Spring Sing Deborah Bills. senior, introduces the next club act during Saturday night 's performance. Bills and her husband, Pat, are only rhe second married couple to ever serve as Spring Sing host and hostess together. Pat Bills, senior, performs his solo, "These Puc Laughing Maners" during Friday night 's show. In sp ite of the "ComedyT onighr" theme, Bi ll 'sselec~ rion took a mo re serious look at the funny side of life. Hostess Erin Rembleski, sophomo re, performs the comedic tune, "Here's Your Sign ." This was n ot only Rembleski 's first year as a hostess, bur her first year to participate in Spring Si ng. qjeauticians am Spring Sing '99 Purple-haired grannies . Tan-obsessed teenagers. Singing children. Swing-dancing thugs . Where is the one place these different people gather? The ) u Go) u, Ko )0 Kai and fri ends beauty salon for their 1999 Spring Sing show, "Just Cunin' Up." The show took the audience through a day in the li fe ofa beaucician and featured a variety ofcustomers who might wander through a beauty salon during a typ ical day. The show took advantage ofSpring Sing's "Comedy T onight" cherne and spoofed many different aspects of a beauty shop. "They took an idea, took every cliche and brought it to the stage in a visual fashion ," Steve Frye, Spring Si ng director, said. The upbeat show helped)u Go )u, Ko)o Kai and friends capture the 1999 Spring Si ng trophy, propelling the group from last place the previous year to a first place finish that included raking top honors in each category (The most recent sweep at Spring Sing occurred in 1996 with the Chi Omega Pi, TNT and Zeta Rho show, "Waiters and Waitresses") . The "Just Cutrin' Up" cast included purple- haired grannies, who hobbled on stage with walking canes before breaking into a fast-paced dance. Blistered tanning bed victims were the next customers to wander through followed by a barbershop quartet, beauty school dropouts, children and final ly, thugs who were transformed into swing dancers after spending time in the salon. Jordan Smith, sophomore, said interacting with the audience was one of the best aspects of performing in the award winning show. " It was cool dancing. You knew the people in the crowd woul d go crazy," said Smith , who lea rned to swing dance for the show. " Ie was great just knowing 10 Student Life that they were scream ing for what we were doing. " The five co-directors spent the entire school year planning each detai l of the show, includi ng writing lyrics, find ing mus ic, choosing costumes and choreograph ing the show. The months of preparation culminated the week before Spring Sing as the co-directors finalized last minuce details. "It's amazing how much work goes into the show," said co-d irector SarahAdkins, who remembers devocing more than 12 hours a day to the show in preparation for the five performances. "All the work was worth it, rhough. It was so rewarding to see all the ideas we had in September turn into an award-winning show." Practices for dancers and small parts began immediately after students returned from Christmas break, and over the next three months, the show slowly began to take shape. "I was surprised how well it came together in the end. Everything just clicked. It was a real group effort," Rachel Goad, freshman, said. Much of the success of the show was credited to the variety of small parts that kept the show entertaining. "The variety of the show helped ro keep the audience on their roes," said Amy Powers, who played agranny in the show. T he unique aspects of the show earned "Just Cuctin ' Up" first place in each of the four judged categories - choreography, music, original ity and Costumes. "I expected the show to do well, but not fi rst place in every category," Ri ley said. "I will neve r forget the excitement we experienced that night." "I neve r imagi ned we would sweep." Adkins said. "As they were calling Out the last award, it hi t me - we had just swep t Spring Si ng." - Sarah Terty Ma rcus Neely, senior and second year host, takes o n me role of a jeste r in his solo. Neely, who is known for his outs tanding act ing abilities, gave Sp ring Sing audiences the laughs [hey were looking for.
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