University of Wisconsin Platteville - Pioneer Yearbook (Platteville, WI)

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Send In The C A cornivol is coming To Town! Those words are enough To puT o sparkle inTo a childs eyes, and ThoughTs of coTTon candy and clowns in To his head. A cornivol come To PloTTeviIIe in The form of a musical producTion presenTed by The Pioneer Players losT OcTober. The musical began as The enTire cosT enTered The TheoTre and walked down The aisles, conversing wiTh The specTo- Tors. This added To The delighTfulness of The producTion. The musical cenTered around a young orphon girl, Lili TCorrie Grumom who wonTed To work for The circus. Her firsT job was as a cord girl for The magic ocT. She quickly become The pown of rivalry beTween The magician Marco The MognificenT Teory Keleheo and The puppeTeer of The circus, Poul sKe- vin BenedicT; She was Then relieved of her duTies by The ringmosTer Schlegol mick Thomas; Lili wos despondenT over iosing her job and Tried To commiT suicide. ForTunoTer she was sTopped by one of her fovoriTe puppeTs, TTCor- roT Top . Lili made friends wiTh The pup- peTs and began To sing wiTh Them in Their ocT. They quickly become The OWNS main oTTrocTion of The cornivol. Lili loved The puppeTs, and she had a spe- cial charm wiTh Them which sTole The show. The conflicT beTween Morco The Mag- nificenT and The puppeTeer Poul is re- solved when Lili realized ThoT The love she expressed for The puppeTs was in reoIiTy a love for The person who gave The puppeTs life. In a brillionT dromoTic momenT Lili rejecTed Marco and exiTed wiTh Poul. ThroughouT The musical, The Theme nLove makes The world go round was played by The orchesTro. This added a hounTing Touch To The producTion. The cornivol onosphere wos superbly porTroyed by The performances of oil The odors and The work of The sToge crew. The audience was drown inTo The fesTive mood during The enTire show, making UW-P's Carnival 0 suc- cess. by Mary Lee and Porn Roling Above LefT: No carnival is complete wiThouT The onimois! For LefT: Marco The MognificenT performs an amazing feoT of magic. LefT: Clowns odd To The magic of The cornivol. CARNIVAL 29