December 1989 The News Argus PAGE 15
Homecoming
1989
Controversy
Surrounds
Awarding of MR.
RAM-1989 Title
by Craig Thomas,
Excitement and controversy
surrounded the 15th Annual Mr.
Ram Pageant held on October
10th, in the K. R. Williams
Auditorium.
The event, which is annually
sponsored by the Student
Activities/Student Union
Program Board, presented six
youngmeninadazzlingshowcase
of talent, fashion andspeech. The
themeforthisyear’spageantwas
“I’m That Type of Guy”.
According to Brian Drake,
assistant coordinator of the
pageant, the theme was chosen
because “this adage exemplifies
in a nutshell the positive images
androlemodelsthey(contestants)
portray. Theseimageshav emade
the tradition of excellence
continuehere at W S SU, andhave
made this pageant an enormous
success for the past 15 years.”
Drake and Kevin Ross served as
the hosts for the event and Tanya
Wiley served as hostess.
The show opened with the
contestantsdoing adanceroutine
to M.C. Hammer’s “Turn This
Muttha Out”, and then they
introduced themselves to the
audience.Thisyear ’ scontestants
were: Tim Sanders, 19, a
sophomore majoring in mass
communications; Barry
Johnson,22, ajuniormajoringin
political science andeconomics;
Darrin Todd, 22, a sophomore
majoring in commercial music
and music education; Giovanni
Bass, 21, a junior majoring in
psychology and biology; Danny
McSpadden, 21, a senior
majoring in social studies
education; andDewayneBrown,
21, a junior commercial music
major.
The seven judges for this year’s
pageant included: David Allen,
Cheryl Harry, Michael James,
Linda Parker, Anthony Ragland,
Cecil Summers and Angela
Wright. Each contestant was
judged on personal appearance,
grooming, general taste, color
harmony, physique, personality
andpoise.Theywerealsojudged
onthedegreeordifficultyoftheir
talent, the ability to perform,
articulation and the ability to
think on their feet.
The creative wear segment was
appealing to thecrowd, but by far
themostenthralling portion was
thetalentcompetition. Gospel
music seemed to be the norm this
year. Darrin Todd performed a
unique version of Donna
Summer’s spiritual, “Forgive
Me”, as he used sign language to
communicate in addition to his
singing. While Dewayne Brown
displayed a fine array of vocal
rangesin“MoreLikeJesus,”Danny
McSpadden really sent shock
waves through the audience when
he delivered “The Center of My
Joy.”
Of course, gospel was not the only
form of talent presented in this
year’s pageant. Accompanied by
aseriesoffancydancemovements,
TimSandersdidhisversionofTt’s
No Crime;” and Giovanni Bass
performedthesexyclassic,“Whip
It On Me”; both tunes by
Babyface. Barry Johnson’s
moving monologue from A
RAISIN IN THE SUN almost
left the crowd teary-eyed.
During the self-expression
category, no nervousness was
apparent on the faces of the
competitors, though some of
their responses were long and
some completely ignored the
intended issue of the questions.
Finally, it was time for the
final decisions of the night’s
program. Drake deliberately
toyed with the audience in
••1 may be an art major,
but I know
a little something
about economics.”
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