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Show ISgVILLE HIGH SCORES TRIUIPH MEAT THRONG ENJOY HIGH I SCH00L0PERA H U-Student Cast Does "Once J In a Blue Moon" Very I Creditably With every available sent In the I house' occupied and standing Tl oni at n premium, the students of j) e Springville High School music U .rairtincnt did the.nsclver proud st Friday and Saturday evenings their presentation of "Once in a k e Mono," a delightful musical s) medy in three acts. A The east, comprised of more than fly students, did very eerdltnble s or'k under the able direction of J. Booth of the high school faculty. j,e vehicle upon which they rode , success was admirably chosen ,r the all-student cast. It was afficiently spectacular to please ,e eye devoid of intricacies that H often are confusing to mnteur layers, but withal contained an in- .resting plot, wholesome comedy Dd delightful music. I Tlie curtain rose on a prologue -eue, "The Palace of the Moon ady," with Blun('h Hllles as the jlois't und central figure. Mrs. Inles has a swett voice and did her art well. N The first act opens in the drawing X win of Mrs: Montgomery's home, V 'itta' Mary Waiuwright in the role ? t the hostess, a part into which she yiit with perfect, ease, f Sylvia Montgomery, lier daughter. 1 us charmingly enacted by Merit Vlclson. Miss Nelson has a sweet oicc, too, and a pleasing personnl-l personnl-l y Playing opposite her was Ho- ia'rd Thorn, as George Taylor, alias J lob Harrington. . Mr. Thorn has f a extraordinary voice for a young ,n of his age. In His song. In ly Garden," he displayed excep- lonal ability: ' Another hit of the J veiling was "Blue Moon," sung by toward and Miss Nelson. His ren- lition of "When. Love. Has Its W ay fr- ,lso received hearty applause. Other male voices that won favor b vith the large audience were Alden hikls, as Billy Maxwell, a victim ,f circumstance, who sang in splen-i splen-i lid voice "No ITse Proposing; Ho- ,v,ird Maycock, as Mr. Babbitt Mor-a Mor-a 011, a home town booster, who with 1 tilth Smith as Betty Morton, and i,e chorus, won the plaudits of the ,seiu the rendition of "My Home Tuva." and Myron Childs ns M. Itene LeMon, who sang "Pnree. We do not see how Howard 31c-3 31c-3 Kenzie in the ' Chinese ' character S role of Hop Sing Hi, the house man, i? -ould have been better. His activities activi-ties on the stage kept the house m od humor. Besides that his ren-Ij ren-Ij .lition of "Hop Sing Hi" was well received. S Josephine Sanford was the per-K per-K salification of gloom in the role mourning, and Vera Chader as Su-v Su-v ,f Mrs. Lila Lavender, still in i 1 janue, made an ideal French maid. f Supporting these in creditable A mutnier were Florence Frnndsen, as U-atrice Montgomery; Bill Wheeler, l is Sir Percival; David Friel as Sky-i- lark Roams, a detective; Harold Hollcy, as Mooney, a policeman, and u group of dancers comprised of C Alberta Meiideiihall, Maurine Olseu. A Mildred Young. Mildred Anderson, I Marie Allen and Beatrice Wheeler. Little Tess Childs, Springville's distinguished solo dancer, mantuin- cd her usual high standard and re-jS re-jS ceived hearty applause from her uiany admirers. l To Miss Melba Condie is due ! much credit for the fine acting and Vf the staging. The dancing was in charge of Mrs. Emma Russe'l A which also reflected careful traiu-f traiu-f lug, while Miss Josephine Woodside tl was responsible for the costuming I of the performance. ' Altogether the performance was , ery pleasing and those responsible for lis success are to be congrntu-k congrntu-k luted. |
