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THE TWIG
jVwpoyer of the Studenta mf MeredUk ColUae
MEREDITH COLLEGE. RALEIGH. NORTH CAROLINA
NOVEMBER 12,
Carousel whirls into
life: Musical to be
presented this weekend
by Wendy Fischer
Stunning! Spirited!
Totally moving! Beautifully
unforgettable! These are a
few words used to describe the
haunting Rogers and Ham-
merstein’s musical
masterpiece, Carousel, being
presented by the Meredith
College Playefs at 8 p.m.,
November 13-15 in Jones
Auditorium.
The bittersweet love story
is produced with. accn'ding to
Phyllis Thompson-Busby, the
director, “only minor changes
in music and dialogue to
facilitate staging. It is a stmy
of hope. No matter who you
are or where you come from,
if you face life with courage
and faith, everything will turn
out right.” This theme is
highli^ted in the famous,
inspirational hymn “You’ll
Never- Walk Alone.”- A
repeated Broadway success
and film. Carousel’s greatest
attraction is the musical score
containing such other popular
hits as “June is Bustin’ Out AU
Over,” “The Carousel Waltz,”
“A Real Nice Clambake,” “If
ILovedYou/’ “MisterSnow,”
“Soliloquy” and the all-male
song and dance routine,
“Blow High, Blow Low.”
Over 100 peq>le are in
volved in the upcoming
Carousel production at
Meredith College, bringing
with them an assortment (rf
profesctional and amateur
talents, and thus making
Carousel both an entertaining
and artistic production of hi^'
quality.
Director of Carousel, Ms.
Phyllis Thompson-Busby,
recently made her Ral^h
Little '^eatre acting debut in
the rollicking musical Marne,
portraying the title role. She
was nominated for best ac
tress at Michigan State
University where she received
her MA in acting and oral
interpretation. She earned her
MFA in directing at Florid^
State University. She has
appeared in such community
theater productions as Sound
of Music, Brlgadoon,
Oklahoma, Dames at Sea,
Guys and Doils, and directed
such Meredith College
productions as The Effect of
Gamma Rays. Good News,
The Diary of Anne Frank and
Gypsy. Ms. Busby chose to do
Carousel because the'op-
Those students who are
graduating or transferring
after this semester should go
by the Dean of Students office.
November is spiritual,
mental, and physical fitness
month for SGA. As support for
this theme, Elaine Powers
will be offering free facilities
for Meredith students with
ID’s and female faculty
members^ This service will be
^fer^X^f^m November 17-21.
MCA is pubtTshing
devotional booklets during
November. Students can get
one in the Campus Minister’s
office or at Wednesday
worshii^
The Home Economics
Club is sponsoring a bridal
fashion show on November 17
at7:00 in the Firraide Lounge.
The wardrobe will be from
Mordecai Bridal shop.
TheschMlttoy, Carousel,
will be performed from
November 13-15 in Jones.
Tickets at |2 fw students and
$3.50 for adults.
Fowler Spenser is having
her senior art exhibition.
November 16-26 in the Art
Gallery in Jones Hall. There
will be a reception Sun^y,
November 6 1-4 p.m.
Susan Taylor will give a
graduation piano recital
November 16 at 4 p.m. in
Carswell.
Boaz Sharon, Giorgio
Ciompi, Frederic Raimi, and
Wayne Lail quartet of piano,
violin, ceUo, and baritone will
present an all Beethoven
program November 18 at 8
p.m. in Carswell. Musical
selections will Include
“Sonata in G for violin and
piano,” “Twelve Variations
for pianio and cello,” and
“Trio in 0 for piano, violin,
and cello.”
portunity it provides for many
students to take a major
position in the production and
to strengthen the Meredith-
Raleigh community interests.
Also, she reported, “I per
sonally enjoy the musicals of
Rogers and Hammerstein and
believe this to be their best
joint effort both dramatically
and musically.”
Mr. Charles Krebs,
technical director and scene
and light designer, working
with Ms. Busby, has creat^ a
festive carnival atmosphere
for the play. An ornate falro
proscenium frames the stage
to produce a colorful,
decorative carnival wagon-
look. According to Ms. Busby
“'^here are nine settings that
change between scenes and
each scene is designed as to fit
into a common fraiheworic.”
