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Only a former professional clown could have put together a dance/theater program as crazy, eclectic and fun as "Snappy Crayons and Other New Dances." George Whiteside '87 performed with the Ringling Bros., Barnum & Bailey Circus before choreographing and designing this show which combines modern dance, clowning and nonstop energy...
...also one of Harvard's own. Having graduated in 1987 with a degree in Russian and Soviet studies, Whiteside moved on to study theater improvisation and performed with troupes in Boston. According to Whiteside, however, the biggest achievement of his life came when he toured with the Ringling Bros., Barnum & Bailey Circus as a clown in "The Greatest Show on Earth." "Snappy Crayons" is Whiteside's first attempt at choreographing a dance/theater production...
...LIKE A BARNUM & BAILEY ADVANCE team, television crews caravaned into Union, South Carolina, weeks ago for the murder trial of Susan Smith. After unloading thousands of dollars' worth of equipment, scores of technicians invaded the town's 82-year-old courthouse, installing lights and vying for camera angles that accentuated the high ceilings. Meanwhile, lawyers debated whether the trial should be televised at all. Those in favor argued that live testimony would provide an opportunity to heal Union's wounds. Smith's lawyer, David Bruck, countered that potential witnesses feared an O.J. Simpson-type spectacle that would make them...
...Barnum also persuaded a Universalist ministerto preach a sermon about man's arrogance inassuming that he knows all about the laws ofnature. The preacher delivered his sermon andspoke of the shallow philosophy of man whobelieves that he knows all about the earth and itscreation...
...Barnum did not, in fact, bring the Mermaid backout on exhibit, but rather handed it over toKimball. He was on to better, if not bigger,things with his discovery of a certain two-foot,five-year old...General...