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Show Duchesne Operetta To Be Shown It Roosevelt April 3 The second presentation , of "Up On -Old Smoky" is scheduled sched-uled to be given at the Roosevelt Roos-evelt LDS Stake House at 8 p. m., Thursday, April 3. by the Duchesne School Music Department. De-partment. The first performance perform-ance of this three- act musical was held at the Duchesne High School Thursday, March 27. Featured in the operetta are tunes ' taken from authentic mountain folk songs and arranged ar-ranged by Jane Lorenzo, states Lloyd N. Beckstead. Jr., music director. The Blue Ridge Mountains Moun-tains of Virginia is the setting for the operetta. Songs highlighted in the operetta op-eretta include, "Skip-to-My-Lou," "She'll Be Comin' 'Round the Mountain," "Sourwood Mountain," Moun-tain," "Cindy." and "Up On Old S m o k y." The 65-voice mixed chorus of the Duchesne Schools supports the " leading role singers who are: Ronald Robbins, Terry Halliday. Dian McDonald, NeDean Allred, Resa Simpson, Jimmy Cowan, Jessica White. Gerry Ivie . and Alice Jensen. Luane McDonald is accompanist accom-panist for the singers; Val Preece directs the dialogue; Car-ma Car-ma Morrison serves as prompter; prompt-er; and Leon Hall and DeWayne Garrett are in charge of stage craft. and scenery arrangement. Proceeds from the sale of admission ad-mission tickets to these performances per-formances will be used to help pay for the uniforms for the Duchesne School Band. |