Word: auditorium
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...back room of Buffalo's Memorial Auditorium, Averell Harriman dabbed at damp eyes as the roll was called. Result: Hogan 773, Murray 304, Finletter...
...president of the world's biggest industrial company was 65, and the citizens of Flint, Mich, gathered to do him honor. As General Motors' Harlow Curtice waited in the wings of Flint's Industrial Mutual Association auditorium, an orchestra played You, Gee, But You're Wonderful, You, and colored balloons floated above the linen-covered tables. Then up stepped Curtice, the very model of a modern American optimist, with some cheery predictions for the future. Said Curtice, who has been more often right than wrong: In 1959 the auto industry will sell about 5,500.000 cars...
...with 2919 pipes. It speaks with fine clarity, but some of the ranks--especially the reeds--are insufferably harsh. Most of the pipes are exposed, and are grouped in front of, behind, to the right of, and above the player. If one sits in a certain part of the auditorium, one can hear the sounds coming from the different directional sources. At some times, Biggs intentionally chose registrations that made this added dimension extremely effective...
...first show was finally given in Christ Church auditorium, and the next was presented in a common room of the Harvard Union, in the round, an approach that has not been used lately in Cambridge. The experiment has proved successful and we hope that more plays in this form will be seen in the future...
Mounting a show in Christ Church brought its own difficulties. The auditorium closed at 5 p.m. while the group prepared for the opening. Most of the theatre people seemed to be used to working at night, through th early hours of the morning, and the Church's hours caused some distress. Many of those working on the show were involved during the day with school work and jobs, so the few hours left in the evening were hurried and hectic. One can imagine the embarrassment caused by the minister appearing quietly in the auditorium while the irritated stage crew wrestled...