Augustana College - Rockety I Yearbook (Rock Island, IL)

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qneen piebs oi: amemca mick molona's all-Stan tnoupe op querzs. mustaans. Stony teilens mo Step Omcens E N iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii Series Ties cultures together The cppropriateiy named 1988489 VOTI- ety Series created a diverse mixture of sights and sounds on the Centennial Hull stage. Featured in the Series' tenth season were elements of dance! theatre, and mu- sic representing American. Irish, and African cultures. The George Shearing Duo brought their inspired jazz to the Augie campus, showing why Mr. Shearing has been given the nick- name God. His virtuosity on the piano is a wonder to watch. Not only has he per- formed at numerous jazz festivals interna- tionoIiy, but he has accompanied several major symphony orchestras The Chicago Repertory Dance Ensemble, through its highly imaginative Ohd intricately choreographed works, presented the Cen- tennioi audience with briiliont observations on the world around us. The flurry of African dance and music ushered in the performance of Two African Tuies by the Children's Theatre Company of Minneapolis. :1 criticaliv-occloimed group that visited the Augie campus for a perfor- mance of adaptations on ul'eumplestiltskin. and Koiulu and His Money Form A ficvor of the Renaissance and the Mid die Ages was provided by the Waverly Consort, Performing on period instruments. they covered 0 musicoi time span of over five hundred years. and the Centennial Holi crowd ieft with on understanding of the Consort's international appeal: the beauty and cure with which they present their mu- SIC. Rounding out the Variety Series was Green Fields of America, on irish-Americon dance troupe. Absorbing the cultural mix that has occurred as irish culture combines with American, they performed traditional Irish music and dance. END

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AUCUSTANA COLLEGE PERFORMING ARTS SEASON 1988 89 VARIETY SERIES proudly presents the great , ,3 GEORGE SHEARING DUO Saturday, September 17 ' 8 pm. Centenniai Hall - Augustana College . Left Rumplesmskin Xeaps in1o ochon in the Chudren's Iheoive Company production of TWO African TcWes.

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e 'i IT. I O , J?-I Above ri'hT- The Mikado sings DI hTs desire To lei The punishmenT m The crime. Above: DirecTor KuThleen McClennan and seT designer John Wy- lie Take a break. Belowr Reunited 0T IcsT, NorrkiePoo decTares his Tove lor Vum-Vum. The IVIikCTdO May 6. 1939 - SaTurdcy nighT Q3 0mg WhQT a night iT's been! Actually iT sTCIrTed ouT quite colmTy, l wehT To see AugusTcno's spring musicaT. The MTkodo in CenTennicrI HoTl. NOT knowing 0T all whoT To expecT, I looked Through The program and carefully read The sTorv whiTe woiTing for The show To begin. IT sounded complicoTed Tan OrienTol soap opera, decided The man seoTed nexT To me; T hope iT wouldn'T be 100 heavy. TObviousIv. GTIberT a Sull'rvon were unfamil- iar To meg The lighTs dimmed and The orchesTrc: be- gun The overture. Two hours and forTy an- uTes IcTer T found myself quiTe sad - why? because The mosT fonTasTic performance T'd ever seen 0T AugusTahc was ending Everyone had done such a wonderTul job, The cesTume. construcTion, end moke-up crews, The symphony orchesTrcz, The chorus of schooTegirls. nobles and guards, and es, pecicllv The nine leading churocTers. Pooh- Bch tChrTs Creegon r92; KoAKo TSTeve Hure dTe '89; Nanki-Poo Shown Mlekush 'QOT Yum-Yum TSuson STopouTos '39; PLTTi-Sing TDebbie WegehofT '90; Pish-Tush TMTke VergoTh '90, The Mikado 030T Dixon '90, Kofisho CANTO Donaldson '90. and Peep- Bo TAmdndo Shuhz '90; Some of The leads were so nnimoTed and had thTcsTically enTerTaining facial expressions IT's been a while since I've smiled so much for so Tong of 0 Time! DesperoTeTy wTshrng To see TT again. I looked on The program for a Sunday per, formance Time and discovered much To my disappoinTmenT ThoT Friday and SoTur- day were The onTy Two. Seeing uThe MTko- do IeTT me in such 0 wonderful mood, ec- sTcTic you nghT say. So many quesTions come up. how? who? when? and above all, whaT was iT like 10 be a port of such an enormous producTToh'? DeTerminecT To find ouT, my friend and I headed To The posT-Mikcudo ceTebruTTon, TegoT pod and pen in hand, To learn The inside scoop and To offer our congruTuToe Tionsr The reveTers had no hesiTcTions obouT speaking up and weTcomed us erh open arms We soon discovered The fucTs and feeTTngs behind The producTion. ProcTice began monThs ago, and during The Tinol Two weeks before performance, procTice IosTed 46 hours each nTghT. The orchesTrcI procTiced wiTh The casT five Times before The firsT performance. Or- chesTra members said H was fun To be in The Mikado producTion. buT some didnTT TTke TT replacing Their sprrng concerT. AccordThg To horn pTover Dorlo Grehhke '894 We had fun in The piT! She said The seniors gave orchesTra conducTor Dr. Culver a special presenT for safe conducTing. Before The 8:00 performances, The heads came in for mcke-up around 6:00. The moke-up crew creuTed The bold spoTs on Ko-Ko and NOHkiePO wiTh cuT-up panTyhose 0nd TaTex in a fouresTep process Ko-Ko's