Word: shows
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...second rally on March 2, black and native American students built another red and black snow sculpture to show their solidarity, Howard Kelly, a senior at Dartmouth and a member of the Afro-American Society, said yesterday. He added that minorities have been threatened with "violence" since that time, but there have been no actual incidents...
...both the blessing and the curse of musical revues that a few numbers and performers always stick out. Three women--Judy Banks, Tangee Griffin, and Sherri Hays--each had show-stealing songs. Banks's "Love You Madly" used a great bit of stage business, bringing the entire cast out from under a giant envelope onstage, but Banks's deep-chested, poignant singing elevated the song from cuteness. Griffin made "I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good" the model of a torch song, alone on stage with nothing but a non-functional microphone, a spotlight and her voice...
...Crystal Terry's delightful tap-dancing number, "I'm Just a Lucky So and So," held together a daring length of time while the band held still, but it jostled the modern-ballet choreography in nearby numbers. The ballet bits added a little visual spice to a largely aural show, and let lithe Bonnie Zimering show her impressively precise dancing--but fancy ballet choreography and Duke Ellington are uncomfortable stage-mates at best...
That, really, was the only reservation anyone could have about Ellington at Eight--at times it seemed more a showcase for the performers' undeniable talents than a celebration of Ellington's genius. Aside from the title and the song "Duke's Place," the show never referred to Ellington himself; neither the program notes nor the staging made even the minimal attempts Ain't Misbehavin' does to educate its audience. Still, in the end there's no substitute for hearing these songs, and if they don't excite you about the life and times of their author then no amount...
...which make everything worthwhile. So you've got these lows and you've got these highs. But, throughout I've felt proud to be in a Harvard uniform. It's a thrill to be out there and to play intercollegiate hockey, to represent Harvard and to have something to show my parents. I felt proud and I hope I made some other people proud...