St George Academy - Crusader Yearbook (New York, NY)

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The Thespians and their Moderator Sad.Sanfi1ippo Meet the Brothers Final Scene: Death of Brother Orchid Eleven Against the Sea Everything ready?

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Edward Kelly Best Perfomance - 19118 Q7'Qe,b lam Toward the end of March, 1949, a newly-formed dramatic group decided to call itself The TheSpian8. From that time on, The Thespians became a name that represented one of the most active and best-liked organi- zations in the school. On Friday, May 27, 1949, they presented Eleven Against the Sea, by James Reach. By the high quality of their performance, they showed them- selves to be capable and energetic artists who could stage high drama. This year, The Thespians' per- formance of Brother Orchid, by Leo Brady on January 17th, was received with great enthusiasm by a capacity audience at the St. George Parochial School Auditorium. John McGarrity, a Junior, put on an outstanding per- formance in the double leading role of Little john Sarto and Brother Orchid. Ed Kelly and Bernard Whelan acted the part of the gangstersg and James Walker,George Fioto and George McBride were Brothers of the Flowers under Cornelius Caplice as their Abbot. Newcomers like Charles San- filippo, Dan Sullivan, James Neylon, and Richard Parcesepe merited high praise for their character interpre- tations. Through both of these successful seasons, Mr. Stead was their friend as well as their director. He earned a justly high place in the regard of The Thespians and the student body of the school. Gerard P. McGa.rrity Best Perfomance - 19119

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Ba., .Frank Dastis, Eugene DeLucie and Bruno Cattaneo did their best to bring popular music to St. George. This trio had the Hjoint jumpin'H on many an afternoon with their lively jam sessions in the auditorium. In addition to working hard to get new recruits into their band, Dastis and DeLucie made the entire school more music-conscious with their regular column in the school paper. The group has high hopes for the future. When they discovered that Mr. Maloney is a professional music- mmtmymwmmwtowmwmhm to help and coach them so that they will be better able to play for all school dances and social affairs in really professional style. We hope their ambitions will be fulfilled. With Mr. Shust as its Moderator, the newly-formed Art Club surprised the entire school by demonstrating the tremendous effectiveness of using posters for campaign purposes during the Student Council elections The club followed this up later in the year by practically covering the school with posters urging vigorous promotion of the annual chance-book drive. Outstanding among the artists were Bob Rampinelli, John Roach, Ed Kelly,who also turned out several comic strips, and Owen Kennedy, who showed equal skill with a brush as well as with a baseball bat. George Fioto tries the vocals The Michaelangelos of St. George