College of Idaho - Trail Yearbook (Caldwell, ID)

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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

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beautiful spring weather accompanied the an- nual spring fling when students exchanged books and term papers for a weekend of fun. the fling began may 2nd, and continued through Saturday and Sunday, faculty and stu- dents showed the local newspapers and tv stations that the c of i was alive and kicking, events scheduled included a surprise faculty roast, picnic, cartoons at breakfast, and orga- nization booths and tables. dorms demonstrated their skills in 3 legged races, tricycle races, pyramid building, human wheelbarrel races and frisbee throwing. Satur- day night students gathered at a beach party dance, the band was brandywine. Sunday evening, students returned to studies and papers to prepare for monday ' s classes, yet the weekend lingered in the minds of many and the fun shared was not soon forgot- ten. 96