Troupe gives holidays a twist
By Brian Priesman
Staff Reporter
Take five UNL students and
graduates, a little dose of creativity,
a heck of a lot of courage, Santa
Claus and a live audience and what
do you get?
The Have Nots!, Nebraska’s only
professional sketch-comedy/improvi
sational troupe and its latest produc
tion,“Not! A Christmas Carol,” which
runs Friday and Saturday nights at the
Wagon Train Project, 512 S. Seventh
St.
Co-founder and UNL graduate stu
dent Greg Tavares described the Have
Nots! as “kind of like Saturday Night
Live, but funny.”
The other Have Nots! are Steve
Shields, Todd Zaruba, Tony Heffner
and JefTLuby.
“Not! A Christmas Carol’’will fea
ture the group’s cutting-edge style of
demented comedy in a Christmas
themed show, Tavares said.
“We’re making fun of the Vir^pn
Mary. We’re making fun of Christ
mas,” he said.
The show is a mix of original sketch
comedy and fast-paced improvisations
based on audience suggestions.
“It’s adult. It’s raucous. It’s mad
cap,” Tavares said.
The Have Nots! have spent the last
few months developing sketches for
this show.
“Not! A Christmas Carol” will
present original sketches dealing with
everything from the top 10 worst
Christmas carols to the Have Nots’!
own rendition of “The Nutcracker.”
“Audiences can expect a wacky
night of comedy,” Tavares said.
The Have Nots! changed their name
from The Mothers about eight months
ago. The Mothers was a larger group,
Tavares said, and he wanted to work
with a smaller number of people.
Since the name change, the Have
Nots! have performed all over the
country. Tavares is hopeful that he
and the Have Nots! will be able to
continue in some form or another.
Improvisational comedy, also
known as improv, is a growing field,
Tavares said.
“Every town has sketch comedy
and improv groups now.”
The popularity of sketch comedy
shows like “The State” and “Exit 57”
and improv shows like “Whose Line
Is It, Anyway?” have added to the
sketch and improv comedy boom in
recent years.
A large percentage of both the au
dience for and performers of these
comedy styles are young adults and
college students.
Luby, the group’s newest per
former, tried stand-up several years
ago. He said he preferred improv be
cause of its unpredictability.
“It’s more thinking on your feet.
It’s fly by the seat of your pants.”
Tickets for Friday’s and
Saturday’s shows are $5 and are
available at the door before each
performance. The show begins each
night at 8 p.m. For more informa
tion, call 435-5592. _
Choosing champagne
depends on key factors
By Albert Schmid
Slaff Reporter 1
Many people will pop the cork
on a bottle of champagne over the
holidays without giving a thought
to what they are drinking.
But you might what to, be
cause not all champagne is cre
ated equal.
To be truly classified as cham
pagne, the grapes used in the wine
must come from and be processed
in the Champagne region of
France.
In addition, the wine must be
made with a process called
Methode Champenoise. In this
method, the final fermentation,
which produces the carbon diox
ide bubbles, happens in the bottle.
In other words, all champagne
is sparkling wine but not all spar
kling wine is champagne. As a
matter of fact, only 10 percent of
the world’s sparkling wine pro
duction is true champagne.
But the decision-makingprocess
doesn’t end there. You also must
decide how sweet you want your
champagne, a decision that can be
aided by simply reading the bottle ’ s
label.
If it says “Brut” you can expect
the driest kind of sparkling wine.
“Extra dry” is the second driest,
followed by “sec” and “demi-sec.”
You may also run across “Extra
Brut,” which is even drier than
“Brut.”
And a ■final reminder — when
opening the champagne, be careful.
The pressure in the bottle is close to
90 pounds per square inch.
To reduce the risk of injury and
to ensure retention of maximum
carbonation, remove the cork
slowly, with a gentle twisting mo
tion.
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Delta Sigma Pi
Congratulations to the new officers of the Alpha Delta
Chapter.
President— Lynelle Strong, Senior VP— Chris Leitner.
VP Pledge Education— Jodi Anderson, VP Profession
al— Mike Fortkamp, Secretary— Melissa Brown, Assis
tant Treasurer— Neal Smith, Historian— Bob Clark,
Chancellor— Jason Glover, Senior Guide— Jenny
Brabec, Junior Guide— Brian Baum. Congratulations to
everyone who received awards at the Banquet.
Dinosaurs Etc.
Museum gift shop at Morril Hall. 20% off sale on all
regular priced items. Save on your Christmas Gifts!
Sale continued util Jan 7.
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II-TEAM APPLICATIONS I
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to fill out over here at200 Neb. Union. Questions, I
call Michelle McCune 472-8142.
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TIME IS RUNNING OUT
Donate women's, men's, and children's clothing to the
Clothing Drive! Boxes in the Women s Center, Student
Involvement, Love Library Dec. 1-14.
AMI
To the Best Girls on campus,
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Kim and Granny
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