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University Daily Kansan, February 14, 1985
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Doug Ward/KANSAN
Shoe styles run the gamut from crazy to casual. Lawrence shoe ting that whites, washed out blues, light grays and lighter earth tones retailers see few changes in spring shoes from past seasons, predic will be the popular colors.
Students step out in many styles
By RICK ZAPOROWSKI
Staff Reporter
The next time you're pussyfooting over the ice or stomping the slush from the bottom of your boots, glance at the shoes people are wearing. You may notice many of those people shrieking out for fashionable footwear.
Most students have left their stylish shoes at home, at least temporarily. Warm feet have taken precedence over the hot styles.
The slippery, slushy sidewalks have made practicality the No. 1 priority when people search their closets to find the proper shoes to wear. Students trudge across campus in sneakers, moon boots, hiking boots and even "waffle stompers" to keep from slipping and sliding.
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RON MEUNIER, PRAIRIE Vil
lage senior, said he thought that the men on campus didn't spend much time selecting stylish shoes answer.
"I wouldn't say they're too overzealous about finding out what the fashion is," he said.
meunier said he wore his 1
½-year-old leather tennis shoes
about half the time. In his closet, his
$5 Dexters and his $70 jogging shoes
await the arrival of spring and the
absence of snow and ice.
Larry Flottman, manager of Arenesbrugh Shoes, 819 Massachusetts St..said the snow and ice had influenced the dress of shoes people had purchased.
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"We're CONTROLLED BY the weather," he said. "Our biggest sellers have been boots."
Rich Revenew, manager of Francis Sporting Goods, 731 Massachusetts setts St., said his store avoided the
drop in shoe sales that normally occurred during the winter.
"We ran a promotion the first through the ninth of February, which was really good for us," he said. "Had we not done that, we would have had the typical January, February syndrome."
Revenue said many students bought athletic shoes to wear casually on campus. That type of shoe is common in style regardless of the weather.
"The basic leather tennis or basketball shoes have definitely become the college fashion hit," he said.
Flottman said some students already were selecting shoes from his new spring stock. He said they probably were buying shoes in preparation for spring break vacations.
Howard Plenet, manager of McCall's Shoes, 829 Massachusetts St. predicted that casual shoes would be the big sellers in the next few months.
"This spring we'll see lots of flats and low-heeled shoes," he said. "Pumps are big and continue to be strong. It was kind of true in the fall, too."
Plenert and Flottman both said that the most common shoe colors would be white, washed out blue, light grays and lighter earth tones.
But don't expect too many dazing, wild colors. The retailers say that this spring's styles depart little from past spring's.
Band to give the blues to fans of 'funky' jazz
Fliptan said, "There really hasn't been a predominant change in style. There haven't been any radical changes in the鞋 market for a long time. There should be."
By RICK ZAPOROWSKI Staff Reporter
Fans of jazzy music can escape the bad weather blues this weekend by dancing to the tunes of a popular band from Kansas City, Mo.
Rich Hill and the Riffs, featuring singer Ida McBeth, will perform at the Jazzhaus, 92% Massachusetts St., tonight, Friday and Saturday.
The band's vocalist says Lawrence audiences make performing a pleasure and help the band to put on a better show.
"The Jazzhaz is one of my favorite places to play." McBeth said in a telephone interview from Kansas City. "The people there are ready to party and dance. You don't have to ask them more than once to get out on the dance floor. And when they dance, it makes our job a lot easier."
MCBETH SAID SHE tried to create a rapport with her audiences. And when she performs in Lawrence, she said, she has few problems establishing an exchange with the listeners.
"In Lawrence it's very easy," she said, "because the people come out just to see the people performing. We are not just stopping by some club."
McBeth, 31, said she had been performing with Hill for the past nine years and had sung professionally for the past 13.
McBeth has performed in Los Angeles, Denver and New York, in addition to singing regularly in the Kansas City area. In contrast to her extensive singer career, McBeth has had little vocal training.
"MY ROOTS ARE in gospel," she
said. "I got my start in the church. I had a little voice training in high school, but not much."
McBeth said her performing experience made up for her lack of practice time.
"I don't have to rehearse much," she said. "As far as my material goes, 13 years time enough."
McBeth's repertoire includes mainly jazz and rhythm and blues. She sings with the Riffs about five nights each week.
Hill said, "She has a really unique style. She sounds something like Roberta Flack or Nancy Wilson. She's someone who has a natural gift and doesn't seem to have to work very hard to achieve a good sound."
MCBETH'S STYLE OF music blends well with Hill's musical interests and the music he and the Riffes play, he said.
Hill said, "I'm very interested in swing music, a la Basie and Ellington. I also am interested in the '60s soul music."
He said he performed with a band in the late 1960s that had appeared in Lawrence and other Kansas communities. The group, Spider and the Crabs, was a seven to 11-piece rhythm and blues band.
Rich Hill and the Riffs originated in 1961. Since that time, the group has played in Lawrence several times. Hill said the group's music accommodated the dance crowds in Lawrence.
"I've got a few original songs," he said. "But mostly we're doing cover material. We do a lot of funk, which I call rhythm and blues. The group also has somewhat of a rock angle to it."
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