Truman State University - Echo Yearbook (Kirksville, MO)

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COLOR ANO SOUND combine to draw the II listeners into Juice's performance. Newton I established rapport with her audience early in the concert with frequent conversation. 6 A COOL BLUE LIGHTS reflect the mood of an emotional passage in one of Juice's slow ballads. Newton's repertoire ranged from rowdy and loud to calm and soft. s IN THE SPOTLIGHT. Juice Newton performs | with her band, pianist Jim Lang, guitarist Otha Young, drummer Michael Huey, guitarist Chuck i Martin and bass guitarist Johnny Pierce. Juice Newton 1 Student Life 1 Shelly Johnton Shelly

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With stylish stage antics, )uice Newton drew the crowd Into the act by LACJRIE WHITE hen Juice Newton took to the stage for her concert performance in Baldwin Hall April 27. the glow of ■■ —— .... the illuminated stage seemed to take on a i in.n.. heightened energy as she answered the audience's anticipatory cheers with an enthusiastic welcome. Brandishing a black guitar. Newton pro- ceeded to give a show which was as unex pectedly fun as her shocking pink dress and chrome yellow boots. Indeed the consensus indicated that Juice Newton was The Sweetest Thing to the crowd that filled Baldwin to 80 per- cent capacity for the SAB-sponsored show. I expected more country, but tl Urn - participate. I was happy that she included all different types of music, sophomore Karen Kettler said. She put on a really good show; it seems like she was really up for it. junior Annie Ruyle said. I didn't know many of her songs, but after the concert I started to like all of them. I hope we'll have more concerts like this. junior Ramiro Regue said. I thought it (the concert) was very good. There were a lot of songs that were popular that I didn't realize she did that she did a good job on. junior Janice Kestner said. The crowd really liked it. junior Karen Gordy. SAB con- cert chairperson, said. I think if people knew how good it was going to be. we would've had more lines at the door.” Newton and her band, con- sisting of her partner Otha Young on guitar. Jim Lang on piano, Michael Huey on drums. Johnny Pierce on bass and Chuck Martin on guitar, per- formed such hits as Angel of the Morning. Break It to Me Gently. Heart of Night. and ? The Sweetest Thing. Since we do a variety of ; material, we can change our 5 set from night to night. We can play to different rooms and give a variety of fans a variety of music. Newton said. This show, we played everything, meaning we didn't delete any of the more rock and roll material, whereas we would in some places because we felt that the student body or whoever came in were more broad minded. A Virginia native. Newton said she began singing 15 years ago in church and high school choirs and has had no profes sional voice training. She classifies her style as country-pop, and I also do rock and roll material. I think it's very contem- porary. actually. I don't see a lot of restric- tions; I don't do jazz or RGB. but other than that, we incorporate a lot of styles into what we do. Newton and her band generally tour about seven months out of the year and had been on the road about a month before her Kirksville appearance. You have to learn to adjust to being on the road — how to pack well and to be normal away from home and realize it's not just a three or four-day trip, it's six or seven weeks each time. You have to learn to maintain some sort of normal footing, such as going bowl- ing. writing your letters, calling to get your n e feel that the audience likes to We have a good time when we work; that’s one of the reasons we do it.” Juice Newton FLASHY YELLOW BOOTS and a hot pink mini dress augment Juice's vivacious stage presence. Newton used her long hair to punc- tuate her flamboyant movements. messages. If you let everything go. when you come home, you don't live there anymore. While on the road. Newton said she and the band run. play racquetball and go horseback riding. It's pretty easy to keep fit on the road. she said. Newton said she plays a lot of schools in the (J.S. and Canada, generally during the spring and fall. The non-campus audience is more rowdy, actually. I think at some campuses they want to keep it (the show) a little more subdued. In the big halls, peo pie have no restrictions. They're a little more aggressive. The concert was one of the smoothest shows I've worked; it went real well. Jim LeGrand. Baldwin Hall auditorium director, said. It wasn't any worse than bringing in the Saint Louis Symphony or the Kansas City Ballet. We didn't have to make any exceptions that we would have to do for any school function like Lyceum. The Newton entourage was a very pro fessional group. I didn't see any snags at all in terms of pro duction. I have worked with concerts that were a lot harder. Vonnie Nichols, direc tor of student activities, said. LeGrand said he had had some concern about possible difficulties like having to search people for tape recorders or having to deal with people rushing the stage, but we had few problems. he said. The audience didn't seem tc have any problem at all as they shouted out requests and clap ped with approval as the first few notes of a familiar song filtered through the auditorium. Throughout. Newton tossed her long hair about flirtatiously, dancing to the rhythm of the crowd's ap plause. From the plaintive vocal of Break It to Me Gent- ly.” to the rambunctious unac- companied rendition of Ricky Nelson's It's Late. Newton and her band seemed to be hav- ing as enjoyable an evening a the audience they wer entertaining. We feel that the audience likes to par- ticipate. We have a good time when we work; that’s one of the reasons we do it. Newton said, rf Juice Newton Student Life

