--- Jeff,what did you do at the mannor?I worked in the MIU Press mail room with Walter Runyon(sp?)et al,saw that talent show it waa great! Kevin
but I entered it in the > oratory contest to be read as a "straight" poem. I got on stage and > acted really nervous, clearing my throat, bobblling my lines, > starting over etc. Then one of my confederates came out from behind > a door back of the stage and said "Fish, you're dying out here; Me > and some of the boys are gonna help you out" - wherewith 10 guys > stormed out on stage with gloves, bats, balls, etc. We acted out the > poem with a guy "dying" on third (where he literally fell off the > stage)and stuff like that. The crowd was pumped. If you know the > poem, Casey is the big burly slugger who they know will win the game > if only they can get him to bat. He calmly takes pitches that are > called strikes and the crowd boos. We had placards made with girls > showing them to the audience at those moments and the "rounding" > crowd went wild. Booing, howling, hissing, laughing hysterically. > It was kinda cool and kinda freaky. I didn't know they would get in > to it so much. I picked the wimpiest guy I could to play Casey and > when the fatal moment came for him to strike out, we had him hit a > home run w/ the corny ending: I guess you just can't strike out in > the Age of Enlightenment. > Postscript: We won 2nd place in the "oratory" contest. The next day > our act was the buzz (my 12 mins of fame - I used the other three up > w/ the State Trooper incident) in the cafeteria. People were coming > up and congratulating me and one even asked "You knew they were gonna > do that, right?" So I was feeling pretty good. The discussion > turned to way we didn't win 1st. Now, sitting at the end of the > table was a guy named Tony, who I knew was very literate (although > also part of the maintenance crew like us) and who I also knew had > been a judge. I instantly "knew" (ritam bara pragya?) that he hadn't > voted for us. I couldn't resist temptation. I blustered on about > how, although while it appeared to be the most popular performance in > the show, you couldn't exactly call it oratory, Right, Tony? Tony > slinked closer to the wall. I mean how could anyone who knew > anything about oratory actually vote for a schtick like that, right > Tony? The poor guy; somebody said "Hey Tony, weren't you one of the > judges?" I said "hey, leave Tony alone; the man just voted his > conscience." (which was true). Tony got red faced and left. It was > mean, I know. But those were my lesser evolved, early days. > Jeff To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
