Bears Take Stage in Longtime Baylor Tradition
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The Baylor Lariat FRIDAY | FEBRUARY 20, 2015 B5 Arts & Entertainment A&E Friday | February 20, 2015 The Baylor Lariat B1 IF ALL ELSE FAILS, JUST S KYE D UNCAN | L ARIAT P HOTO E DITOR Bears take stage in longtime Baylor tradition By Taylor Griffin ALPHA CHI OMEGA ALPHA DELTA PI ALPHA TAU OMEGA Sing Correspondent “Brand New Ballgame” “All on a Mardi Gras Day” “Into the Darkness” If there are two things I really missed in this year’s All-University Sing acts, it’s story development and ATO’s biceps. I felt a definite dip in creativity and innovation Take me out to the For ADPi, choosing Mardi Gras for a theme Beware: ATO’s per- from last year’s showdown, and only one act—Phi ballgame, but leave AXO should have been a “no geaux.” Twenty bucks says not formance requires its Kappa Chi—showed the most willingness to think in the dugout. a one of these ladies has actually been to NOLA for audience to be a little outside the box. Alas, eight must go through to Pig- What’s this group’s Fat Tuesday. knowledgeable in litera- skin, and I’m sure happy I don’t have to choose from strategy? A glorified With a total lack of story and a chorus of girls sing- ture. this lackluster group of acts. dance recital number ing two octaves too high, this group gave us the sug- Influenced by the I have a few thoughts in general. After consider- with a few featured sing- ary-sweet PG-rated version of Bourbon Street. Noth- dystopian world of ation from this and previous year’s productions, it’s ers and a tired theme ing about the performance truly screamed, “Throw “Lord of the Flies,” ATO imperative to pick a story rather than a general theme slapped on it. Solid. me something, Mister,” except the tri-color décor and is a group of students on which to base a Sing act. Therefore, the perfor- It’s evident they ratted-up hair. And yet, my biggest confusion was the in survival following a mance lends itself to development and depth—grant- have plenty of girls with role of the cubist folks on the backdrop. plane crash on a desert- ed no easy task to complete in less than seven minutes. dance backgrounds to Your sign says “Parade Today”—did the floats al- ed island. Exceptional showcase, which is a ma- SKYE DUNCAN | LARIAT PHOTO EDITOR Next, some of the best acts of the night utilized ready pass? choreography—specifi- SKYE DUNCAN | LARIAT PHOTO EDITOR Broadway show tunes to supplement the theme. Its jor strength they play up cally in the Kanye West lyrics are storytellers themselves—it’s a billion dollar heavily. Although the music arrangement was theme- DELTA DELTA DELTA riff section—paired with their macho demeanor was industry for a reason. appropriate (except “Shake It Off”), I have a hard time “Beyond the Rainbow” intense as they descended into savagery or madness Lastly, enough—I repeat—enough with the cheer believing they’d ever dream of dirtying those baseball (you decide). stunts and tumbling. Not one act this year required dresses…er, uniforms. Where’s your storyline, AXO? The song choice, however, played a huge part in them, and more than half of them featured a basket I’d much rather watch “A League of Their Own.” the storytelling, even when it was a bit unclear exactly toss. No more. what the struggle was. The survival-of-the-sanest Wonderful costum- theme was entertaining. Very well done. BETA THETA PI CHI OMEGA ing and high energy “Magic Show” “All’s Fair in Love and War” provided yet another DELTA TAU DELTA awesome number from “The Delta Brothers” TriDelt. The group had plenty of talent to Beta’s magically choose from for their charming spectacle is If one thing’s for certain, Chi O knows how to give leads, including the light-years beyond a a good stink eye. sassy Wicked Witch. What a band of (blues) brothers. children’s backyard party But what’s the situation here? Two Grecian god- Clean, impressionable To a “Saturday Night Live” junkie like me, this but not quite ready for desses that hate each other? Who wins in this prissy transitions on and off group had so much material to work with from the Vegas. mess? There’s not enough story development or infor- stage were eye-catching. jazzy music—and a Justin Timberlake bonus—along With a simple set yet mation here to say. A helpful hint for this JESS SCHURZ | LARIAT PHOTOGRAPHER with a pattern for a storyline to follow. However, the with enough character to Choreography was solid, the singing was on point, group: lead singers—es- execution