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West Point's All-American fullback, Air Force Major Felix ("Doc") Blanchard, 34, got an official citation for not fumbling in a tight spot. Piloting a Super Sabre jet last month in England, Blanchard suddenly found his aircraft on fire. He could have simply hit the silk-but his plane might have plunged into a heavily populated area. Doc Blanchard made his choice, rode his winged torch down to a happy landing. Said an Air Forceman: "One of the finest flying jobs I ever...
...well. Though Nancy Shelton's lower register was solid and assured, her soprano was far too insecure on the high notes to make her long and beautiful aria really affecting. On the other hand, the low notes of the contralto aria were the ones that gave Barbara Blanchard the most trouble; perhaps a reversal of the parts might have benefitted both ladies. In the incisive opening chorus and the stirring chorale at the work's close, the small chorus proved to be simply too small. One can appreciate Harbison's attempt to scale down a reading of a Bach cantata...
...Terry Blanchard, as Elba's version of Elsa Maxwell, John Spooner, as Walrus, Duchess of Wopping, the Baltimore girl who made her debut in the YWCA and grew up to "rock an empire," and Amyn Khan, an Yma Sumac, whose attraction for men--all men--is fatal, are marvelous. All of them can sing, all of them can act, and all of them have excellent parts. The scene in which they get together to protest that each is really a "Lady at Heart," is a high point of the show...
...Believe me, we mean every word of it," exclaimed W. Scott Blanchard '59, of Kirkland House and Cedarhurst, L.I. There was no indication that Miss Woodward doubted his sincerity...
...Miss Blanchard, vice-president of the Harvard Opera Guild, felt, on the other hand, that "students must have a chance to learn by carrying on all operations themselves, even if they make mistakes." "The most exciting element of Harvard drama today is that students practically run it themselves," she said...