Berkshire Community College - Falconer Yearbook (Pittsfield, MA)

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This time lbe juice Gang is in tbe spot and not behind il. Greenwood and Charlie were 11 bigbligbt of the show. MASQUERADERS Sgwisttimngetuiishnagectl Ganmaewisngw ONCE each year the glimmer of footlights gains ascen- dency at the Naval Academy and the Masqueraders take the limelight. Every afternoon for weeks the cast goes through its rehearsals, interpreting and adapting, smoothing out the ine details that give life and reality to a production. Professor Pease chooses the cast and directs the play. First-night comes, and with it the acid test. From the paper of the script must come a flesh and blood story that is alive and real to the audience-a difhcult task. In spite of the natural handicaps and re- strictions placed upon them, the Masqueraders gave us a commendable performance. Besides those who play their role in front of the foot- lights, there are others who work as arduously and adroitly as the performers but reap little of the glory. The juice gang works mysteriously with volts and wires, They still knew the mirzuet. la M X ,Fuji J a-1: - .J tri V XS! ,?' gif ' lm .1 Mx .V 'e

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The Glee Club helped to lift thc M usical Club show to fame. , l 1 Glue Chnl: ALTHOUGH transportation dithculties restric- ted concert trips, the Glee Club remained popular because it is difficult to restrict the masculine urge to sing. The Musical Club Show was the main performance of the Glee Club, Lieutenant Commander Clay Boland met with the Glee Club during the winter months to coach it in the presentations of his own scores. Throughout the rest of the year gatherings of the Glee Club were something of a song fest under the supervision of Griest and the club's oihccr representative, Lieu- T hc orchestra practices hard, is seldom heard. tenant Commander Fleck. Qynlpllnolnic dllfcclnestra THE jive hounds can rant and rave all they want to about their hot platters and solid senders, but when a man wants to think, he'll find a melody that tells a story, without the annoyance of words. That is what classical music is, a transmission of a story by tones and combina- tionsg and its appreciation is the unconscious reception of these stories. It takes you wherever you want to go, and the power of it has raised a thrill from all men who try to understand it. lillanndolin Club THE lvlandolin Club went on exhibition only once dur- ing the year and the rest of the time they spent playing for their own amusement. Theirs was yet another kind of music and their Hawaiian, Spanish, and cowboy ballads completed our musical cycle. At the drop of a hat the Marzdoliwz Club will give out with the latest style in music. 439

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,l ,... X, ' nhl: As tbe A'Iisq1zeradev'5 can Nesting practice makes pegfect rigging the lights and signs that have grown to be neces- sary to the modern play. The costumes, the furniture, -I the pictures on the wall, the bric-a-brac on the mantle- y 'w' -y all . ,fs-it-jlfffyign Y K I 1 K 'W +1 each of the gadgets on the stage has been collected from we e if J 1 , the stores of the property gang. And finally the stage 'V '. Q' K , 1 gang that creates the scene and then spends ive minutes 5 .54 A' ' 2 5.m33,Qm Nyglxi gizhbttzs F ,- Sine. between acts to destroy it and build an entirely new one -all these groups work in accord to bring to the audience two hours of fun and relaxation. 7 Tl3qStage Gang is another aftbose ever- . behmd- the -scenes orgmzizzztions. -ss To add color and realism to stage shows is tbejab of the Property Gang. E .,l'K H5-isf 'Sufi 'eg 52 J