Louisiana State University - Gumbo Yearbook (Baton Rouge, LA)

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i J Zri ' tDelt Mamed OVCiss £S ( Vl % :J? £ : 3b F J ' Sfc v ;- reshman Jeanne Burns was crowned Miss LSU last March by th e 1986 Miss LSU, Ona Carson. Burns was spon- sored by her sorority, Delta Delta Delta. I can ' t believe it, said a shocked Burns. It was the dress. My mother made the dress. She spent six months of her life making it, she said after being crowned. The dress Bums wore to win the evening gown competition was white with a high slit over the right leg, and was adorned with cracked ice and bugle beads. Bums, a broadcast journalism major, went to Redemptorist High School in Baton Rouge and was Miss Baton Rouge, U.S.A. 1986 and Miss Redemptorist High School in 1985. The Miss LSU Pageant was sponsored by Phi Mu sorority with proceeds from the pageant going to their philanthropy, Pro- ject HOPE. The preliminary award win- ners were Melissa Lawrence, who won the talent competition singing Something ' s Coming from the musical Westside Story and Bums, who won the evening gown, swimsuit and most ad sales competitions. Jane Ivey Grammer won Miss Congeniality, an award the con- testants vote on themselves. From the 20 girls who partici- pated in the pageant, 1 1 semi- finalists were chosen. First runner-up was Elizabeth Haynes, sponsored by Acacia Fraternity; second runner-up was Patricia Lawson, sponsored by Phi Delta Theta fraternity; third runner-up was Melissa Lawr- ence, sponsored by Delta Zeta sorority; and fourth runner-up was Barbara Keating, sponsored by the Phi Mu Alpha sinfonia music fraternity. Karen Tumi Delia Delta Delta sorority was proud to sponsor Jeanne Burns, winner of the swimsuit competition. Patricia Lawson, sponsored by Phi Delta Theta, was 2nd runner up in the overall competition 24 (Miss £S ' U

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The band performs to [he students sec- tion at the LSU — Kentucky game Xylophones are easier played on stands, but are often carried, too. Forming a perfect pattern takes concen- tration while not losing time with the 3 . , . -£ 23

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The 1487 Miss LSU Pageant Court (1 to Burns- Miss LSU. Elizabeth Haynes- 1st r) Barbara Keating- 4th runner up, Patn- runner up. and Melissa Lawrence- 3rd cia Lawson- 2nd runner up. Jeanne runner up. ' iVja -S. T. ' if?. all ph..!. h Man 1 W M m -o t V W • r H E - B tyvKS r m m Er -V ' . 1 ™ Melissa Lawrence of Delta Zeta soronty 4th runner up Barbara Keating was spon- Jeanne Bums of Delta Delta Delta soror- Miss Congeniality. Jane Ivey Grammer. was 3rd runner up overall as well as the sored by Phi Mu Alpha Music Fraternity. lty was crowned Miss LSU 1487. was sponsored by Angel Right, winner of the talent competition Miss £S ' U 25