University of South Carolina Libraries
HHHH George Thorogooc Zoo Offei By KATHY LEWIS 7a Staff Writer Cl Aesthetically pleasing ?* Riverbanks Zoo? the haven of animal lovers and ad- P1 mirers. A recent interview ar ?ii * ? ? - - wnn james ii. Smith, Doctor of Veterinary Medicine at ov Riverbanks, uncovered ^ some interesting facts about ? the zoo that most of us are not aquainted with. T Do you have a "Walt \ Disney" complex? The r, animals at Riverbanks are \i only one or two generations j removed from the wild. In J; other words, they are not j domesticated. "If I were to J fall in the lion cage,,v says \ Dr. Smith, "I would try my J best to fall on my head, j because I would not want to j be awake when the lions 4 discovered 1 was mere. ' The ? big cats are Dr. Smith's S favorite animal, yet they are ' t: not (nor are the other i animals) Walt Disney pets. ( Riverbanks offers two J programs for those who J would like to be more per- i J ia ? . . _ ? _i f a _ a? I r sonauy involved wun me ; zoo. The first is the zoo J society, with currently 10,000 j members. The members J receive 'free admission, 2L xi *-? " some passes, anu wt; oruia* j F ... ..,,s^' BpR mt ^ i ^kv/hhcu at me luwiisiiip Ul rs Two Pre jo magazine (which in- o i - - ? uues seven picture pages prol the River banks zoo). In any le "adopt-an-animal" repi ogram, one chooses an the limal to feed for an entire pnx ;ar,anda plaque is placed a 1< 'er the animal's cage with sem e adopter's name. serving 11a.m. to 1a.m. 771-4098 Ac ix ?* ? ue-ncio cp0 BURGERS HC Great Delivery Service u Trvnur Mnmom^Hc ? ? y v/v?i I f WI I IVI I 1UV?VOreo Cookie is F; i jt k \ I \ t i i q t r IS r i L a v C g r t I F I 1 fi c c a li g a c \ ?Nov. 28. tgrams I NE OF THE main | t)lems Eiverbanks (or | otner zoo) faces is the I reduction of animals in 1 zoo. The cheetah has not ' iuced at Riverbanks. As ist resort artificial in- / lination has been tried, see ZOO, page 7 i; I 00 M<iIM C* J \j?.z/ ivicjii i ot. h ross from Towers j US V<S> )T DOCS ! d use students i ice Cream, ! 31 ILdbUU! Q A Rock 'IT By JOHN VAUGHAN Asit. Entertainment Editor "How sweet it is!" George Thorogood houted over the cheers in the Township Vuditorium as he raced onto the stage for lis concert Saturday night. And how sweet it was! Thorogood brought i_ i Li- _i l lis amazing guitar worn anu 111s amiusi >oundless energy to the stage for over two lours and put on one of the best concerts in he area this year. Columbia was the 37th stop for Thorogood ind his Destroyers as they continue their '50/50 Tour" across the country ? playing O states in 50 dates with no nights off, oiling across thousands of miles in an luthentic checkered cab. YET THOROGOOD ? in what must be the nost grueling part ot nis tour before he gets 'second wind" down the final stretch ? eaped, howled, jammed, and duck-walked tcross the stage and around the auditorium vith a style worthy of Bruce Springsteen or ?huck Berry. It was more than just several hours of ;ood music; from beginning to end, it was a ock 'n' roll party. THE CONCERT opened with a joke. Not he stand-up comedian type, but rather, two ?f the winning groups in the Golden Spur's nonthly airband competitions. The Three 'rprwj worp f nllnuxvl Kv runnn <>n/l TT Vk V tVIAVTVVVl MJ JUVIU1J U11U UIU )esenex Burgers and both were horrible, 'he entertainment factor seemed to come rom the opportunity to throw ice and beer ups and boo the groups off the stage. After the airband fiasco, the Township rowd was thirsty for "George! George!'* ind the Skip Castro Band came on to ukewarm applause. But the Virginia-based [roup had a surprise in store for Columbia, ,nd it was delivered with one song. Castro's four-man group was the best hoice of a warm-up band I've ever had the n i_?Avan> t i name wuiiams, jr. nas ^Outlaw," uRebel"ancT Now he's just a phenom i JjihMwr!!Biit is ^ ? TMt rvtsiytt is oa "1 4f H it uuam cwrguw jT ^ ^ w ?> Ik t|Affl ACO ' win iMM aw n >* ? UMlll lUWIltHllr^ **' ~ ' " 1/ 1000 um x^\ '< i? i Moumooo umiuii 1 i? ? >i iu??oifflo mi win " ,s ' ?o? o* mmi A ..?i4 l on W M I II M UUttll Hlli A " " Mils i .? .. ir wirrTr***^* " " " MUI MIS >?1 N^J4 " 4 "? "* 010 ? ?!? Si J ./^ ? 1j 101 MHIMM (?! 1*0 .HkjwTJ v, /2M ,v flilill ^*F^? 1wmmir ' yWgBk \ ITm^ phenon chaits with an unprea ______ # \ Roll Party pleasure to see. It started the rock 'n' roll party with good ol' fashioned rock 4n' roll, belting out back-to-back beauties like "TwoTimin' Woman," "Shake, Rattle, and Roll," "C.C. Ryder," "Jenny Jenny" and "My Gal Is Red Hot." THE BAND was full of energy and raw talent, playing right out into the crowd; ^ nobody rushed the stage because everybody was too busy dancing in the aisles. Castro finished his stint by stepping onto the first Kn l/i/\r??r / (tiUink n Ki tf n flirt T/xittMnktrv'n of n \ uaiLuujr vwiuuiauuid uic luwiuin^ o sia^c; and leading a dancing train of people around the entire auditorium, as he jammed on his cordless guitar for 15 minutes. Castro left the stage to wild applause, and when Thorogood appeared, the relatively small audience sounded like a full Carolina Coliseum. t The four-man group burst into the first f tune and took off, playing at breakneck j speed through songs like "One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer," "Madison Blues" and "Move ItOnOver." THOKOGOOD seemed always to be trying to get everywhere on the stage at once. He raced from one side to the other, leaning into the crowd, jumping back, hopping over to the microphone. He brandished his guitar like his personal Excalibur, playing it up, down and behind his head. Thorogood seemed to enjoy his audience as much as it enjoyed him; he repeatedly \ injected local names into his lyrics and $ smiled as the crowd roared its approval. He did this especially with "Same Thing," when he played cheerleader and made the crowd sing the refrain louder and louder. The Destroyers displayed some superb musicianship on a variety of selections, as their leader sang a pleasant mix of rock, country and rhythm-and-blues. It was on these slower blues tunes that Thorogood demonstrated his vocal abilities, most notably on "I'll Change My Style." been called j ? mm *?? r sifs ~ 81 ukM W ------- ~ ^ i- ~ If - S ra r I | _- ??^4^ < -r- H HHI jHt Hank Williams, Jr. enjoying lenal success in the country >dented seven chart albums!