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From the garden to the hearth, a new by MARY JO SCHMIDT At first glance, the cafeterias seemed like entirely different places. But wait a minute. There’s the conveyor belt, same place as it was last year. And the soda p°P and drink machines haven't changed location. There are still long lines on special nights and everyone claps when a tray is dropped. But then again, there was something dif- ferent about the cafeterias this year. They seemed to have obtained an aura of sophistication over the summer. Huge plants decorated the floors and hung from the ceiling. New red counter tops bright- ened up the areas around the cereal and drinks. Wooden signs attracted students to receive their entree from The Hear- thstone or their salads from Garden Pickins , and the day the soft-serve ice cream machines were introduced, students flocked to get their share. So went the debut of Professional Food Service Management, Inc. (PFM). When the company came to the cafeterias in the summer, a new atmosphere and a deter- mination to provide students with quality food and service came also. Students greeted PFM with mixed reac- tions, but they did comment on the in- crease in quality compared to the American Food Service Management (AFM), which served the cafeterias from 1976 to spring 1983. The University made the switch after evaluating AFM's service and comparing bids between the two companies. We didn't have serious reservations with AFM, but decided we should look around. We had the same food service for seven years and decided to look to see if we could find something better. Terry Smith, dean of students, said. There are some things that cannot be reduced to writing or have a price tag affixed to them, like presentation of food, effectiveness of management and sanita- tion, John Jepson, university coordinator of food service, said. AFM was doing a good job. but we felt this company (PFM) had a lot more to offer for close to the same price. Last year we were served by AFM, and the food was really poor. But when I came back this year, I was very shocked and also very pleased. said junior Angela Hobbs. PFM is still better than AFM. but the margin is closing. I think that there is extensive room for improve- ment. Some of the food is not too bad. but steak nights could definitely be improved. I can see right through my steak, freshman . Mike McMeley said, a Dan Kratz, cam-1 pus food service director, said that it is impossible to please everyone. What we do is try to please the majority of students. We strive to serve the highest quality of food possible to make sure that the students are satisfied. Junior Terri Reames is not totally satis- fied. The desserts aren't near as good as last year, with the possible exception of the banana splits, Reames said. Maybe the food is better, but the choices are still the same. There is not an amazing differ- ence. But Reames noticed one big differ- ence between the two services. One thing I really like is that they have meat at every breakfast. When we had AFM, we only had meat for breakfast every other day. If you didn't go to break- fast very early, you didn't get meat at all. Other improve- ments include PFM's full break fast on Saturday compared to AFM's continental break- fast, four dessert choices instead of three, and three lunch and dinner entrees instead of two, Jepson said. Freshman Carol Behlmann said she felt the need for better consistency of food. “It's sometimes good and sometimes not. It's never all good. Kratz admitted that the combina- tions need rework- ing. Right now we are getting adjusted and trying to deter- mine what goes over best with the students. We also have food service committees which are made up of students elected by students in their respective residence halls, and we meet with them once a week CONVERSATION WITH A FRIEND in line takes junior Don Henderson's attention away from his meal. Students often had to wait in line for en- trees and soft-serve ice cream. BAKED BEANS rounds out freshman Jill Preisack's picnic meal at Red Barn Park. The picnic, a part of Homecoming Week activities, gave students a break from hall cafeterias. PFM Student Life