An elaborate moving carousel
■will> highlight the.^Q!^ei>^. >
Most of cast'and crew
have had study in acting,
dance and-or voice and Irave
had practical theatrical ex
perience. Gene Troutman,
who portrays Enoch Snow,
has done television com
mercials for WRAL-TV.
Victor Mangum, policeman
and. sailor in Carousel, has
studied acting at UNC-CH,
H.B. Studio in New York City
and assisted in the direction
and acted in an off-Broadway
production A Yankee Circus
m Mars in New York City.
Brent Wilson currently works
at Theater in the Park in
Raleigh. He was a partial
recipient of a grant from the
National Endowment for the
Arts in 1973 for Rainbows, an
original musical, and
professionally wrote and
acted in Burger Baby which
appeared on WRAL-TV.
Melody Frazier, who portrays
Julie, has performed in
several operas with the
National Opera Company,
singing in the chorus of such
operas as Martha, Don
Pasquale and Carmen.
Adelaide Brooks was a chorus
member of the Charlotte
Opera Society in Amalh and
The Night Visitors.
AU members of the cast
and crew have been
rehearsing an average of
twenty to thirty hours per
week and have displayed
experience, talent, and en
thusiasm in preparing for tlw
upcoming production of
Carouse).
Tickets will be sold
November 10-12, from 12-1
p.m. and 4:30-5;30 p.m. in
Belk Dining Hall or they may
be purchased at the door!
General Public tickets; $3.50.
All area students, faculty-
staff and senior citizens .
tickets: $2.00. For further
informatim, call 833-6461 ext.
297 or 288, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Walter Blass. Woodrow Wlison Fellow, was oa the Meredith
campus Nov. 3*7. During his stay. Dr. Blass spoke at convocation,
at worship, and to various classes. He also provided a workshop
on resume wrIUng and a commentary to the election returns. For
related articles, see pages 3 and S. (Photo by TerrI Hoffman)
NCSU holds
madrigal dinner
Sir Walter Raleigh and
the Queen herself may or may
not show.
But most of the other
characters who made the
Elizabethan age in Merrie
Olde England will be there;
-The Lord and Lady of the
Manor.
-Jesters, jugglers, tum-
blers, fencers and magicians.
--People reading
Shakespearean poetry from
Avon.
-Musicians playing the
krumhorn and recorders.
And, of course, the
Madrigal Singers.
North Carolina State
University will hold its first
Madrigal Dinner at the
University Student Center
ballroom Dec. 2,3,4,6, and 7.
The Elizabethan dinner
(served with a knife only,
don’t you know!) won’t really
last five days ~ only two hours
each night. The event will
start at 7 p.m. on each of the
first four nights and at 5 p.m.
on Dec. 7.
Among the performers
will be Rebecca Troxler, the
University’s musician-in-
residence; members of the
NCSU Music Department led
by J. Perry Watson and
Phyllis Vogel; the Thompson
Theatre actors and actresses,
directed by Charles A.
Martin; and the chefs of the
University’s Food Services
Division.
Martin, who is helping to
coordinate the event, said;
“Dinner guests will treated
to a meal of authentic
Elizabethan dishes and the
entertainment of Elizabethan
artists in an authentic
reproduction of a 17th Century
Great Hall with banners with
performers in period
costumes.”
He said the performances
and dinners “would be an
opportune way for pe^le to
hold their Christmas parties
for families, business
associates and professional
organizations. ”
Salt bags will be furnished
by the University, he
promised, noting; “Salt was
so precious in Elizabethan
England that peq;>le had to
carry their own salt in littie
cloth sacks with them when
they dined out.”
Tickets may be purchased
by mail to Madrigal Dinner,
P.O. Box 5217, NCSU. Raleigh,
27650 or in person at the
University Student Center at
NCSU. Additional informaticm
is available by calling Martin
at 737-2405.
Public tickets at $11 each
and student tickets are $8.
The meal wiU include the
wassaU bowl, winter salad,
cheese soup, Cornish game
ben* and stuffing and fissy
(NOT PLUM) pudding.
CORRECTION
On November 5th The
TWIG reported in Mediation
Panel Minutes, that a fresh
man was found guilty of trying
to drive through chains to
paric her car when coming in
after 1 a.m. The student
however, was found not guilty.