'Pride in Pictures' showcases talent
Most of the participants were Greek students.
Oct. 17, 2006
Dancers, singers and actors took over the stage in Jesse Auditorium on Monday night. Sororities, fraternities and other groups performed skits at the talent show to kick off Homecoming Week.
The show opened with a montage of video footage featuring the Homecoming royalty discussing what they enjoyed about Homecoming Week.
Hosting a talent show is not new to MU. A showcase of talent was started in the 1970s. Sheryl Crow performed when she was a student, Talent Director Brittany Pieper said.
"It feels good to see the skit after working so hard on it," Kappa Alpha Theta sorority member Rachele Jones said.
Most skits are put on by the Greek students, Pieper said.
"We're always looking for more non-Greeks to get involved — whether that's putting on a skit or just coming to watch," Pieper said. "We realize that it's dominated by Greeks because of money. But we get excited when non-Greeks get involved."
The theme of the night was "Pride in Pictures."
Each group based its skit on a song from a movie, emcee Josh Vonder Haar said.
Although each film seemingly did not relate to MU, each group managed to create its own version of the movie that tied it in to MU traditions.
Pi Beta Phi sorority and Kappa Alpha Order fraternity's skit was a spoof of the "Wizard of Oz." In it, Dorothy was whisked away from her school, Kansas State University. But in the end when she is clicking her heels wishing to go home, she realizes that MU is her home.
Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority and Delta Upsilon fraternity performed a skit about the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. In it, the turtles had to rescue a reporter, who was also the Homecoming queen, from crossing the bridge in Peace Park with Shredder, the enemy. Otherwise, she would fall in love with the nemesis, who was from Kansas. He was trying to kidnap her to ruin Homecoming Week.
"My expectations were high," Pieper said. "The skit directors have been working hard. The show was incredible."
The two emcees, Vonder Haar and Liz Lidgett, came onstage after each performance and did bits to segue each skit into the next.
"It was scary at first," Lidgett said. "But once we realized that we couldn't see anybody and were blinded by the lights, we relaxed and had fun."
Lidgett wore a new outfit each time she took the stage. Getting to wear so many different clothing items was her favorite part, she said.
Many actors in the skits enjoyed the experience.
"It was a pretty big adrenaline rush," Chi Omega sorority member Michelle Senay said.
When the rush subsided, the performers breathed a sigh of relief.
"It's refreshing to get on stage and show off what you've been working on for months," said Kappa Alpha Theta member Jessica Shrewsbury, who performed in the skits last year. "It really sets the mood for the rest of the week."
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