Monday, November 3, 1986
Daily Nebraskan
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Lingerie selection now can be done in the comfort of the
Legion Hail, ss It was Sunday night in Palmyra. Kathy Fol
kerts models some harem pants for Undercoverweat, Inc.
They talk about it all year Clem
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Linda StoryDaily Nebraskan
Models Kathy Folkerts, left, and Becky Sue Thies wait
backstage before the lingerie show in Palmyra Sunday even
ing. Doth model for Undercoverwesr, Inc. which gives home
parties for shoppers.
By Chris McCubbin
Senior Reporter
Legend has it that small Nebraska
town roll up their sidewalks at 9, but by
8 p.m. Saturday Palmyra, 20 miles east
of Lincoln on Highway 2, was already
closed down, and rolled up tight. ,
Except at the American Legion Nash
Jensen Post 196. Inside the white
wooden building a group of men were
waiting. They looked almost like they
were in uniform in their blue jeans,
wool or western shirts, cowboy boots or
sneakers and cowboy, hats covering
short haircuts. As they waited they
sipped beer arid munched popcorn,.
They were waiting to view lingerie. -;
No," hot for themselves. For their
wives and girlfriends. This was the
second annual men's lingerie show
sponsored by Laurie Clem, the regional
representative for Undercoverwear Inc.
Undercoverwear, Inc. is the naughty
undies equivalent of Tupperware. The
way it usually works is that some
woman will volunteer her home for a
lingerie party, Clem brings over her
wares and her models, and the women
order whatever strikes their fancy.
But once a year, before Christmas,
Clem sponsors a men-only show, where
the hard-working farmers of Palmyra
can pick up whatever they'd like to see
their significant other in.
Clem opens the show with "Alexis,"
a long, black, two-piece set with lace
side panels. Other offerings include
"Elusive," a long blue gown with a
butterfly-shaped lace bodice; "Very
Vogue," a long white gown that leaves
one shoulder bare; and "Venus," a
short gown with a Grecian neckline
and a pair of matching pants that fea
tures a snap crotch, (which was not
demonstrated).
The models, Becky and Kathy, were
both past hostesses of Undercoverwear
parties. They were working Saturday
night without salary. A basket for tips
was placed on the popcorn table.
Kathy modeled at last year's men's
show. Becky had never modeled lin
gerie before for either sex. Despite her
inexperience, Becky seemed to be the
one required most often to remove her
slip or pants to reveal the briefs or
tap-pants beneath.
While the models changed outfits,
Clem kept the audience entertained
with a "sensuality quiz," asking ques
tions like: "If you're wearing white
underwear, give yourself one point. If
it's colored, give yourself 10 points, and
if it's bikini give yourself 20." Or: "If
you've ever gone to a motel with a
woman just for a romantic night, give
yourself 25 points." The men joked
among themselves about the sensuality
quiz, but when the models were out,
sexist teasing was kept to a minimum.
"The guys always behave themselves,"
Clem said after the show.
The modeled items were mostly Un
dercoverwear's more modest items, and
the models wore bodystockings beneath
their outfits.
Undercoverwear's prices ranged from
$20 to $50 for night wear. When Clem
quoted the price of one set at $44, a
philosopher in the crowd observed,
"Well, by today's report, that's only half
a hog."
Clem, a UNL alumnus, and her hus
band farm near Palmyra, she said she's
been selling Undercoverwear for about
18 months: Undercoverwear agents are
mostly located in big cities, she said
and it's rather daring to try to run a
lingerie business out of a town like
Palmyra. Although a lot of her business
comes from nearby Lincoln.
Undercoverwear has been in busi
ness for nine years and has been fea
tured on "Donahue," and "Lifestyles of
the Rich and Famous" and in "People"
magazine, Clem said.
Clem said there's a big difference
between what men and women buy.
Women always buy much sexier stuff,
she said. But the annual men's show is
a big thing in Palmyra.
"They talk about it all year," Clem
said.
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State of the Arts
Compiled by Stew Magnuson
Staff Reporter
Music:
Every Monday night, Chesterfield's
features Mother's Big Band, a Lincoln
jazz outfit. Cover is free. At the Zoo, The
Tablerockers return to do Blue Monday
after a month of taking Monday nights
off. If you've never seen Tablerockers'
guitarist Sean Benjamin, you're miss
ing a Lincoln treasure. Cover is $1.50
and the show starts at 9 p.m.
At Sheldon:
A fascinating collection of photo
graphs, entitled, "Beyond Sight: The
Photographs of Harold E. Edgerton,"
ends Wednesday. Even people who
don't know photography will recognize
some of Edgerton's famous pictures of
bullets flying through playing cards or
drops of milk hitting a hard surface.
Edgerton is a Nebraska native and MIT
professor who created the techniques
of taking stop-action pictures at milli
seconds. At Kimball:
"Man of La Mancha," the musical
adaptation of Miguel de Cervantes'
novel, "Don Quixote," will play at Kim
ball Hall next weekend. "Man of La
Mancha" will be performed by The
Nebraska Theatre Caravan, the profes
sional touring wing of The Omaha
Community Playhouse. Performance
times are 8 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
Tickets are $8 and $10 and half-price
for UNL students.
UNL students portray
life of famed author
"Chekhov in Yalta," a play based
on the life of the famed Russian
author, will be presented at the
Studio Theatre of the Temple Build
ing on the University of Nebraska
Lincoln campus Thursday through
Saturday, and Nov. 10 through 16.
Theater Preview
The play by Jeffrey Ikddow and
John Driver won the Los Angeles
Drama Critics Distinguished Playw
riting Award in 1381 and was included
in the "Best Plays of 1980-81."
The University Theatre produc
tion of "Chekhov in Yalta" has been
entered in the 1985-87 American
College Theatre Festival. It is a
directing project involving the com
bined talents of seven advanced
student directors, under the gui
dance ef Rex McGraw, chairman of
the UNL Theatre Arts and Dance
Department.
McGraw will appear as Anton
Chekhov. The play takes place in
April 1900, when Chekhov is retiring
to a country villa in Yalta on the
Black Sea to be treated for tubercu- -losis.
There he is visited by members
of the Moscow Art Theatre and other
famous writers including Maxim
Gorky and Ivan Alexeivich Bunin. t
"The play," McGraw said, "is
crazy and zany, and sometimes re
minds one of the Marx Brothers.
Adding to the broad strokes, one
should consider the romantic aspects
of the play, everybody is in love with
someone who either they can't have
or have trouble getting."
Tickets for "Chekhov in Yalta"
are sold weekdays at the University
Theatre box office, located on the
first floor of the Temple Building at
12th and R streets. To make reserva
tions, call 472-2073.
All performances of "Chekhov in
Yalta" will be at 8 p.m., except for
the performance on Sunday, Nov. 16,
which will be at 3 p.m. The Nov. 16
performance was added in support
of National Arts Week.