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Tuesday, January 29, 1985 4
Gaylord-Hughes shows begin Thursday
Benefit to celebrate 12th year with 'The Matchmaker'
By ROB LUNDE
Staff Writer
They sit in their theater seats while
the scenes on stage continue without them.
This particular theater has become their
second home for a period each year.
Students look up to them as if they
are Hollywood stars who have come to
teach them all they need to know about
show business. The guests consider them-
selves just plain folks.
He is Tom Hughes, manager of the
Majestic Theater and Dallas Summer
Musicals. She is Martha Gaylord, called
by some the "First Lady of Dallas The-
ater." Together they are Gaylord-Hughes.
the sponsors and founders of the drama
scholarship benefit production that has
taken place in NT’s University Theater
for the past 12 years.
He sat with Gaylord and his wife Anne,
a guest star in this year's production of
"The Matchmaker." The productions will
be at 8 p.m. Thursday. Friday and Satur-
day.
Gaylord and Hughes' wife wore re-
hearsal skirts and were prepared for their
next bout on stage. They discussed the
beginnings of the benefit while remem-
bering the different events that led to the
original play and what has become of
the charity since.
Gaylord and Hughes talked together
about the benefit kith an intensity and a
definite appreciation for the hard work
and effort put in by the women of Den-
ton and Dallas, as well as the members
of the university community.
and 250 people showed up for the per-
formance.
“We found out our first year there were
no scholarship funds. There were ‘help’
funds, but there was a lack of structure.
The student interest was there, but not
the mechanics,” Hughes said.
THE TWO PUT the show together,
hoping to build a fund for the scholar-
ships. A Denton woman who frequently
visited the theater and enjoyed benefit
work decided to put together a post-recital
party. From that point, the benefit has
blossomed into an event with a consis-
tently high turnout.
“We really projected this as a one-
year project,” Hughes said. “We never
conceived the production to be a 12-
year endeavor. The way we are going,
it’ll soon be a 20-year endeavor!” They
laughed at the prospect.
“The enthusiasm we have seen docs
not diminish. It continues to grow. At
the end of our 10th year, we asked each
other ’When is it going to fade?’
Gaylord nodded, saying that in the 10th
show. "Auntie Marne,” in which the two
performers were awarded honorary doc-
torates for their time and effort, the show
was sold out for the final performance.
Some guests had to sit in one of the
offices overlooking the stage. The other
Dr. Ralph Culp, chairman of the divi-
sion of dance and drama, said all the
participants have worked very hard to put
the whole event together.
“The community leaders have more
energy and creative talent than they know
what to do with (outside their businesses).
The expertise is that which NT is in need
of and they gladly give it to us—working
solely toward the idea of having this
event,” he said.
All the food, drink and materials need-
ed for the parties and the champagne gala
held after the last performance are con-
tributed by the women, Culp said.
THE BENEFIT itself has become one
of Denton’s top social events. The wom-
en generously give their time and money.
The three-night event, always on the first
weekend in February, brings NT publici-
ty and scholarship money, which totals
about $100,000.
Each ticket purchased (the final night,
known as the "Gala.” costs $30 per
person) helps bring the scholarship fund
closer to the benefit's goal, which is hav-
ing enough money in the account to award
scholarships funds front the interest canted
on the account.
Theater students win scholarships after
auditioning for the drama faculty. More
than 150 students have benefited front
the productions by winning scholarship
funds.
The gala began when Gaylord was
asked to give a speech to an acting class
in 1974, but refused. “I wouldn't know
what to say,” she said to Carl Mardcr.
then chairman of the division. She sug-
gested that instead, she and friend Hughes
give a recital of "A Marriage-Go-
Round. ” Gaylord’s daughter joined them
We really projected this
as a one-year project.
We never conceived
the production to be a
12-year endeavor.’
—Tom Hughes
two nights of the performance were also
crowded, she said.
Many people involved in the benefit
agreed that the dedication of Gaylord and
Hughes and the volunteer women is why
the benefit has lasted for so long.
ONE OF THE women who works
with the committee is Martha Len Nelson.
A Denton resident, she and her husband,
L.A., spend many days, from the day
after the production until the next year’s
show, planning the event.
“The actual planning starts in the
summer. The women get together for par-
ties and luncheons several times through
the year and especially during the gala
week,” said Nelson, a member of the
original committee.
