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Tiaerburn i By Curt Cottle Tigerburn '83 begins at 6:30 tonight, and sponsors are hoping to thrill pyromaniacs and USC fans alike. The 33rd annual event, sponsored by Phi Kappa Psi fraternity, includes a parade, a pep rally and the burning of a 700-pound * paper-filled tiger. The tiger is 22 feet long, 12 feet in circumference and has a tail 75 feet long, said Robb Jones. Ticerburn chairman. THE FRATERNITY is holding the event in connection with Pi Beta Phi sorority and Phi Kappa Psi's little sister chapter. USC's Division of Student Affairs is also helping to sponsor the event. "I'm expecting the best Tigerburn ever. We're expecting 2,000 to 3,000 people," Jones said. Phi Kappa Psi president Otto Mujica said the pep rally is the second largest in the Southeast after Clemson's Tigerama. The parade begins at 6:30 p.m. in front of the Russell House and moves the tiger to the State House. CAROLINA'S HEAD football coach Joe Morrison will speak at the rally, along with the "Voice of the Gamecocks," Bob Fulton. The pep band and the cheerleaders will also join in the celebration. The tiger then will be taken to Intramural Field C where it will be burned, Mujica said. The fraternity is holding a happy hour at its lounge until 8 p.m. InterFraternity Council is holding a band party at 9 p.m. at the Olympia Armory on Bluff Road. Both are open to all students, but proof of age will be checked by GAMMA (Greeks Against the Novelist, translc By Chris Handal A novelist and an award-winning translator the 1984 Spring Writer's series at USC if details c out said the program coordinator. Contractual arrangements are being finalize Jong and Robert Fitzgerald, said George Geckle the English department and coordinator of i Negotiations are underway with at least three oth the March and April program, he said. Fitzgerald, whose works include translating "The Odyssey," and "The Aeneid," is the or Sold out through J Workshop 1 By John Vaughan That little carrot-topped orphan apparently hasn't lost any charm to Columbia. From an old comic strip to an overwhelming hit as a Broadway musical, through a No more tickets are available For Workshop Theatre's production of "Annie," th January. sponsors ho MisManagement of Alcohol) at the band party. i In previous years, the event was held on ' Thursday night, and Jones said there has been some confusion as to the day of the event. "The reason for the shift to Friday was to 1 let the out-of-town people come," he said. 1 "Most fans come and stay the entire ( weekend. I'm sure they'd like to join us." 2 itor may headlin V\o\;n troMrlotnrl *-*11 f uauoiaicu an inict ui uiC7?t will headline ''The Aeneid" was published th :an be worked page review on "The New York His translation of "The Od d with Erica received the first Bollingen Prize , chairman of 'nto English. The work was h the program. achievement" and a "masterpiet ler writers for "The Iliad" was published in Jong is the author of "Fear oi the "Iliad," This marks the seventh writer! lly person to the program has attracted such w lanuary rheatre banks megabucks soundtrack and a grand-scale motion picture, to innumerable commercial s spin-off products, "Annie" has persevered s unto community theater. > A hit this big just won't quit that small. ( . : ? ' - ! i / jkc? i i / Kirg J ^ "4 :a ::;! r. J :,'1 ;1 Oi :> V yV! r hbh / e popular musical. The show is sold out through iimeriT ipe to 'fire MUJICA SAID, "Our main purpose is to raise school spirit and get everybody pumped up for the game." About 40 to 50 people have worked every might this week to put the tiger together, Mujica said. "Pi Beta Phi and our little sisters have seen a tremendous asset, and we couldn't lave done it without them," he said. "They ;the women) are the ones who can sew. We're ill thnmlic ? le Writers Seric classics of ancient literature. Nobel Prize wi is year and received a front- ner Toni Mori Times Book Review." According to < lyssey," published in 1961, Geckle said for the translation of poetry Summit Fund, ailed by critics as a "great the university' :e." A major thr j 9-74 tract quality f? r . ,, endowment co f Flying. could allow G< ? series at USC. In the past, advance, mak Titers as Kurt Vonnegut, the have engagem< on appeal of INDEED, "ANNIE" is feeling a renewed surge (one could hardly call it a revival so ioon) on America's amateur stages since it ,vas released earlier this year for general 3roduction. In Collimhia. thf? cmnch r?*i 11 I iiQiicnH O ? - ? j uiaiMUl* IllUOiVUl VUU OV/U CI ?nashing of teeth last spring when Town rheatre and Workshop Theatre booked the ;how for the same season. In a bitter battle of harrumphs and ahems, >fficials of both local theaters claimed the rther was breaking an unwritten rule of fair May by including "Annie" in their imnediate plans. Town Theatre people said they had made Mans to produce it first in the city, while the Folks at Workshop claimed first dibs. MOST OF that bickering, however, by low has acquiesced to more powerful itatements made at the box office. Town Theatre won rave reviews and packid houses when it presented the musical during the summer, and Workshop sold out its original run, an encore holdover and several Jress rehearsals ? before the show even opened. In fact, Workshop's "Annie" opens tonight for a month-long run through Dec. 18. The holdover is planned for Jan. 4 through Jan. 8. Theater officials said tickets for the encore performances were sold out within hours after going on sale, and Workshop agreed to allow audiences in for dress rehearsals. "ANNIF," FOR readers who have cmerg iv: up fans <r Political science sophomore Connor Waiker said, "I think something like this helps the fraternity and benefits the entire university." Cliff Rollins, a criminal justice ^ sophomore, said, "I'm tired of seeing all those Clemson jerseys on campus, and I think we ought to burn them with the tiger." Tigerburn '83 T-shirts are available by order from the fraternity for $12 at the happy hour. ;s in spring inning Isaac Singer, National Book Award winrison, and John Irving, author of "The World Garp." m. he hopes the writer's series will benefit from the * the most comprehensive fund-raising drive in s history. ust of the fund is to set up endowments to aticulty members to USC. Geckle said ideally an uld be set up for the writer's series. The money ickle to arrange the series as far as two years in ing it possible to attract writers who already mts when USC usually schedules its series. 'Annie' *" ed recently from a cave on an uncharted isle, follows the rags-to-riches tale of the redhaired tyke who travels from a New York City orphanage to the home of billionaire Daddy Warbucks. Highlighted by such musical numbers as "Maybe," "It's a Hard Knock Life" and the never-failing "Tomorrow," the show needs little more description. Workshop's production features Boo Holland in the title role, Bob Waites as Dad- Q*. dy Warbucks and Mary Benson Keenan as Grace Farrell. Naomi Calvert plays Miss Hannigan, Mike Dove portrays Rooster, Ann Richardson is Lily and Ed Beardsley appears as Franklin Roosevelt. BETTE HERRING is the show's director. Herring, who has compiled an impressive record of popular holiday-season, familyfare productions at Workshop, began getting rehearsals in gear in August. On the eve of opening night, Herring said she is happy with the results. A "1 haven't felt this good since 'Oliver,'" she said, referring to her successful version of that classic musical two years ago. An elaborate set has been designed for "Annie" by 1 he Prop Box of Charleston, and rumors about the production costs have been hot. Workshop officials would not comment on the actual costs, though. "Annie" performances begin at 8 p.m., but obtaining a ticket probably means a determined search. ^