SHADES squad performs for festival

Elizabeth Spano, Student Reporter ACU's SHADES step squad broadened its stomping grounds last Friday to Southern Hills Church of Christ, where it performed its first show of the semester for Abilene's 14th annual Balloon Fest event. SHADES' routine was performed on the main stage as an opening to the event's activities. The show was among other festivities that included inflatable games for kids, fair attractions, food, opportunities to ride in hot air balloons and several local band performances. "I think [SHADES] did a really good job," said David Wells, senior missions major from Atlanta and the squad's guys' captain. The show, which Wells said was a "come- nd-go type performance," was performed on the flat bed of a truck that members said lessened the stomps' sound quality. "The stage was small, but it worked," said... [read full story]