At every event, students could rub shoulderswith administrators or with alums such as Lithgow.

When Noam I. Weinstein '99 performed in theLoker coffeehouse, Dean of the College Harry R.Lewis '68 sat on the side of the room with his hatin his lap.

"He's a computer science student of mine, but Ihad no idea he sang," Lewis said of Weinstein.

Arts First Project Manager Teil Silversteinsaid the performance fair was a great success.

"It's going great guns," she said. "Some of thesites today, you couldn't even get into."

There's More?

Although a great deal of attention went to theperformance fair, Arts First included a host ofother happenings.

As the performance fair was going on, Alisha M.Quintana '99 helped demonstrate wheel-throwing forthe Radcliffe College Ceramics Studio.

"We're doing ceramics demonstrations andletting people do it for themselves," Quintanasaid.

After four hours of working on the two potterywheels, the group had amassed a full table of claycreations.

"We've made more but the little kids got tothem," she said. "They're in the recycling pilenow."

One of the most popular events of the weekendwas the musical King Kong, held in the LoebExperimental Theatre. After the final show onSaturday night, audience members refused to leaveand danced on the stage for nearly an hour.

Another notable event was the annual LowellHouse kazoo performance of Tchaikovsky's 1812Overture. At the climax of the piece,organizers popped balloons to simulate canonswhile the House bell rang in the background.

Arts First also included a mind reader inMather House, an exhibition of candid Polaroidphotos taken Friday in the Yard and a performancetitled West Puppet Side Story.

President's Reception

Saturday night, as rain poured down on theScience Center tent, volunteers, alums and othersgathered for the President's Reception where Hayswas awarded his medal.