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Show Opera "Debutante" Enjoyed I By Large Audience ! i The opera "Debutante" by Victor . Herbert presented by the Musical Department of the Pleasant Grove high school, with Trof. E. A. Beck as director, Wednesday and Thursday evenings in the High School Auditorium, Auditor-ium, was well rendered and thoroughly thorough-ly enjoyed by the large audiences in attendance. Each part was splendidly splendid-ly interpreted, and the students in their respective roles staged a truly wonderful performance. o as well as Susan Armitstead as Mildred, Mil-dred, and Orpha Adams as Annabel. Roy Barlow as Wiggins helped in the character roles, his costume being especially picturesque. Ruth Smith as Peggy, gave a very pretty song hit. Her costume was typical of her Irish part. Each song had a special group of dancers with some of the newest and cleverest dances ever seen in this community. Twenty "Hello Girls of Paris," with beautiful costumes of real dancing girls, were picturesque and very much enjoyed by the audience. aud-ience. The sailor boys on vacation, were typical of their type and added ' color and tone to the special dancing numbers. The costumes throughout the play were charming. The entire production speaks well for the talent in a town as small as Pleasant Grove. The untiring work of Prof. Beck and his assistants is to be commended commend-ed for this splendid production. Miss Genevieve Fugal's special dancing numbers and her ability as an accompanist ac-companist aided director Beck in the , presentation of the operai. A very splendid orchestra consisting consist-ing of high school students and community com-munity talent, most of whom were former graduates trained for this production, were very much appreciated. appre-ciated. The absence of Imported musical help was noted. The house should have been packed pack-ed to capacity both evenings. The opera should have been seen by every person in this community. Appreciation Apprecia-tion for untiring labors is due any public official who give their efforts to the training of our talented young people. Miss Gertrude Gourley's beautiful and well trained voice charmed the audience and gave the proper tone to her leading role. John Halliday as the handsome lover, could have won other hearts besides Elaine's. His voice, manner and costume would be hard to excell. Elroy R. West as Ezra Bunker was easily portrayed by him. Mr. West's interpretation of this part seemed so true to life that one did not realize he was "just acting." Miss Edna Stewart lived the part of Mrs. Bunker and any woman wanting want-ing advice as to managing her husband hus-band would do well to study Miss Stewart's very entertaining role. Roland Jacobs as Godfrey Fraizer, was an eye opener to all widowers. He iportrayed well, just how a man with a grown son would not act (in real life). Dean Bullock as Lieutenant Larry was a character role much appreciated appreciat-ed by the audience. Beth Blackwell as Irma, an opera Singer suited Beth as no other part could have done. Her flawless voice in her charming songs, bespeaks her ability as a singer and her close application ap-plication to the practice as a Binger. Raymond Peterson as Armand was perhaps the best comic part of the opera, and Raymond's reputation as a singer was greatly enhanced. Roy Fage, as Bosun, surprised everyone. His role was splendidly portrayed. Seldon Harris as an old sailor, was much appreciated. His bit of wit and intrigue gave pep to the entire en-tire cast. Wilfred Johnston as cook was a rightly cast character role for him. Ruby Harper as Nina was enjoyed, |