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...Blair the most bemedaled competitor in U.S. women's Olympic history. After seven Olympic failures, Blair's fellow skater Dan Jansen set a world record in the 1,000-m race and got to carry the American flag in Sunday's closing ceremony. Norway's hometown boy, speed skater Johann Olav Koss, became the first athlete ever to win three golds with world-record times in one Games. Vreni Schneider of Switzerland won the women's slalom, becoming the first woman to win three Alpine gold medals. She did it in 1:56.01, earning her fifth career medal...
...Johann Strauss...
...Fledermaus, Dunster House's latest operatic production, was greatly successful in its depiction of wholesome, late nineteenth century aristocratic frolicking. Remaining true to the playful spirit of Johann Strauss' Viennese intrigue of love and revenge, the production smoothly wove its many characters and sub-plots into one cohesive whole, maintaining its drunken, nonsensical energy throurghout its entire two and a half hours...
...deceased, who shared their secrets with their gifted acolyte. Photos of Vernon and Miller can be seen on the bookcase of the fin-de-siecle gaming room that serves as the show's sole set, and a carte de visite featuring a picture of the 19th century illusionist Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser actually shows up in a prop for one of the show's loveliest effects...
...Dunster House Opera Society will perform Die Fledermaus, which includes Johann Strauss' famous waltzes, a mixed-up plot worthy of Gilbert and Sullivan and a cross-dressing prince who hosts a drunken ball. Showtime is 8:30 p.m. in the Dunster Dining Hall. Tickets are $5, $4 for residents...