Dr. Clifford Multigrade

Clifford Multigrade , president of the Language Society of North AmericaJosh , a hotel employeeThomas , a hotel employee
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CLIFFORD MULTIGRADE ( through loudspeaker ) : May I have your attention.I , your servant and guide , Clifford Multigrade , PhD. , S.J. , have been re-elected to my post as president of the Language Association.I congratulate you on such a wise choice. ( Laughs. ) In fifteen minutes , in ballroom A , I will address you all.Following that , invited guests may join me in the All Seasons cafe for drinks and maybe dinner.We'll see.That is all. ( Laughs imperiously. ).

( The FOUR PEOPLE exit. )
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BASS PLAYER : Oh , well , for Dr. Multigrade , sure

DRUMMER ( hitting sticks together ) : One-two-three.

( The band plays. )

LEAD GUITAR PLAYER ( as others start to play ) : You mean one-three-four , right.

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CLIFFORD MULTIGRADE shouts random noises , like hey , whoa , and shoo at appropriate beats. ).

( MILLER-SMITH and DOBSON sit on the side of the floor , watching the crowd dancing. ).

DOBSON : I wish we had Strauss or a good waltz.

MILLER-SMITH : Or at least Gershwin

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( The loudspeaker cuts in , carrying the voice of CLIFFORD MULTIGRADE.All stand and face the loudspeaker , except CLARK. ).

MULTIGRADE : Hi-yah , folks , it's Cliff Multigrade here to welcome you to another great day of our convention.This morning , here are just a few of the great panels to come visit : Richard Scarry and the Dilution of Modernism , Ayn Rand , J.D. Salinger , and Joyce Carol Oates : A Common Thread , Joseph Conrad as Ecofeminist , and , my favorite and everyone else's , Bonfire of the Dalloways : Two Wolves in the Twentieth Century..