Grambling State University - Tiger Yearbook (Grambling, LA)

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ig ®orory ePmrIo-=z s mo0 Boggie folks! Boggie! Everyone Was Doing ‘The Bayou Boggie’ Story by JEANELL NEAL It was a night for singers. It was 8 p.m., March 7, 1986, and the T. H. Harris Auditorium was packed with students. Everyone was waiting for ‘“‘The Night The Stars Came Out,”’ the annual Spring Talent Show sponsored by the Student Union Board. Gramblinites greeted each ‘‘star’’ with a hearty, warm applause. The most well received stars were both vocally and musically inclined. Several of the year’s top hits performed were Sade’s “‘The Sweetest Taboo”’ sang by Tondaleya Palmer and Co., and Whitney Houston’s ‘“‘How Will I Know?” by Linda Freeman. Other songs showcased were ‘“‘Secret Lovers’ (Atlantic Starr) by Vincent Drake and Venice Ford and GSU’s version of the ‘‘Superbowl Shuffle” —‘“‘b.k.a. the Bayou Boogie.”’ Musically talented acts included a saxophone serenade and a new song written, composed and sang by Patrick Earthly. The auditorium was “wild with applause” when Al Harris b.k.a. “Lu- ther” bellowed Bobby Womack’s “‘I Wish He Didn’t Trust Me So Much.” @ At the end of his performance everyone in the building was standing on his % feet cheering and begging for more. E “That’s What Friends Are For” was the finale for this “Night The Stars @ Came Out.” eT Vincent Drake and Venice Ford do ‘Secret Lovers.”

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