Camp Rondack - Rondacts Yearbook (Pottersville, NY)

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The Senior Jiifinmfel Show lXfIr. Interlocutor Landesman-Good evening, everybody. I hope you liked that sprightly show our Seniors gave. How did you feel about it, NIL MacTootsie? lXIacTootsie Altschul-Oh, sho'. I done thot the hoppin'-up way it began wit dat song We Starts the Shown was jis elegant! 'Wahwee Lewis of Bunk B-VVell, Ah kinda think the dancin, by Edna Isaacs even better, and maybe you all don't think that Betty Ross and Izzy Horowitz done the grandest cake-walk to Clap Yo' Hands? Interlocutor-Well, let,s not quarrel about it. It was a good show. Nlolasses Block-You know, Ah kinda liked the song to Abie, You're My Relaxa- tion, and mos' of all Ah loves our own song Oh, There Are just Three of Us and That Makes Us Sore. QAll laugh at the recollection of the gentle digs at camper and councillor contained in the song, and the blushes thereofj Interlocutor-None of you even mentioned the jokes, and I thought they were pretty good. lVIacTootsie-Hm, we all thinks so much of we all, we oughta sing 'LSatislied. Interlocutor-No, let's do part of the finale! All-We ends the show. We brought you joking and music and dancing And singing and prancing and talent, you know VVe ends the show. 51' foe Councillors' Show The old order changeth-giving place to a show written, directed, produced, and acted by the councillors. VVill wonders never cease? A Midsummer Night- mare, or VVe Are 23 Skidoo, an opus in three epics, starred Topsy Barasch an- nouncing Scene ll, A Grand Yarn or The VVool Over Your Eyes, Scene 2, 'LI-Iey, Nanny, Nanny, or Stringing the Poils Alonggl' and Scene 3, Keep the Campfires Burning, or Smolka Gets in Your Eyes. Contrary to most expectations the coun- cillors did very well by themselves-and us-in hilarious take-offs of the knitting fad, the Gag QHagj meetings Qwho can ever forget Mr. Mollie lVIabel Chankin selecting the new I-Iaggers?j, and the campfire, down to the finale, 4'We Close This Camp and the show. 56

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The Timtef qi Tenqmzce Oh, it was the very model of a drama operatic, It was full of information scenic, vocal and dramatic. There were tender-hearted pirates at their dubious profession, There were all the Major's daughters in astonishing procession 7 And then there were policemen, too-more timid than ambitious, And paradoxes popping up at moments unpropitious. In short in all of matters vocal, scenic and dramatic, lfVe gave the very model of a drama operatic! lt's true that Ruth confused the words which Frederick's father But she was only slightly deaf and very Well-intentioned. Poor Frederick-slave of duty and of conscience inelastic- Torn between his Mabel's charms and pirate oath most drastic No hero at the age of five was ever more precocious, Or ever had his birthdays fall in manner more atrocious. In short, in matters comical and thoroughly erratic, WVe gave the very model of a drama operatic! A more encyclopedic major-general ne'er sported A higher hat than Stanleyls, or a knowledge more assorted, Or told an Orphan's story more irregular and phony Than Stanley did to save his brood from sudden matrimony. But when a dreadful pirate proves to be an ex-Brain Truster, lt's very clear that as a son-in-law he will pass muster. In short, in every matter vocal, scenic and dramatic, lVe gave the very model of a drama operatic! 58 I mentioned,