Sacramento City College - Pioneer Yearbook (Sacramento, CA)

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I SIMPLY COULDN ' T UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PROFESSOR WAS TALKING ABOUT -IT WAS OVER INY HEAD -

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; fij ART BALL • - -i Wholehearted ‘eMhusiasm, painstaking effort, and cheerful co-operation kt went into the ma mg of tffe finished and practically professional 1934 Arctic t Art Ball. It was a spectacle without being too much of the spectacle, combin¬ ing a good show with the popular orchestra and dance that we all love so well. It was entertainment not soon to be forgotten. It was fun! The entire pageant was directed by Miss Marjorie Graham, who can’t be complimented enough. She was aided in every possible way by Miss Honora Beard, who ably supervised all the dances and by Arthur McCue, who acted as pianist. They carried out the South Pole theme to the ninth degree. The Snow Sprites included Bliss Bater, Kathryn McCleary, Eleanor Cohun, Louise Shepard, Jacquelyn Madden, Anne Buckman, Joan Kercheval and Camille Reynolds, and formed a fitting background for the effective dance of Glenn Vroman in his role of King Winter. The ballet was composed of Jean Stoddard, Elizabeth Landsberg, Blanche Goldstein, Shirley Beatty, Betty Coleman, Marie Eubanks, Dorothy Damm, Elaine Wheaton, Catherine White, Margaret Briggs, Hannah Mary Silver, Matina Compaginis, Anna Marie Haley, and Ruth Stark. They executed the intricate steps of the dance with an effortless rhythm and a poised assurance surprising in amateurs. The queen and her court.” This has always been a phrase to catch the eye and ear, and the reality did indeed catch the eye of every one present. Margaret Minard was the queen, but her maids seemed no less lovely than she, and the judges had a difficult time choosing among Margaret, Sue Robinson, Peggy Edwards, Dorothy Douglass, Dorothy Evans, Jean Toffee and Betty Pratt. The high spot of the evening came when the Penguins stole the show from Sprites, Ballet, Queen and all, and literally brought down the house. Spectators called for an encore, and, as if that one evening wasn ' t enough, the perky little oilcloth birds later gave three command” performances. We ' re still chuckling over them. All this could never have been possible without the unfailing aid of the art department, which, through the Art League, is responsible for the Ball. It would take unlimtied time and space to tell of the patient work that went —18—