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Show REVIEW. Family Singers In The Round Sound Of Music: Bubbly As On The Rocks A Warm p 7-U- Editors Note: Since Valley Music Hall put the Review back on the complimentary ticket list, and since Lowell Durham was out of the city for Sound Of Music opening, the editor cast about for a member of the staff to use the tickets, and was pleased to find latent talents in the newest addition to the Reviews editorial department, Gene Townsend. Follows the original uncut, unabriged, uncensored version by Gene Townsend After the high soprano notes of the Valley Music Hall's newest thing in the round, Sound of Music finally cleared wife the air Monday night, I turned to my 56, sparkle-eye- d and said: "Honey, being objective as possible, what did you think at it? Her brain, which cranked out a 3.8 cumulative grade-poi- nt at BYU last year, started turning over. Well, she said, "In my opinion, Keith Andes looked, sang, and convincely acted the part of a stern Hungarian officer who stood alone in his town against rising Nazi sympathy. But, I Just could not accept Dorothy Collins portraying Marla, supposedly a young, naive woman wondering whether or not to take her vows as a Catholic nun. She looked much too mature for the part, my wife said. And, to her opinion, I agreed. With graceful dexterity, they transcended me different musical moods of Sound of Music, always maintaining their principal role, that of support, and helping to keep me audience at musical directors Irwin Webbs desired emotional level. One disturbing thing about me mechanics of musical was the method of placing scenery on me stage between numbers. ran down an asile carrying a bench with its One stage-han- d legs sticking straight out. One of me little Von Trapp girls was running the opposite way trying to get back stage in time missed colliding only by inches. to make a change-the- y Since Salt Lake residents now can choose between seeing mere Sound'of Music on me screen or in me round, me question arises, which are many who have seen neither to see? Waterfowl Hunting Rules Announced Shooting hours each day, A10 September 2. 1965 PUMPKIN PIE in- cluding me opening day, will hour before sunbe one-ha- lf rise to sunset. Bag limit on geese will again be six, but only two of these may be of me dark species or me Canada goose. The seasonal bag limit of eight Canada geese is in effect for the 1965 hunt and all waterfowl huntere should obtain one set of eight goose tags issued free from Fish and Game offices. These tags will be available about September GOING AWAY? to college, on a mission, in the service, French Foreign Legion? 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The Best Way to This is not to say that Miss Collins, the former Lucky Strike lacked the vitality, or enthusiasm necessary TV jingle-sing- er to pull the part off. Miss Collins was bubbly as a warm on the rocks. 7-- HOME OWNERSHIP She bravely strolled through the abbey singing MyFavorite confusion mat the Mother Things, causing so much over-a- ll Superior had to ask Maria to leave the abbey and accept governess position with Capt. Von Trapp. But, throughout Act One, I felt that her dynamic singing couldnt o rcome a communications gap caused by her stage appearence and acting. I beLeve that Miss Collins was too mature to play Marla. Select your home, financing plan vrith the aam care you exercise In aelecting your home. 8e However, Capt. Von Trapp sprang to life the moment Mr. Andes walked on stage, pulled out nis long silver whistle and signaled for his crew of seven children to fall out and report to the new governess. Six of the acting ''Von Trapp children sparkled in numbers Sound of Music and So Long, including Do Re ML but the eldest Liesl Von Trapp, played by Joan Farewell, Conrath, 18, lacked me dynamic singing voice indicative of the rest of her younger counterparts. "Wheeler-Deal- er Max DetWeiler. played by A1 Checco, captured me capacity Valley Music Hall audience with his natural talents tor handling comical situations. But he pulled off a few serious routines too, such as when he covered for me Von Trapp family when they headed for me abbey, trying to make their escape into Switzerland. Some theater experts say that a good theater orchestra is ooe that is rarely noticed. 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