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

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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

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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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Dld Traditions music pvovuded oy Fleghu 'I DB. Pehhaps the hlghlsght of the evenlng was the auccaon. Dnce everyone had cashed In chew chups. people were able to buy anythlng from pralntis of pea pods and Paul Kirby Co free dnnners at avea merchants. But, let os not forget: Prwday night: whach was new mossc vvuch che Vu'-gunna band Ten-Ten. Students welcomed the chance to dance to orwgunal mosuc. Nlany Beth Kay Holley Holvoyd, Ivleggan Flooen and Dorothy VWson bang on die bands drums dunng Uwe Chast- mas Informal Dance The group Ten-Ten thrwils the aodnence wuth shear' seiecclons of new music and orwglnal songs Christmas Dance 25