Blue Key Takes Another Bow

With Reggie's Star Production

"Gay Time" Rating Tops

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Ray Ann Genest, Maude Chachere, and Jean Harlan.

The Collegiates' rendition of "Three O'clock in the Morning" brought the intermission to a close.

The curtain rose on the fifth act with an ancient Ford setting the scene for Juluis Dubois and Katherine Landry's renditions zof "Let Me Call You Sweetheart".. Fleta Hollier, Marguerite See, Martha Moore, and Elaine Smith were supporting vocalids of the skit.

Between acts a 'tap dance was presented to the tune' of "When You Wore A Tulip," followed by the Collegiates, in "Down By the Old Mill Stream."

0. D. Treadway stole the show in the "Wild West" portion of the program with his portrayal of the typical "wolf" when three dancing girls Kitty Herrin, Sidonie Richard, and Dot Olivier, entered.

Also featured in this program was Warren Portier in his rendition of "The Face On the Barroom Floor."

A barroom quartette consisting of Kenny Bowen, Robert Johnsen, Nolan Sahuc, and "Lito" Hinojosa, gave out with the ever popular "Sweet Adoline." Pat Mouton, Hubert Reed, Gordon Sibille, Bobby Euwer, Marion Scalisi, Dan McIntire, Lloyd Gautreaux, Louis Pizzolatto, and Rodney LeMoine were the sponsoring cast of the wild west portion of the show/

In act eight, Juluis Dubois. rendered one of the famous Jerome Kern `Showboat" numbers, "Old Man River." Juluis's version of this number has become a classic on the Southwestern Campus.

Juluis is to be heartily congratulated on his work with the music department at S. L. I., and especially in connection with the production of "Gay Time."

Juluis was one of the only two members of the cast to receive a second curtain call at, the demand of the audience.

The second of these was in the last act, "Finale", when vocalist Harvey Waggoner led the audience in singing "You're 9 Grand Old Flag. '

Blue Key's acknowledgements for service 'rendered went to Mr. Robert C. Gilmore,--Mr. Francis L. Achee, Miss Evelyn Lockman, and Mr. Verne Powers.

Congratulations are in order for Edmund Reggie for his tireless efforts in producing and directing the show.

A parade of Gay Nineties hits was the theme of "Gay Time", the 1946 version of the annual Blue Key production, which was held Tuesday at 8:16 p. m. in Burke Hall theatre.

The Collegiates, popular Southwestern swing band, arbi featured pit orchestra, opened the show with a bang with the old favorite

e 0n Harvest Moon."

wing the Gay Nineties theme, the Collegiates gave out with "Cuddle Up A Little Closer, Baby", and "My Gal Sal."

The show was divided into nine skits, beginning with "Kiss in the Dark" featuring Edmond LeBlanc and Mabel Patterson as vocalists and Charles Prince `longue and Martha Lee Pastor as tap dancers.

Between acts, the Gollegiate.1 intermissioned with "Meet Me in St. Louis."

In the second act, Pat Tolson brought down the house with his rendition of "Oh, You Beautiful Doll." The dolls featured in the skit were Penny Heintz, Virginia Latour, Lorena Gouaux, Shirley Rhodes, Claudine Simmons, Ninette Mouton, Margaret Dunham, Katherine King, Ruby Lee John, Betty Rae Boudreaux, and Marjorie Rasberry.

This act was followed by the

Collegiates' version of "Put On Your Old Gray Bonnet."

Yvonne Walther's rendition of Don Allen's "What Can I Say?" really went over in a big way.

The Collegiates closed the intermission period with the old favorite, "The Man on the Flying Trapeze."

One of the brighter numbers in the •musical, consisted of -11yacions interpretation of

ties "Can Can."

"Gay Time's" dancing cast consisted of Sidonie Richard, Dot Olivier, Rosemary Flynn, Katheryn Broussard, Penny Heintz, Kitty Herrin, Carolyn Lewis, Mary Ellen Voizin, Jeannine Leonard, Gloria Landry, Barbara Domengeaux, Martha Lee Pastor, Gertrude Colligan, and Charles Prince Yongue.

In act -three, Pat Tolson and Trudy Vincent hit the stride of the gay nineties theme with "Bycicle Built for Two."

During the intermission, the Vermilion Honor Society held its tapping ceremonies, in which the following girls were tapped: Geraldyne Woodall Cassidy, Lucy Joyce Miller, Anne Gibbons, Mamie Jo Sandifur, Patricia Brown,

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