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February 25, 2000 Variety is the name of the game for Purdue Bands WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Adding to Hoosier sports hysteria in March, Purdue University Bands brings back the musical atmosphere of home football games for a Variety Band concert at 8 p.m. Friday, March 3, in the Long Center, 111 N. Sixth St., Lafayette. Golden Girl Ann Loppnow, a senior from Hartland, Wis., and Purdue's other twirlers will join the Goldusters and Flag Corps for the free event. The evening opens with a set by American Music Review, which adds everything from Glenn Miller to Broadway musical theater to the concert mix. Love provides the central theme for the William Kisinger-directed American Music Review, the only bands' ensemble that mixes vocals with instrumentals. Soprano Hannah Niebrugge, a sophomore from West Lafayette, will be featured in "I Can't Give You Anything But Love," while senior Joel Luger from Carmel gets the spotlight in "I've Never Been in Love Before," and junior Chanda Guth of Terre Haute sings "I Wish You Love." The band appropriately surrounds these tunes with "Too Darn Hot" and "They Can't Take That Away From Me." Vocalist Fritz Muehlhausen, a junior from Buck Creek, comments on another aspect of love in "Makin' Whoopie." Variety Band, directed by David Leppla and Martin Owens, and the Purdue Spring Auxiliaries take the stage for the concert's second half. Gershwin's "Strike up the Band" sets the tone for a program that also includes "Steely Dan in Concert," "Flashdance" and super hits of the 1970s. "Little Bitty Pretty One" will feature the Golden Girl, Girl in Black Nicole Ferree, a junior from York, Pa., and Silver Twins Erin Buescher, a junior from Jackson, Ohio, and Wendy King, a junior from Sidney, Ohio. The Goldusters take the stage in "Mambo No. 5," and Flag Corps members present a routine to "Dancing Men." CONTACT: Kathy Matter, Bands publicist, (765) 496-6785; kcmatter@purdue.edu To the Purdue News and Photos Page