University of Notre Dame - Dome Yearbook (Notre Dame, IN)

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Outside linebacker, John McLaughlin, attempts to sack Blue team quarterback Ron Powlus. The Gold defense held the opposing team, which was comprised of starters, scoreless in the first half. Ron Powlus, playing quarterback for the Blue team, looks for an opening to pass before the defense can reach him. photo by Jeff Roth 2,4 ye

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(jnicaao ana Uiolent Jemmes Uisi The best of the old and the best of the new seemed to be the theme for the Fall ' s concerts. The Vio- lent Femmes put in an early appearance at the Stepan Center, while Chicago ap- peared less than a month later at the Joyce Athletic and Convocation Center. The Femmes took the stage after their opening band 16 Horsepower and campus band Tacklebox. The concert was marked by extensive audience in- teraction with The Femmes. The band stopped in the middle of a song to tell a story and brought four girls onto the stage to dance during Kiss Off. The concert lasted three hours. The Chicago concert was a benefit for the Ara Parseghian Foundation. The eight member band played a song list drawn from most of their twenty- six year career, including covers of Benny Goodman and Glenn Miller. Their jazzy horn sound featured solos by most of the band members ranging from the drummer to the trombon- ist. Parseghian himself took the stage at the con- clusion of the show to thank the band for their support. The Violent Femmes concert was a big success for the organizers. Students and other fans were dancing in Stepan Center, on the stage and on the floor, while the band was asked to play several encores.

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c uare Off at Spring Scrimmage Jju tfamie Jjoroas Along with all of the other new forms of life that ar- rive with the beginning of Spring, the birth of a new football season is brought about with the annual Blue- Gold Spring Game. The game is the first opportu- nity for students and fans to see the new faces that will be in the starting lineup for the Irish in the Fall. The game was sur- rounded by even more anticipation than usual due to the team ' s disappoint- ing prior season. Many questions needed to be answered and fans were eager to find out whether or not the Irish would im- prove in 1995. An unusual twist was instituted for the game. Coach Lou Holtz decided to put both the offensive and defensive starters on the Blue team. In the past, they had generally been split up onto different squads. The reserves, which made up the Gold team, held their own for the first half and headed into the locker room in a scoreless deadlock. Coach Holtz, angered by the performance of the Blue team, ordered the Scoreboard operator to give the Gold team 21 points. This woke up the offensive starters and quar- terback Ron Powlus pro- ceeded to throw five sec- ond half touchdowns to Charles Stafford to give the Blue team a 35-2 1 victory. John McLaughlin follows Randy Kinder around several blockers at the spring Blue and Gold game. 25