Orchesis is a national organization of modern dance companies. Belonging to the WSC chapter offers experiences which will be remembered for a life-time. . . . I remember the surprise of discovering the body's love of movement and the whole world of things it could express through movement. I recall the work . . . the daily limbering, strengthening, teaching muscles and limbs to discipline themselves. I remember the fun and excitement of finally finding the exact movement, rhythm or pose to communicate my feelings. I remember companionship of other dancers (morning, afternoon, and night, nearing performance time) sharing ideas, criticism, laughter, anguish. I remember time suspended or creeping slowly, while a dance was being created. I remember listening to music with my whole body - finding music for a dance or a dance for music, whichever had first inspired an idea: fabrics, col-ors, props to be chosen and molded to the total effect. Then lights, curtains, staging, make-up, crowded dressing rooms, lightning changes between numbers, selling tickets, posing for newspaper photos, feeling excitement mount and exhaustion set in. I remember the arrival of performance night . . . total concentration, the thrill of feeling the audience feel with us. Finale was always the biggest worry and the best reward when it went well. Somehow, it seemed to culminate all our separate and combined energies to create, perform, and share our works of art. I remember curtain calls, roses for Sharon, elated embraces, sighs of relief, greetings from back-stage visitors. And finally, I remember parties . . . eating, talking, evaluating, rejoicing . . . and sprouting new ideas for next year's con-cert. I recall Orchesis, for even now it extends to me an invitation to come back, re-do an old idea, create a new one, dance again. Claudia T. Oyler Alumni 1969 Lawrence Burton announced his candidacy for U.S. Senate from WSC's campus By Arthur Adelmann