University of Houston - Houstonian Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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Betty Ann Cross, Fiesta belle, and Wade Wiley, Fiesta Sheriff. judgf- for llic I loiitiei Fiesta Parade down Main opening Fiesta (iffi( iall wer Earl McMillian. President E. E. Oberholtzer. and Dr. W. W. Kenunerer. Tliei choice for top float was the Silver Moon Saloon. OPENING DAY Solving of the Bearded onder Contest my- stery and a parade with full Western trimmings marked the close of preliminaries. The big day. April 11. was here and that night. Frontier Fiesta of 19.50 officially opened to crowds of Houstonians. The Old West was iii full bloom. A mail ain ' t safe in Fiesta City. First to finish building was the Boot Heel. Of :..!ijle(l I ' irarJed iilier Fie IHsi 28 Marion Nelson caught Bearded Wonder Rex Green

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Shucks, ma ' am, growing a heard ain ' l had. ESTA DRAWS NEAR Whisker? starled sprouting and buildings started growing during the spring. A Fiesta auction of ten coeds and ten men as well as the Bearded Wonder (Contest kept interest alive as Fiesta time neared. During the Fiesta auction. Bob Augent- haler bought himself a date with Mildred Daigle. .Spring fever took its loll of workers. Finally through, .iiul |ii .| m imie.

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.A- . The Fiesta Pageant introdured the Rrlle and Sheriff to the audienee each night. ■ y 1 OPENING NIGHT On opening night, the sedate citizeiir of Hou- ston mingled in the hrauhiig Western atmosphere of Fiesta Cit . Bearded cowhands, costumed coeds, log-tim- bered cabarets — they all combined to form the 19o() Frontier Fiesta, the Greatest College Show on Earth. From Tuesday through Saturday, the crowds kept pouring into the modern boomtown. For five days. UH students offered entertainment of a by- gone day. Can-cans by the dozen. Western drama, come- dy, song, dance, you name it. Fiesta City went all out to bring back the days of the cowhands and cowgirls to modern fiouston. Bella Union ' s gorgeous choru Soused Pacific parodied a familiar musical.