University of Delaware - Blue Hen Yearbook (Newark, DE)

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The Hooters brought their unique blend of Rock and Reg- gae to Bacchus. They played such rock favorites as She Was Just 17 and probably the best known reggae song, Trench- town Rock . Although the Hooters are from Philadelphia, and not Jamaica, by the third number, the crowd was not able to stand still. From snapping fin- gers, to tapping toes, to dancing in rhythm, everyone felt the pulse of the band. The crowd was a record for Bacchus with 450 eager listeners. An unusual blend of University students came to see the Hooters, both first time concert goers and hard-core Hooter fans who fol- low the group everywhere. The crowd came alive when the Hooters started to play their lo- cal hit, All You Zombies , but the highpoint of the concert was their 20 minute jam of She Talks Too Much. The five member band played three encores to top off a total of almost three hours of playing time. At the end of the concert, both The Hooters and the audi- ence were exhausted.

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Looking like an ornery blond schoolboy in a bowtie and argyle vest, Livingston Taylor charmed a packed house at Bacchus during the Fall of '81. Opening for Taylor was New York guitarist and singer Mark Black. Taylor was quite versa- tile and played such favorites as 'I Will Be In Love With You and First Time Love , using guitar, pi- ano and banjo. He also sang a col- lection of short, lively songs such as Pajamas from the Sesame Street album Cambridge Kind of Guy and a song written by A. Haig and the Reaganettes entitled Soviet Union. The audience was delighted and commanded Taylor to perform an encore.

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12 Harrington Theatre Arts Com- pany presented Leonard Gershe's Butterflies are Free in the Fall of '81. The play concentrated on the main character's ability to accept and overcome his disability. Don Baker was a blind songwriter who has moved away from an overbear- ing mother to face life on his own. Into his life enters Jill Tanner, a 19-year-old budding actress who is afraid of committments as a result of past experiences with men. Her excuse is that someone always gets hurt. Her friendship with Baker al- lows them both to learn, grow, and experience each other as well as themselves. Both characters were performed skillfully. Baker was seen as a sensi- tive person with both strengths and weaknesses, while Tanner appeared as an experienced individual with innocence in her pocket when it came to dealing with a blind per- son. Don's mother, Mrs. Baker, was well portrayed as a domineering mother who turns into a sensitive and understanding person. The in- complex setting and standard dia- logue also contributed to the play's SuCcess. The University Theatre's second production of 1981-82, Brecht on Brecht, was characteristic of the fine reputation of a Delaware show. The play traced the life of German poet and playwright Bertolt Brecht. As the play progressed, the action followed Brecht's early life, his struggle to write in a Hitler-domi- nated Germany, his exile to Amer- ica in 1933, and his subsequent re- turn to Berlin, where he died in 1956. The play was presented by an eight member company which per- formed monologues and sketches taken from Brecht's well-known works, most notably, The Three Penny Opera. The stage was set to resemble an abandoned warehouse. In addition, the different acts of the play were illustrated with over 300 slides of Brecht and the people involved in his life.