Fort Hays State University - Reveille Yearbook (Hays, KS)

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: $ graph. X fans eagerly wail a forever treasured auto l ithe River Band ' s lead vocalist dances with the audience during Ihe year ' s first concert in Gross Memorial Coliseum, An endless mob of the eventual sell out crowd jam inti Memorial Union for concert tickets. f if ff it 4t « little River Band Dirt Band 19

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Icy roads and a chilling wind have little impact on audience size as nearly 4.700 people crowd into Gross Memorial Colise- um. Through the mist of a fog. overall dad Roger Boyd eases into a hard rock song. Head East splashes in Midwest HI t might be cold in Hays, but it is going to be | HOT in Gross Memorial Coliseum ' These words, spoken by Dave Brown, Memorial Union Activities Board program director, best de- scribed the evening of Jan. 31. Although the warm, mild January weather was briefly interrupted by the first snowfall of the year, icy roads and windy snow did not stop 4,680 people from crowding into the coliseum for the hard rock sounds of Head East. Led by producer keyboard player Roger Boyd, the five-piece band entertained a standing, applaud- ing audience with tunes such as “Since You ' ve Been Gone, “Get up and Enjoy Yourself, and “Never Been Any Reason. The opening act was Missouri, a five-piece hard rock band from St. Louis. Stepping up the pace of the rock music was jug- gler Chris Bliss. The young entertainer, who has appeared on The Midnight Special and per- formed with Dr. Hook and the Starland Vocal Band, sent an array of florescent tennis balls and stream- ing fire into the air as he juggled to the sounds of “Stairway to Heaven, “Carry On, and Sgt Pep- per A Day in the Life