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THE WEST GEORGIAN. WEDNESDAY. MAY 7. 1980
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CPB presents National Lampoon's
"Animal House" Wednesday. May 7. at
8 p.m. and 10:15 p.m. The campus
comedy, which stars John Belushi,
gives an uproarious satire on frat life In
the early sixties.
Admission is SI with I.D. and t 1.54
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Janice /Basics
Concert Planned
A concert featuring Atlanta
new-wave band, the Basics,
and Las Vegas show group,
Janice, will take place Friday,
May 9, at West Ga. Wrestling
Arena on Highway 166 east of
Carrollton. The Basics are
regarded as one of Atlanta’s
best rock groups in the ‘new
wave’ category. Janice, who
recently toured with War,
features Reggie Saddler.
Admission price will be $8 in
advance, with free beverage
provided by Schlitz. Tickets
can be purchased at Budget
Tapes & Records or Goldmine
Golfcourse. They will be $lO.
at the gate.
A spokesman said the
concert promises to be the
beginning of Carrollton’s
Concert Scene. It provides top
recording stars with a party
atmosphere. The concert will
also provide a place to be seen
for the entire campus body.
(See Ad Pg. 5).
Hours:
Mon.-Fri.
10:00-7:00
Sat. 10:30-7:00
Sun. 1:00-6:00
Jack White:
By HARRIETT DAVIDSON
Add the wit of Don Rickies, the
personality of Santa Gaus, the
expertise of Minnesota Fats, and
the style of a bom showman and
you get Jack White - the in
ternationally famous pocket
billiards and trick shot artist.
White, who picked up his first cue
stick 41 years ago at the age of
eight, brought his incredible
billiards demonstration to the
Student Center game room
Thursday. His entertaining show:
a combination of unbelievable trick
shots and clever conversation.
“I’m the only professional pocket
billiards player ever to be invited
to appear at the White House,”
White explained early in his show.
‘Tve performed in 122 countries,
123 including Carrollton, and I’ve
performed for the Queen of
England.
“I’ve appeared on all the major
TV shows-The Merv Griffin Show,
Mike Douglas Show, The Sammy
Davis Jr. Show, Soul Train,
Sesame Street, General
Hospital...”
He waited for the laughter to
subside to continue.
“The most money I’ve ever won
in one game is SBOOO. The most I
ever won in one night was $27,000,
and the longest I’ve ever played is
three days and nights without
stopping
“I've played and beat Willie
Mosconi, Minnesota Fats, Irving
Crane, Racquel Welch - all them
big players.”
White followed this with his list of
unmatchable statistics: high run in
pocket billiards with 319, high run
in snooker with 147 (a perfect
game), and high run in three
cushion billiards with 12.
If there were any nonbelievers
that doubted this man the beat in
billiards, the remainder of the
show was enough to convince them.
Dressed in a coat and tie and
yeilding a cue stick that seems an
Fine Arts Festival Gets Underway This Week
Spring means celebration •
celebration of new life, celebration
of nature’s gifts, and an ap
preciation of the world’s beauty.
This appreciation includes the
celebration of West Georgia
College's 17th. Annual Fine Arts
Festival.
May 12-22 will be days filled with
cultural events such as concerts,
dances, readers' theater, and
opera productions.
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extension of his arm, White ef
fortlessly executed some of the
most famous shots in the game,
including his own handerchief shot.
With onlookers in a circle around
the billiard table, he arranged sue
balls in a circle, placed the eight
ball in the center, and spread a
handkerchief over all of them. He
asked someone in the audience
which pocket the eight should go in
and sank on the first time.
Other trick shots performed by
this likeable pool player were the
“Hustler," from the movie of the
same name, and the one White
called the “hardest shot in the
world,'’ “Spin the Ball." Before
attempting this shot, White set
some pretty high stakes “If 1 can’t
make it in 15 tries, everyone in the
room gets SIOO and all the liquer
they can drink.”
After intentionally missing three
or four times, he asked his
audience if they would “take a
quarter and call it off.” But White
had no takers, and he sank it on the
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Billiards pro. Jack White demonstrates one of the trick shots he Invented, the
handkerchief shot. < Photo by David Edwards)
The Patron’s Reception will be
held May 12 from 6-7:30 p.m. at the
home of Mr. and Mrs Tom
Plunkett. This event provides an
opportunity for individuals to make
donations specifically for music
and theatre scholarships.
Following the reception, guests
will see the opening-night per
forma nee of "Die Fledermaus,” an
opera directed by Inge Manski
Lundeen, associate professor of
Dixie Dregs
Blood, Sweat &
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next try.
Next he took on the West Georgia
champion for the best three out of
five games. White kept it close the
first couple of games, purposely
missing shots, all the while
needling his opponent and
demonstrating the fact that die
could easily put down his cue stick
and carry on as a successful
comedian.
“I kid around for one reason,
White said in an interview later. “I
know they (college players) are
nervous They’re not afraid; it’s
just that a crowd is watching So I
joke to get them to relax.”
White, who remained unbeaten
following the match with WGC’s
champion, said he has been doing
shows for 21 years and that he still
“has a ball." He admitted the
“traveling gets old,” (he covered
over 155,000 air miles just last
year) but called himself a “people
person” who loves the respect he
gets from the students all over the
country
music. The opera will be presented
May 12-16 at 8 p.m. in the College
Auditorium.
According to Lundeen,
Fledermaus means “revenge of
the bat” and features wine,
women, and song. Tickets are
available through the Fine Arts
Department at 834-1224.
West Georgia College Day is a
festival in itself on May 14. A
student art show will be displayed
from 9 am. -3 p.m. in the
Humanities Galleries and open
house for the campus will be held
from 10 a.m. -3 p.m.
The Honors Luncheon begins at
11:30 a m. in the Food Service
Center. Dr. Richard L. Dangle,
Dean of the School of Arts and
Sciences, will deliver the luncheon
address.
Other events for the day include
the Honors Recital at 2:30 p.m. in
Cashen Hall, honor society
initiations, and a sidewalk cafe.
“The Steppenwolf” will be
performed during the Readers'
Theater on May 19 at 3:30 p.m. in
the Humanities Studio Theater.
The Carl Ratcliff Dance Theatre,
winner of the 1978 Georgia
Governor’s Award for the Arts, will
perform at 8 p.m in the HPE
Building on May 19. Founded in
1969 in Atlanta, the company was
the first contemporary dance
group to tour extensively in the
Southeast performing original
choreography. Cost will be $1 for
students and faculty with WGC I.D.
and $2 without I.D.
WGC’s Jazz Ensemble, directed
by assistant professor of music
Dan Bakos, will perform at 8 p.m.
on May 20 at the Food Service
Center. The WGC Band will hold a
Pops Concert on May 21 at noon in
Love Valley. This group is directed
by William Shank, assistant
professor of music.
The Clarion Wood Wind Quintet
will be in concert May 22 at 8 p.m.
in Cashen Hall. The quintet
features the flute, oboe, horn,
clarinet, and bassoon in works by
Beethoven, Auric, Ibert, Hin
demith, and Gershwin.
All performances, other than the
opera and the Carl Ratcliff Dan
cers, are free of charge and the
public is invited to participate in
West Georgia College's celebration
of spring!