you lose is smaller than the interest you pay. Shop around for the lowest interest rates. A bank usually offers loans at 671 annual interest, while a small loan company may charge as much as SZ interest a month. Look for built-in credit. Some stores allow as much as 90 days with- out interest charges. Consider the possibility of an in- surance loan. If you have an insur- ance policy that is a few years old, the cash value may be payable to you in the form of a 52' loan. The interest is payable once a year. and the principal payments can be made at your own discretion. Avoid small use of credit. There is usually a higher charge on small debts. Pay for purchases as quickly as possible, but don't make monthly pay- ments too high. With these tips in mind and a prac- tical application of arithmetic, the young consumer should be able to have the things he wants in life and make effective use of credit facilities. 'MARRY f i .Wien 5 lil Meg ilqiiilvy , l A9355 r y j. Ct i ' rg I X .Pinw GN 'f? J C if Q fr 9 A I 5' gc W 6.5 1 U- M-Uwm fr we fs, Q W f ffligfafz ffm i G' N fi 69 J g 148 , , q I

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The Serendipity Singers direct their act tovvard anyone from 15 to 50 years old. . Let me direct this question to you, john Arbenz, How did the group first get started? Originally we went to the University of Color- ado. When we were in school there we formed the group and upon graduating went to East- ern New York to audition and follow some of the few contacts we had made through our college days. Things began to happen for us. That's briefly how it happened. Lona Shaw, the pretty young gal who sings with the group is with us. Lona, how did you get your start? I auditioned for the group a few years ago. I'm not an original member. I was auditioning for a lot of other things too, and I just got in the group. The professional work I've done before was with musical comedy. . john, what did you think of tonight's perform- ance. Do they all seem to go the same for you? Well, they're never the same. One reason is because the audience is different every night. And we're very pleased with tonight. It was a very responsive and warm hearted crowd and we really had fun. 18 john, I understand that last night you were performing for a group of elderly people. Do you seem to detect a different reaction from a group like this? Well, our act as you can tell by the show is directed toward anyone from 15 to 50, but once you pass that age, the really elderly people don't seem to understand. We had a very big and responsive crowd in Orlando, but generally we like to perform for the college people. About how many concerts do you do a year? Oh, it's hard to say, I'd say about 180. Here comes Mike Brousky, leader of the group. Mike how did you gain the title of leader? fm the biggest and the meanest. No, no, uh, that's an interesting question. john and Bob and myself started the group and uh, I don't know, I'm just the leader. Mike, I've noticed one thing, Bob seems to be the only one with short hair, any reason? Well, yes, Bob just recently got a haircut, he was doing some skindiving. The rest of us haven't gotten one for three years. The long hair on Bob would probably bother him, ya know getting in his mouth and mask and everything. He might drown. Why do you wear your hair long? Well, we think it looks better on stage, and it's not ridiculously long, ya know, it's not down to our shoulders. We think it's a clean cut, long look. We've always had this look. Mike, whats new record wise? Well, we have a new album coming out in about three weeks on United Artists. It's a completely new album, an all new direction. VVe're very excited about this. We like to sell records and this one we have coming is the first album we've put out in a year and a half. john, what do you think? Well, we're very proud of this album and it really shows. So in three weeks, everyone go out and go crazy. Buy Serendipity album number 6. Mike, have you ever been out to Broward junior College? Well, we were there about three years ago.