Governors State University OPUS Open Portal to University Scholarship Center for Performing Arts Memorabilia Center for Performing Arts 5-8-2004 Forever Plaid Center for Performing Arts Follow this and additional works at: http://opus.govst.edu/cpa_memorabilia Recommended Citation Center for Performing Arts, "Forever Plaid" (2004). Center for Performing Arts Memorabilia. Book 209. http://opus.govst.edu/cpa_memorabilia/209 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Center for Performing Arts at OPUS Open Portal to University Scholarship. It has been accepted for inclusion in Center for Performing Arts Memorabilia by an authorized administrator of OPUS Open Portal to University Scholarship. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. fOR PEftfORMIHO flftTS Governors State University Presents Soap Box Productions' Forever Plaid May 8 & 9, 2004 2003/2004 Season sponsored in part by a generous grant from: :" When most of us think of the 1950's, we think of rock 'n' roll, greasers, hot rods, Elvis, Annette, Fabian, D.A. haircuts and teen-age rebellion. But there was a flip side to this era - the side of harmony, innocence and the sincerity of dreams. fOR PfftfORMinO flRTS It is the side that's been lost in the shuffle of progress. It was a time when most Governors State University parents and kids listened and danced to the same music; when families partook of the ritual of gathering in front of the TV to watch their favorite variety shows, like in association with Soap Box Productions the Ed Sullivan Show or the Perry Como Show. It was a time when every family worked hard to fulfill the American Dream.