Rowan College - Oak Yearbook (Glassboro, NJ)

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Flair was the perfect name for the premiere of the New York caba- ret musical revue that came to Glass- boro in November. Flair featured the dazzling tal- ent of singer, dancer and actor Wayne McCarthy, a 1977 graduate of Glassboro State. Energetic and electric, Flair added new dimensions to the Astaire top hat, white tie and tails days. The show also brought numbers from the familiar sounds of 42nd Street to life with choreographer Henry LeTang ' s personal touch and McCarthys exciting style. Dancing with McCarthy was Mary Slater, who has travelled the country with t he Mahina Bailey ' s Polynesian Revue, trade show for United and Hawaiian Airlines. The featured singer was Barbara Doty, a 1978 Glassboro State Graduate. The three, along with the enticing sounds of musical director Albert Aprigliano combined to produce an entertaining and uplifting show.

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The Taming of the Shrew The Campus Players delighted their audiences in November with their performances of The Taming of the Shrew. A Shakespearean play, it deals with a timeless topic: the never end- ing battle of the sexes. Kate, the shrew, is wooed by Petruchio, an ar- rogant man who wins her against her will and teaches her, through drastic measures, to be a loyal, obe- dient, loving wife - not exactly what modern women would appreci- ate. While the ideals of women and men are different today than they were in Shakespeare ' s time, the games between them have not changed very much. The major dif- ference is that today it may well be a woman in Petruchios place. The Taming of the Shrew deals with a theme that will always be rel- evant, and the Campus Players did an excellent job of presenting it to audiences who obviously appreciated the humor and story line as if it were as fresh as it was when it was first performed. 28 The Taming of the Shrew

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Contentment, joy, passion, anger and fear were among the many emo- tions created by the Glassboro State College Dance Ensemble at the Win- ter Dance Concert. The show included an anthology of numbers that Tage Wood, founder and director of the GSC Dance Pro- gram, choreographed. Two of the pieces, Rage and Jewels, were premiered at the performance. Rage is a dramatic jazz number, and Jewels is a medley of ballroom scenes. Allegro Moderato was choreo- graphed by Alexei Yudenich, a ballet artist in residence here. The number was presented as a tribute to Wood. The concert itself was Wood ' s gift to the college on its 60th anniversary. It was a fitting tribute since it showed the growth that has taken place within the college and the ex- change that takes place between the college and its students. Here we had students who took what the college had to offer, and gave it back, enter- taining and enlightening their audi- ences with dance.