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Warm-up bands sizzle Gladys I Rv Dnrnthv firav ? ? V ?- ? ? With 31 years of professional experience behind her Gladys Knight proved she's still got what it takes ? the lady's got soul. Although most fans came to see the famous Gladys Knight and the Pips, three acts performed for the crowd at the Carolina Coliseum Sunday. Making his Columbia debut, George Kashif onened the show with rerotmi7?hlp songs recorded by Evelyn King including "I'm In Love" and "Love Come Down." DRESSED IN blue silk shirt and matching trousers, Kashif gave the Columbia audience a 45-minute taste of his talent. Backed by six men dressed in bright colors, Kashif urged the crowd to dance on songs like "Lover Turn Me On" and "This I Can't Endure." Kashif succeeded in enticing the crowd with his funky-sounding rhythm and blues music. After a 40-minute intermission, the lights dimmed for the Manhattans. A nine-piece orchestra dressed in navy blue suits gave the quartet a strong brass backing. The Manhattans danced in identical white suits and violet shirts. The finishing touch to their outfits were their dark purple ties, ti/KmK t Uoi/ nin^l/ It; ?r /*?? #!*/** V1J1WK tnwjr VjUiVMjr unvaiu^u ailcl IJ1CII opening song, "Locked Up In Your Love." THE QUARTET was very cordial to the Colombia crowd throughout their performances. Two of the members are native North Carolinians, while the eldest Manhattan member is originally from Sumter. The fourth member is a native New Yorker. the Manhattans continously challenged the crowd to "come back with us" as thev went through a harmonious blend of hits that included, "Girl of My Dreams" and " Just One Moment Away." The group earnestly asked the crowd to "help us celebrate our 19th birthday," before launching into a touching rendition of their hit, "You and Me Go a Long Way Back." A song demonstrating their great oldfashioned four-part harmony was "If You Fell Like You Wanna Sing," a bebopping gospel tune. "FOREVER BY Your Side," the title cut from their latest album, is a poignant love song which they dedicated to "all you beautiful people in South Carolina." For the finale, the Manhattans gave a medley of their three biggest hits, "Kiss and Say Goodbye," "Shining Star," and "1 Go Crazy." 'Shadow Box' to c at Lonqstreet The By Danny Flanders "The Shadow Box," a play about three dyi their families coming to grips with impendini the USC 1983-84 theater season today ; Longstreet Theatre. The play, written by Michael Cristofer, re three groups of people, each containing a death, at various levels of acceptance, den director Connie Blankenship said. "It's really a play about living, thoug because the emnhasis is nlared nn limp and h it or waste it. "1 HOPE the audience will leave with an ing after seeing people wasting time and wati minutes go by. It makes you want to go ou not worry so much about tomorrow," Blai stressing the play lias its light moments an< dirge." The play presents realistic ideas about ho with death, but one convention used is an in is never seen, only heard. ' He gives you the group of people are watching the characters relate to their families," she said. A Master's of fine arts candidate, she will b dent directing a Department of Theatre and S tion this year. In past years, the department lineups of shows ? one directed by theatre fat and the other by graduate students concentratii "THE SHADOW Box," which won the Pu Best Drama and a Tony Award for Best Pla; be presented Sept. 21 through 25 in Longstret shows begin at 8 p.m. except Sunday's show, at.3 p.m. ,i'f i'f *t,?' . i i ' ' 1 ' ' t V. k. . . , I ; I Entertai (night wo! The Manhattans' choreography was cute, but not as polished as it could have been. Their one-hour performance was commendable, though somewhat low-key and mellow, when comparing them to the Temptations, the Spinners or Kool and the Gang. Following another 30-minute intermission, it was finally time for the headlining act to appear. With full orchestration to back them, which included a woman