Wichita State University - Parnassus Yearbook (Wichita, KS)

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1 ...Q-mann--... Festival Parades Down Main Street It was part of the KMUW-FM!Wichita Blues Society float, During their stroll down Main Street, the sound system, tuned to KMUW-FM radio for a special musical in- terlude, blared the full sound of gutsy blues. The float was advertising their part of the festival - 'The Last Event' - which was a blues concert along the banks of the Big Arkansas River on the evening of the last day. The next morning was the opening weekend and the River Run. Thousands ran, officially and unofficially, in the two- mile or 10-kilometer run, which wound its way along the banks of the river and the streets of downtown. 'A physical spring cleaning,' one runner called it. This was also the weekend for balloon launches which drew hundreds of early risers each day it was held. Outdoor sports dominated the week's events. There was a tennis tournament, bicycle races as well as barefoot water skiing on the Little Arkansas River, which is maybe four foot deep at high tide. Concerts downtown at Heritage Square, where brown-baggers had lunchtime enter- tainment, were presented by high school musicians throughout the week. But it was the evening open-air performances along the Big Arkansas River which attracted the most attention. One of the larger audience draws was the midweek country music concert. The pro- gram also promised some bluegrass music but the cowboy hats that were flying proudly that night were evidence most people there had CSKW in their hearts and minds. On Thursday evening the fiery hot to icy cool strains of jazz were in the air along the Big Arkansas. The Wichita State University jazz Ensemble played mostly big band ar- rangements for full ensembles. The group was followed by the more esoteric sounds of Hands Down, a percus- sion group from WSU which works in the fu- sion vein. The good fortune with the weather ex-

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ii-1. ' .1-.H CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: With the Big Arkansas River as a backdrop, Wichita State Universi- ty's Jazz ensemble performs during an evening concert at A. Price Woodard park. 5!17!84 J.T. Burks calls out on his har- monica while playing with Jimmy Fastfingers Dawkins during the Blues Concert.5!20!84 Tyrone Sentry, drummer for Jimmy Dawkins, gets into a faster paced blues number. 5120184 Decals on a guitar case show the in- temational road followed by a blues musician. 5!20!84. Fine Arts junior Amy Kellogg cools out with the blues and a beer. 5!20!84

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CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT The Shriner motorcycle troupes shoot past Century ll. 5!1l!84 Dance hall girls bring back an era that ended with abolition. 5!ll!84 KMUW staff and members of the Wichita Blues Society promote blues and the River Blues concert at the end of the River Festival. 5!1l!84 Shriners and their silver-studded mounts line up at the parade's start. 511 1184 Two brothers watch as the parade rolls by. 5!11!84 T e l:,. lflllm 12 it Xu' QQ Qin min if stefgg - 89.1 fm M4990 19