University of North Carolina Greensboro - Pine Needles Yearbook (Greensboro, NC)

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Dreams Come True . . T IIS.S. Elllntt Marriage was the happy ending to this lucky couple ' s night on the ElIC Love Boat. The U.S.S. Elliott passenger. Dreams came true November 4 when EUC became the U.S.S. Elhott. Each passenger was welcomed aboard in Loveboat style with confetti and the theme song. Guests were enter- tained with a coffee house, shuf- fleboard, pool, pingpong, and movies. A dance was held in Cone Ballroom with music provided by the Good- Passengers enjoyed the dance i night Charlie Disco. Refreshments were served at a non-alcoholic bar, emphasizing Alcohol Awareness Week. Another feature was a Night at the Races , which was a video presentation of a horse race. Passengers were allowed to bet on the horses. The most popular feature was the ' ilh the Goodnight Charlie Disco. Marriage-Divorce booth. EUC Council president Bill Murray acted as captain and married couples. Ran- dy McGuire was the judge who divorced the unhappy newlyweds. The couples were given marriage cer- tificates which were not valid on this planet.

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Performs in Lecture Series Each year as a part of the Universi- ty Concert Lecture Series, the UNC- G Dance Company performs. This year the company ' s concert consisted of five dances encompassing styles from classic vallet to freeform modern dance, giving the evening a diverse range of entertainment. Opening the performance was a modern dance, ' ' Focus , choreographed by Dorothy Berea Silver, a former Graham dancer and current artist-in-residence at UNC- G. Focus explores the idea of children discovering a new toy. The dancers relied on an eight-foot cir- cular platform fixed atop a large in- flated innertube. Following Focus was the only classical ballet selection, Pas de Trois , from Swan Lake. The dancers displayed the technical demands of the dance with grace. Fermorphosis Myths , a dance pertaining to various myths about women, was accompanied by unique sounds of video games, incessant phones ringing, and the voices of the dancers in an up-and-down cacophony. The lighting designed by Dana Lowell greatly enhanced the performance. Dancers were able to show their in- dividual qualities of movement in the performance of War Babies. The profound statement of war and its impact created intensely emotional images for the audiences. The final performance of the even- ing was Video Jukebox. Based on a casual theme, dancers wandered on as stagehands and then moved through the audience greeting peo- ple. Video Jukebox developed through various episodes, each telling a story.

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MDA Superdance We will ' Ease On Down The Road ' together to make today ' s dreams of finding cures to these diseases tomorrow ' s reality. Bill Mur- ray, Chairperson, MDA Superdance Committee. Approximately seventy dancers helped make dreams come true for Jerry ' s kids at the MDA Superdance. The dance was sponsored by EUC and raised $3000, an increase over last year ' s total by $1000, The dance, which lasted twelve hours, was held on January 28. The theme was Ease On Down The Road. During those twelve hours entertainment was provided by the UNC-G doggers. Muscular dystrophy is the name applied to a group of diseases that are, for the most part, genetically determined and cause gradual wasting of muscles. The effects of muscular dystrophy are physical weakness and deformi- ty. Currently there are more than ten thousand children known to have the disease for which there is no cure. MDA is a voluntary national health agencv aimed at conquering the disease. Through the help of MDA. many children have a brighter future.