Queens University of Charlotte - Coronet / Edelweiss Yearbook (Charlotte, NC)

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' J! -x Into I ives nf Women handicapped by a husband who used hls lob as an excuse to avold golng to war, and her sense of guilt and fear of soclety's condemnation prompted her to organlze every 'War Effort' prolect ln slght. lvlargaret CKatue lvesl had one son who was involved ln the confllct and another who was so ant:-war that he was arrested for sedltlon, throughout the play she was convrnced that she would never see her sons ahve again. lvlarta lEllen Abshlrel was a German- born Canadlan, whose father was arrested for belng a member of the Bunde, or Canadians for l-lltler. She herself was an outcast from the majornty of those ln Calgary socuety, who Ignored the fact that she had been ln Canada since she was fnve years old. These women, although very dlfferent an upbrlnglng and temperament, were con- nected nnevltably by the same event, and though they dad not even luke each other, they would remain connected for a long tlme. The tltle itself, Waiting For The Parade, was descrlptnve of the play. All the Women were vvaltlng. Catherlne was of course, wantlng for her husband to return home, just as lvlargaret wanted for the return of both of her sons. Eve was wanting for the end of the carnage of war, and Ivlarta was waltlng for her father's release and the dlscrlmlnatson agalnst her to cease. .Janet was perhaps the only person who dad not want the war to end, sxnce her frenzled vvartlme ECCIVIUY was helping to Ward off the dlsgrace she felt her husband had brought upon her. Waiting For The Parade was also spe- cnal nn that thus was the flrst tame IC had The Cast of Flva Woman: Suzanne Ev-er-hart llilnrll. Nancy Nardolllll ltaver-nel, Connle Fin,-ne Bray tmuslclanl, Deanna Hensley llilltal, Andrea Carey fSarahJ, and Chrlstle lV'lcKlnney Uflnneyl l-luddled together out of fear and need, Eve lSally Wneelerl, Catherlne lSuzy Erownl, Janet lCla-re Flnlevl. Nlargaret lKat:e lvesl, and Nlarta fgllen Abshlrel walt In the Fall drama Droductlon Waiting For Tha Parade. ln one of the few happier moments of the drama, .Janet CClalre Flnleyl and Catnerlne lSuZv Brown! dance the litter-bug 4 nu- .Q 5. psalm Llmwwo been performed by any theatre group un the South, professlonal or amateur, Slnce IC was lust recently released from Off-Broadway. Dlrector .Jane l-ladley was partscularlly pleased for the oppor- tunity to perform the play ln lts premlere productlon. Lawrence Toppman of the Charlotte Observer wrote a feature artlcle for the paper on the production, whrch, as the drama department knows, I5 very rare. By turns funny, sad. and thought- DPOVOKIWQ. Five Women and Waiting For The Parade gave a gllmpse unto the llves of Women. young and old. Nancy Nardollh and Katle lves Fall Dramas 23

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Giving further instruction on her role, director .Jane Hadley aids Claire Finley in getting more out of her character Janet. In her third speech, the conflict scene, Vinney EChristie lVlcKinneyJ reveals her search for God. During the last scene, the resolution, Flita lDeanna Hensley! talks about children centers, being a mother and how she is fulfilled by being a mother. g . 9 l .4 This year was a first for the Queens College Drama Department. It was the first time that two fall drama produc- tions were presented to the Glueens community. Dne of these, Five Women, by .Jean Allen, starred Christie lVlcKinney as Vlnney, Deanna Hensley as Flita, Nancy Nardolilli as Laverne, Andrea Carey as Sarah, and Suzanne Everhart as Kim. The drama, originally presented in the quaint setting of the Hollow, was a simple production. The simplicity of set- ting, however, complemented the complex character development of the plot. - Five Women dealt with how five very different women came to cope with and understand the difficulties they shared 22 Fall Dramas om-ny.-1 umrlfaru Dramas Dffer Insight by being women in present-day society. In four acts, the audience shared, through a series of monologues, in the setbacks as well as the joyful ex- periences of each of the women as they grow from young, wondering girls to mature adults. Under the direction of .Jane Hadley and with music provided by Connie Flhyne Bray, the play continued throughout the year. Five Women was presented at various events, such as Admissions' open houses. The other drama, Waiting For The Parade, which ran in Suzanne Little Flecital Hall from November S-'l D, was a special occasion in many ways. Nlost obviously, it fit in perfectly with the book of the semester and the symposium on women and war. Set in Calgary in the Province of Alberta, Canada, during World War ll, this play by John Nlurrell showed how the war affected the lives of the women at home. The five women who made up the cast of Waiting were women who, outwardly at least, had little or nothing in common with each other. They were drawn together by the circumstances of the war, when ordinarily they might never have met. Yet, the war had an effect on their lives in ways which caused them to become connected. Catherine lISuzy Brown! had a husband who volunteered and was eventually reported missing in action in France. Eve ESally Wheelerl, who was against the war for the waste of it all - We're back in the Dark Ages. wasting lives, spilling blood all over Europe! - was burdened by a husband too old to serve and who was adamantly in favor of war. Janet IClaire Finleyl was

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Jennifer Flussell and date count their chips at Christmas Casino Party. New IVlusic, 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, Flussian 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 Ling Winnie Bryce and her husband Colin and .Jeff Nystrom. Cf course, what would the evening have been without the jazz Q.. 'm E4 Christmas Dance ' -SSC. Charles Vernon