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Show Black wins first at Talent Night Claude Dixon III, representing the Black Student Association, won first place in the Homecoming Talent Night Tuesday with a medley of numbers, including "Who Can I Turn To?" and "Days of Wine and Roses." Second place went to two Persian students, Saeid Payader and Hossein Nagahi, who thrilled the crowd with their play on the santur and zarb. Alpha Theta Chi of LDSSA won third place. Mr. Dixon used his well-controlled voice to capture the top honors, as his short set was greeted by the crowd of about 500 enthusiastically. But the crowd really enjoyed the Persian folk music, with Saeid and Hossein playing a "mahoor" for about ten minutes. Alpha Theta Chi's parody of "Fiddler on the Roof" asked the musical question, "Without Lambda Delta Sigma, Sigma Gamma Chi and ASUU, where would we be?" One of the singers did a passable imitation of Zero Mostel as they belted out "Tradition." Winning honorable mention were Nelson Burton for his song from "Carousel," Sandy Clayton for her Aria, a Scotish precision drummer and a Chi Omega singing group. A Doodletown Pipers hit, "The Song is Love," was one of the big numbers of the night, with two groups doing their own versions of the song. Simon and Garfunkel seem to have finally made it big in the fraternities and sororities, as "Bridge Over Troubled Water" and "Scarborough Fair" both played important parts of the Talent Night competition. Comedy was also big as the Pi Phi's did a humorous reading of Goldilocks, complete with hand gestures. The Sigma Nu's made a strong play for first with their version of what "Tradition" means to them. ("0 is for the ham and cheese on rye") They finished off with a pantomime of an animal tamer, with an invisible animal named Timba. Several performers did their own compositions on the piano and guitar. The rest of the numbers ranged from light songs from Broadway musicals to hit rock songs. All in all, 28 groups had their chance at fame and fortune in ASUU's answer to Ted Mack's amateur hour. The three-hour show provided almost everyone a chance to show what talent they had. Wednesday's Homecoming fare will be a Film Festival with "The Caine Mutiny" and "All the King's Men" starring Humphrey Bogart. The films will be from 7 to 12 p.m. in the Union Little Theatre, 75 cents with I.D. |