Coker College - Milestone Yearbook (Hartsville, SC)

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Blythe Spirit, the Junior class play, begins to shape up for the final rehearsal. IIS With the coming of each September, students look forward to the DRAMATIC PERFORMANCES of the year. The Junior class under the direction of Mr. Bray and Leland Cothran initiated the dramatic year in October with the presentation of Blythe Spirit by Sharon Bennett shows Doris Kirk and Katie Huggins how to model for the senior fashion show Fashions 'n Rhythm. sfsflm QE? ,Sita Iliff, s Q is W Riiiifwg M 5 A .mn -ss-xgvsxta BE was 5 Y' M- 'm QQ 136 Mr. Bray conducts try-outs for the spring play The Boy Friend' which was given the weekend of graduation tage Noel Coward. They soon learned that when Mr Bray directs, everything is genuine-even the smell of frying bacon and eggs. But they regretted none of the work as they offered a perfect performance As the Literary Festival drew near, plans were made Flery Papadantonakis insists that Liz Kendall can hear the tram in the sophomo i a'1E': ' re skit Loco-Motive!

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Mr. Bray helps Carol Hart, Mary Alma Gee, Milly Wells and Polly jordan make plans for the Vaughn Monroe dance. Under an autumn-tinted canopy the dancers glide dreamily. Aided by some of the art majors the committee begins the adver- tisement for the May Day dance. As the band plays softly, couples End magic moments. The Christmas dance ushered in one of the more festive seasons of the year. '. 5 -Pt 5

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The chorincs of Baby Face entertain passengers on their last night One might find any number of characters in the train station aboard the S. S. Coker Queen in Fashions 'n Rhythm. to include the Fall Play as a part of the annual festival. This year, four one-act plays were presented, three by Tennessee Williams and the fourth, a monologue, by Eugene O'Neill. The success of these performances further stimulated the interest in the theater--the area of concentration of the 1958 literary event. The juniors, however, had no monopoly on the stage. February is always the month of productions, and February, 1959 proved to be no exception. The sophomores displayed all their dramatic acuity as they presented the original musicale The Loco-Motive and proudly bowed to the compliments paid them for a fine success. The seniors, a small but active group of hams, presented Fashions 'n Rhythm, to complete their trilogy of productions. In song and dance fashion, stores from Hartsville and Florence showed their spring clothes via the Senior class. Spring brought spring house cleaning and with re- gards to drama also. Instead of the usual spring play in March, the musical The Boy Friend by Sandy Wilson was presented on May 50 to complete the schedule of events for graduation week-end. The Boy Friend, which proved to be one of the most elab- orate undertakings of the Queen Bess Players, can be of Loco-Motive. regarded for many years as another perfected play in the repertoire of Mr. Bray. The student director shar- ing the honors was jeuel Gillam, who served the same capacity in the group of plays in the fall. And with this, the final curtain was lowered for 1959-a year of a succession of successes in drama. Nancy Bishop and Shirley Land performed in Something Un- spoken as a part of the literary festival. 137