The Classic newspaper Volume 7 Issue no. 2

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Vol . 7, NO.2, December, 1990

Townsend Harris High SChool at Queens College

PAID PermIt No. 163

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Commack. N.Y.

75-40 Parsons Boulevard. Flushing, NY 11366

Talent Show parodies TV pledge week by Jennifer Mattucci and Randi Korobelnik A rapping whistler, a blonde trio, a practiced jug gler, mar tial artists, and comedic hosts were among the enthusiast ically rece ived entertainers at the fifth annual Townsend Harris Talent Show held on Friday, December 14. Drama Adviso r Harriette Blechman and Program Coordinator Arthur Boulanger organi zed the event. s transformed the caPublic Television Sta'iewers were urged to . ~es of support as they ... ious acts of the show. - ~ ยง Juniors Neil Drumming, David Mayer, P:: and Jamie Nessel and seniors Rodney . ... Lopez and Charlie Redell provided II I~J~~I,,: :~:~ ~ much ofthe comedy for the evening. ~. u.~u.u... Sophomore Matt Mandel, a self-

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pins in the air and around various parts ofhis body. He twirled the three silver pins with such speed and agility that the audience audibly gasped . Senior Judy Luong and sophomore Matt Cretar o exhibited theirTae Kwan Do abilities by breaking wooden boards from different positions . "It was a lot of fun. The rush you get while being on stage is unbelievable. You forget that the crowd is even there," said Matt. The tenth anniversary of John Lennon 's death inspired the performance ofhis famous song,"lmagine," by Sasha Antozsewski and Amy Schwach, accompanied by Jennifer Negovetti on the piano. Sasha also whistled the theme from Star Wars, while Rodney, Charlie, senior Carol Cheng, junior Laura Benin, and sophomore Stephanie Falcone accompanied her on their "irnaginary" instruments. Sashasurprised the audience and seemingl y horri fied her serious "orchestra" by breaking into a

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general attitude that 'i t c~'t happen to me,' but it can. We are dealing with a terrorist who will do almost anything to get what he wants .... It' s scary ." "I think it's almost inevitable that there's going to be a war over there. The worst part will benotbeing able to do anything about it and not knowing," said Jason.

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Art in new building p. 3

Winter Fashion p.5

Murder mystery p.6

Boys' soccer p. 8,

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