Theater converted
Employee A1 Pickering, a Uni
versity of Nebraska-Lincoln junior
commercial advertising major, said
he remembered when he attended
movies at the Cooper.
“It’s cool now to go in and sit
there and look around and have a
beer,” he said.
In spite of all the changes, the
original sound system of the theater
was retained, Zimmerman said.
“The acoustics in the club are re
ally outstanding — just absolutely
outstanding. Itrs actually the best
sound we’ve got in any of our clubs
because those speakers are the best
you can get.”
The sound system will be put to a
live test this month when country
recording artist Shawn Camp plays
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Alt Rigg, general manager of Guitars and Cadillacs, said dance lessons are becoming a popular part of the new bar.
Employee A1 Pickering, a Uni
versity of Ncbraska-Lincoln junior
commercial advertising major, said
he remembered when he attended
movies at the Cooper.
“It’s cool now to go in and sit
there and look around and have a
beer,” he said.
In spite of all the changes, the
original sound system of the theater
was retained, Zimmerman said.
“The acoustics in the club are re
ally outstanding — just absolutely
outstanding. Itrs actually the best
sound we’ve got in any of our clubs
because those speakers are the best
you can get.”
The sound system will be put to a
live test this month when country
recording artist Shawn Camp plays
Nov. 11 and Doug Supemaw plays
on Nov. 30, Zimmerman said.
“We’ve had Garth Brooks play
for us twice — this was obviously
when he was up-and-coming — on a
couple of occasions for Guitars in
Kansas City,” he said.
It is unlikely Brooks will play at
Guitars in Lincoln, Zimmerman said,
but customers are treated to national
country music acts twice a month.
Zimmerman, 36, was raised on a
Kansas farm where he grew up lis
tening to a mixture of rock and roll
and country music.
“Rock and roll is really taking a
back seat to country music where
country was the the back seat 10
years ago.... Country has very much
moved into the mainstream,” he said.
At Guitars & Cadillacs, custom
ers can enjoy more than an earful of
mainstream country music and a beer.
Free instruction in country danc
ing is offered.
“Based on the individual night,
we do anything from line dances to
the two-step to the beginner’s two
step, from the triple step to the tush
push. We have different ones every
night from Monday through Thurs
day,” he said.
Every night is different, even when
it comes to the buffet selection, which
includes a Tex-Mex night and an
evening of oriental feasting.
Besides a variety of buffets, other
activities line the club calendar.
Sports fans can view football on
big screens on Monday nights and
return Tuesday to watch or compete
in the men’s “tight fittin’” jeans con
tests, Zimmerman said.
Valet parking is another service
the club offers, he said. For $3, cus
tomers can hand over their car keys
and let Guitars & Cadillacs do the
parking.
With a platinum club card mem
bership, valet parking is free. Plati
num and gold card memberships en
title cardholders to discounted or free
concert tickets and other priviledges.
The combination of services and
atmosphere is paying ofTfor the club.
“Lincoln is turning out to be what
I thought it would be. On Fridays and
Saturdays, there’s probably 1,600 to
1,700 people coming through our
doors,” Zimmerman said.
“We’re very, very busy.”
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Inaugural poet
cancels reading
By Paula Lavigne
Staff Reporter
“An Evening With Maya
Angelou," sponsored by the Univer
sity Program Council at the Univer
sity of Nebraska-Lincoln, scheduled
for Dec. 2 at Pershing Auditorium,
has been cancelled.
James Buckley, coordinator of
campus programs at the Office of
Student Affairs, said Angelou had
engagements outside the United
States which forced her to cancel her
Lincoln appearance.
“Unfortunately for us, they feel
she should be out of the country to
promote her new work instead of
coming here,” he said.
Refunds will be issued to those
who have already purchased tickets.
Ticket holders should go to the
Ticketmaster outlet from which they
purchased their tickets to receive a
refund.
Ticket holders who called in their
orders should call the number they
telephoned for a refund. In Lincoln,
475-1212, in Omaha, 422-1212.
Buckley said the there was a very
remote chance UPC could resched
ule the event for the spring semester.
He said the UPC and the Office of
Student Involvement would do “ev
erything humanly possible.”
Angelou’s performance was to in
clude various readings of her works,
Buckley said. He said she also planned
to talk about current affairs and offer
a question and answer forum.
Angelou received national atten
tion when she read her poem “On the
Pulse of the Morning,” at President
Bill Clinton’s inauguration. She has
been honored as one of America’s
most outstanding African American
poets.
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