Wednesday, August 27, 1986
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Daily Nebraskan
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Cedar Rapids' Verandas will rock and bop your socks off this
afternoon at "Music and Melons" by the Broyhill Fountain.
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By Chris McCubbin
Senior Reporter
There's little doubt that, for better
or worse, the ubiquitous Finnsters are
currently t he big fish in the little pond
of Lincoln rock V roll. Hut if you widen
your perspective, say to the medium
sized pond of this great American
desert, it's clear that those Finnster
boys have to bow to The Verandas, from
Cedar Rapids, when it comes to picking
an all-around regional pop-gods.
Band Review
The Verandas are playing this after
noon from 4:30 to ti p.m. by the Broyhill
Fountain, behind the Nebraska I'nion.
The big event is "Music and Melons,"
co-sponsored by the I'niversity Pro
gram Council and Farmllouse Frater
nity. The last time I saw the Verandas was
last November when they ran away with
UPC's "Battle of the Bands." That night
The Verandas were the last of four
bands. Dance floor action all night had
been sluggish to non-existent. The
second The Verandas hit the stage,
hordes of screaming fans (readily iden
tifiable from their band T-shirts) crowd
ed the floor and bopped like crazed
weasels till thevery last note. This ain't
just a band, folks, it's a movement
All this and free watermelon, too.
Now you know why they call it "the
Good Life."
Seriously, if you have to have music
that's happy and danceable, The Ver
andas are your best bet. They're with
out a doubt the tightest, most ener
getic, most professional dance band
around these parts.
Miscellaneous Verandas trivia depart
ment: They have an EP, "V-notes" out
from Graphic Records. You can pick it
up at most local record stores. They're
working on a full album and talking to
major labels.
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The captain's coming, boys and girls!
Captain Kangaroo is back
By Scott Wesely
Staff Reporter
Family programming is getting a
nother boost on the Nebraska ETV
Network during the week of Aug. 31.
New programs include the return of
that sideburned friend, Captain Kan
garoo, a voyage of music through the
Grand Canyon and daily coverage of
events at the Nebraska State Fair.
Captain Kangaroo (Bob Keeshan) is
back on television after a year and a
half but on NETV, not the CBS Net
work. Beginning on Sept. 1, the Captain
will air 65 newly edited programs from
his 1982-84 seasons on CBS. The pro
grams have been restructured from a
full hour to half-hour versions, airing at
8 a.m. Monday through Friday. From
Sept. 1 to 1 2, the shows will be repeated
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repeat will be on Fridays at 3 p.m.
Many of the characters from the old
series will return with the Captain. Mr.
Green Jeans (Hugh Brannum), a con
genial neighborhood farmer, the silent,
carrot-eating Bunny Rabbit, the ping
pong ball dropping Mr. Moose, Carolyn
Mignini, Kevin Clash and Cosmo "Gus"
Allegretti comprise the basic cast,
"Canyon Consort" is a chronicle of
the Paul Winter Consort's 227-mile
voyage down the Colorado River as they
created music of the Grand Canyon.
The film, shot on the last of three
expeditions through Grand Canyon
National Park, shows the beauty of the
canyon as the jazz group creates the
music.
Virtually all NETV production per
sonnel will be involved in its 20th sea
son covering the Nebraska State Fair,
providing viewers all over the state
with a taste of each day's activities.
Sixty minutes of daily highlights will
be included in each broadcast, airing
Wednesday, Sept. 3 through Sunday,
Sept. 7 at 9 p.m.
Big Bird and his friends visit the
Metropolitan Museum of Art, finding
treasures and adventure on "Don't Eat
the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Met
ropolitan Museum of Art," airing Mon
day, Sept. 1 at 8:30 a.m.
The top five Drum and Bugle Corps
in the world compete in championship
competition in Madison, Wise, on "1986
Drum Corps International World Cham
pionships," also on Sept. 1 at 1 p.m.
Russian conductor Woldemar Nels
son leads the Opera company of Phila
delphia in "The Queen of Spades" by
Tchaikovsky. It will air on "Great Per
formances" on Sunday Aug. 31 at 2 p.m.
The locally produced "All-State Fine
Arts Final Concert" presents highlights
of the best performances by high school
students at UNL's annual All-State
program. It airs Wednesday, Sept. 3 at 7
p.m.
Nebraska gubernatorial candidates
Helen Boosalis and Kay Orr face off in
the 1986 gubernatorial debate spon
sored by the League of Women Voters,
videotaped earlier at the Nebraska
State Fair Open Air Auditorium.
W.C. Fields, Dorothy Lamour, Shirley
Ross, Bob Hope and others will be fea
tured in "The BigBroadcast of 1938" on
"Comedy Classic," Friday, Sept. 5 at
10:30 p.m.
One hundred and fifty elephants are
brought together every year in nor
theast Thailand for one of the largest
events in the world. "Elephant Games,"
airing Friday, Sept. 5 at 8:30 p.m. cele
brates the fun and excitement of a
rodeo for domesticated elephants where
the animals', trainers and owners can
show off the strength, speed and skill
of their pachyderms.