College of St Mary - Mosaic Yearbook (Omaha, NE)

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with his environment Creon, full of righteousness and edicts, has ordained that one of the broth ers be left unburied-carrion for dog s and Vultures. Antigone, a sister, defied the edict, heaps earth upon the dishonored corpse and is buried alive for punish- ment. This sets off a chain of suicides which rock old Creon to his base. The chorus closes this dynamic tale in the lines: Creon was the most rational, the most persuasive of tyrants. But like all tyrants, he refused to distinguish be- tween the things that are Caesar s and the things that are God's. Now and again--in the three thousand years since the first Antigone --other Antigones have arisen like aclarion call to remind men of this distinction. Their cause is always the same...a passionate re- gard for the sanctity of human dignity. ll 1 Don t try to change things, pleads Ismene played by We are not a particularly affectionate family, are Joanne Welsh. But Kaleen Petsche in the lead role of we Antigone 7 cautions Creon, played by Lew Kucera, Antigone does not seem content with present standards. as he forcibly clinches the wrist of defiant girl. 103

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Never did a child arrive on suchanight...Listen, she is singing a lu1laby. The words of the chorus tell the story of Christmas while Charlotte Reinart Cantata and tableaux--WA Solo voices from the chorus sang the parts of Joseph and Mary, the shepherds, and the innkeeper and his wife. The modern phrasing of the lyrics was evident in a variety of lines. The dynamic Bethlehem was in con- fusion: t ents, tents, tentsmpitched on the ground. . .people milling e v e r y w h e r e to find a place to stay, brought a fresh approach to the traditional Christmas story. The cantata gracefully moves on to the melodious song of Joseph putting bundles of hay into the crib...A lullaby soothes the Christ Child and finally the Cantata ends in the finale of Christmas Joy. and Rogene Siert, who play the roles of Joseph and Mary, show the Christ Child to the innkeeper and his wife, played by Rosemary Eimers and Pat Johnson. Night of Wonder Alone on a hillside dotted with trees, a shepherd, played by Audrey Cruntorad, wonders at a star. And at once an angel lights the night to tell the miracle of birth. 7TfIP!'Q l IOS