BERKY WOWS CAMPUS! Corning Community College a CCC Student Publication Vol. 18, No. 17, February 23,1978 Mime Leaves 'Em Speechless Balloon animals .. kazoos and gunslingers scribbling apes ... weight-lifters and onions .. a room-full of laughter. Mime Bob Berky brought all this and much more last week when he performed as part of the Common's Daytime Entertainment program. Berky, who hails from the Mime Workshop in Rochester, defined mime as "The art of revealing experience or life through movement." He peppered his show with information on the art of mime and phisophical comments. The mime's act opened with a warm-up piece called "Moods and Situations," a collection of vignettes where he slipped in and out of characters as diverse as an egotistical ac- tor and a broad jumper. In the second part of his program, Berky demonstrated mime exercises and the difference between an exercise and a mime. He performed two pieces. “A Man Trying to Attract Muscular Tissue," dealt with a 90 pound weakling in a gym. The other was called "The Band," and featured a wildly weird rock band. Berky closed his act with the clown mime. Wearing a disgruntled top hat and a red nose, Berky “smoked” his kazoo and brought the house down. He brought members of the audience up on stage to help create his madness. One befuddled participant found himself wearing a leather jacket, goggles, and blowing a kazoo as he rode an "imaginary motor- cycle." Juggling his audience as adriotly as he juggled his rubber balls, Berky kept them laughing as he frantically tried to eat three apples at the same time he was juggling. His plans were foiled when an onion joined the mess. The performance was between twelve and two last Wednesday, after which Berky attended a reception in his honor. The reception was held in the Small Lounge in the Commons. Bob Berky was brought to C.C.C. through the combined efforts of Daytime Entertainment and the Arts and Convocations Committee. His fee was over three hundred dollars, but in the words of one Corning student, "He was worth that and a couple million more,” TAP Deadline Draws Near Students attending Corn- Poetry Contest On-Campus Interviews ing Community College during the Fall semester 1977 received an average of $221 towards a $360 tuition cost and was received in addition to other grants, loans and work. The aid is a grant: a gilt ol money and does not need to be repaid. II you have not applied entries must be typewritten and double spaced, may not exceed 50 lines, and must be unpublished. Poets should write their name, address, phone number and category (A3., or C) and the poem title on a separate 3x5 card. Though no entries can be returned, the poet retains all publishing rights. Winners will be announced at the poetry festival to be held in April. March 31, 1978 is the deadline for application for the State Tuition Assistance Program (TAP). Applications must be post-maiked by March 31, in order to be accepted, but don't wait till tile last minute to apply. Chemung County residents who wish to enter the Friends of the Steele Library's Third Annual Poetry Contest should submit their best poem to the Steele Library, Lake and Church Sts., Elmira by 6 p.m., Sunday, March 19, Mrs. Barbara Curran, Chairperson, announced. Curran noted that only one poem can be accepted from any contestant: that The following is a list of colleges and employers who will be on campus to interview students. If you wish an interview with one of the Employers, who are recruiting in your occupational field, come to the Transfer/Placement Office, first floor. Administration Bldg., as soon as possible to schedule an appointment and receive instructions on what placement materials you will need to have prepared. This list will be an on-go-ing feature in all issues of the Crier for the remainder of the year. Colleges: Feb. 28 - Trinity College, Burlington, Vermont. Feb. 28 - New Hampshire College, Manchester, N.H. Employers: March 2 - International Business Machines, Owego, N.Y. Recruiting Electrical Technicians. or have applied and do not know the status of your application. please contact the Financial Aid Office for applications and assistance. The Financial Aid Office is located on the second floor ol the Administration Building and is open from 8 a.m. till 5 p.m. daily. (Incidentally, it you attended school full-time in the Fall and did not apply for TAP you can still be eligible to receive a TAP retroactive tor the Fall Semester.) Don't delay, apply now. T.BJ* to Corning Community College’s own Two Bit Players will present "Spoon River Anthology" by Edgar Lee Masters at Elmira's Samuel Clemens Center on March 17. "Spoon River" will also be displayed at the Corning Cinema March 15 and 16. Director Henry Moon-schien picked "Spoon River Anthology" for the Two Bit Players' third production of the year because it afforded those who usually can't participate in theater a chance to act and sing. “Spoon River Anthology" is a verse play divided into some sixty-odd vignettes. The characters, all of whom are dead, tell something of themselves and their times in short monologues and songs. Top Photo Mime Bob Berky gets career aide George Lord involved in motorcycle antics. Bottom photo shows Berky creating an ape mime before his cativated audience. Present Masters’ Play The cast is a mixture of those with acting experience and those who trod the boards for the first time. The cast includes Madalain Trice, Ric Myers, John Luthur, Pam Doud, Farredah Habeeb, Pam Longwell, Ed Tangorre, Mike Cripe, Audrey Briggs, Cathy Baldami, Diane Chilson, Thelma Hall and Ann Distelhurst. Those with singing parts are Thelma Hall, Madalain Trice, Ann Distelhurst, and Mimi Novack. Mike Cripe doubles as performer and musicdirec-tor. Steve Peao and Kevin Roe are guitarists for the production. Mary Ann Pawloski is the assistant to the director while Marsha Finley again aids Two Bit Players as stage manager. The production co-ordinator is Susan Maclnoy. “Spoon River Anthology” was adapted and arranged for the stage by Charles Aidman and produced on Broadway by Joe Cates and the S3.A. Company at Booth Theater. “Spoon River” is presented by arrangement with Samuel French, Inc. The curtain opens on the Clemens Center production at 8:15 pm. with the Cinema’s showing starting at 8 p.m. A special matinee performance will be given at 2:30 p.m. on Thursday the 16th at the Corning Cinema. Ticket prices are 50