Taylor University - Ilium / Gem Yearbook (Upland, IN)

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Good Doctor: Good Comedy With the unexpected destruction of Taylor ' s Little Theatre, the immediate future of the theatre program was in question. However, as they say in the business, The show must go on, and indeed it did. Renovation of the former Ayre ' s Alumni Memorial Library into a theatre was completed just in time for its debut show The Good Doctor. ' ' This comedy, written by Anton Chekhov and compiled by Neil Simon, was directed by Dr. Oliver Hubbard and presented on two successive weekends, Nov. 6-9 and Nov. 13-16. Not only was this play unique in being the debut show for the new Little Theatre, but because of the great interest of participating students, it is the only show in recent years to be double— cast. In the play, the Narrator (Joe Maniglia) shared with the audience nine different stories interrelated through their extremes of humor: The Sneeze, The Governness, Surgery, Too Late for Happiness, A Quiet War, The Seduction, The Drowned Man, The Audition, A Defenseless Creature, and The Arrangement. Each of these stories brought with it a comedic insight into human behavior. Right — Cherdyakov (Brian Smith) and his wife (Teresa Nevil) are very excited that General Bras- silhov (Chuck Gray) is sitting in front of them at the theater, while the general ' s wife (Rochelle Manor) is not impressed with the couple ' s loudness in The Sneeze Below — Two retired officers (Stephen Barron and Frank Sharp) find themselves in the midst of their weekly debate in A Quiet War. 28 The Good Doctor

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Cowboy Wins First Over 15 airbands ICC ' s annual Airband contest once again was a definite success. It was an evening of fantasy for the Taylor students as they lip synced to the top songs of 1987. Outrageous things such as curling irons became microphones, brooms and toy rifles doubled as guitars and trash cans became drum sets for the event. This year ' s contest attracted such notables as VB40 ( Jarheads), Janet Jackson (Pretty in Polyester), Mister, Mister David Lee Roth (Dry Heaves) and even Ratt. With 15 bands in all, the 1987 competition was the biggest ever, yet not so big that Texas Ted and the Tombstone Riders couldn ' t take home the prize with their song I Want to be a Cowboy. Elsewhere in airband land this year, TU was represented by the Jarheads with Rock Me Amadeus and Texas Ted with I Want to be a Cowboy in the Regional Christian College Airband Contest at Hun- tington College. Taylor ' s expertise in airband performing showed six other colleges what real bands are made of as TU brought home first and second place from the regional competition. Sharon Wit belts out How Will I Know? ' Willie Wood ' s version of I Wanna Be a Cowboy took first place Second Morris Nerds really rock during their airband performance. 30 Airband