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Eflt^talrirheTiT j use will By John Vaughan "Everybody needs to have a dieted to," Wanda Hite said bet last week. Hifp npprprl nvpr h#?r pvoolatc r-?^ "Vi with a look of profound serious "It's a necessity," she proclai HITE WAS seated with the fo gearing up for South Carolina's staged in a restaurant. Entitled "The Lunch of melodrama opens Feb. 3 at Scarl ' Center on Assembly Street. Hite, Glenn Rawls, Beth Me I A^nnr/4 nil /*!! /*?# i/vuia an vvii i ^iii ui formed the Passion Players, a pr presenting the soap. "The Lunch of Our Lives" w series, performed on stage in February at noon. If Columbia i concept, the show likely will coi said. NOTICING THE obvious hun and the name of the show, the p< mon question they're asked the about?" "It's all about fun," said Rawl Hite. "It's a real cockeyed look Kawis, a writer tor south Cari and stand-up comic who has p Charlotte, N.C., said he and the perience to concoct the producti< "It's one of those shows where tors in line with what they do best we've been writing for all along, RAWLS HAS blended his ba comedic flair with Hite's exp melodrama, troupe members sai< Hite, a graduate student in plays. 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"This' is no Carol Bu o RAWLS SAID the idea for the show stei * Mrl IB = = B M raucu ui uwu ii By Doug Ki What ca ing music t just refuse If you'r Animals, played to Wednesda; stage and i "I have and a half auciicnce beginning I vjS To oper oray ten "At tha i ?, \ ~~ ^ ?,x a 1 ?fme- wc whole sho I why the sh AFTER crowd seei the seconc ', subdued, ; -- ^ ^ j, *zr?gr - f I- j hopping, s . . ; | . ;y. i H UITC W IlllC this latest . j As the ; Girl," ant the origin pie. Even C in thp Qnnr Inct ninht . w " ,u?? iap}viii^ 11 live soap ope ^.MMEi-flifllfi 1 pSl d, Glenn Rawls and Beth Meadows will be appearing a* i similar to Alexis cept at Harvard Univetsit; urrounded in love joyed for years a "brown ilogist, a meek ac- one-act plays and melodra Dlling young man. "My understanding is t country have tried similar ner, Cecily Ander- said. flow psychologist, He credited Meadows \ Columbia. Meadows, whi usband, Addison, magazine, is producing the Barnabas Stetson. day Inn. 5, Lily LaLewd. Meadows said she got t njoy seeing some Potesta, while both were p< for laughs, but he production of "On Goldei istick. re merely walk-on "EVERYBODY I had ti rnett sketch." but nobody was willing to mmed from a conliar band's per Bith The W1 n you do when your band is play- blend of < hat's full ot energy, but the crowd end of th s to dance? uproar. E One rea e like Kevin Gray of the White citing is t the Nashville-based band that man Tim a large Golden Spur crowd clean, ant y night, you pull a chair onto the Ray Crab relax, just like the audience. Coats a lc n't pulled out the chair in a year Gray said as he mingled with the "TIM >etween sets. drums wh Coats als( ly hidden iYED and sang from a chair at the truly, the of the band's second set in an ef the subdued crowd motivated. Gray oj l the show, the band played "I'm nouncing Steppin," a Squeeze-type song was 12:3( White Animals' last LP, "Last playing fc " dcmonstri played th musician's worst fear was realized "Wild Tl ddle of "Ecstasy," the title track and Fortl rthcoming LP, a fuse blew and all ? vocals, guitars, drums ? died. The bai down on the stage in complete of "Hard n. Flash" ? ine niffht. t point, all the humor drained out ; even had thoughts of starting the The mc w over again. We just didn't know Animals' iow was going so slow," Gray said. complete band com a.m., the THAT frustrating first set, the more, ned to catch fire. By the middle of J set, the audience was no longer AFTEi as the dance floor was packed with the White ;weaty bodies. This scene was what N.C. Fro Animals had been hoping for from to do son Sour performance. are lookii W IV ui band broke into "Brown-Eyed )ther cover with a harder edge than al, the back room filled with peo- If "?c those who sat and watched were energy of leir toes. Animals j ra -a | mmUgm* , pPiKiiiiig ^^ K^i^T^;|:V;?7 -' ^55 3? fei '"^ 8 HE_^Sll!*H? I t scarlet's in the production of "The 1 i y. He said students there have en-bag lunch* * theater that produces mas. hat several restaurants around the things, but nothing has stuck," he n vith putting the pieces together in [1 manaws Thp Kt>v In Cnhimhin show in cooperation with the Holio know Scarlett's manager, Larry crforming in Town Theatre's recent n Pond." ilked to thought it was a good idea, take it on until Larry," she said. Sm ''Soap," page 13 ? formance 1 I liite Animals played an infectious classics and originals that, by the te night, had the audience in an ven the bar manager was dancing. son the White Animals were so ex- $ he work of road manager/soundCoats. The sound was tight and ^ 1 the rhythm section of drummer ? tree and bassist Steve Boyd gave >t to work with. REALLY loves to play up the en he does the mixing," Gray said. ) plays a keyboard, which is cleverwith the sound equipment. He is, l fifth band member. || I nonpH thrt tlllrrl iri/4 P* /?/>* u.. j/viivm uiv uiiiu auu iinai sci uy (iii, "Welcome to the late show." It ) a.m., and the band didn't stop >r another 45 minutes. The third set ^ ated the group's versatility, as they ^ f rough a guitar-packed version of ling" into Devo's "Jerkin' Back i." id finished the night with an encore Day's Night" and "Jumpin' Jack fitting party songs to end a partyicf imnrnccivp tKinnr oKrvii* >u> v muig UUUUl I IIV. VV I lilt performance Wednesday was the turn-around from a mellow bar :ert to a wild dance party. Even at 1 ? audience was still cheering for t WEDNESDAY'S performance, Animals moved on to Chapel Hill, m there, the group is off to France le touring and recording, and they rig forward to the release later this 'Ecstasy," a seven-song album that ; is "our best album yet." oiaay can capture even nan tne ' iheir show at the Spur, the White are in for a successful album. I