Hardin Simmons University - Bronco Yearbook (Abilene, TX)

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Small, non-chartered group comes from behind the pack with an unusual theme and gives the audience ... A Sweepstake Surprise w by Jennifer Peterson bjMtoi McDonald? N the combination of storylines used by Psi Geeka Chi to produce an award The men and women of the fraroity were trying to do anything out of the norm. They began with Superman as a theme because he was easy to build off a storyline. They had a running joke t Spam so they a story. Coincidentally, th 50th i s the yi products. McDonald a just seemed like the added e this storyline needed. The prim, ators of this unusual !' Payton, Kerry Graham ---- ey and Da ) Payton, Our Bruce Shatney and Darren Although there were not specific d ectors who acted in charge over th 3 few people v ain jobs c marily responsible to get c . For « d Lisa Everett d mple, it of tl Brent Payton. Theii songs with lyric for their show. 1 graduate. During pract panist was Carol Evins ; played by Brant oreography. Kerry Graham and Scott Ison were in charee of working on the taken care of by ongs were popular h lyrics which were rewritten how. The lyrics were rewritten by Rodney G. Payton, a recent HSU The McDonald characters 1 by Darren Donaldson and son, respectively. The villai ry, Lex Luther, was play . Davis. These were a few of the 38 people who performed for Psi Geeka Chi. The group practiced five nights a week at University Baptist Church. Al- though they did not run into any major couple of minor problems. One of them was that they did not get all of their before opening night. Payton jokingly claimed that another problem was that some people took this too seriously. y weeks of practice, h it when the winners Psi Geeka Chi was a ed a plaque for creativity. They also won trophies for Best Mixed Division, Best Set and Sweepstakes. practice, Payton stated, ' get together with aPmob of people every night for two hours and not do home- doing Sing, Psi Geeka Chi got what everyone else wanted — Sweepstakes. t differ r Ego was played by E 10 »

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Tradition Lives On Music Art Promoted by Sing by Jennifer Peterson raditions are something that help in keeping the es alive. A favorite tradition students and faculty mem- e All School Sing. adition began in 1960, and nued for 27 years. The pur- was to promote music among the student len of Sigma A 1 of Phi Mu A j Alpha i Gi Gi Brickhouse students began planning and pre- paring for Sing in April, '87, when they were elected as president of them withthe work? there was a Sing committee, which was made up of mittee) a Dr. Paula Windham e (the o charge of tasks like tickets, pu advertising, judges, prizes, int programs, and running the te side backstage. The Sing o tee was organized and easy t e Steele. There sach per :k, George Biffle, .y Chis- ' ' jchel Bei smoothly, ; the finishing touches to their dancing and singing, and the excitement grew. According to Brickhouse, this was the first year that no major changes had to be made before the performance. She said, “This year was one of the smooth- est as far as group participation. Although the groups who performed were in the spotlight, there were many important people backstage who were stage crew was headed by Jaye Beetam, of Van Ellis Theater. Steve Winkler said, Jaye Beetam takes an avid interest in Sing and without her help, Sing would not be where it is now. Sing has really become professional in that capacity. Todd Johnson was the student director of the stage crew. He and his crew were in charge of moving the sets on and off stage. The students who worked in Van Ellis Theater helped to run the sound, lights, and spotlights. The ushers of the performances were the women of Phi Phi Phi, Epsilon Pi Alpha, and SAI. You may be wondering where all of There were many things it was used for. Most importantly, it was used to pay groups. The money brought in was df vided between SAI and Phi Mu. These groups used the money to buy things like spotlights or computer printers for the University. They sometimes put this money back into the community. For example, SAI found a little girl who showed promise musically. She played e judging Kathy Chisholm, Bob Stra Bein. To help answ keep thing :ee was always nearby On lwsdaytnight°'before the opening performance on Friday, the groups went through the dress re- hearsal. On this night, the Sing com- mittee and its faculty sponsors were bought this girl put in by the groups payed c ! All-Sc

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