College of Idaho - Trail Yearbook (Caldwell, ID)

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in an atmosphere suggesting the magic of Disney, couples dipped and swirled at the homecoming dance, the ' mellow music of Kris and songbook enhanced the softness of the dimly lit ballroom, overall success for homecoming participation went to simplot, with voorhees second and anderson third, don brizee and pam cruikshank were crowned homecoming king and queen. 93

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liCHECCMING DCRA4 DECS DIECIK D€CM$ with a homecoming theme that centered around the wonderful world of disney, the possibilities for dorm decorations were enormous. anderson hall took first place with an ingenious representation of the pirates of the Caribbean. the men from anderson lined the floor and walls of the basement with visqueen and duct tape to prevent seepage and the basement was flooded to form a sea. the andersonians them built a ship with an open treasure chest in it. there were also mem- bers dressed as pirates, the judges were transport- ed across the sea in a rubber life raft from one end of the basement to the other, for special effects, the ceiling was covered with a blue plastic material with the lights shining through, this sky had the appearance of being cloudy, the windows were covered and extra lights were strung to highlight certain parts of the exhibition, there was a mural along the back wall for the display, and mark peirce provided the music for the judging. finney hall took second place with a well-done rendition of it ' s a small world. visitors entered from the front steps where there were cardboard replicas of the animal-shaped sculptured shrubs found in small world in disneyland. the en- trance was decorated with Hello in several lan- guages and pictures of scenes in several countries. hawaii was the first place visited by the judges who all received leis. africa was next with animated animals cut out of cardboard and painted, three natives in brightly colored costumes also added to the african secene. mexico was very colorful and the north pole had an igloo and stuffed animals, japan was beautiful with several genuine Japanese artifacts and two lovely Japanese girls, germany was a large mural with a mountainous background, and in france Le tour eiffel and wine were fea- tured, holland was very colorful with miniature windmills and tulips, the exit was decorated with good Bye in several languages and many pic- tures, the judges were transported in the s. s. finney, a cardboard boat. the voorheesians captured third with alice in wonderland. alice was portrayed by janet crepps. she led the judges and visitors from the entrance in the basement through a tunnel and past the mad hatter playing cards with other wonderland characters, the judges then went through the key- hole and over a pond created by a stream running down thebasement stairs. simplot and haymen also entered in dorm decora- tion, placing fourth and fifth, simplot used a Cin- derella theme and haymen decorated their dorm like the castle at disneyland. 92

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Talent Abounds At The C Of I Talent Night. 7:15 p.m. on thursday the 17th of January, jewett auditorium began to fill with people; some were dressed in strange costumes, mickey mouse ears abounded, at 7:30, the house lights dimmed, the crowd quieted, and greg uehara, the master of ceremonies, stepped up to the microphone wear- ing his bathrobe, he explained that he he was wearing his bathrobe to be more comfortable as he sang his first song, when he had finished he said that he had to go change five minutes passed before he returned on stage dressed in a grass skirt made from shredded newspapers and a bik ni top. then he sang i wanna go back to my little grass shack as only a hawaiian could. greg announced the flying zuchinni sisters from zugoslavia (finney hall), their acrobatic perfor- mance defied danger, and delighted the crowd, the next act looked truly sweet in ruffles and lace as haymen guys dressed in girls clothing sang the popular village people ' s macho man nick noco- mis played his violin in a tribute to the music of wait disney. the voorheesian played with skill and charm ana the audience cheered enthusiastically at the close of his performance, anderson nearly lost their dorm mother when mrs. fox as mary foppins tried to save the coyotes from the w.p. nights in a basketball satire, ' floating ' her down into the court almost became a disaster in itself, the faculty could not be shown up, dr. tanner of the math department presented a monologue en- titled the secret athlete, the mouseketeers from simplot, marched and danced to some of the old mickey mouse club music. greg uehara announced the leg and beard contest next, after examining the fuzzy chins, judges de- cided that dr. tanner was the winner of the 41 day beard contest; lin waterman the 9 day; and dave black the peachfuzz award, the legs contest pro- duced a surprising variety of legs the number of contestants was whittled down to five finalists, then the winners were chosen, renee rambaud from hayman received first prize, lee bale from finney grabbed second, and saffi krubally from anderson finished third. the second set of skits produced by student ser- vices presented a version of snow white, featuring mrs. bruett as the witch, mr. kerrick as prince charming, and our own art eichlin as lovely snow white, art has been reported as avoiding apples at all cost, the next talent acts were simplot ' s nancy mcintosh accompanied by mona tucker, she sang everything from a a star is born, then debbie dawson and diane herenburg from finney fol- lowed with a harp-flute duet of send in the clowns , both numbers were beautiful. the voorheesians presented the mister rogers show with their own rendition of little bunny foo foo. the harbor bombers were next with the jazz numbers take the a-train and good evening mr. and mrs. america . finney was next with greg wilson as tinkerbell, and a well-choreographed musical number: the village woman singing slinky dame. last on the program were mel kipp, carol henery, and terri rivers and the three metro- nomes, the performers presented a mel kipp original entitled the tic-toe that sat on my piano blues. as greg came out to wrap up the evening he thanked the boise statesman for providing his grass (paper) skirt and announced the winners, voorhees won first place for best skit, finney won second, and simplot won third, greg added that haymen and anderson shouldn ' t feel bad because they were given honorable mention, for best indi- vidual entries nick nocomis received first, the har- bor bombers second, and nancy mcintosh third. 94