University of Kansas - Jayhawker Yearbook (Lawrence, KS)

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Nitty Gritty Dirt Band The dirt and rain meshed into a synthesis of electronic Cowboy joy when the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band brought out their fiddles and banjos to quiet a passing storm. Featuringthe powerful playing of john McEuen on guitar, bass, violin and steel guitar with the high vocal range of bassist and pianist, lim lbbotson, the Dirt Band's repertoire of bluegrass, Cajun and rock fused perfectly into the Midwest's scheme of scene Most exciting was their blend of musical professionalism and showmanship. The Dirt Band shows lesser groups that it takes an unbroken circle of power and performance to excite and entertain.

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If lc -+v.w..,Y. if r Cf K 'T ' tf' lil A qu at if 5 lk' 3, , I , - f N + wr at Y , fl is ' W fu. ,l , 'l Q 4 K t .if 6' ,4- l 'B' 'ill LQ 'l In celebration of the ' Bicentennial, the University Theatre presented the shoot-em- up musical comedy, Annie Get Your Gun, on October 17-18 and 24-25. Directed by joe Watson and featuring a cast of 35, the feeling, spark and joie de vivre of the theatrical production was not only evident on stage but in the audience as well. B Based on Annie Oakley's love for Frank Butler and her historical rise to fame as a sharp-shooter in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, the play reflected the golden age of musical comedy. . Principal actors included Rhonda Plymate as Annie, Bill Gilinsky as Frank Butler, and Tom Rea as the virile Buffalo Bill A Q., K' if it - Y' Ax.. V , 2 1 li I 23

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Water, water, Cool Cascades of Clear, clean water The sun dance fiery scene sets the hills ablaze, Horizon edges quick up the mountains way. Have you ever been down Salinas way? Where Steinbeck found the valley And he wrote about it the way it was in his trayeIin's with Charlie And have you ever Walked clown through the syfamores Where the farmhouse used to be There the monarCh's autumn journey ends On a vvindswept Cyprus tree Water, water, get yourself in the fool, Clear water. Calilornia Saga: California, written and Composed by Al lardine, Copyright 'l972 by Wilojarston Publishing iAsCAPp from l lollanclf' 1972.