Entries drawn from the college history timeline
The annual fall dance concert, presented by the Department of Dramatic Arts and the Dance Theatre Group, opened at 8:00pm in Mathers Theatre. Featuring choreography from students and faculty, the show ran from November 20-22, the last show being a 3:00pm matinee performance.
The Student...
The Department of Music presented the fourth Noonday Concert of the 1987-1988 academic year in Rubendall Recital Hall. Students and faculty performed, Roger Quilter's "Take, O Take those Lips Away" and "O Mistress Mine", selections from Michel Corrette's "Suite in F Major/F Minor", Jacques Ibert...
The Freshman Plays, an annual event presented by the Mermaid Players and the Directing class, opened at 8:00pm in Mathers Theatre. The production was split into two bills, the first of which was performed December 4 and 6 and the second of which was performed December 5 and 6. The collection of...
David Robertson, director of the Trout Gallery, gave a presentation on the iconography of the Madonna in connection with an exhibit of Medieval and Renaissance Art on display in the gallery. The presentation was preceded by a holiday gathering.
The Department of Music presented the sixth annual Messiah sing-along in Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium. The event was open to the public and led by the College-Community Orchestra and College Choir
The Department of Music presented soprano Elsa Riemer and flutist Karen Beck in their junior recital at 8:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. Accompanied by Rebecca McDonald, they performed George Frederick Handel's "Ha l'inganno il suo diletto", Ralph Vaughan Williams' "Hands, Eyes, Heart" and "...
The Chamber Choir gave a concert at 2:00pm at the Carlisle Historical Society. They sang Heinrich Schutz's "O Lieber Herre Gott"; Robert A Boyd's "Wondrous Love"; Williametta Spencer's "Winds of May", "In the Dark Pine Wood", and "Bright Cap and Streamers"; Crawford Thorburn's "Blessed be that...
The Art Historical Methods seminar of the fall of 1988 created an exhibit entitled "An American View: From the Country to the City" that explored 19th- and 20th-century American attitudes about country and city living. It was displayed in the Trout Gallery from January 22nd to February 27th.
The Department of Music presented the Buzz Jones Big Band in a concert at 8:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. They played Bob Mintzer's "Computer", Sonny Rollins' "St. Thomas", Gabriel Faure's "Pavane", Sammy Nestico's "Satin 'N' Glass" and "88 Basie Street", John Coltrane's "Naima", Jerome...
The Department of Music presented the fifth Noonday Concert of the 1987-1988 academic year in Rubendall Recital Hall. Students and faculty performed Edmund Severn's "Polish Dance", George Frederick Handel's "Cangio d'aspetto", Thomas Arne's "Why so Pale and Wan?", Johann Sebastian Bach's "Sonata...
The Department of Music presented violinist Davis Brooks is a recital at 8:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. Accompanied by pianist John Cheek, he played Ludwig van Beethoven's "Romance in F Major", Eugene Ysaye's "Ballade no. 3", Bela Bartok's "Sonata No. 2 for violin and piano", Igor Stravinsky'...
The Diviners, a play by Jim Leonard, Jr., opened at 8:00pm in Mathers Theatre. Presented by the Department of Dramatic Arts and the Mermaid Players, the production ran from February 12-16.
The WDCV radio staff at Dickinson asked four new bands to perform on February 13th, 1988. The bands were Kingface, Fugosi, The Slush Puppies, and Scram!. Their unique sound, and the fact that the bands were not well-known on campus, were major factors in deciding to invite them to perform. The...
The Dickinson College's Activities Board (CAB) hosted a magic and comedian show for their monthly Cabaret event in February. They invited Eric Kornfeld, Charles Mount, and Dave Rojahn to perform on February 19, 1988 in the Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium (ATS). While Both Kornfeld and Mount...
The Department of Music presented the Chamber Orchestra and Dance Theatre Group in a concert at 8:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. The orchestra played Carl Maria von Weber's Jubel-Overture; Richard Strauss' "Morgen"; Gustav Mahler's "Liebst du um Schonheit", "Ich atmet", and "Blicke mir...
The Dickinson College Jazz Ensemble performed on February 26th under the direction of Buzz Jones Big Band, a professional group of musicians who traveled to perform at other schools and jazz exhibitions.
The Department of Music presented the College Choir and Chamber Choir in a concert at 3:00pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. They sang Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Ave verum corpus", Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy's "Herr, wir trau'n auf deine Guete" and "O Taeler weit, O Hoehen", Josquin des Pres' "El...
The Carlisle Brass performed at 8:15pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. They played Marc Antoine Charpeutier's "Prelude to Te Deum"; Alfred Lochel's "Tower Music"; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Fugue" and "Alleluja"; Keith Snell's "Irish Suite"; Sigfried Kong-Elert's "Praise the Lord with Drums and...
The Department of Music presented an evening of chamber music at 7:30pm in Rubendall Recital Hall. Clarinetist Ella Forsyth, cellist Peter Brye, and pianist Galen Deibler played Ludwig van Beethoven's "Sonata in G minor", Carl Maria von Weber's "Grand Dup Concertant", and Johannes Brahms' "Trio...
The Department of Music presented the sixth Noonday Concert of the 1987-1988 academic year in Rubendall Recital Hall. Students and faculty performed Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Stability in a Soldier", "Giunse alfin il momento", and "Deh vieni non tardar"; Franz Schubert's "Wohin?" and "...
A traveling exhibit of twentieth-century paintings organized by Partners of the Americas and entitled "Brazilian Naive Art" was on display in the Trout Gallery from March 3rd to April 13th, 1988.
During the week of March 1st, the Multicultural Fair hosted two performances. On March 3rd, Min's Karate School of Carlisle was hosted by the Korean Students Association. Students from the School performed basic and complicated forms of karate while Master Min impressed the crowd with complex...
On the weekend of March 4-6th, the Congress of Afro-American Students (CAAS) hosted the Black Arts Festival to raise awareness within the Dickinson community of African American contributions to the world. The first performance was held on Friday, March 4th called "The First Black President."...
Dickinson College hosted the Peking Opera with Hong-Jun Guan in the Rubendall Recital Hall on March 4th.
The Follies performed "A Magical Evening on Broadway", opening on Saturday, March 5th. The show was performed in the Union Station in the Holland Union Building (HUB). The show had an array of numbers from musicals like "Pippin" and "Annie" and "The Whiz."
