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Capitol Steps' annual Harvard performance has special meaning for its director, William A. Strauss '69, who noted that he graduated with Gore, who is now prime fodder for the Steps' antics...
...Strauss--a founding member of the Capitol Steps--said he remembers sitting in Sanders Theatre as a Harvard first-year, and now enjoys performing on the very same stage...
...Strauss said he remembers "colorful" skits with his co-workers in the Senate's Foreign Relations Committee...
...politicians can be entertainers, then entertainers can be politicians," Strauss said...
...first act to perform - the wine smashed against the ship for its maiden voyage, as it were - was the Orquestra Sinfonica Brasileira, a symphony orchestra decked out with traditional (violins, etc) and modern (electric guitars, etc.) instruments. The Orquestra kicked things off with an ear-splitting version of Richard Strauss' "Also Sprach Zarathustra" - that's the theme from "2001: A Space Odessey" for those of you who don't follow classical music. The group was so startlingly loud I didn't really look up to see whether they were actually playing "Also Spach Zarathustra" or whether it was prerecorded...