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*IC" ? Willi J Oave Roback-THE GAf j ^ I debut mediocre Bluegrass MMiiH^ rV^<' $fef K?r>^ ^fiSI te W^W^ F ashioi Focus '7 Fashion was the order of the day last Sunday afternoon in \ the Russell House Ballroom as 1 the Alpha Phi Alpha ! Sweethearts presented I "Fashion Focus *78." The show | featured the latest in fashion | and a forecast of fashion to | come in 1978. Jackie Greene, shown here, was one of the 13 ? models who presented the looks in fashion to the audience. Clothing was furnished by several Columbia Mall clothing stores. MECOCK I By HENRY GREEN Gamecock Staff Writer Player is a Los Angeles-based bar which has released a self-titled debi album, along with a debut single froi that album, "Baby Come Back." T1 song has been climbing the charts late and says a great deal about how the re of the lp sounds - easy to listen to, bi moretnan a little Diana, commercial ar repetitious. The Player LP is, in shor nothing to jump up and down over. 'Player' is not a bad album, simply a lei than memorable one. Maybe it is easy to become prejudice against the album and-or the groi because of the way "Baby Come Bacli has been run into the ground by rad stations. One can hear a song on tl radio only so many times before he ge band entert. i t'YKTX,: . ^^jSg^aaraKgp J-;_, ')&. i ivtvlyXsvyy: Leslie Erichson THE GAMECOCK land...lighting up the earth 1 8?I i : : i: JS|B^ wBSfl 5 -:^ giP^fi^ ^gaT ^ t i jg?|||| jWy MfogJgm v "' ~r% - ' v' ' ' xv^^A'! BS2gj^;'.;?\v^?\ :':*;-;^^>yC">' Dave Roback-THE GAMECOCK heartily sick of it, even though have liked it at first. SADI.Y TO SAY, that is the < l(J the overplayed "Baby Come Ba< reviewer has tried his best not 111 irritation with the single stand ii Je of his judgement of the album ?y The music of Player can s* described as mostly mellow a stream, with a negative empha: mainstream. The album's sounc 11 rrvW iirith a liitln inr) ini *? ?vii u iiiviv vuovu miu ju/j/j for good measure, but the ( ss which should be characteristic , "soft" rock is lacking. 1 The lyrics fare little better JR music. Dealing mostly with the L. themes of the search for roma 10 and of the pain of rejection wh le See PLAYER ts 9 1 iins with ( By TERESA McCLAIN Gamecock Staff Writer The finest entertainment at U! unheralded and leaves acclaim* Bluegrass Band appeared at Washington Center Sunday nig grassroots and creative bluegrass for two hours. Their performance and they showed much talent, sponsored by the Baha'i Club. "So nowftrfnl is thp liuhf nf unitv tV whole earth." This Baha'i faith si Unity and Bluegrass Band's sty] showmanship. "DAVE AND EAKLE'S BREAK by two of the band members, opene fast, light-hearted note. An old 13 daddy of bluegrass" tune was deli smooth voice by lead singer Hayd Some tricky cross picking on t "Stormy Creek" was performed by Dave Neidig. Guitarist Mark Harr guitar moving the beat into a spir Unto the Lord." rnl I 1>_ I 1 i lie uauu ? iiuiiilkjis were poi personal arrangement added a s "Stony River," "The Wabash Cai Am a Pilgrim." Doug Minard i favorites, "Foggy Mountain B War film i despite fo By AMY SPIEGEL Gamecock Staff Writer "The Boys In Company C," no1 ties drama, humor, and numerou life of one regiment in the Marine is a message in me mm 11 one car Alvin Foster tells the story of 1 through daily entries in his joum the soliders' lives at war. The ol other American troops in Vietna to combat the Viet Cong succes Before the men leave the Uni survival is 50 percent. The tnx training they will fully utilize the on each other just to stay alive.r but the commander occasionall; diverting their thoughts througl understand the commander's 1 ? j i i l c growing uisime <tnu imucu IUI DIRECTOR Sidney J. Furie h was. Throughout the film fou vocabulary. At times, the repetil the ugliness of war. In the beginning we see a crev to begin training in the great M include a peace and love child ol New York, an accomplished higl /> ll rf r> rJ (irvnrti v~v Civil 1 Igillo OUVUtdlC. The Marines strip these men Fozzio, a young man with a humanity for the men when he officers after they have seized The men have never seen a de death is a gruesome one. In tra 1 D II I iUV TTU J i^V % : ^lliilfl ' page 16 Player...debut lown hom "Orange B1 fiddle stren "Bile Dem SC often arrives Througho id. The Unity and insulted the Booker T. were even o ;ht and played to a small crowd ANNOUN was enthusiastic "Rollin' in rhe concert was banjo playe "Satin Doll' lat it lights up the in an instrui ogan denotes the The audie le of music and Circle Be I monies the The Unity DOWN,-' written a jug and st d the concert on a only two or till Monroe, "the released by vered in a clear, Tuit." Mel n Mahr. finally done he mandolin for it." mandolin player ies strummed his "WE ALL ited gospel, "Cry play fulltim makes us h lished and their apparent in >pecial flavor to Members tinonball" and "I faith and p shone in the old Baha'is. Se; ? i i n l ri.i reapaown . ana rora ^oiey has mesi ul langi w playing at Bush River IV s four letter words toðe; s Corps during the Vietnanr i sort out the foul language. [Yoop 163, United States M lal. The viewer experience Djective of their existence m who have not been forti >sfully. ted States, they know the >ps are told at the begini i teamwork principle. The} rhe facts are grim. Everyc y takes the men's minds c h the game of soccer. Th ogic at all and they soo him. opes to portray life in war 1 language dominates tY :ion and force of these won v of young men leaving the arine Corps. The member f the '60s, an Italian from i school athlete, a journalis of their individuality and in overzealous libido, re steals Foster's journal b; it as contraband, ad person, and their first ei ining, they become used t See COMPAI album doesn't exactly ie music lossom Special." Adrian igthened many of the soi Cabbage Down." ut the show members of tl I ope another. Doug Minan lder for them than for the a CED AS America's favoi My Sweet Babby's Arms, r Dave Bragmar i a rou ' pitted a mandolin lead ag nental resembling old soft >nce joined in the last nun Jnbroken." As with all t! sound was melodious and Bluegrass Band began fi\ ring group. Mahr and Br iginal members left. The Castle Productions, is " Kee said the title "was \ in recording the album, ge HAVE FULLTIME jobs b e this summer because out appy," Mahr said. This their performance. of the band are followers erformed this free concei als and Crofts and Englarn also adhei - to the Baha' sage lage [all Theater, r to show the 1 War. There arine Corps, s a month of is to replace mate enough sir chance of ning of their / will depend >ne knows it, )ff of war by le men don't in develop a as it actually le military's is emphasize sir loved ones s of troop 163 the streets of >t and a black I personality, ^stores some ack from the icounter with o all the silly SJY C, page 17 M E3HR / excite Mc; s bass igs especially, tie band ribbed d said his jokes udience. "ite past time, " was sung by gh bold voice. ;ainst the banjo shoe numbers. iber, Will the he band's har! clean. re years ago as agman are the iir first album, Gettin Around kvhat they had itting around to ut would like to r music is what happiness was ? of the Baha'i t for the USC i Dan and John i teachings.