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daily nobraskan
Wednesday, november 9, 1977
Venezuelans' 'style' shows in regional competition
By Kathy Foreman
Serenading judges with up-tempo Latin music, Vene
zuelan Style was one of four student acts, selected to
continue on to sectional competition in the Bob Hope
Search for the Top in Collegiate Talent; The area contest
was held at Rigge Lecture Hall on the Creighton Univer
sity Campus in Omaha, Nov, 5. , . ?
Supported by a large Venezuelan following in the
audience, lead singer Beatriz Rendon courted the crowd
with Spanish lyrics. One of the seven judges rating contes
tants called Rendon "a natural." Dressed casually, other
members of the band, coaxed the Crowd of about 350
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Venezuelan Style took another step toward winning the Bob Hope Search for the Top in Collegiate Talent.
From left; Frank Bolivar, Gregorio Osorio, Neptalie Reyes, Beatriz Rendon and Carlos Siso. Not pictured is
Orlando Nunez.
include, Frank Bolivar, Gregorio Osorio, Neptalie Reyes,
Carlos Siso and Orlando Nunez.
Although Venezuelan Style sang the same selections
for area and local competition '("Moliendo Cafe "Bar
lovento", "Motivo" and "La Negra") one part of their
area act was different. Nunez was added to the student
band as a "utility man" and a second quatro player.
The Venezuelan four-string guitar and just one of the
many unusual instruments used by Venezuelan Style.
Commenting on Venezuelan Style's performance,
judge Earl Bates, a local musician and talent promoter for
Portal Music said, "The name of this group first caught
my attention and made me curious. I was also pleased
with the music, which was lively, pleasant and definitely
different." Bates added, "With a little polish they (Vene
zuelan Style) could be a helluvan act and might take it
(national conpetition.)"
Venezuelan Style and the other four acts competing
at Creighton were judged on three criteria. Points were
awarded on showmanship and professionalism (poise,
audience response and communication with the audience),
technical excellence, and treatment and imagery
(creativity and personal style).
Area 25, which encompasses Nebraska and Kansas,
could have sent nine representatives to the December
sectional competition in Manhattan, Kansas. However,
judges decided to send only four of the five competing
area acts. The other winners were: The Tom Masters
Quartet, a four man "easy listening" band from Wichita
State University, Wichita, Kansas; Jeff and Mike, a folk
duet from Creighton University; and Gregory Ciaassen,
a ventriloquist from Kansas State University, Manhattan,
Kansas.
Winners from regional competition will continue to
the national contest where Bob Hope will select acts to
appear with him on a national television special sometime
this spring. The Bob Hope Search for the Top in Col
legiate Talent is co-sponsored by the New Mexico State
University and is endorsed by the National Entertain
ment and Campus Activities Association.
arts&
Music students to perform free
Four UNL School of Music students will perform free,
recitals today. All concerts begin at 3:30 pjn. and are
open to the public.
Margot Ann Woolard will play three pieces on the
Miskeil Memorial Organ in Kimball Recital Hall for partial
fulfillment of her Masters degree requirements. Her selec
tions will be $'Suite pour Qrgue, Opus 5" by Maurice
Durufle, "Christ, unser Herr, zum Jordan kam, BWV 684"
by J.S. Bach and "Phantasie uber den Choral" by Max
Reger.
Stuart Edward Meradith, a senior piano student, will
perform five works in the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery
auditorium. His pieces will be "Toccata in G-minor"
by J.S. Bach, "Sonata in B Flat Major, K. 570" by
Mozart, "Sonata in E Major, op. 109" by Beethoven,
"Reflets Dans L'eau (Reflections in the Water)" by De
bussy and "Barcarolle, Op. 60" by Chopin.
Joel Sunderman, a senior trumpet student, and Daniel
L. Torson, a junior saxophone student, will perform in
the Choral Room of Westbrook Music Bldg. Sunderman
will play "Sonate fur Trompete und Klavier" by Karl
Pilss. I lis piano accompaniment will be played by Mary
Indermuehle.
Torson will play two works: "Sonata" by Henri
Eccles and "Concertstuck1 by Pierre Max Dubois. Carol
Raun will accompany Torson on the piano.
Earlier closing
saves expenses
Students seeking a meatless meal may have won
dered why the vegetarian Palms Cafe now closes at
$PM' ' '"'
"It's because we're losing money," said Terry
Moore, co-owner of N the Palms. "We've never had
enough dinner business, and lunches are good. So why
stay open?"
Moore said the Palms' operating expenses are higher
than most restaurants because 90 percent of the
Palms' food is prepared the day it is served. Moore
said most restaurants use about 70 percent pre-pre-pared
food, heated irn a microwave oven before serv
ing. Moore said the future of the Palms is uncertain.
"We may be here next week, we may not be," he
said. "We may be here in three months, Who knows?"
Nutrition Tree
yields odd fruit
By Jim Williams
Pity the person who has just become a vegetarian,
but is still subject to Big Mac attacks. What can he do?
He can go to the Nutrition Tree at 12th and Q
streets in the Glass Menagerie. Along with the usual
health store fare-tiger'i-milk, fresh peanut butter and
books by health food quacks-the Nutrition Tree offers
a sandwich bar for bun-and-run fans who want a change
of pace from ground beast,
John Early, the store's owner, said the sandwiches
are made without meat. Their contents-called
"Wham" and "Tunosalad" and MChicken-style"-are
made from spun soybean fiber with flavorings mostly
food review
from plant sources, he said. Early said the foods pro
vide the protein of meat, but have no cholesterol.
He said they also provide vitamin B 12, which many
strict vegetarians don't get.
Early said some strict vegetarians, who eat nothing
that comes from animals, object to his sandwiches,
either because of the small amount of cm albumen
, used as a binder or because they do taste so much like
meat.
Well . . . maybe only if you've forgotten what real
meat tsta like. I tried Wham, Chicken-style, Bolrg
nafyle, Combeefstyle and Tunosalad sandwiches,
f'adi Is served with lettuce or alfalfa prouti on a
whole wheat bun and mayonnaise. Prices ranee from
69 to 89 cents.
Another eager eater said the bologna-style sandwich
tisted like dog food, but I thought it was merely blandt
The Tunosalad really tastes like tuna-but of the grade
usually reserved for kittycats. If you don't like the
taste of corned beef, youll be relieved to know that
taste is absent from the Cornbcef-style sandwich. None
of them are disgustingly, appallingly, regurgitating
BAD, you undcrstand-just don't expect ihcm to taste
much like their namesakes.
On the other hand, Wham (some closet carnivore
in the publr relations department must have thought
up that narruj and Chicken-style are pretty good.
Don t look at .he chicken-style too closely, or the
soybean fibers will remind you of the best tender white
chicken meat with a few tender white chicken feathers
mixed in.
Hours at the Nutrition Tree are 10:30 aw. to 6:30
pin. except Monday and Tliursday, when they're open
until 9 p jn . and Saturday, when they're dosed.
Don t till them Ronald McDonald sent you - -