OCTOBER 11. 1965
THE TWIG
PAQB3
Angels Beat Christians
by Amy Gupton
Sports Editor
The Meredith netters came back
fighting on October 1, after placing
fourth In the invitational tournament. The
Angels defeated Atlantic Christian 7*2 to
capture their first win of the season.
Number one seed, Theresa Duffy, took
Sonali Mukerjee 7-6^ 6-2. Bartiara Bulla
won her first set 6-3, but lost the match
to Susan Maxwell 3-6, 6-0,6-1. Elizabeth
Hornthal added to Meredith’s winnings
by downing her opponent, Wendy Smith,
by a score of 7-6,6-2. Kim Parker won her
match by a forfeit to give Meredith ano
ther win. In the number five seed, Mere
dith’s Amy Messick won her match
against Susan Meyers 6-2, 7-5. To finish
out the singles Laura Cochrane downed
Terri Peeie 6-2, 6-1.
Meredith's Homthal and Bulla lost the
first doubles match 7-5, 6-1 to Mukerjee
and Smith. However, Meredith captured
the second match by forfeit and Coch
rane and Gore defeated Maxwell and
Myers 6-2, 6-4 to take the third doubles
match. Congrats to the Angel netters on
an outstanding match!!
ANGELS SHINE ON VOLLEYBALL COUBT
The Meredith volleyball team extended
its record to 10-0 on Thursday night,
OctolTer 3, by defeating Wesleyan Col
lege in 3 games In a 3 out of 5 match.
Spurred on by a cheering crowd of fans in
Meredith's Weatherspoon Gym, the An
gels took the first game15-11 behind the
awesome power hits of Sue Reese, who
1^ 5 kills out of 6 spikes. Sue was the
outstanding player of the night with 17
kills out of a total of 26 spikes!
Wesleyan played a much better match
than the previous meeting with Meredith
earlier this year. Wesleyan had good of
fensive plays, but their serve returns
were not strong enough to hold up under
the consistent serving of Meredith.
Mereditli Comes Alive
With the Sound of Music
by Lory Qergen '
Entert^nment Reporter
Meredith is coming alive with The
Sound of Music this fall as l^redith
Performs opens the curtains with their
first production of the season under new
director Steve Washer. The Sound of
Music, which will run during the first
three weekends of November, is
Washer’s fii^ play at Meredith.
Meredith Performs group welcomes
Washer with open arms, especially after
losing their original director. Margaret
Douglas who had to leave the production
inSeptemt)erdueto complications in her
pregnancy. In regtfd to Ms. Douglas, Or.
John Creagh, who is also assisting with
the play, commented, “We miss Mar
garet very much and are looking fon/vard
to her coming back n^t semester.”
There is comfort in knowing that Ms.
Douglas is doing much better at the pre
sent time.
Even with this major sett)ack, the show
must go on and with Washer's voice of
experience and patience, it has. W&sher
has been Involved with theater since age
13 when he performed with the anny
theater in Colorado. Washer, an army
brat himself, explained that army theater
was a theatrical group of men and wo
men in the army, many of whom were
professional actors-actresses and direc
tors, who were paid by the anny to per
form and compete with other groups
across the country. In fact Washer's
group was the first group in the country
to p^orm Jesus Oirlst Superstar only a
few days after It opened on Broadway.
With much exp^ence and interest
evolving from his days with army theater,
Washer later attended UNC at Greens
boro where he directed and performed in
many productions and graduated with a
B.A. degree in Fine Arts and Directing.
Throughout his theater career Washer
has also directed quite a few children's
musicals and New York plays off Broad
way.
Washer, who-now resides in Gary vrtth
his wife and daughter, has been In the
Raleigh area for two years. In his spa«
time Washer used to enjoy flying and
nvxlel rocketeering, however, “now,”
said Wastier, “I'm too busy with life." At
the present time Washer is teaching an
acting class at Theater in the Park.
On tlie Meredith scene Washer has
taken over two courses. Introduction to
Theater and Acting Sequence, as well as
directing The Sound of Music. When
asked if he had any specific goals for the
play, Washer commented, “1 think this
play has a good message about how we
make our choices in life - it’s about our
stnjggles... I want this message to come
out.” In addition to his goal for the play
Washer has asked each main character to
set a personal goal for each scene in
which that person performs. Elizabeth
Wcdceman, a Meredith freshman who is
stage manager and Washer’s right hand
person, has caught on quickly to this
technique, “Steve has each person set a
person^ goal for each scene - this will
eventually forni the backbone of the
play.” Elizatseth went on to say, “Steve
uses a lot of different techniques, espe
cially in helping the actors relate the sit
uations in the play... he has them relate
these situations to real life.” V\ftien ques
tioned about this technique. Washer
stated, “1 feel that actors have to have a
purpose on stage, therefore, instead of
being uncomfortable (on stage) they can
be an actual person with a purpose.”
Washer obviously knows how to relate to
people and. In turn, to teach these peo
ple how to relate to theater - he thierefore
considers himself an actors director.
At this point the play -rehearsals are
going well, with rel^earsal being held each
week niglit. Washer comnrtented, “I'm
very pleased with the progress - It’s ob
vious everyone wants to have a good pro
duction.” Washer added that generally
everyone is cooperative and patient and
that he is grateful to everyone who has
had a hand In the production.
Meredith displayed their effective serving
s£)illtles with Nancy Ratcliff sending 20
for 20, Dalinda Dunn serving 5 aces out
of 9 sen/es, and Paulina RomoLeroux
acing 5 sen/es out of 13. Julie Jones
played well, having 3 aces out of 3 spikes
In the 3rd game.
According to Coach Chamblee. the
team did not play up to their full capa
bility, but they cante through when the
pressure was on. Meredith seemed to
play “in spurts." lacking their usual team
unity. However, after being down 6-11 in
the 2nd game, ttie Angels did pull toget
her to win 15-12. They then s^ed their
victory by winning thfe 3rd game 15-5.
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