Allen Stevenson School - Unicorn Yearbook (New York, NY)

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aff? , G P-Q Mark Tiedemann stole the show as the corpulent Poo-Bah, Lord High Everything Else. His imperious manner and over-size belly grabbed everyone's at- tention. Yum-Yum fthe soprano heroinej was well- done by Tony Green, while Pitti-Sing fher friendj was very well done by jonny Potter. Katisha fthe mezzo villaini was white-faced Sandy Trippe, who couldn't sing in anything other than a gravely croak but sure could act! Besides singing isn't important for this role. The Mikado fhimselfj was done in low- key fashion by Mr. English, while Ko-Ko, Lord High Executioner, was interpreted by Roger Summers fwho finished memorizing his part shortly before the curtainj. Brad Kulman did a surprisingly good job with Pish-Tush to round out the high-level parts. As in A-S tradition, the afternoon production brought shivers to the actors, as they waited pa- tiently for their parents to come to the evening performance. Some never even got out of their make-up, and thus terrorized Kay's and the Pavillion Pizzeria! The evening performance, of course, went far smoother fthe audience laughed at the proper times and squirmed less in the front rows.J. Despite near heart-failure, Mr. Gauger again pro- duced another fine G 84 S, and prediction of G 84 S extinction due to lack of popularity once again proved unfounded. Clearly Allen-Stevenson dramat- ics have come a long way this year, and perhaps even Mr. Cole will return to the stage after a year's lay-off!

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The last play was the hit of the evening: Chekov's The Shoemaker and the Devil, a Faustian story set in Russia of the 19th Century with a twist of Sholem Alechim. Danny Szor was magnificent in the role of the shoemaker, who trades his soul to the Devil lBen-Amij in order to become instantly wealthy. As things evolve, the shoemaker prefers his poorer life because his low-level manners and habits do not fit in expensive neighborhoods. He decides to be hap- py and poor rather than unhappy and rich, thus he returns to his nagging wife lMuIlerl and returns to drinking copious quantities of vodka. Szor's Russian accent ftainted with Yiddishj, was marvelous, cap- turing the audience. He was supported by jimmy Krissel fhis rival shoemakerj, Mark Tiedemann and Freddy Vogelstein fbutler 84 maidl, Timi laukowsky la Cossackj and Mario Muller this wifej. On March 15th came the long-awaited Mikado, presented by Maestro C-auger, hordes of upper schoolers, along with well-wishing mothers who fondly sewed costumes and made up boys to look like various stages of japanese sterotypes. Instead of the usual 50-person chorus, only true enthusiasts turned out, and the result was perhaps the best chorus G 84 S has seen here in a long time. For the occasion, a professional lighting crew headed by A- S alumnus Charley Bullock Q'72l, with help from Ralph Whitmore and Craig Boyce, arranged a myriad of floods, spots, gels, blinky-winkies, etc. to make outstanding stage effects. Also featured was a stunning backdrop painted by art teacher Ms. Kopple fwith help from Mr. Kerseyl. lt was a bright- ly-colored japanese scene with the ever-present Mt. Fuji in the background. .N A i . i X 1. 5 inf 1 1 .s .. i't.3' ' f r - K . X52 fi X f X x. S' J' E: R .1 .. ' k ff I .

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FALL STUDENT COUNCIL - back row: Henry, B. ludson, Mr. Pariseau, Marchant, Selton, middle row: T. DeVido, H. Wydler, A. Seplow, A. Papazoglou, front row: Greef, P. Livingston, Ben-Ami President, Hilliard, Gellert. STUDENT COUNCIL R. PARlSEAU'S pride and joy, the Student Council, was ably headed by leremy Ben-Ami for both semesters, and became ever more involved in school affairs than before. Of course the Council helped run the annual Carnival, the Opera Lottery, the 8th 81 9th Grade dance, the UNICEFF collec- tions, and the continuing purchase of kitchen equipment. This year the dance was the main attraction, as such an event had theretofore been prohibited by the school administration. Friday, May 13th, was the date of this extravaganza, featuring Roger Sommers' Mace band. The affair netted about S250 and reportedly nobody was caught trying to sneak off upstairs for nefarious activity. SPRING STUDENT COUNCIL - back row: Metcalf, B. ludson, Mr. Pariseau, Marchant, Hagen, middle row: Couloucoundis, A. Seplow, A. Papazoglou, Roger Raines, front row: Lester, P. Livingston, Ben-Ami President, Hilliard, Kaminski. 88 -A 5 From this's year's Carnival the Council netted 51300, and as we go to press it is yet undecided how to allocate these funds. Some of the ideas so far have been to buy a new curtain for the stage, individual movie screens for each classroom, new accordion partitions for the Sth, 7th and 8th grade classrooms, or buying a new card catalogue for Mrs. Rittenberg in the library. Four A-S Carnival booths participated in the May 24th block party, and good cheer was spread over 78th St. as Matthew Peyton skateboarded by. Over fifty boys went to the Metropolitan Opera lagain courtesy of Mrs. leanconl, while the UNICEFF drive raised 5380. Great credit to Messrs. Pariseau 84 Ben- Ami ... now, shall we have a debate, anybody?