JV Show Tonight, Friday
Are Mustangs Ready for Malagasy Rap?

 By Bjorn Westergard and Alex Holachek (November 3, 2005)

Malagasy rappers are going to prove that English language-rap is obsolete. George Mason's most venerable garage band is going to play without its lead singer for the first time. And the Irish dancer is, no doubt, going to try to outdo them all. It is the day of the Junior Variety Show and everyone is fraught with anticipation about the collection of acts that promises to be one of the most entertaining events of the year.

K. K. Bracken and Peter Davis will host the extravaganza tonight and Friday. The community is understandably brimming with questions about the approaching show. Can a country western remake of a Cher song live up to expectations? Why does talented singer Christina Parson's original tune Back. Here. Home. have so many extraneous punctuation marks? Will Malagasy (the language of Madagascar) prove to be the greatest innovation in rap music since the direct drive turntable?

This show, sponsored by the junior class and directed by music teacher Mary Jo Webster, starts at 7 p.m. both Thursday and Friday, and promises to be the most epic in recent memory, featuring acts too numerous to list here and an as-of-yet undetermined running time. All proceeds will go to paying for the junior-senior prom in May.