Morehead State University - Raconteur Yearbook (Morehead, KY)

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FALL AIM SERIES agiegato 265 Queen Ida and her Bon Temp Hitlerism and the Holocaust. On September 29, stu- Grammy Award winner, dents as well as members of Queen Ida and her Bon Temp the Morehead community, were privileged to hear two separate accounts of the Ho- Concert and Lecture Series. Iocaust. The views were pre- sented by Helen Waterford, a combination ofCreole, Black survivor of the, Auschwitz death camp and Alfons Heck, a high ranking official of the Hitler Youth. This pair is definitely in sharp contrast to one an- blues, they added a wash- ether, but they feel they must travel and lecture about their experiences. Mrs. Waterford began by explaining why they do what they do. They speak to people uto inform them of what happened and what can happen again? 0 Mrs. Waterford detailed her and her husbandis relocae Zydeco Band Zydeco Band opened the 1987-1988 Arts in Morehead The bandis music was a and Cajun. The instruments the band performed with in- cluded the button accordion, fiddle, triangle and guitar. To add a touch of Afro-American board, bass and drums. The band brought a taste of culture to Morehead that stu- dents do not normally see. Kevin Goldy, a senior jour- nalism major from Mt. Ster- ling said, They put on a great show. he Suzanne Smith Washboards, bass and drums gave the band a touch ofAfro-Ameri- can Blues. Other instruments played included the fiddle, triangle, and guitar. PHOTO BY: Kevin Goldy $093230 Grammy Award-winning Queen Ida and her Bon Temp Zydeco Band opened the AIM Series with combined, Black, Creole, and Cajun music bringing a taste of culture MSU students donit normally see. PHOTO BY.- Kevin Goldy tion to Holland, their hiding from the Nazis in the under- ground and their eventual capture in 1942. Both she and her husband were sent to Auschwitz and were separat- ed, never to see each other again. While in Auschwitz, Mrs. Waterford met both Dr. Josef Mengele and the Anne Frank family. After six months in Ausch- witz, Waterford was sent to a Czechoslovakian work camp until its liberationrby the Bus- sians in 1945. Heck, on the other hand, painted a vivid picture of his Nazi career starting at the age of 10. He rose quickly through the ranks and at age 16 he commanded over 3,000 men. Part of his duty was to sign orders for the ex- ecution of fellow Germans. As he said I would have died for Hitler andI killed for him ,! Both Mrs. Waterford and Mr. Heck immigrated to the United States after the war. They have both dedicated their lives to keeping the public aware of this episode in history and of its chances of recurring. ... Christie Sheppard GDeto , 065 A Midsummer Nightis Dream A 16th century script, 20th century costumes and man- nerisms and a set entirely de- pendent on the audiences imagination were combined to create the North Carolina Shakespeare Festivals pre- sentation of A Midsummer Night s Dream. As the play opens, The- seus, the Duke of Athens, is lying on the set to give the ' impression of a king sized bed. Hippolyta enters, carry-

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ing an assortment ofwrapped packages and a shopping bag. They are joined by an irate father, Egeus, and the bed became palace steps. Where Egeus insisted that Theseus order his daughter. Hermia to marry Demetrius. Deme- trius, whom Egeus prefers. is in love with Hermia. But she wants to marry the man she loves, Lysandert who also loves her. Hermia and Lysander de- cide to run away, but. before they leave, Hermia confides their plans to her hest friend, Helena, who is in love with Demetrius. Helena tells De- metrius oftheir plans and he follows them into the woo l' with Helena tagging alo after him. The woods are already the scene ofmuch activity by th time Lysander, struggling l der a mountain of luggi 21nd HervnizL clutchin rag doll, arrive. Nie andoth tradesm They are attended by their spirit servants. The chaos begins when Oberon decides to play a vengeful trick on Titania. He orders his servant, Puck, to find aplant, the dust of which will make Titania fall in love with the first thing she sees upon awakening. While wait- ing for the plant, Oberon hears voiees approaching. He hastily pulls on his sunglasses to become invisible so he can eavesdrop on the argument between Helena and Deme- trius. When Puck returned, Oberon orders him to place some of the plant extract on the eyes of an Athenian youth, whom he would know by his dress. Puck becomes confused and sprinkled the dust on Lysanderts eyes. Ly- sander sees Helena as soon as he awakens and forgets about Hermia. To remedy the error, Puck puts the extract on Demetri- usi eyes, who then also fails in love with Helena and forgets his love for Hermia. Both the men and the womeh began fighting. Meanwhile, Nick Bottom has acquired the head of an ass, courtesy of Puck, who had watched the play re- hearsal behind the shield of his sunglasses. Titania, who has been sprinkled with the magic plant dust, awakens and falls in love with Nick. Titania, dressed as a flapper, ' drags the ass-headed Nick around the stage as she does the Charleston and declares her love. Eventually order is re- turned. The spells are lifted and the couples are united with their appropriate ro- mantic partners, Hermia with Lysander, Helena with Demetrius, and Titania with Oberon. The play moves back to Athens, where a tri- ple wedding takes place be- tween the two Athenian cou- ples and Hippolyta and The- seus. The wedding reception is a festive occasion. The newly- weds are entertained by N ick Bottom and the other trades- men. The play ends with the 3 fair king and queen blessing the palace, and leaving Puck to bring down the final curn tain to a house full of ap- plause. The play was able to move from Athens to the woods smoothly because the set did not have to be changed. It did not resemble the city or woods, so the imagery of the dialogue, the actorsi and the audiences imaginations com- bined to transform palace steps into trees and clearings, then into a banquet hall. This smoothness gave the play a dreamlike quality. This qual- ity was further developed when the characters slept on stage, in view of the audi- ence, before therplay began and during the intermission. The 20th century cos- tumes startled some audi- ence members; but they also served to illustrate the time- less, universal quality of the play by complementing the language, which was exactly as Shakespeare wrote it in the 16th century. The contempo- rary costumes also gave the audience a senseeof how the plays first audience may have seen it, because the con- ventional Elizabethan cos- tumes, associated with Shakespearean drama, were contemporary 0n the openw ing night in the late 15903. - Teresa johnson Twentieth century costumes and mannerisms transformed a sixteenth century script. The North Carolina Shakespeare Festivalis actors pre- sented A Midsummer Nighth Dream where the set was entirely depen- dent on the audience's imagination. Promotional picture Fall AIM Series 165