University of Florida - Tower / Seminole Yearbook (Gainesville, FL)

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The finale for the summer production of Show Boat. A scene from Show Boat. Summer School - 1956 Even before Porgy and Bess made it a fact, Summertime has been a time of music. In the Summer of 1956, without benefit of any river, music sailed onto the campus on the immortal Show Boat. While this American vessel may have visited larger cities, she certainly never docked at a friendlier port. Disgorging a cargo of musical treasures, Show Boat captured the fancy of the entire campus and the palms and pines were swaying to the tunes of Bill, You Are Love, and the near-classic Old Man River. Long before Jerome Kern ' s little rowboat full of rhythm had become the battleship of Broadway, it was being hailed as the greatest of American musicals. Guided into our local port under the excellent supervision of Mr. Clem Boatwright, Show Boat reaffirmed her hold en this title. Manned by an extremely capable cast and crew, Show Boat ' s departure left nothing to be desired save a repeat performance. 1 The gambler and the lady from Show Boat. Under the direction of Clem Boatwright the summer chorus rehearses.

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Art Mooney and his band play a few tunes for the Spring Frolics crowd. Even without makeup they ' d all be winners. Twice each year (at least) the co-ed turns away from the routine of coffee-dates, movies, and an occasional bout with the books. One of these two occasions is Spring Frolics. In the company of her best beau and to the music of the nation ' s top bands, she is waltzed (or bopped i away on a Cinderella weekend of social life. On such weekends even if her date is the winner of the annual King Ugly contest, the co-ed is literally queen of all she surveys. And if the weekend is over all too soon, there is always the knowledge that another Frolics is due in the Fall. 13

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A band concert in the Plaza for summer relax- ation. Al Millar, Summer Frolics Chairman, and the Queen. The Queen and her court. One of the presentations by the Summer Lyceum Council. Summertime . . . music, parties, culture and contests. All this and more as students relaxed from the gruelling task of making up needed honor points. Reviving a bit of all too rapidly disappearing Americana, the open air band concert, Colonel Harold Bachman ' s followers filled the Plaza of the Americas with their music. Not having to compete with the roars of some 35,000 football fans, the Summer Band offered what was prob- ably the most relaxing and leisurely entertain- ment of the season. While Summer Lyceum offered culture, Sum- mer Frolics sponsored contests; and the winner found herself crowned Queen of Summer Frolics. Setting studies aside, the campus devoted itself to an entire weekend of fun and frolic. 15