CAFNR Students Step Out on Stage

Nancy Hildebrand, Corner Post Special Contributor

Photo by Casey Buckman  Alpha Gamma Sigma portrayed a dating game in their skit. Here the  girl had to choose between an independent aggie, a Farmhouse  fraternity member and an AG Sig.

Sept. 30, 2002 - College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources (CAFNR) students, faculty and staff took the Blue Note by storm in downtown Columbia for Skit Nite, part of Ag Week 2002, on Sept. 30.

Before the doors opened, students lined the sidewalk outside, ready to watch their fellow students in action.

The event featured skits from 12 CAFNR organizations, as well as lip sync performances from Ag Week King and Queen candidates. More than 425 people came to see the skits and fun - an increase from last year, Ag Week tri-director Justin Roberts said, basing his estimate on the 250 pre-sold tickets and ticket receipts from the door.

KCLR/99.3 FM morning show host Carrie Cowgill and sophomore agricultural education major Crystal Matthews emceed the event.

Photo by Casey Buckman  Agweek King and Queen candidates  Doug Kueker and Dana Henke bust  out their lip sink to John Micheal  Montgomery's "Sold" at skit night. The  lip sync was one of the required  elements for royalty candidates. The  team featured Kueker leaping off the  stage, his skirt flying up with the wind  and giving some special dancing  attention to the skit night judges.

Organization members showed their pride for CAFNR through their skits by using humor and incorporating news stories associated with CAFNR, its faculty and its students. Many organizations performed spoofs of television shows, such as Real World, the Crocodile Hunter, and Jeopardy.

Josh Phillips, tri-chair of the contest committee, said the increased audience size was due to good promotions by his fellow steering committee members as well as the "increase in CAFNR organizations participating in Ag Week this year."

The new participants were the Agriculture Learning Community, located on the first floor of Schurz Hall, and Farm House fraternity, which began competing in Ag Week again this year.

Six people - all CAFNR faculty, staff or alumni - served as judges for the skits and lip syncs. They judged the skits based on time, originality, preparedness and professionalism of actors.

The winner was announced at the Barnwarming dance Oct. 4, and the Agricultural Communicators of Tomorrow - the defending champions - claimed the prize again.

(Corner Post reporter Derrick Ming contributed to this story.)


Story posted 10/11/02

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