½ÄÏÌåÓý School of Theatre and Dance and Porthouse Theatre alumna -- the Tony Award-winning Broadway performer Alice Ripley -- performs songs from The Who's "Tommy" with senior musical theatre students at the 50th Anniversary Blossoming Gala on Saturday, Sept. 22, in the ½ÄÏÌåÓý Student Center Ballroom. The gala commemorated 50 years of the ½ÄÏÌåÓý Blossom programs, which include ½ÄÏÌåÓý Blossom Music Festival, ½ÄÏÌåÓý Blossom Art Intensives and Porthouse Theatre. The partnership has touched more than 100,000 students and audience members’ lives over the course of five decades.