IU Sing

Freshman Andrew Gaskell of Delta Upsilon, along with the fraternity's pair, Alpha Epsilon Phi, perform their skit "Tainted Love." More than 3,000 students participated in IU Sing.

Brilliantiv colored beams of light shot though the dense smoke as members of Chi Omega and Delta Tau Delta took the stage. Their skit, "When Cookie Met Sally," a love story set in outer space, swept IU Sing. They won five of the six divisional awards: first place in Division B, Overall Winner, Vocal Award, Choreography Award and the Production Point Award. The 66th annual IU Sing took place Feb.I0-11 at the Auditorium, which was filled with excited and spirited perfOrmers. More than 3,000 students took part in the organization, planning and performing of this celebration of musical and dance arts.

Acts are judged by a panel of six distinguished members of the musical community who evaluate on vocal and musical achievement as well as choreography. There are two divisions groups can enter — Division A has 70 or fewer participants and Division B has 70 or more participants.

In Division A, the winning act was Alpha Chi Omega and Phi Kappa Psi's "Pig Talcs," second place went to Kappa Alpha Theta and Sigma Chi's "Dirty Laundry" and Delta Gamma and Sigma Alpha Epsilon's "Let's Play a Game" received third place. Kappa Kappa Gamma and Sigma Phi Epsilon received the George E. Schlafer Award, which signifies the "Spirit of IU Sing" as he saw it when he fOunded it in 1928.

In Division B, Alpha Phi and Pi Kappa Alpha won second place for "After these Messages," and Phi Mu and Alpha Sigma Phi won third place for "Set in Stone."

These successful acts were written and orchestrated by songleaders, who also periodically met with the songleader producers from all acts to coordinate the event. Sophomore Jodi Hechtman, songleader for Chi Omega, said, "It was very stressful. You have to be dedicated, but it's all worth it in the end when you see all of your hard work on stage."

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"I thoroughly enjoyed the complex plot of our skit but yet I still had fun just meeting and interacting with people."

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Performing Feb. 11 at the Auditorium, freshman Justin Mellor, playing a wizard, entertains the audience as other

performers look to sophomore Greg Bork. Mellor and Bork were

members of Theta Chi, who paired with Zeta Tau Alpha for their skit "Sign of the Times." This was the

66th annual production of IU Sing.

Amid the choreographed action of Delta Delta

Delta's and Zeta Beta Tau's

Friday evening production, sophomore Kristen Barnfielcl sings a song titled, "Where is Our Mother?" The skit, titled "Is the Goose Cooked?"

centered around the

kidnapping of Mother Goose. Freshman Steve

Klein, Zeta Beta Tau, holds freshman Kathryn Shuey, Delta Delta Delta, up in the air during the performance. Kevin Stuart B

ut songleaders could be financiall y rewarded for their efforts. Money earned from ticket sales went to fund $300 scholarships, which

were awarded to dedicated songleaders. Twenty-five of the 94 songleaders received this prestigious honor.

But songleaders were only a small portion of the momentum behind IU Sing. I USE had a production staff of about 30 students headed by a steering committee.

Other staff members were split into fOur committee areas including song leader producers, tickets and accounting, promotions, and judges and awards.

Sophomore Chrissv Dale, judges and awards committee member, said putting together the show took months of hard work on the part of everyone involved. In November, committee members were selected, and in January songleaders met to begin planning the event.

Despite the months of planning, students \VII() participated agreed that the work was worth the resulting production. Sophomore Kelli Neff of Delta Zeta said, "It was the biggest high. I have never Celt like this in m y entire life. I can't wait to do it again next year.-

Junior Dave Nirtaut, a Theta Chi, said, "It was a lot of work, but it's a great way to meet people vou didn't know before."

Freshman Kevin Zeck of Read Center agreed. "Even though I participated with a lot of:people that I didn't know at the dorm, I felt like we I Read Center I had a distinct advantage because of our unity. Everyone was there because they wanted to be there, not because they had to be there. I thoroughly enjoyed the complex plot of our skit, but vet I still had rim just meeting and interacting with people."

The performance was highlighted by a special lifetime Achievement Award given to Dr. Herman B Wells, University chancellor, by senior Mark Slaby, head of public relations on the I USF Steering Committee.

Slabs' said the award was created as a student award to be given to faculty or administrators that "demonstrate an overwhelming dedication and love for the students and to the University.-

Slabs! said Wells best exemplified these ideals. "If anyone would mention Wells' name, the first thoughts anyone would have of him would be a tremendous amount of love fOr IU and its students."

Slabs' said, "There's not a building or project on this University, including the foundation itself, that has not been influenced by his fOresight. We want his memory to stay alive forever, and s\ e hope this award will remind students of his power of love." F

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Freshman Erin Brown of Willkie Quadrangle performs in the dorm's "The Cat in the House" skit Feb. 11. Willkie had 20 participants in its skit. Kevin Stuart

Sophomores Mike Moeller, Lee Midkitt, Alison Campbell and Jodi Hechtman, members of Chi Omega and Delta Tau Delta, celebrate their first place Division B finish. The group won for its act "When Cookie Met Sally."

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