University of Toronto Engineering Society - Skule Yearbook (Toronto, Ontario Canada)

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The Engineers have done it again! seemed to be the words on the lips of all those who came, saw, and raved over Skule Nite 6T2. The show, under the supervision of Producer-Actor Grant Coffey and Director-Actor-Ballerina-Fairy God- mother Brock West once again lived up to its reputation of being the most spirited of camp productions. It was clear sight from the start that Skule Nite was no ordinary college production. As the orchestra and dancers swung into the opener with spirit and precision, an atmosphere of gaiety was created which lasted the length of the show. The skirts in the show were clever, hilarious and just a bit risque. Some Like it Cold was the name of the first skit in the show, a tale of the exploits of two unlikely looking agents sent by the Engineering Society to investigate rumours that the girls of the University were running a parthogenisis laboratory in the W.A.B. The superb acting in this skit was its strong point, and the audience broke up completely in places (Love that gymn class!) Frithjof Plahte was the narrator who led the audience through what was probably the most clever skit of the evenings, Great Moments in Engineering History a series of brief sketches beginning with the invention of the wheel (it was square) and ending with the Toronto City Hall. The first half closer was Elementary My Dear Whatsis in which Sherlock Holmes solved the crime and made off (out?) with the victim ' s wife and fortune. After intermission the audience was reduced to one big helpless spasm of laughter by A Real Cool Ghoul , a skit depicting Count Dracula (the wompire) in a new light, as the host on a late evening fairy tale program. The skit was packed with loaded lines, and writers Jerry Bobbin — (Hugo) and Dave Cornfield (Dracula) were so full of ideas that the skit managed to find a new ending every night. The final skit, South campus was a scene in a drafting lab set to the music from South Pacific, and lamenting the lack of female engi- neers. The one female engineer winds up marrying the Demmy in the drafting lab much to the consternation of the male members of the class. As a skit set to music this was a great success with Pete LaFlair (the Demmy) and Sharon Moran (the female engineer — Neva RonSunday) handling the solos very well indeed. May I leave the box? Page 12

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In clouds of smoke HOMECOMING 1961 Skule sets out a first prize. Pag ! I

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I kllTE 6T2 Our generous producer Th is looks familiar Skule Nite ' s Prairie Princess sang several solos, and, with her fine singing demonstrated vocally that she Enjoyed being a Girl . The Cocaphonauts , a string-plucking group of singers, entertained with folk ballads, in spite of technical difficulties (who would have thought that all the instruments could simultaneously break a string). The ten-piece orchestra, led by Skuleman Barry Smith, with tremendous arrangements by trumpeter Jim Wise, did a magnificent job of filling out the show. Once again this year the orchestra was outstanding. The dancing in Skule Nite 6T2 was the best it has ever been. Choreographer Arline Patter- son, taking advantage of the fact that a large number of experienced females (dancing, that is) turned up, put together three really profes- sional dance numbers. Inspired by the fleeting female forms the male dancers (all ordinary Skulemen worked hard and came through ad- mirably. The male members of the audience had to be restrained as the dancers went through Somebody Loves Me , which represented guys in search of a doll, and the three types they are most likely to run across (wow!). The eight female dancers sent blood pressures soaring with a kickline number South of the Border . Skule Nite 6T2 itself is over, but its memories and cast parties will go on forever, and next year Skule Nite 6T3 will again present a buxom bevy of bouncing beauties and a sizzling selec- tion of (word for funny beginning with S ) skits. Special Thanks to — Bart Smith whose crew built and gradually demolished the sets, Marion Wilson and Pat Gangnon, set designers extra- ordinaries, Arline Patterson for her fantastic choreography, our tireless costume crew under Annette Conley and Sherrill Graham, several thousand script writers, led by Jesse Lapowski ( Les ) and Ozzie Persava (Perc), sound man Bill Croskery, unsound man John Bailes, and ail those who slaved tirelessly and didn ' t even get mentioned. The skits were, in general, fast, moving and effective, forming the skeleton of a fine produc- tion. Cullene Bryant, who is now in her final year, presented one of her highly suggestive and im- mensely popular monologues, which she called Critique depicting a socialite dragging her Nth husband through an art Gallery. Cullene has been with Skule Nite ever since her first year, and will be missed a great deal in the future, for her ideas and talent (not to mention her company) have always done much to make Skule Nite successful. In addition to her role in South Campus Sharon Moran, p age j 3 I