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Punches come from small packages in midget wrestling
By Bret Schulte
Senior Reporter
Believe it or not, the Nebraska
Missouri football game isn’t the only
midget wrestling contest this weekend.
Not to be confused with midget toss
ing - the sport that finally brought
together the previously exclusive fields
of strength training, three-dimensional
geometry and aerodynamics - midget
wrestling headlines this weekend’s bill
board of entertainment supplements for
Saturday’s away football game.
Possibly a violation of state statutes,
the tournament is taking place in
Council Bluffs, Iowa (the same city that
refilled Lake Manawa with Old
Milwaukee), at that cankerous visual
scab, Harvey’s Casino and Hotel. But
midget wrestling is only a small part
(sorry) of the Super Star Wrestling tour
nament Saturday.
Beginning at 7 p.m., the event will
feature former W. W.F. stars “Greg “The
Hammer” Valentine and “The Birdman”
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Ware as the Main Event. Organized by
entertainment promoter and possibly
South Omaha’s favorite city council
man, Subby Anzaldo, the freak show
gone-feature fun will continue with a
grudge match, women’s match and an
assemblage of other less-than-profes
sional wrestlers. Ringside tickets are
$22 and general admission is $15. Call
(402) 346-0100 for more information.
Equally entertaining if you’re on dif
ferent drugs, The Grateful Dudes are
playing this weekend at the Zoo Bar,
136 N.14* St. While their name is still
in dispute (occasionally they like to be
called S.O.U.P.) the group’s focus on the
Grateful Dead has now outlived its
namesake. The summer-of-lovo left
overs’ shows are always entertaining,
and their Grateful Dead covers extreme
ly complimentary. Show times are 10
p.m. both Friday and Saturday and have
a $3 cover.
No suspenders, no service this
weekend at Mueller Planetarium’s laser
ska show. The melding of a notoriously
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heads and punks, with new-age light
tricks, just may be the most ludicrous
idea ever housed in the Mueller
Planetarium. The show will include the
music of recent breakthrough ska band
Reel Big Fish, third-wave ska pioneers,
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones,
Madness and a variety of other ska
sounds spanning generations of the
music. Show times are Friday and
Saturday at 8, 9:30 and 11 p.m. The $5
show is a dollar less with a student I.D.
Lincoln’s other blues house,
Knickerbockers, 901 O St., boasts the
offspring of Jimmie Vaughan and
nephew of blues’ great Stevie Ray
Vaughan this weekend. Tyrone
Vaughan-Fullerton fronts modern hip
pie/funk ensemble Breedlove Saturday
night. Local hard rock act Resin 8
opens. On Friday, Kansas City, Mo.,
imports Shaking Tree headlines for
Lincoln pop rockers Swerve. Both
shows begin about 10 p.m. and cost $3.
If you haven’t left die bar by Sunday,
Gio, featuring ex-Millions vocalist
Lori Allison, will play
Duffy’s Tavern, 1412 O St., at 10 p.m.
Gio opens for BMI recording artist
Marlee MacLeod (pronounced like the
Highlander), a talented folk-song seam
stress with an ear for simple music and
gift for eloquent lyrics.
Of course, after a weekend engaging
in the behavior recommended above,
Sunday is best spent thanking God you
haven’t died in a fraternity house. Below
is a list of favorite church services for
the rightfully ashamed and duly repen
tant.
Lincoln Berean Church, 70th Street
and Highway 2: Sunday services at 8:15
a.m., 9:30 a.m., 10:50 a.m. and 6 p.m.
Assembly of God - Glad Tidings,
1037 S. 12 St.: 10:45 a.m., 6:30 p.m.
St. Thomas Aquinas Church, 320 N.
16th St.: 10 a.m., 11 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.
St. James United Methodist Church,
2400 S.l 1th St.: 9 a.m.
United Ministries in Higher
Education, 640 N.16th St.: 10:30 a.m.
Vienna Boys Choir to perform at local church
By Liza Holtmeier
Senior Reporter
A 500-year-old tradition comes to Lincoln
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The Vienna Boys Choir, founded in 1498
by Austro-Hungarian Emperor Maximilian I,
will perform Saturday night at First Plymouth
Church, 2000 D St.
The choir’s program begins with sacred
music - five compositions from the repertoire
of the choir - followed by an opera in one act
by Johann Strauss. The choir will then perform
works by Felix Mendelssohn, Johannes
Brahms and Franz Schubert. The concert will
end with polkas and waltzes by Strauss.
“All of these pieces were written by some
of the best musicians for professional voices,”
said Charles Ore, professor of music at
Concordia College. “This choir is also a pro
fessional group of highly selected voices
whose main occupation is creating music. I
think the audience will
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the level of difficulty these young boys attain.
The choir’s performance is part of a 500
year history that began because the emperor
wished to have choristers in the Imperial
Chapel in Vienna. From its inception, the
group attracted the finest musicians in the
west: Christoph Willibald Gluck, Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart, Josef Haydn and Franz
Schubert.
“The choir was the way some of the best
musicians in the business learned their craft,"
Ore said. “When their voices changed, they hit
the streets and proceeded to compose master
pieces.”
In 1918, the collapse of the Hapsbuig dynasty
and the Austro-Hungarian Empire threatened to
end the world-famous institution. But in 1924,
Joseph Schrdtt re-instituted the choir,
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established a boarding school to provide for the
boys’ musical training. Now, those who wish to
be considered for entry into the Vienna Boys
Choir attend a special preparatory school
where they are trained in theory, in singing and
how to play at least one musical instrument.
“These boys have a very comprehensive
education,” said William Wyman, director of
choral activities at Nebraska Wesleyan
University. “They are very well-educated in
addition to being grounded musically. They are
a model of what a well-supported arts program
can accomplish.”
The choir first performed in the United
States in 1932. Since then, it has visited
America more than 50 times.
The tours last an average of three months
and consist of 24 choristers accompanied by a
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North American tour is Michael Gormley, ,a ,
guest conductor who conducted the Vienna
Boys Choir from#1978-1984.
This year’s tour began on the West Coast
and will continue through the Midwest to its
final engagement at Lincoln Center in New
York.
Saturday’s performance begins at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets are sold out, but those interested can
join a waiting list for turned-in tickets by call
ing Abendmusik at (402) 476-9933. Tickets are
$20 for adults, $15 for senior citizens and $10
for students.
