1988_05 The Daily Collegian May 1988

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The Daily Collegian
California State University, Fresno
Monday, May 2,1988
Air Guitar draws
in sellout crowd
at amphitheater
Kim HegreJDatty Ca
Despite a cold wind and a bottle throwing crowd, Saturday's Air
Guitar went on as scheduled. Twelve groups performed
including "Attitude," who played "Mnd Over Matter."
By Maryann Milligan
StcdJ Writer
Air Guitar 1988 became an air show of
flying bottles, spare change and giant
beach balls Saturday night before a sold-
out. standing room only crowd of approx¬
imately 6,500 raucous, windblown spec¬
tators.
The show, which is fast becoming the
highlight of CSUFs annual Vintage
Days celebration, was marred as comedian
Wayne Federman, the Master of Cere¬
monies and regular performer at Los
Angeles's hot comedy spot, The Improv,
became target practice for the inebriated
audience.
Although gamely trying 10 continue
cajoling the festive audience, Federman
became upset when the flying objects
passed too close.
"They only hit me so it didn't really
matter." said Heidi Wilson, coordinator of
this year's event
The only thing that got hurt was the
comedian's ego," she said
Wilson said she had come to the con¬
clusion that comedians weren't the right
type of emcee for Air Guitar because
"people just want lo see their friends per¬
form."
Despite the boisterous antics of ihc
crowd and the fact lhai the blustery
weather prevented the use of the usual
large video screen, the show went well
and the crowd responded energetically.
"When we were on it was constant
noise—the place was rockin'!" saidDarryl
Howerton, who performed as "Run" of
"RUN D.O.G.," a parody of the rap group
RUN DMC.
The crowd responded most enthusiastic¬
ally to the "Burrito Supremes," a male
trio who lip-synced to an old Diana Ross
classic; "E.K.G.," a hospital staff raising
The Young Rascals from the deathbed;
and "RUN D.O.G."
Mike Wise, "Darryl McDaniel" of
RUN D.O.G., said "We want to go on
tour. All the campuses across the nation
should know who we are. Nobody can
Slop us. Nobody. In the words of our
bouncers. Get back, Suckahs!"
Of the original 40 applications sub¬
mitted in February, 23 groups went as far
as creating a routine. From these 23, Wil¬
son and the Air Guitar committee selected
the 12 best performances
The criteria for selection included
visual appeal, creativity, use of stage and
effectiveness of costumes, as well as
audience appeal and fitting of tune con¬
straints.
The Air Guitar event cost approx-
imuely $19,000 to put on and raised
$22,000 to $23,000. The difference is put
into a Vintage Days fund to help cover
the costs of some of the less profitable
events.
"There are some events during Vintage
Days such as the Vinththalon that com¬
pletely lose money, so it helps eo pay for
those events." said Wilson.
The Vintathlon includes the annual
marathon, frog jump and tug-o'-war.
Tug of war pits teams in the mud
By Jana Lee Briscoe
Staff Writer
"Take 'em for a drink!" and "We want
to see some mud!" were some of the slo¬
gans chanted by student supporters for
their teams during the tug of war com¬
petition in the Vintage Days Vintathlon
Friday afternoon.
In the past, lug of war participants
rushed out to buy the belter traction
shoes, but this year, only regular tennis
shoes were allowed. "No cleats on the
field!" yelled referees.
The winning teams were: 1st place
men's division. Psycho; Hammerheads for
the coed division, and Dogs of Wrath for
the women's division—they all earned
their titles through technique, or the
ability to sit down and pull at the stroke
the fastest
Dogs of Wrath came in 2nd place with
a tugging win for both men's and coed
divisions leaving the Hammerheads and
Psycho in the mud for 3rd place in those
divisions; Grape Confusion girls left the
P.E. majors in 3rd, but the win wasn't
without a little confusion from dirty, mud¬
dy girls moaning and groaning while in¬
spiring coaches army demanded ilit-.ni to
"Pull! Pull! Pull!"
If anything, the wins weren'teasy.
The competition was scheduled for
2:30 pjn., but didn't begin until 3 p.m.
By the time the tug of war ended at 5:10,
competitors marched off the field behind
parking lot C with bloody rope bums if
they didn't wear good gloves, muddy
bottoms in all cases, and stomach ulcers
if they didn't win.
Nevertheless, CSUF spint was there,
along with Air Force spirit, fraternity and
sorority spirit, dormiiory spirit and
Psycho spirit. CBS television crews
filmed the Psycho-sponsored event which
the club later cleaned up.
The Psychos were made up in black
and white, symbolizing the fight for
honor and opportunity [to win). The
outfits proved to psych members up for
the defeat in men's and coed divisions.
An awards ceremony was held after the
finals to determine who the winning
yankers would be.
Theater showcases 'black experience
By Diane Oleson
Staff Writer
An assortment of skits, poetry
readings, dances and musical
numbers entertained an audience
of close to 300 hundred people
last night at the second Talent
Showcase presented by the
CSUF Black Thealer group.
The sights and sounds in¬
cluded an original rap song
composed   and   sung   by   FSU
football player Thomas Ireland.
Other singing sensations in¬
cluded Bobby Seou and Zayne
Poitier who both won awards at
the end of the show for out¬
standing performances.
Crowd pleasers also included
the ethnic African Cultural
Dance, a humorous religious in¬
terpretation with a drunk preach¬
er entiiled "Step Unto The
Lord," and glamour girls in "At
Tte Dance."
Serious pieces representing A-
mcrica's homeless, the black
struggle in South Africa and a
poetic tribute to Langston
Hughes created a more thought¬
ful and somber mood among the
audience.
The favorite and final piece
was a dance sequence e n ti tl ed" Ba¬
de of the Sexes."
The men, dressed lo the nines,
began the sequence in a syn¬
chronized jazz dance attempting
to put down the women.
However, the women got a
little more funky and won the
crowd over with their aggressive,
sexy dancing.
Dr. James Rogers, founder of
the Black Theater group, feels
the Talent Showcase provides an
opportunity for all young people
interested in the black cultural ex¬
perience.
Although most of the par¬
ticipants are from the Black The¬
ater classes at CSUF, all stu¬
dents are encouraged to audition
original pieces relating the black
experience.
Cametta Green, a 23-year-old
dance major at CSUF, was the
creative choreographer for the
show.
With six years of professional
dancing behind her, she chose
dances that made everyone look
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