wasn’t a strong as the SNL sketch and movie entertain, the A capella but it might help to choose an arrangement that isn’t pecially in the “Walk this Way” scene—should enun- from which it draws. “I’ve Got the Magic in completely full of chick favorites. ciate a little louder. They very clearly evoke the effortless cool of the Me” a la “Pitch Perfect,” Although, I do have to give them props. Unlike last Though I’m a lifelong lover of “The Wizard of Oz”, Akroyd/Belushi duo, but unfortunately, the backdrop though expected, was a Sing, they settled on one cohesive theme this year in- TriDelt’s lack of creativity in finding a unique theme, wasn’t exactly a fair interpretation of the Windy City. stead of a hodgepodge of three. However, it looks like sweet addition. Despite a JESS SCHURZ | LARIAT PHOTOGRAPHER however, kept me from giving them a higher score. A few suggestions: clean up the choreo and sharpen strong start, though, the they took too many notes from TriDelt’s “Take Me to It’s so hard not to think back to their amazing the arms. It’ll go a long way. story lulled in the middle, which should have lent it- the Pyramids.” Egyptian routine from last year and ever wonder how The cops didn’t seem interested, pouty even. Stop self to a few more tricks. Some fixable requests: sharp- But that’s none of my business. they could top it. Perhaps next year. fiddling with the handcuffs. en the choreography, commit to the movements and Final question: why aren’t Dorothy’s shoes red? give a little more emotion from the ensemble. KAPPA CHI ALPHA & BETA UPSILON CHI KAPPA KAPPA GAMMA Thumbs up for choosing a Broadway tune from “Drafted” “Weird Science” “Pippin” as the opener — they’ve got the voices to KAPPA OMEGA TAU make it happen. Please, for the love of God, don’t let “The Grand Hotel” the redhead graduate. G.I. Joe and Rosie Weird? Not so much, KAPPA ALPHA THETA the…Rapper? but KKG certainly can “Beneath the Floorboards” Surprisingly, this These Kings of Sing know the recipe for an enter- entertain. teamed-up group pulled taining act, but this year, they proved their comedic Once again, KKG off a creative theme, chops too. brings it down with the which was dynamic and Using unique elements like the hyper speed opener choreography, which and a creative goofy theme to work with, KOT’s signa- strayed away from Thanks, Theta, for ruining more of my childhood sweet to boot. The song ture commanding set of vocals and athletic choreog- the girly sashays their again. choices gave a wide va- raphy excelled yet again. competitors tend to Inciting nightmares for the second year in a row riety of genres, from Though it was one of the stronger performances of perform. From the be- (not the good kind), Theta whipped out the same 1940s swing to a Disney the night, I was slightly disappointed with KOT. They ginning, the theme is makeup from last year and created a less-than-stellar classic to top 40 hits. The prove year after year that they are master storytellers, evident with a killer set performance. The execution was fine, but the theme beginning dance scene yet their message seemed to fade somewhere between and kooky characters. JESS SCHURZ | LARIAT PHOTOGRAPHER seemed really safe and close to last year’s vibe. The dragged on a little lon- JESS SCHURZ | LARIAT PHOTOGRAPHER after “I Wanna Be Like You.” I didn’t feel the grit and The first half of the pro- song choices were fitting, except for Maroon 5’s “Ani- ger than necessary, but it obvious story development as last year’s Jekyll and duction is stellar with its storytelling and song picks, mal” toward the end—not at all. Perhaps a few more steadily gained momentum from there with a haunt- Hyde-inspired “The Battle Within.” but once the monsters take over, any sort of story left props to indicate the set was even a basement would ing version of “Carry On Wayward Son,” later expertly Good thing the bell hop antics on the carts rem- flat lines—but never in dance. help the situation. collaborated with “Titanium.” edied the problem. I also was a bit thrown by the not-so-scary mon- There was an obvious storyline, but it honestly felt The choreography wasn’t a strong point as it ster costumes that were more alien than Frankenstein. like Theta found out they had a ballerina among them seemed too easy in some parts which should be Final suggestion: keep your tongues in your mouths. and built a theme around it. It just doesn’t add up. cleaned up quite a bit, but it had an excellent end and This wasn’t creepy—just cringe-worthy.