Cecilian Academy - Signet Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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The senior class held iTs ChrisTmas play This year under The direcTion oT SisTer Miriam Car- mel. One NighT in BeThlehem was The name oT The play which gave The TradiTional sTory in The 'Form of a dream. IT was a new approach To The age-old Tale. The sTory opened in medieval Times, A young moTher, Nancie Lufher, Tells her eighT-year-old son Jared, Nancy ReinharT, The sTory oT ChrisTmas Eve. Jared has been so As a fiffing climax To The Chrisfmas play, The seniors presenf Their Tableeu. Blessed Mofher, Margery Nahill, smiles aT ln'fenT, as ST. Joseph, NaTalie SmiTh, Tenderly waTches. Angels, Joan O'Rourlre, Rosemary O'Meere, I1 E IEHTI The Three wise men porfrayed by Terri Canuso, Jean Scally, and Joan Donoghue offer gifTs aT The manger, while shepherd Paula Breene sTands guard. deeply sTirred ThaT even in his dreams he Thinks of whaT his mefher has Told him. ln his dream he is Jared The hosTler. IT is he who, when seeing The BeauTiTul l.ady's discouragemenT as Joseph is again Turned away by an avaricious innlceeper, Mary Tynan, shows Them To an old sTable. l-le keeps waTch Tor The Blessed MoTher, Margery Ann Nahill, and Joseph, NaTalie SmiTh. Obeying The orders oT The innkeeper, Jared EsTher MarTin hover near as JudiTh Clark, Helen Steven- son, Anne McCrea, Barbara DiTommaso and Rosemary Guerrina smile.

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MAY DAY The seffing for fhis opereffa falces place in Kenfucky af fhe home of Colonel Sfaunfon. Liv- ing wifh him are his niece, Jeanie, and nephew, Phillip. Jeanie falls in love wifh Richard Mor- gan, her brofher's roommafe, buf Colonel Sfaun- fon, however, discourages This romance by send- ing Richard away. Sfephen Fosfer is 'ro be in fhe neighborhood and The Colonel is giving a recepfion in his honor. There is high comedy in fhe sudden af- fachmenf of Widow Hannah, who has buried fhree husbands, and Henry Blow, a prospecfor of fhe '49 gold rush. For her birfhday, fhe Colonel presenfs Jeanie wifh a family heirloom, a famous ruby from In- dia. A Hindu magician is broughf fo fhe parfy for enferfainmenf. When he enfers he recognizes fhe famous jewel abouf Jeanie's neck and is de- fermined fo gef possession of if. He reads Jeanie's fufure in a crysfal ball, sfeals fhe jewel and Then disappears. Jeanie screams as she dise covers fhe jewel is gone. Richard announces he will pursue fhe fhief. Affer a long ride, Richard finally discovers fhe Hindu who has been fhrown from his horse info a ravine. He is dying. Richard secures 'rhe jewel fogefher wifh a blessing from fhe Hindu which dissolves fhe curse fhaf has been on fhe ruby for one hundred years. He refurns fo fhe home of Colonel Sfaunfon fo presenf him wifrh fhe jewel. The Colonel is deeply grafeful fo Richard and now consenfs fo his marriage wifh Jeanie. Jeanie, foo, is happy fhaf fhe Colonel has forgiven Rich- ard. Phillip soon will be able fo marry his fiancee, Joy, when he comes info his inherifance. A joy- ous finale ends 'rhe sfory. 4- Top lef+: Informal group o1'Jeanie's friends. Righl siffing: BeHy Beierschmiff, Nancie Lufher. Eleanor Burgoyne. Sfanding: Mary Tynan, Beily Moore, Carmella Pascuui. Middle Leff: Alice McCoog as Hindu wi+h Hindu dancers and affendanls. Righf: Barbara Schaeffer, Frances Dolan, and Joan Gaffney in a Blue Danube pose. Lower leff: Mary Friel, Nafalie Smifh, Rosemary Carr, Lillian Ghillani, and Anne Bergin-characters in 'fhe operefra. Righf: Planfafion Singers and Dancers. jf . l Above: A group of Jeanie's friends enjoying a cha? in flue garden while awaifing dinner. Dancers in The Garland Drill pose happily on +he lawn wifh members of lhe Rose Drill. A secfion of fhe Blue Danube Walfz. This colorful dance was one of fhe mosf beaufiful of all.

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HETHLEHE is 8 66 Si Jeanne Rabbi+T, Louise Burgoyne, Pafricia Shields, Mary ,V 1, 4. .151 i Devlin, BeTTy HamilTon, Barbara Schaeffer and Claire ' ' , . W f- - Cisario sing The ChrisTmas carols leaves his posT aT The sTable and while perTorm- ing his duTies relaTes his sTory To The shepherds on The hillside. They some adoring To The man- ger and There They meeT The Three kings who have Come Trom Tar-OTT lands. Guided by The wondrous sTar, They had searched Tor a long Time To Tind Their Saviour, and now aT lasT Their search was ended. The play harks back To medieval Times again and Jared is awakened by his moTher, Nance ReinharT as Jared, The liTTle boy in One NighT in Befhlehem lisfens smilingly as his mofher, Nance LuTher, Tells him age-old sTory of The Chrisf Child. . . . .3 'ml . ,ii f .f If1f,f ' -, ,Q A ,gpgkmu ', ' - Ar -z . The True beauTy OT The ChrisTmas spiriT is clearly seen in Jared's Tace as he Tells his moTher oT his dream. The ChrisTmas play aT Cecilian would be in- compleTe wiThouT The TradiTional Tableau. AT This point The members oT The Glee Club sang The ChrisTmas carols, The scene was inspiringly beau- TiTul and iT Tilled The girls wiTh The True spirii oT ChrisTmas. Carmela Pascuzzi gave a splendid performance as The Town Crier in The play. Before and affer, she wen? Through The audience awakening The sleeping Town To hear her words. S