Sun-drenched lawn is filled with picnickers.
Michael Barton loves the food
Jazz band Blue Matter performs at picnic,
PSH NEWS
Hot dogs,
cool jazz
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picnic
Elin Marcel
Capital Times Staff
About 850 students and faculty feasted on free food
and enjoyed jazz under sunny skies at the All Campus
Picnic, Thursday, Sept. 12 in the Sculpture Garden.
The hungry crowd inhaled nearly 1000 plump,
juicy weenies, 30 gallons of tossed salad, 100 pounds
of pasta salad, 600 brownies, 42 pounds of potato
chips, 95 gallons of pink lemonade and 11 gallons of
iced tea at the picnic, funded by the provost’s office
and "Live in the Gallery Lounge."
"We had a much better turnout than expected," said
JoAnn Coleman, manager of food services. "In the
past we've served about 500.”
Coleman said the weather and the band, Blue
Matter, helped to draw people to the picnic, which
combined the Provost's Picnic and "Live in the
Gallery Lounge."
Students and faculty agreed that the picnic was
enjoyable.
Michael Barton, associate professor of social
science and American studies, said, "I'm on a diet;
otherwise I’d have just gobbled all the hot dogs."
Barton said he did eat "six pickles and a bowlful of
lettuce, with no dressing, and now I'm growing long
whiskers...like a rabbit."
"We pay all that tuition money," said Kevin Gore
of Mechanicsburg, a junior electrical engineering
technology major. "The least they can do is feed us."
"It's pretty cool," said Debbie Mehl, a junior
accounting major from Long Island, N.Y. "It's
something different. The best part is, it's free," she
added.
The band, Blue Matter, received a mixed reaction
to their predominantly-jazz music from the audience.
"It's not my kind of music, but they're good," said
Joe McDevitt, a junior from Philadelphia, majoring
in secondary education/English.
Gore said, ”1 don't think they should have jazz
next time," suggesting top 40 music. "More people
listen to it," he added.
Chris Santiago, die drummer for Blue Matter, was
pleased with the performance despite crowd reaction.
"Well, I don’t think the people were here to hear
the band," Santiago said ruefully. "It's a young crowd
and this music might be before their time.”
"You can turn on the radio and listen to top 40
any time," Mehl said, adding, "This band is different."
Photos by T.J. Brightman
September 20, 1991 CAPITAL TIMES 3
Picnic participant picks a pickle
Stefan Stainbrook, son of PSH student Kelley
Stainbrook, enjoys a plateful of goodies.
One of 12 industrial-size garbage bags filled at
the picnic.