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Show - - ~- u -=--- - === ::c=::=::,-----=-~ I N I T y SOUTHERN UTAH UNIVERSITY • CED CAMPUS NEWS: Longtime SUU administrator f ack Cannon bas announced his retirement effective Dec. 31. PAGE 3. CAMPU ARTS: 'The Nutcracker' will be performed in the SUU Auditorium Sunday and Monday. SEE PAGE 18. CAMPUS SPORTS: The search continues this week for a new Thunderbird head football coach. PAGE 19. STATE NEWS: Enid Waldholtz sa~ she'll open her divorce proceedings, but not cluld cu tody hearing , Lo public view. PAGE 13. NAT'L NEWS: Steve Sanders (from left), Joe Bonsall, Duane Allen and Richard Sterban will perform here this month. Oak Ridge Boys set for Dec. 14 SUUans, others can see the popular country group in the Centrum for a $15 tick et modem-day musical legend and one of the country scene's most successful groups of all time will light up the SUU Centrum stage Thursday, Dec. 14 as SUU, Cedar West Development, KSSD and the Cedar City Area Chamber of Commerce team up to present An Evening with the Oak Ridge Boys. Tickets for the Thursday evening event, set to begin at 7:30 p.m., are on sale beginning this week at the Centrum ticket office. Admission to the holiday extravaganza which promise to appeal to the musical tastes to all members of the family is $15 for adults and $8 for children . The roots of the Oak Ridge Boys can be traced across more than SO years of Americana. Originally known as the Oak Ridge Quartet, this collection of country and gospel singers from Knoxville, Tenn.,became regular at the Grand Ole Opry in nearby Nashville through the late '40 and early '50s. By the early '70 , after more than 30 lineup change , the group had olidified into its now-familiar front of Duane Allen, Richard tcrban, Joe Bon all and Steve Sanders-a quartet that first found national exposure through performing a an opening act for the legendary Roy Clark Since then, the Boys have amered more than theu share of accolade from both critics and fans. Critics I inGlude dozens of hits, the number one top hit "Elvira," the Grammy, Dove and Country Mu ic Association awards, and a host of oth er recognition's and awards from the recording industry and the public at large. Familiar chart-toppers for the Oak Ridge Boys, songs which will make up the core of the Dec. 14 concert, include "Bobbie Sue," "Dream On," "Thank God for Kids, 11 American Made," "I Guess it Never Hurts to Hurt Sometimes," "Fancy Free," and "Gonna Take a Lot of River." The band's up-tempo, energetic stage performances and trademark vocal styllngs have had a lot to do with the remarkable succe of the Oak Ridge Boys over the years; but according to Allen, a member of the group ince 1966, the band's clean cut country image hasn't hurt either. "We always look for songs that have lasting value and a.e uplifting," he aid. "You don't here u inging 'cheating' or 'drinking' songs, but ' loving' song , because we think that will last. We also don't put music into categorie , except for 'gooJ' or 'bad.' When we get through with it, it' probably going to sound like an Oak Ridge Boys song no matter what it Washington State floods have forced hundreds to evacuate as rain continue in some areas, subside in others. PAGE 13. WORLD NEWS: Fidel Castro, on his first visit to China, says the trip fulfills a longstanding desire to visit his communist ally. PAGE 14. NAT'L SPORTS: The Jazz topped the World Champ Rockets last night in Houston to take over first place in the division. PAGE 21. ACADEMIC FOCUS 11 1 ." (continued on page 18) d suu department continues to maintain one of the finest reputations in the West. uo : |