Alumni Memory: Carol Lutes Racine, BJ ’62
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During my student days at Carleton back in the early ’60s, the newly built Quadrangle buildings were the centre of our academic universe. But it was the old Field House down the road near Bronson Avenue ( always frigid on crisp fall evenings) where budding student actors, singers, musicians would gather to find their ‘creative groove’; auditioning for roles in a Sock’n Buskin theatrical, or vying for a part in the annual Varsity Revue. I have special memories of one particular Varsity Revue: “Four Ways to the Ace”, a zany musical comedy set in a boarding house about to be expropriated, in which my character “Viola” was tasked with singing through several minutes of seriously-sentimental poetic lyrics — sandwiched between the rough and tough “Frosh Marching Song” and a frenetic wild Charleston dance number — ’twas all in good fun! – Carol Lutes Racine (BJ ’62)
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