Sweet, sweet love was in the air last week as many a Carl honored Saint Valentine by juggling daggers, throwing flaming torches, and chucking beer at the meek souls who slipped on the February ice.
True, the more dutiful holiday observers doled out cash for hundreds of overpriced and mailbox-bound red roses. The holiday was almost too much for some, as random Carls burst out in song alongside the crimson-clad choir’s Great Hall performance. Others took a smooth route and took their valentines to see “Love Scenes” at the Cave. The student-produced theater show was a series of love scenes, complete with weepy acoustics from famed guitarist Aaron Kauffman ’09.
Even the institution was in on the sappy festivities as they decked out the dining halls with chocolate fountains and fondue fixings.
The Harriers improv-comedy group however, took a slightly less romantic approach to the candy and hearts-filled day. Instead of lusty serenades or singing telegrams, the troupe debuted their “Harriers on Ice” performance on the Bald Spot.
The rules? To be funny as hell without falling. Should a member of the troupe find him/herself bottom-to-ice, the audience would get pelted with beer (And watching the show from the warming house was forbidden!).
“If you’re not cold, you’re cheating,” said Harrier Tom Weishan ’09.
But the improvised scene at a potato warehouse (complete with Idaho earthquakes) was nowhere near complete without the Carleton juggling FISH. During the entire show, the fantastic jugglers tossed daggers and flaming torches without a single slip-up.
Indeed, nothing says “I heart you, dearest” quite like offensive comedy skits, fiery flying things, and cheap, airborne beer.
