University of North Alabama - Diorama Yearbook (Florence, AL)

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Take part in the Fling • • • eating contest featuring Big Macs and gulping contestants. NAFF II, Phi Gam- ma Delta, and the Band Boys took the top three places in the men ' s division. In the women ' s competition, the Pride of Dixie Girls, Alpha Gamma Delta, and Phi Mu were the fastest Big Mac Attackers. Thursday night, the annual Pur- ple and Gold game was held at Braly Municipal Stadium. At halftime, a tug- )f-war was held. Finishing in the top hree places in the men ' s division were Sigma Chi, the P.E. Men, and Phi Gam- ma Delta. LaGrange, Alpha Gamma Delta, and the Pride of Dixie Girls took top honors in the women ' s tug. Also, a dance followed in the Great Hall featur- ng the rock band, White Animals. Climaxing the week of Spring Fling was the annual picnic and relays at Towers Hall and Flowers Hall. All :lasses were dismissed after noon and PHI MU performed their first place panto- mime to the Romantics ' What I Like About k ' ou. Edward Thomas all students, faculty, and staff freed for the day ' s activities. The relays for organizational com- petition included the Dizzy Izzy, Foot- ball: Jax State Style, the Egg Toss, Coming and Going, and the Amoeba Race. The first competition, the Dizzy Izzy race, was a six-person relay involv- ing the circling of a baseball bat. The winners in the men ' s division were FIJI, Sigma Chi, and the P.E. Men. In the women ' s division, Zeta Tau Alpha, Pride of Dixie Girls, and Alpha Gamma Delta were winners. Tops in the Egg Toss were NAFF II, Alpha Phi Alpha, and the Band Boys. In the women ' s division winners were Rice, LaGrange, with Phi Mu and the Pride of Dixie Girls tying for third. The teams of FIJI, NAFF II and the Commuters, placed in the men ' s Coming and Going relay; otherwise known as the five-legged race. In the women ' s race, the top three teams were Rice Hall, Phi Mu, and the Other Women. Jax State Style Football, unique because of a blindfolded quarterback, was judged on the basis of the number of passes caught by the receiver. NAFF II, the Band Boys, and the Commuters tied for first place. Women ' s division winners were: the Pride of Dixie Girls, the Other Women, and a third place tie between Zeta Tau Alpha and Phi Mu. The Amoeba Race consisted of eight-member teams forming cell walls with arms locked and partici- pants facing outward racing through an obstacle course. First in the men ' s race were the P.E. Men and in the women ' s race, the winner was Alpha Gamma Delta. The overall Spring Fling winners, based on all the week ' s activities, were Sigma Chi fraternity and Alpha Gam- ma Delta sorority. Spring Fling pro- vided that greatly desired break from the books, a time to take the edge off the studies. Edward Thomas THE PIKES pre- sented their own Boy George. Boy Miite LeCroix with his back-ups Tom Gauldin and Chuck Young. Spring Ring 15

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lunch for Bill Mock and Joey Hall. Mock was more interested in whether Hall was winning or losing his lunch. SIGMA CHI strutted their way to second place in the air band contest.

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Choreography, lyric writing and endless practice culminated with everyone Stepping to the music CINDY WADE. Kelly Little, and Donna Ford of Alpha Delta Pi perform during their segment of the original competition. The groups were judged from four categories with a maximum of 10 points from each category. Patrick Hood Very few people ever make it into the Collegiate Singers or the SOAR Cabaret, but Step Sing offers a chance for everybody to perform. It is an open event and fierce competition prevails among the groups. According to Melis- sa Horton, organizer for Zeta Tau Al- pha, she began preparations in the fall semester. I began listening to the radio to pick out popular songs that we might perform. Then I had to order the music for it, said Horton. Horton said she also began to take notes on things that were happening around campus for their original tune which each group had to create and perform. All the research had to be com- piled and compacted into a ten minute performance consisting of two songs; by Gary Cosby, Jr. one original and one popular. The original song usually took a shot at some aspect of campus life or an instructor. The groups had to come up with words and choreography and put them to the music of a popular song. The popular song allowed the groups to show off their talent. The groups sang the lyrics but still had to come up with original dance steps de- signed by the group members them- selves. The groups met during the Christ- mas break to put their acts together. Practice began late in December or early in January and continued until the night before the competition. For the competition, groups were divided according to size. Groups with 40 or more were placed into division Patrick Hood one and groups of less than 40 were placed into the second division. Performances were judged by four categories: originality of perfor- mance; enthusiasm shown by the group; stage presence of the group as a whole; and musical ability of the group as a whole. The planning and preparations all came together for Phi Mu Sorority who took first place in the first division. Sig- ma Chi finished second in the first divi- sion. LaGrange Hall won first place in the second division followed by Rivers Hall. ZETA STEP SINGERS Tracy Babcock and Susan Gregg raise a hand in salute during their routine. Each group had 10 minutes to present an original performance and a popu- lar song and dance combination.