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Country music explodes onto dance scene
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By Sarah Duey
Staff Reporter
Scoot over Disco Fever, country
dancing is taking over the dance floor.
With the explosion of country
music in the last few years, country
dancing has become the latest dance
craze.
Roberta and A1 Doedcn have been
hit by its popularity more than ever.
The Docdens teach more than 16 coun
try dancing classes a week.
“When classes are offered, they
fill right up,” Roberta said. “There’s
still always a waiting list.”
The Docdens teach on their built
in dance floor at their home, so they
must limit theclasses toeiehtcounles.
They said they taught through South1
east Community College. The
Docdens also give lessons at Dodge
City, The Cactus Club and Stan’s
Lounge.
Dancers can take eight-week
classes in different types of country
dancing. For example, Roberta said
they taught eight weeks of the two
step and eight weeks of the country
swing.
They also teach classes in ^he Cot
ton-Eyed Joe, Jitterbug, One-Step,
Texas Two-Step, Polka, Walt/ and
the Fox Trot.
“Country dancing is fun because
once you learn the basic steps,”
Roberta said, “you can put your own
style into it.”
Roberta said she had been teaching
for about 14 years in Lincoln.
. Al said he first met his wife when
he took dancing lessons from her.
Since then, he has helped her teach.
“Teaching is a high,” Al said. “It’s
lun to get people going and watch
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Party on the Plains in the East Union Great Plains Room.
them have a good time.”
Jennifer Coon, a senior in the
Teachers College at the University of
Nebraska-Lincoln, and Troy Casper,
a UNL graduate student, said they
thought country dancing was addic
tive.
They started dancing at a 1 ine dance
competition and got hooked. They
have been dancing with the Doedcns
ever since and said they thought line
dances were the most fun.
“The music is great,” they said.
“We’re just out here to have fun.”
Line dances have been especially
popular lately, Roberta said. The
“Achy-Breaky Heart” line dance,
which was choreographed by Melanie
Greenwood, is one of the most popu
lar, Roberta said.
The 1,000 square feet of dance
floor at Dodge City was packed last
June at the line dance contest to Billy
Ray Cyrus’ song, “Achy-Breaky
Heart,” Roberta said.
The Doedens said that although
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Solo effort fails to provide
audience with substance
on ‘Little Big Man ’ release
“Little Big Man”
Bushwick Bill
Rap-A-Lot Records
Bushwick Bill embarks on his first
solo effort “Little Big Man.”
Bushwick is the second member of
the Geto Boys to make a solo album,
following Willie D’s “I’m Goin’ Out
Like a Soldier.”
“Little Big Man,” starts out pro
foundly enough with Bushwick Bill
reciting a poem: “And let us cease
with this anger and haired toward
mcn/For men were bom meant to be
brothers through friendship not war/
And let us not seek to find friendship
with a handshake nor a promise/For
peace must Jte nurtured in our hearts
Until the verv thoni’hl of vinlrnm
been removed from our minds.”
When you hear this statement you
might think that there might be some
substance in “Little Big Man,” but to
no avail.
Bushwick goes on to dispel this
poem, saying that the government
and society are the causes of all of his
problems. He also says that his LP
should not be considered explicit when
society has made up the words that he
uses in his songs.
This introduction to “Little Big
Man” will give the listener some indi
cation to what this LP is going to be
about.
“Little Big Man,” seems like a
forum for Bushwick Bill to talk about
hisdominanceoverwomcn. Bushwick
makes numerous comments about his
4’2" height and brags about how he is
the best rapper under five feet tall.
“Chuckwick,” is a chance for
Bushwick to identify with the diminu
tive killer doll Chucky from the movie
“Child’s Play.” This is a cut that talks
about the fact that even though he is
short he is lough; just like Chucky.
It is obvious that Bushwick Bill
can flow — this does not Sfcem to be a
problem with “Little Big Man.” The
main problem here is that Bushwick
gets repetitive talking about “bitches”
and all of the things women do to him.
There are some bright spots on
“Little Big Man.” “Letters from the
KKK,” is a cut in which Bushwick
Bill is sending a message to the black
community. He say that as long as
blacks are killing each other, they are
doing thejobofthcKuKlux K lan, and
the KKK is proud of the black com
munity.
The best and most effective track
on “Little Big Man,” is “Ever So
Clear.” a track that talks about
Bushwick Bill’s steady decline into
women, alcohol and drugs that almost
killed him last year.
On this cut there is a definite mes
sage that will make the listener be
able to identify and sympathize with
Bushwick Bill. Bushwick Bill tells
the listeners that it was a messed up
situation that he had to lose an eye to
see clearly, and to learn from his
mistakes.
Overall “Little Big Man,” is noth
ing special to run to the record store
and buy. Bushwick Bill can flow and
there is no doubt about that, but when
most of the songs are spent degrading
women it is repetitive and old.
If Bushwick Bill could do some
more tracks like “Ever SoClcar,” and
‘Letters From The KKK,” he would
be able to reach a wider audience.
— Anthony D. Speights
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Don igo of Omaha, left, and Mike Borgialli of Lincoln enjoy the newly expanded bar area at
Lazio s Bar and Grill, 710 P St., while bartender Jill Owen serves other patrons during the noon
hour.
Lazio’s philosophy: Food, beer will
be the best, or they won’t serve it
By Stacie Hakel
Staff Reporter__
W ith new renovations, Lazio’s, 710
P St., prov ides a relaxed and com fort
able atmosphere in the heart of the
vintage Haymarket.
Last August, Lazio’s expanded its
bar and dining area by 100 scats be
cause of increased business they had
had since it opened.
The floors were also carpeted be
cause of slippery oak floors.
Scou Boles, pari owner of Lazio’s,
said the restaurant was busy every
day, including Mondays.
“People from all walks of life and
education levels have come in since
we’ve opened,” Boles said. “It’s re
ally been neat.”
The renovations cost $3(X),(XX).
Walking up the staircase, the newly
created dining room with its windows
looking down at the bricked-strect
Haymarket enhances the feeling of
the original style that is in thejnidstof
being recaptured in downtown Lin
coln.
Color splashes of mauve and blue,
rustic red bricks, different floor levels
of dining, skylights and plants comple
ment the setting.
Previously a warehouse for candy
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