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mIP pL; '""WkIMilir * Matt Lindler/The Gamecock The engineer of the reggae band Mystic Vibrations, above, and three Zeta Phi Beta dancers from Claflin College, right, get the crowd moving at Capital City Stadium Saturday. No-shows i Analysis j By ROCHELLE KILLINGBECK i Senior Writer It was a drag! ' This was the general consensus 1 from party-goers who attended the 1993 Greekfest stepshow, concert : and party Saturday night after the third annual Palmetto Classic football game. ihe football game is held every year at Williams Brice Stadium. ^ S.C. State always plays another ( historically African-American col- ( lege football team. This year, S.C. State played Florida A & M University. S.C. State lost 21-17. j Thousands of people from across < the Southeast were in town for the . game and to enjoy the festivities , afterward. I The State reported 23,400 fans j attended the 2 p.m. football game. The fourth annual Greekfest, , which was held at the Columbia ] Bomber's Stadium, attracted more than 1,000 people. i And, for the most part, it was a < waste of time. At first, it was really hype. i Disc jockey Prince Ice, Dwayne Fischer, turned the crowd out from ' '7:30 p.ttV. to 8:30 p.m. , ^ 1 Greekfest was supposed to begin eKPoU Training for fill Septe I n II Kusseu I AH stude p are invit V:fc. < Training v Y so pie. \ can attenc .1 i *i Kb jm? )lague disaj it 7:30 p.m., but no one seemed to tx nind that it started an hour late. tl "Daisy Dukes" by the rap group w Ouice blasted through the stadium is Prince Ice excited the crowd. S While the song played, Prince m [ce yelled into his microphone, "Is m JSC in the house?" N USC students yelled and waved B beir hands in the air to let him C enow they were there. Fischer, a DJ for 101.3 FM, the Rio TRM whirh hroaHra?ts in Columbia and Sumter, did the rt >ame for all S.C. colleges. Some sisters with hairwraps, stacked, asymmetrical hair cuts and P lanet Jackson-style braids danced ir from side to side in front of their s< stadium seats. Other sisters walked a around and socialized, profiling their latest fashions such as nuevo t>ellbottom jeans, ruffled shirts and ir platform shoes. ai "How're you doing girl," one n sister said when she saw some n friends. Meanwhile, brothers danced in si front of their seats and in the aisles, u wearing baseball hats brandishing 1 various sports teams, baggy jeans, colorful shirts and sneakers. The reggae group was excellent. Is The crowd clapped after each of n their songs until about 9:15 p.m. " v\ By that time, the crowd started tl mtiqlPJs^V WUSC-FM will begin... mber 13th 7pm House Room 304 mts, faculty and staff ed to join our team. /ill be only one week, ase make sure you i promptly eacn night. / W(IS< ? A I TCDK.I ATM /-VLI Ll\I N/~\ I I iiis&il:' sn Ws m m - j**,. ^mJ ipointing ooing because it was ready to see le rap groups and step teams who rere supposed to perform. The promoters, including hannon Marshall of Columbia, tessed up by allowing about 30 linutes of intermission between lystic Vibrations and the Zeta Phi eta step team from Claflin ollege in Orangeburg. People were getting restless. However, the Zetas turned it out. They stepped, and the crowd )ared with applause. People were having a good time! "I came out to participate in the almetto Classic and support linority fraternities and sororities," lid Tara McDaniel, a sophomore riminal justice major. Thpn thp nrnmntprc mpccpr! lint There was another 30-minute itermission between the step team nd the next act, Dem Boiz, a loca] ip group made up of five young len. By this time, some of the crowc tarted leaving. Traffic was heavj dth cars leaving the stadium b) 0:30 p.m. I was disappointed, so I left too. Sunday afternoon, I talked tc fecole Edwards, a biology/preled sophomore, and she said she /as disappointed because two ol le four rap groups did not show ' j :-fmu s/E 90.5 Tickets: $5.00 General Public $2.00 with USC Student ID Tickets may be purchased at the Coliseum Box Office or by calling 777-7228. SIMP CAROLINA PROGRAM UNION TcCfes J^Hfo Tfcia p?ag?? is pud fur. ia pari, by tfuiaut I actmtyfaaa iP^il^^^Br^O I ""^S" Greekfest up. "Dem Boiz and Little Kocheez performed, but KC Smooth and Splack Attack didn't show," she said. She added that none of the other step teams performed either. And to really make things worse, the crowd was supposed to have been invited onto the field for a party that wasn't supposed to end until the last person left. 1 Edwards informed me that after sitting through the entire show and putting up with groups not showing up, the crowd members were told that they couldn't party on the field ' because doing so would be a fire hazard. The only good thing that came out of this half-done, sorry excuse for a Greekfest, step-show, concert 1 and party that never was, was that college students from different ! cr*hnr?lc u/prp ahlp tr? cnpialiTP thp CJWAJVXV/AO TT VI V UflV W JVVllUltiV) UJV crowd listened to a good reggae ' band, the Zetas from Claflin ' stepped well and DJ Prince Ice ' turned out the early part of the show. ) I wouldn't recommend going to another show. ; Marshall, one of the promoters, f said this is the fourth year he has r promoted Greekfest. e ; , : J?* \4i'' ' & I [ 3$^ : : ' :>::::::::::::: ffiy.ys g? ... . : gg: $ G siul WAI Come and get inv station! Our offic experience or spe< by and pick up a i great opportunity out why! Divine inspiration ~**??I, fB ?& ** , v^H wmm,. wmHHIHHHIi^lfHI^ JK Hk - J^MLr. JM ara jg W W Photo courtesy of L. L. Lukas Enterprises God's Comics will play at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Golden Spur as part of CPU's Tuesday Night Live series. 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