playing the grand piano, Gladys Knight and the Pips waltzed onto the stage singing, "Reach Out." THE ORCHESTRA was elegantly garbed in tuxedos. Knight dolled up in a gold and red glittering spaghetti-strap dress, while the Pips decked out in black velvet jackets, white pants and shirts with bright red bow ties. They looked sensational and moved spectacularly. The audience quickly caught the energy exuded by the band, and clung to it for the rest of the evening. Knight had an exceptional rapport with the audience. She made it clear | from the start that she was there to do some serious singing. After she said, "Y'all are gonna make me hurt myself tonight, but I'll do it for you," the group burst into "You're the Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me." After an energetic version of their recent hit, "Save the Overtime for Me," off their latest album "Visions" which just went gold, Knight dedicated "You're Number One in My Book" to all her fans saying, "You did it again, thank you." The band breezed through what Knight called "oldies but goodies," which included kj "Every Beat of My Heart," "If I Were Your | Woman" and "Midnight Train to Georgia." 1 THE BAND left for a moment, but Knight * returned shortly to sing solo. "1 guess you I must have noticed by now that 1 am partial to * the love songs," she said. She sang "Won't last a Day without You" for the "fellas in the house." She jokingly advised the men to "surprise her sometimes...and not with another woman." For the ladies, she sang a remarkable rendition of "And I am Telling You I'm Not going," from the hit-Broadway play I "Dreamgirls." The crowd gave her a stan- ! ding ovation. ' Gladys Knight and the Pips ended the show with their 1965 Motown hit, "Heard It 1 Through the Grapevine." Quite suddenly, Knight looked as if she couldn't go on and ( said, "Goodbye and God bless." in 1977, will I Theatre. Al! g , which begins r, w . _ . ... .. Susan Young (left) and Hope Nunn Box' opening at 8 p.m. tonight at nmenT j is Coliseum crowd pF^ ^-HMj Bk^^.; jBS0K*StKM^ i : J iP^^^T ^^^^^K>:^^^wBMMifeaiyaKaBa5^WRIM^BBMHB ' ;v >iK, ?. s?:MBBaJyfc'.? , mw?ww WMF-: ^- : i ^ 3 & f*a m glll?j||g;^M k. fc * Heard it through the Grapevine' Photo by Claiie Grcon The vine is still untwining itself from Gladys Knight and the Pips strong performance Sunday light at the Coliseum. ^^appsj McKissick features HBgggjgg 1 stn century photos iMj' "McKissick at Noon" will feature a performance by a -^ilSlSii^ The Oct. 20 program will be held outside on the Horseshoe ^ *<s Just 'n front McKissick Museums. In case of rain, the event moves inside the museums. Visitors may purchase their lunch McKissick has also scheduled a variety of other programs. Thirty photographs featuring Alabama people at work and play will be on display under the title of "The Image of ProIS "Medical Illustration" offers a look at interesting and ^1 creative works by advanced degree students at the Medical The yearly USC Art faculty exhibition, well known for its diversity of media and subject matter, will be on display Oct. "See How They Run: Carolina Athletics" will be on display ^ UKjjjftlg Oct. 8-April 15, 1984. Programs, photos and correspondence Jf relating to important events and outstanding individual and |fff team efforts in USC's athletic history will be highlighted in "Chromolithographs of Birds and Mammals by Louis 1; Jf** Prang" will be on display Oct. 17-Nov. 13 at McKissick. r 'SSfcTlfe '*m ^>ran8? originally from Boston, printed these as scientific ilJr^ lustrations for the birds and mammal volumes of "Our Living K * fe World," published in 1885. - fL 4%>* VkV ^ * w < ^ ^ ^ ^'ie "^iaca Video Festival display Oct. 21-Nov. 4 will include videotapes from the ninth annual Ithaca competition. These showings will be presented on a daily basis. iery will perform in 'Shadow , McKissick Museums are open from 9 a.m. to 4 p m. Mon. Thpatrp y through Friday, 10 to 5 p.m. on Saturdays and 1 to 5 p.m. >PnQMP9 ..,. 3 "Sundays:'All'exhibits'are'free and the public'is welfcoriie.""