In the amazingly short period of five years, Spring Sing has become a well"grounded tradition at Harding College. It has evolved over the years to the major entertainment event of the year, attracting hoards for the annual Youth Forum. This year's edition, Spring Sing '79, was the best ever, employing twenty-one of the campus' social clubs in twelve productions, each one unique and meritorious. Perhaps one negative result of the escalating excellenc~. ~f the show is thatsome of the smaller Reviews ... (Continued from page3) 1 pave two main gripes with Spring Sing. One is that when women1s clubs are participating without a brother club, why do they have to have a beau (or beaux) walk out and do something dumb? It's distracting and not neces~ry at all. Secondly, each club par– ticipating .in Spring Sing should circulate a list of each song they are using in their production so that no song would be included in more than one presentation. This happened several times this year, and one song was used both by a club and the host and hostesses. Spring Sing is a lot of fun, both to view and to be in. This year's mhy be history, but you can bet right now some club is working up its theme for next year. How about a salute to nuclear power .("You Light Up My Life," "Melt Down tonight") or a tribute to President Carter's economic policy ("Tragedy," "Walking Back to Georgia")? Oh well, in any event. by Mike Roden clubs can't keep up. Twenty-four productions were originally slated, but half dropped out. "Ham It Uj!L" presented hv Galaxy arid Ju Go Ju, s.wepl all the major awards. placing fll'St in ~erne. music. costume, choreography (a r-eal coupd ~idering their costumes), an r overall sweepst-akes categories. and deservedly so. They won over more than one. heart with their adorable pig suits ut what reall made them memorable was etr selection_ .songs. By taking a handful of ~nr.elated pop songs and inkering witb the words a bit, the~came ~ wjfh an irrestible illedie.y ~Porker Girl" <}n· spired from "Surfer Girl' ). ::Fat's theWay I Like It." "Born to Ham Jive." and my favorite "At the Slop." Pute genius. First runner-up in the music, choreography, and sweepstakes categories was "New York, New • • • t::::Reui£w~ . . . York " presented by Regina and Chi Sigma Alpha. r especially enjoyed their flashy and frantic salute to the Big apple, however, · their costumes were perhaps a bit too drab and there was too much glitter. Their enthusiasm and the fine blending of their voices outweighed their flaws. 'tLove tbeOne You're With" by Zeta Rho and TNT was another one in the cute categQry wjth its "princess ana frogH theme, bUt despite a few technical flaws, it rose above itself and was very entertaining. "Celebrate ' by Chi Lamb® Chi and Alpha Gamma Omega was a sharp production • and featured great sing,Jng and songs, but I had trouble With their theme. Why a "salute to Spring Sing" in Spring Sing? Knights and Phi Delta presented "Rollin' on the River," which took us on a cruise on a Mississippi riverboat. Their costumes were colorful and they really seemed to be putting their all into it. . - I thought Theta Psi had a neat little production in ''Fountain Fantasy," a tongue-in-cheek salute to the all-powerful ice erearq sundae. 11.J.e appearance of a banana which shall remain nameless (Hi, Ka~n) was a highlight of the show: A real disappointment was King's Men and Oege's "Luck Be a La.dy. '' The songs were fine, the singing excellent, but the whole thing lacked punch. They were too immobile on stage. · I almost headed for the door in a panic at the beginning of Kappa Phi and Tri Sigma Delta's "A Star is Born." The costumes and flickering lights gave the illusion of a nightriding band of Klan– smen. I kllQW it wasn't in– tentional, but it was still un– fortunate. Eour team$.JJndefeated· in men's softball: TNT, Galaxy·, King's Men, Delta Omega by Kandy Muncy TNT and Galaxy remain uri– defeated :.);it the "A" division of large club. men's softball tournament. c King's Men and Delta Omega remain Undefeated in tli "A" division of the sman-cl~b t nament. · - .. · · .... In the large club "A" division loser's bracket, Sub-T defeated Titans, 15-10; and Kagpa ~~~s defeated Chi Sigs, 9-8. In the sm.aU club 'W' aivision winner's bracket, Delta Omega defeated Knights, 9-1; and King's Men defeated Theta Tau, 4-3. In the small club "A" division loser's bracket, Sigma '1,'~\l defeated A. G. 0., 7-6; Beta Phi defeated Alpha Omega, 14-11; Lambda Sigma defeated T. A. G., 14-l; Sigma Tau defeated. Beta Phi, 15-5; and Lambda Sigma def~ted Fraters, ~. Iia ·"B" . team action, Kappa Sigs defeated Sub-T, 5-2; Galaxy defeated TNT, 9-4; Titans defeated Chi Sigs, 10-9; aDil King's Men defeated Beta Phi 188. In women's club softball, Tri– Sigs and Chi Lambda remain undefeated in large club. Chi Lambda defeated Kappa Phi, 70; Tri-sigs defeated Oege, 9-8. Theta Psi was the only team standing undefeated in small club. They defeated Tri-Kappa 13.() and. Shantih, 20-1 and then they were defeated by Beta Tau, 14·5.
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