Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Disco Showd< it nine nn By Gwendolyn Broome the moment G?m*cock staff wnt?r ! stage. His enti Saturday night's Disco ; in three-piec< Showdown at the Carolina played in fr( Coliseum was marked by a great backdrop. Frc deal of apathy. It opened with the began his first ADC Band whose set started with ! the audience music from their new LP Long hand. Stroke. Later, they performed an He went ? old Mother's Finest tune, "Baby dedicated to t Love," which they did reasonably Africa which well. They practically had to reach audience. Thi inside the audience, however, to tinued through pull out applause. At one point the which literall band even asked for some in- jumping. Speci cucation oi approval from the to the two g nonchalant crowd. exhibited grea Near the end of their act, the number in whi group went into "Fire Up," a each other witl currently charted tune which was ' The audienc undoubtedly their best number of what it had < the night. They left the stage one leaving when 1 by one, stranding the guitar that Chuck B player, who played some rather Searchers wer< interesting chords with his mouth Most of the before throwing the guitar into the have thought t air and leaving the stage . . . was the main finally. Searchers wer After a break, Brass Con- form. After 1 struction, a nine-piece band from have taken a 1 New York , came on. They began by receptive age letting the audience know that it | Searchers did t was in good company, announcing They opened that they had just finished a sold- and unusually uui H.UI upean tour, r or mose tans lf, which w; who came especially to see Brass introduction of Construction, the ticket price of Instead of ge $8.50 and $7.50 was not spent in applause, the vain. booed. The So They opened with one of their went into their past hits, "Time for Changing." "Bustin* Loose and followed with a slower num- crowd to its fe ber, "Sweet as Sugar." The latter them still, sine tune, from their latest I.P Rmcc : , woa I ill^ 11I1UU1C U1 1 Construction IV, which, although beautiful did not impress the crowd which had come to disco. The group seemed to take the hint, because they then played a couple of disco numbers which brought the crowd to its feet. The crowd seemed thoroughly pleased with Brass Construction's act but was not able to work up much ex ^iicincin wncii me uanu came DacK for an encore. It was evident from the moment Bohannon took the stage that he was definitely the man of the night. Bohannon was impressive from m i I CLASSIFIED . I SWEETHEART Hi SS SPECIAL ^$111 -; I Ik Deadline 12 noon v \ ^^^iranl^H | ^LFcb. 12,1979 scENTS PER WOROV ?||1 i -|g? J 777 "" 'I The GAMECOCK Is the student newspaper at the University of South I t?^p3?B Carolina and it published throe times a K week on Monday, Wednesday and I ' " I Friday during the (all and spring f semesters and once weekly on Thurs- H days during both summer sessions with | ^ the exception of university holidays and H T _ examination periods. ^ Opinions expressed in the j . GAMECOCK are those of the editors and 2 not those of the University of South ? Carolina. The University of South Carolina is an ut(uoi gpiiuriunny in?nit?iitm. !i [J Change of address forms, subscription I requests and other correspondence I I ! should be sent to the GAMECOCK, Box 8 1 i 85131 Russell House, University of S.C., II A Columbia, S.C. 29208. Subscription rates I I are li per semester and $2 for the II ? I summer teutons. ij ; | :j Third class postage paid at Columbia, Ml ra he arrived on the re band was attired i i suits and they >nt of a mirrored >m the moment he sons. Bohannon had in the palm of his hrough a number he blacks in South m^,. 'WBF mesmerized the s captivation coni to his last number >,J!L... y got the crowd n Wfj*g?|g^ S H ial mention must go gHH^B [uitar players who ^ t expertise during a BSBSHB4BigBBB ch they "talked" to i their guitars. e finally had gotten HHHIflr :ome for, and was D i the M.C. announced DOflO! rown and the Soul estill to perform. Entertainm ! crowd seemed to ? . hat since Bohannon . .e Gamecock attraction, the Soul tertainment staff will hat e not going to per- tonl8ht at ? A(" 3ohannon.it wiuld terested persons are invite lot to get the crowd attend- The meetln? W,U 1 lin, but the Soul ] unMi iwith an unfamiliar I ColOOU EC A..t f *1?:_ 1 I lUllg LUl UUUI UlClt _ ^ ? as followed by an | D60f00 the band members. ^ tting the expected 2 DOOfOO introductions were ** ft ul Searchers finally 3 B?CffOC more familiar tune, . , which did get the L0SS thOH ID m ini 34 3 0 Kay St. be t. River Rd. off St. fl L - - - ? **r" JBlTTHlf^^ii .. jMpP^I^^P vl^p piWMg% > . > ^gg^s^^'^aaK^ggajMM^BWMWBSSagg nnon nrtrl Rrncc Pnncfr VI w * v v? l ? h# V Vi W V/ I I J I I ent staff meeting e n - the Gamecock offices, RH 321. /e a The meeting is necessary to I in- discuss future articles, assign id to stories and assure that writers >e in are being paid correctly. kst Apartments j m - $175.00 >m - $203.00 ?m - $220.00 ites from USC. I tween 1-26 & Broad ndrews Rd. 772-4Q57| I ne xne bRiqnts! hot CoraI ? tulip hem EjJw^DEH FOREST LAKE SHOPPING CENTER RepResentatives of the 6Rno nfe IaszIo Institute I iv! r ca^ 787-8387 M Appointment j J - fui. 10-6 SatURdAy 10-5 I n>> 14J Drui mnarvw ? UAMEtUCK action Cinematic Arts presents Classic Film Series W.C. Fields Mae West "My Little Chickadee" j Wed. Feb. 7 - 1:30,4:00,7:00pm 75<f Wed. 9:30 pm"Metropolis" One Show Only FREE "Beatles Double Bill" Hard Days Night Help Thnr? Foh R i Complete Shows 6:30,9:30pm $100 - Two for the price of one | "Pink Flamingos" Fri., Sat.* Feb. 9,10 7:00,9:30pm j $100 Midnight Show" "Cocaine Fiends" Fri., Sat. - Feb. 9,10 at midnight ! $1?? ; Bette Davis in "The Little Foxes" Sunday, Feb. 11 7:00,9.30pm FREE j Orson Welles In "The Third Man" Mon., Feb. 12 - 7:00,9:00pm FREE j Charlie ChaDlIn in "City Lights" Tues., Feb. 13-7:00,9:30pm ! FREE | Classic Film Series: Upcoming Dracula, Captain Blood, Mildred Pierce Special Preview Showing: This Thurs. night "ERASERHEAD" 9 pm Golden Spur rnrr rncc All showings in Russell House Theatre At Specified Times.