The original closing night party was
not a champagne gala. It was simple and
very few people were involved. As the
event grew, she said, it has became more
detailed and had to be moved to larger
quarters.
Why does she think the event has con-
tinued so long? "Basically, we have wom-
en interested in the arts and scholarship.
Over the years, very little has changed.
Most of the nucleus of the (Denton) com-
mittee is still on the committee. We pay
$20 a year to be on the committee to
help pay for everything and know what
to expect. But, as Dr. (Al) Hurley said
when he gave Martha and Tom their
degrees, the work gives us an inside to
the theater—and we really enjoy that.”
DeLatte, Culp. Hughes and Gaylord
praised the women for all they did. Nel-
son, a vice chairwoman, hand addressed
all the invitations to the gala, they said.
one who works on it gives it all their
attention."
She said their goal of acquiring enough
funds so that money for scholarships could
come from interest earned has given them
reason to keep pushing.
The two performers said they have
every intention of continuing that push.
Hughes said it would go on until they
did their finale in wheelchairs.
He said an abundance of material exists
that they have yet to touch. Having done
plays like “Plaza Suite,” “Deathtrap”
(which they introduced to the Southwest)
and “The Man Who Came to Dinner,”
they want to do plays of the same nature.
PONDERING THE future, Gaylord
said, “There are so many very serious
things we would like to do—‘Virginia
Woolf,’ ‘A Lion in Winter.’ But this is
such a festive evening, we think it ought
to be something lighthearted."
Although they would like to do more
shows, they said the time element keeps
them from doing too much. For the one
show they do each year, their time sched-
ules are extremely tight. Both perform-
ers said they have to start learning their
scripts early because they are slow
learners.
"During the second act of the State
Fair show, I go into my office and learn
lines. Then during our opera at the
Majestic, I take an hour during rehears-
als and look over them,” Hughes said
with a smile.
ED DELATTE, director of the shows
for the past several years and a perform-
er in some of the shows, said. "The
amount of energy expended to raise the
money is immense. For the women’s
committees to get together and support
this, and Tom and Martha. . .” His voice
trailed off.
"They do not attempt to be stars. They
give so much dedication to fulfill their
assignments. They do not expect special
treatment of any kind. It is just unbeliev-
able the response they generate.”
HUGHES SAID the women’s efforts
have helped make the benefit a regional
spectacle.
"We have people from Weatherford,
Vernon and Fort Worth coming to these
each year, as well as the folks from Dal-
las and Denton. We are hoping by our
15th year to have a Fort Worth Ladies’
Committee.”
Dr. Intogene Dickey Mohat, another
original committee member, said she fore-
sees a very good future for the event.
"The production has just gained momen-
tum every year,” she said. “The audi-
ence seems to increase with more and
more people coming to the gala. Every-
Folk duo to perform at RBL
By STEVE HADELER
Daily Reporter
Folk-singing duo Aileen and Elkin
Thomas will perform at 8 p.m. tonight
in the University Union Lyceum. The con-
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NT.
The Thomases, who have made two
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Elkin Thomas composes the duo's
music and plays six- and 12-string gui-
tar and banjo, while she plays bass, she
said.
The concert will have general admis-
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ulty and students with NT IDs and $4
for the public. Tickets are on sale in the
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AFTER CHRISTMAS, they begin a
daily ritual that demands discipline. At
5 p.m,. they break off whatever they are
doing, drive home and at 5:I5, change
clothes. From 5:40 to 6:10 p.m., they
eat. At 6:30 p.m., one picks up the oth-
er and from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., they drive
to Denton. They rehearse until 10:45
p.m., when they turn return to Dallas.
“Once I get home,” Gaylord said, “I
walk through the script several times. I
spend time winding down and trying to
remember what we did that night.”
During the final week, "gala week,”
the performers move to Denton, where
the ladies on the committee open their
homes to them. While Gaylord and
Hughes arc in town, they must run their
regular lives as well.
"I have to move my dictaphone up
here!” Hughes exclaimed. He runs his
office from Denton while his wife Anne
takes care of her real estate business.
Explaining that they need a different
change of clothes for each of the lun-
cheons and dinners they attend, Hughes
said, "We take more clothes and things
for that one week than we do for a regu-
lar vacation!"
Photo by BILL DOUTHART
TAKING A BREATHER—Amy McBeth, Denton graduate student, and
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after performing "Concerto for Four Horns in F." The pair performed as
part of an ensemble in a recital Saturday in the Music Building Recital Hall.
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