Chicora College for Women - Nods and Becks Yearbook (Columbia, SC)

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New Music, In an attempt to start off the Christ- mas season in a fashionable way, the Social Activities Committee presented the second annual casino party. Complete with gambling tables of Black Jack, Russian Roulette and chuck-a- luck, partygoers received the opportu- nity to test lady luck. Booths were manned by fellow students and such faculty members as Susan Hooks and her busband Lin; Winnie Bryce and her husband Colin and Jennifer Russell and date count their chips at deff Nystrom. Of course, what would Christmas Casino Party. the evening have been without the jazz 2-4 Christmas Dance

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A?' %W The cast of Five Women: Suzanne Everhart (Kim). Nancy Nardolilli (Laverne). Connie Rhyne Bray [musician], Deanna Hensley [Rita), Andrea Carey CSarah], and Christie McKinney [Vinney]. Huddled together out of fear and need. Eve (Sally Wheeler], Catherine (Suzy Brown], Janet (Claire Finley], Margaret (Katie Ives], and Marta (Ellen Abshire] wait ... in the fall drama production Waiting For The Perede. In one of the few happier moments of the drama. Janet (Claire Finley) and Catherine (Suzy Brown) dance the jitterbug. Donlyn Utchford Into Lives of Women handicapped by a husband who used his job as an excuse to avoid going to war, and her sense of guilt and fear of society’s condemnation prompted her to organize every 'War Effort' project in sight. Margaret CKatie Ives) had one son who was involved in the conflict and another who was so anti-war that he was arrested for sedition; throughout the play she was convinced that she would never see her sons alive again. Marta CEIIen Abshire) was a German- born Canadian, whose father was arrested for being a member of the Bunde, or Canadians for Hitler. She herself was an outcast from the majority of those in Calgary society, who ignored the fact that she had been in Canada since she was five years old. These women, although very different in upbringing and temperament, were con- nected inevitably by the same event, and though they did not even like each other, they would remain connected for a long time. The title itself. Waiting For The Parade, was descriptive of the play. All the women were waiting. Catherine was of course, waiting for her husband to return home, just as Margaret waited for the return of both of her sons. Eve was waiting for the end of the carnage of war, and Marta was waiting for her father’s release and the discrimination against her to cease. Janet was perhaps the only person who did not want the war to end, since her frenzied wartime activity was helping to ward off the disgrace she felt her husband had brought upon her. Waiting For The Parade was also spe- cial in that this was the first time it had been performed by any theatre group in the South, professional or amateur. Since it was just recently released from Off-Broadway, Director Jane Hadley was particularly pleased for the oppor- tunity to perform the play in its premiere production. Lawrence Toppman of the Charlotte Observer wrote a feature article for the paper on the production, which, as the drama department knows, is very rare. By turns funny, sad. and thought- provoking, Five Women and Waiting For The Parade gave a glimpse into the lives of women, young and old. Nancy Nardolilli and Katie Ives Fall Dramas 23

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Old Traditions music provided by Flight 1 08. Perhaps the highlight of the evening was the auction. Once everyone had cashed in their chips, people were able to buy anything from prints of pea pods and Paul Kirby to free dinners at area merchants. But, let us not forget Friday night which was new music with the Virginia band Ten-Ten. Students welcomed the chance to dance to original music. Mary Beth Kay Holley Holroyd. Meggan Rouen and Dorothy Wilson bang on the band's drums during the Christ- mas Informal Dance. The group Ten-Ten thrills the audience with their selections of new music and original songs. Christmas Dance 25