Poetic Cupid and Company Deliver Valentine's Spirit
Poetry students, introduced in morning Chapel as "Cupid and Company," put on a Valentine's Day performance in St. John's Chapel on Friday, February 14, delivering a medley of poems that date back to Thomas Wyatt's translation of Petrarch's Rime 140 ("Whoso List to Hunt"); to sonnets by William Shakespeare, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and Pablo Neruda; and to Emily Dickinson's "Wild Nights," coupled with excerpts of T.S. Eliot's "Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock."
Costumed students became actors, with the Chapel as backdrop: Hayes Cooper '14 delivered the T.S. Eliot "Lovesong"; Luke Holey '16 and Becca Gracey '14, the two leads of the Fall Term production of Romeo and Juliet, appeared, as did Joe Gentile '14, cast and clothed as Shakespeare.
Lauren Dorsey '14, playing the role of Anne Hathaway, stole her husband away from his "Mistress," played by Vicquaja Mangal '15. Henry Bator '14, as Christopher Marlowe's Shepherd, was rebuffed by Sir Walter Ralegh's Nymph, performed by Olivia Thompson '14. Samantha Crozier '15 played a sprite sprinkling rosewater down the aisle while delivering Robert Herrick's "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time."
English teacher John Capen delivered a few Robert Burns lines along with a dozen roses, and then serenaded his wife, Jocelyn, accompanied by their son, Wally, on guitar to the tune of the Proclaimers' "500 Miles."
Costumed students became actors, with the Chapel as backdrop: Hayes Cooper '14 delivered the T.S. Eliot "Lovesong"; Luke Holey '16 and Becca Gracey '14, the two leads of the Fall Term production of Romeo and Juliet, appeared, as did Joe Gentile '14, cast and clothed as Shakespeare.
Lauren Dorsey '14, playing the role of Anne Hathaway, stole her husband away from his "Mistress," played by Vicquaja Mangal '15. Henry Bator '14, as Christopher Marlowe's Shepherd, was rebuffed by Sir Walter Ralegh's Nymph, performed by Olivia Thompson '14. Samantha Crozier '15 played a sprite sprinkling rosewater down the aisle while delivering Robert Herrick's "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time."
English teacher John Capen delivered a few Robert Burns lines along with a dozen roses, and then serenaded his wife, Jocelyn, accompanied by their son, Wally, on guitar to the tune of the Proclaimers' "500 Miles."
Deki Namgyal '14 played the part of Cupid, dressed as a pink tinkerbell, and delivered Puck's final lines of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" with tosses of chocolate kisses. The poetry concluded with Billy Collins's "Litany" (delivered from behind the altar by Melissa Cusanello '14 and Averell "Harry" Jones '15).
The Valentine's Day performance was inspired in part by the "Pentatonix" a cappella group's "Evolution of Music." In conclusion, a small ensemble of Chamber Choir singers, led by Harry and including his sister, Anson Jones '17, Cam Ayles '15, Lily Edwards '15, Phoebe Fry '17 and Trevor Fry '16, Matthew Higgins-Iati '17, and Angus Warren '16, sang a rendition of "Run to You" (by the Pentatonix), which warmed our spirits on an otherwise frosty morning.
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The Valentine's Day performance was inspired in part by the "Pentatonix" a cappella group's "Evolution of Music." In conclusion, a small ensemble of Chamber Choir singers, led by Harry and including his sister, Anson Jones '17, Cam Ayles '15, Lily Edwards '15, Phoebe Fry '17 and Trevor Fry '16, Matthew Higgins-Iati '17, and Angus Warren '16, sang a rendition of "Run to You" (by the Pentatonix), which warmed our spirits on an otherwise frosty morning.
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