Winston Churchill High School - Chancellor Yearbook (San Antonio, TX)

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Palladium reveals new talent g'What better way to start our show than with a salute to our neighbors? Say hello, world! On October 1 and 2 in Churchill auditorium, Mistress and Master of Ceremonies Linda Gauntt and Hampton Lewis were our guides throughout this talent presentation. There was music and mimicry, twirling and tap dancing, action and applause. We were entertained in extremes from classical piano music to classic comedy, a thespian satire on the usual complaints to songs about the unusual toad- suckers, and stunning broadway musicals to the trash-can band. This was a memorable experience for all, and as the performers were saying hello worldl' we were asked to say hello to the 1971-1972 Churchill world of drama. All agreed that this year's Palladium was the start of something big! 192 Costumes from all over the world array the dancers fo the theme It's a Small Worldli' jill Staewen and her feather-brained friends flutter thef wings to i'Roclc-a-Robin. i

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Pat Meadows struggles in vain against the forces of nature that starve Man's life of success in Futility. As the lights dimmed in the CHS auditorium, the audience wondered what to expect as Churchill Drama Department presented a new type of theatre . . . the Theatre ofthe Absurd. The skits were modernistic satires of several of todayis in- stitutions including The Inter- view on mechanized life, Act Without Words on futility, and the Leader on politics. Under a college director, the actors received much acclaim for their professionaljob of this difficult form of dramatics. In The Bald Soprano, Lois Witherspoon offers her poem Fire as members of the elite society display loss of communi cation in background. Theater of the Absurd wins acclaim