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Page 33 text:
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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.
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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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Luscious eyefuls awaited Cavalier Theater audiences Far-famed was the Crow ' s Nest Powder Puff Revue. FRONTIER FIESTA FINALE After a five-night run. longest in history. Frontier Fiesta for 19.50 rang down the curtain on the last show. The show was over. Long live the show. With that thought in mind, pla nning began for Fiesta in 1951. The first step would be one of the toughest, trying to find a successor to fill the boots vacated by Dave Halphen, Fiesta chairman this year. With his selection announced at the Fiesta Banquet in May, another ' ' Greatest College Show on Earth would be under way made possible through the energies of the students of the University of Houston. For another year, the spirit of the Old West would lie dormant, gathering strength to return to Fiesta City next year, bigger and better than ever. Silver Moon Saloon ' s Gaslight Gaieties featured a Gay Nineties Theme. A Bella riiioii lorcli song ((iiild even make tlu- (irciii ' stra swoon. 30 J
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