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February 26,1997 Herald Arts & Entertainment SHADOW continued from page 1 ... IntermiDgled throughout the play what seems to make the play so beau tiful and real. China struggles with her motiier, Marcia (Elizabeth Baldwin), who en courages China to be involved with the Jewish ceremonies. China, who claims she does not believe in God, wants no pari of her Jewish heritage. Becauseof her lack of identity. China has a diffi cult time dancing iiipublic. At first, she cannot understand why she, as a ballet dancer, wrestles wiili dancing in tlie light 01) stage. She tells her mother that when the light shines, she becomes frozen. Marcia has lured a man, Guy (Lany Evans), to help her around (he house. He begins following China around, watching her as she dances. China tells her mother that she is disturbed by Guy, but her mother dismisses her claims as illusions. While her mother is away, Guy confronts China about her being a dancer and a Jew. He lells her that he is angered that the “superior” white race foreigners of an “interior” race, such as Jews. China is maddened by Guy’s statements, but is unsure of what to do about it. China meets a “crazy” woman who used to be a Gypsy, named Dalton (Kim Debus), and a black woman, named Fanon (Phylhs Gay), who both bdireclly help China realize that she needs to be proud of who she is and take pride in her Jewish heritage. They help her realize she cannot hide from her history. China has dreams about Holocaust and begins to relate these dreams lo her life, her family and her past. China associates Guy with the Nazis, who under Hitler's rule core apart Jewish fannlies with the belief that the Jews were the inferior race. Through her dreams, which remind her of what “she has forgoiien" about the Jews' difficult past, China becomesawareof tlie struggles her Jewish family once faced and begins to accept herself and are scenes of China’s grandparents, Hershel (Seth A. Blum) and Dora (KeAnne Tomilson), as they reflect the past and chat with one another. In the end of the play China participates witli them in the Jewish ceremony of lighting candles and brealung bread. whichshehasrefusedinthepastShe’s. no longer afraid of dancing in public. She has uncovered her identity; she has worked through her fears. She dances in a circle with her grandpar ents to Jewish music. The play was filled with poetic references to the harsh reality of the Holocaust and the beauty of Jewish ceremony. The actors did a tremen dous job with their accents, move ments, and vocal exfH^ssion, as the characters seemed to come to life on stage. It was easy to picture a young Jewish girl wrestling with this issueof family heritage and the history that helps in some way shape and create who we all are. realize what it means to be a “Jewish in this country has been invaded by girl” in this day and age. LEAD continued from page 3 Meredith week. Perfomns' Cast No Shado* was held In the Studio "Iheatre last Photo submitted by Steven Wilson through their innovation,creativity, and even personal sacrafice. After lunch, there were two more workshop sessions where the delegates again had tl»e opportunity to choose betweensevec different topics each. DeeDee Washington, presidentof the Social Work Club, attended the workshop entitled “Leadership and Diversity: Ef- feaive Student Leadership and Today’s Job Maricet." “It was a very eye-opening experience to see different people from different schools work together in creating new ideas to lead tlteir individual organizations,” said Washington. In the third workshop session. SGA President Erica Bahner went to “You Mean I Can Get Paid to do This?” Erica com mented, "I had hoped a wider variety of information for students with different leadership backgrounds. However, it is beneficial to have leadership experience hat will helpone become a leader in any field you enter.” John Barnhill of Elon College closed the day with a thank you to all delegates, presenters, Consortium members, and participating schools. Several Meredith students and staff members presented some of the individual workshops. These repfesentatives included: Shelly Hoover. Cheryl Jenkins, Chrissie Bungardner, Heather Wilkin, Rebecca Huffstettler. Kelly Conkling, Kathryn Colvard. Throughout the day, numerous door prizes weredrawn. Such prizes were composed of college paraphenalia fromeach college represented, Tiie key was tjiat a student didn’t win something from his or her own school. The schools that attended the LEAD Conference included both private and state institutions. The repres«>tedschools were as follows: Barton College, Campbell University, ElonCollege, Greensboro College, Greensboro TechnicalCommunityCollege, High Point University, Lenoir-Rhyne College, MeredithCollege, Metliodist College, Montgorawy Community CoUege.Mt.Olive College, NC State. Peace College, Pfeiffer College, Queens College, UNC-Charlotte, UNC-Chapel Hill,UNC-(}reensboro, and UNC-Wilmington. Meredith College can be proud to say that it had the most delegates of any oiRer sdiool. Assistant Director of Student Activities and Leadership Development, as well as Leadership Consortium Chair, Shelly Hoover commented on how exciting it was to see all the schools work together from across the state for one common goal. “The Leadership Consortium surpassed any goal we ever had. We would have been excited to ouly have 50 or 60 students. One week before the conference we were up to 143 students, and then by thenightbeforetheconferencewewereover200,” said Hoover. She continued, “As an observer, I enjoyed watching the students interact with each other and brainstorming new ideas to take back to their individual schools.” Overall, the fu'st annual LEAD Conference was a success in many people’s eyes. Now the only question is, which school will host tlie conference in 1998? mSTAm CREDIT III Guaranteed Credit Cards With Credit Limits Up To $10,000 Within Days! No Crediti No Jobi No Paremt*Signer. No Security Deposit! no credit • bad credit • no income? You Can Qualify To Receive Two Of The Most Widely Used Credit Cards In The World Today! Want VISA & MasterCard Credit Cards? ORDER r 0 R M I vant Credit Cards iHedlately. 100H QUARANTEEOt CREOITNAI. PO BOX 468432. ATLANTA, GA 31146 Aikkcfi Qtv Stw Zip PbOK( ) Sinaon Guaranteed $10,000 In Credit
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