Alcalá 1959

DRAMA

at a Ge rmanway side shr ine; th eRu ssi anmadon naof th e icon laud ed in a be au tif ulRu ssi an rec ita tive;an Ir ish fam ily we lcomi ngth e Ho ly Fami ly,Who we re at trac tedby their "c an dl e in th ewin dow"; and elfish Czech ange lspr ep ar in g a pla cefor th e Chi ldand Hi s Mot he r.Ameri ca,too, was repr es en ted by its earlies t pe op le, as the chor algr ou psa ng th e seven tee nth cen­ tu ry Hur on ca ro l, and Cec ilia Merin o, an Indian mad onna ,san g a be au tif ullu lla byfrom th e en tra nc e of he r wigw am. The final de pi ct ion showed OurLad y of th e Natio ns , flanked by ad or er sfrom many land s an d by co lo rfu l flags,symbol icof Her Qu eens hi pof the ea rth .Thus did th e stu de nt -bod y, over one -hun­ dr ed and fifty of wh om pa rti cipa ted in th e Pa ge an t in vocal ,drama tic , or tec hnica lcap aci ty,ende av orto dr aw al l hear ts to th e love of th e Go d-Man ,wh ich giv es thetruesp iri t ofCh ris tmas . Thi s was fo llowe d on Fe br ua ry 10 th, by THE HOUROF DEC IS ION, in wh ich St. Th omasMor e wa s de pic tedas giving his an swerto his "mos tde ar daug ht er , Meg ". The final prod uc tio n of the yearwas ANTIG ONE , given May 1st , and3r d.

THE BE TR AY AL : STANDIN G: Mol lyBr een, Lucy Evans, Dan Wac ho wi ak ,Mi cke yCl iff or dan d Ch arl es Tr ea se . KNEEL IN G : Ang el Bo cc hin o.

THEALCALA PARK PLAYERSbeg an their ac­ tiv iti es wi th a Re ad er's The at represen tat ionof a WOMA NWRA PP EDIN SILENC E on Oc tob er 22nd , the Pr es iden t'sFea st Da y. Th en wo rk bega n on the CHRI STMASPA GEANTOF THE NA ­ TIO NS . Thi s Seventh Annua l pre se nt at ion hi gh lig ht ­ ed th e dis tin cti veme lod ies and na tio na lcos tumes th ro ug hwhich the pe op le of va rio us lan ds hav e wor sh ippe d the Ch rist-C hil d an d celeb rat ed Hi s Bi rth da y.After a reve rent po rtr ay alof the angel's me ssage to the sh ephe rd sand a br illia nt Nat iv ity scene, the Pa ge an tof th e Nat io nsrepr es en teddr a­ ma tic all ythe Au str iancustomof th e Ad ventwreath, while th e Cho ralCl ub accomp an ied th e sceneby sing­ ing the ancie nt Ad vent hymn, "R or at eCo eli". Nar­ rato rs repr es en tin gWes tern and So ut he rnEu rope , the Br itis h Isl es, the Ori en t,Nor th er nEu rope ,East­ ern and Ce nt ra l Eu rope ,ap pe ar edon the scene as Ch or al gr ou pand tax lea uxviv an tscom bin ed to de­ pic t th e gay dan ces of Sp ai n; th e co lo rfulad or at ion of flowers in Fran ce;the zest ofEngli shcaro lle rs and charm of a Scot ch lul lab yto acc ompanythe en tra nc e of a bewi tch ingScotch pl aid baby angel; the haun t­ ing st ra in sand red -go ld rad ian ce of Our Lady of Ch ina; a Swedi sh rin g-danc e;ch ild renwor sh ippi ng