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Salient. Newspaper of the Victoria University Students' Association. Vol 42 No. 4. March 19 1979

Capping Festivities

Capping Festivities

Revue was associated with Capping Festivities such as Proseseh, which offered students the opportunity to do down-trou's in public with limited impunity.

Of recent years Victoria has developed small cast revues, reflecting the greater flexibility offered, and a move away from male ballets, mass choirs and traditional routines. Otago, for its part, has retained the big show extravaganza type format, reliant on its traditional sextet and male ballet. Perhaps the shock of the introduction of women into the cast in the late forties has yet to be overcome.

Last year the Victoria Revue used a cast of nine, and a band of three, but as many people again were behind the scenes organising and running the show. It is necessary to have a constant stream of personnel to retain the expertise on campus and to secure its position in the future. It is pleasing that even in these times when students are fighting against low bursaries, part time jobs, and the pressure of internal assesment that new blood is being infused into revue along with the haggard remnants of the past.