Guilford College - Quaker Yearbook (Greensboro, NC)

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In The Spotlight Welcome to the Choir sponsored Talent Show! , began Dr. Sheridan Si- mon, the emcee for Thursday nights performance. Wearing a gaucho style hat and fully costumed for his role, he introduced the panel of judges consist- ing of Tom Jarrell, Diana Wurster, Lois Wright, Donna Haynes. and John Grice. After this the show coordinated by Susan Chase and Robert Stoddard began. Quickly taking the stage, wrapped in robes, the Soap Punks ' opened the show. Singing and dancing to a variety of older beach influenced music, the act formulated a warm atmosphere for the evening to continue. Other acts of the evening included both Cindy Sparks and Ellen Deagon sign dancing to songs I ' m Coming Out and Total Eclipse of the Heart respectively. Each proved adept at dancing to the music and sign- ing the lyrics to the songs. Showing the students that faculty have talent too, chemistry professor David MaCinnes exhibited his talent at playing various renditions of Greens- leeves on a recorder. Mazlum Kosma showed his ability with various Turkish instruments, music, and songs. Andreas Falley took up his guitar and sang a few crowd pleasing ballads with style. World War III war songs were deliv- ered by members of the Nuclear Arms Awareness Group (NAAG). Wearing various military dress, the eleven mem- ber group delivered original composi- tions with sometimes humorous yet thought provoking lyrics. In another line of talent, Stephen Williams, David Grollman, and Bob Bryars poured their rock music onto the audience including a unique version of Roxanne. With all of these great and varied acts to judge it was quite difficult to choose the top three performances. But a deci- sion had to be made. In third place was Bill Grimsley with a nearly perfect magic act which included balancing a student horizontally from the edge of a chair, plucking doves from thin air, and even causing a gorilla to materialize on stage. Taking second place was the sing- ing and guitar picking duo of Doc Rob- erts and Parker Turpin. With verions of Runaround Sue and Mrs. Robin- son the two captivated the audience. But the most unusual and first place winning act was displayed by Zane El- rod and Bill Grimsley. Dressed in white, complete with vacuum cleaners, the two stole the show by singing new lyrics to the recorded instrumental ver- sion of Ghostbusters. Pretending to suck up dirt with their hand held vacu- ums, the two sang I aint afraid of no dirt! The crowd loved them and so did the judges. First place went to the Dust- busters! Coming out to dance, Cindy Sparks displays some i her talent by not only dancing to the music, but al actually signing the lyrics of the song in perfect uniso The Soap Punks lay down a combinati()n of slick dance moves as well as smooth tunes. Chris Nathan. Doug Moore, Bill .Johnson. Steve Saltzgiver. Parker Tur- pin. and Doc Roberts opened the show and set the stage for a evening of solid entertainment.

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Talent from abroad was demtmstrated by Mazlum Dustbusters Bill Grinisley and Zane Eirod cleaned up Kosma as he performed some ot tlie music from Turkey. by taking first place with their parody of the smash Ray Parker Jr. song Ghostbusters. Singing from the soul, Sarah Taylor. Martha Cashel. r.ena Pitrof Ethan Williamson, Karin Longfellow, .la- nice Hood, David Grobbs. .lohn Cox, Louise Parks, Mari- , and Lee Tatum (NAAG) perform original fu- yar songs for the eyening ' s

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SPOOK Of The Season Miss Wells (Maid) Jonathan Marker Dr. Seward Abraham Van Helsing R.M. Ren field Butterwortb Lucy Seward Count Dracula Templeton - Cu th bert Director Set Design Lighting Design Stage Manager Assistant to the Di Assistant Stage Manage: Props C; Interpretors Costu: Make-Up