1984 - Special Collections - Virginia Tech

VTU brought Broadway to campus and put
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on Stage
II"" .nd two women workJ", I~ waitresses
In. diner _re portrayed In betWffn the
$holt dlfllocun. the music told the MOlY.
Such stilrs ~ Nicolene u.rson, IoMthon
Edwards. and Henry c_.""", ..-Ith the
selection 01 lively music made the plfly.
very enerledc performance "Everyone
Q5 IrNt to work with .nd _roe very enthu·
slink" commented Cheryl Butler, cNlr·
m.n 0( the Broadway committee.
In the sprf"ll 0( I~), "PIrates of Pen!·
poor lCOustlcs. the words were somedmes
dlfflcult IlI(e" ClIme to understand, to c.ompus, but Due the colorful to B"moss' coslumes.nd
_,.,. 01 the CiM made It • fI...,
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These muslals wtth their comical d"'·
lotuH, .ell portrayed c/I;I'Kters, and spir­
Ited $Of\J and dance enlertillned lfI"e IU·
dlen«S, 'The sho ...... went over Ireat," com·
mented Butler. - Pump Boys' had ""e 0(
the lar,esl houses ever, with over 17.000
people "
All of the perform.nces were m.de
posslble thlOIlIh the work 01 the VI"ln'"
Tech Unlon.s pa" 01 the lively.m wries.
Cetll", $hoW!i to come to remote BIiKksbu"
WM • dllflculi taSk, Fim. the ..,nl501
the companies were called, Ind then the
blddlnl beliOn. Once the complnles
a,:rffd to come, the Pfke was necot"'ted,
About a week before the Klull perform .
• nces. the Cerman Club worked w!th the
fOid crew bickstale In senln, up B«ause
Bu",," Hall has numerous technol problems.
seW", up melnt extra work, Bad
lCOuMics made It necn$lry 10 redes"" the
sound system and S\filel"ally place
spei~ers so tNt the sound came 0111 loud
.nd clN. Sets could nor: be hunt from the
celHn ... so fnOfe wort. WH ..... In reqUired.
especI.lly If the set was fi,~ , All 01 these
dlffk uWes "",roe overcome w!th • little ext ...
time and wort.,
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