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Show ? ' w wmwmi J i 0"' A ) ' H) i x -i ii v . r - 5 I J f I ' j v - , K J ; Curt Schaefermeyer, Tim Pickett, Amy Walker, Sara Benson and Carrie Youngberg wow their audiences with a song-and-dance number entitled, "Blues in the Night," during the recent Founder s Day program at Adelaide Elementary School. Founder's Day program wows crowd stopping solo by Tim Pickett, who sang "Old Man River." The success of the show was enhanced by the monumental efforts of parent volunteers who worked behind the scenes. Sundy Watanabe was responsible for the music and costuming. The accompanist was Louise Kofford. Choreography for the dances was done by Fiona Cavalier and Mary Fox. ; After the final performance Mrs. Vickrey indicated that the two-fold goal of the sixth-grade teachers had been met. "Of course, the kids grow by getting up in front of an audience, but we also like them to i learn something, too. I really think they learned a great deal about American inventors, ' ' said Mrs. Vickrey. The sixth graders at Adelaide Elementary sang and danced their way into the hearts of capacity crowds at the school 's annual Founder's Day Program on the evenings of March 14 and 15. This year's program, titled "Pride in America: Great American Inventors," Inven-tors," was written by Susan Vickrey, who teaches one of the sixth grade classes. The main characters were played by Pat Sellers, Kara Kirkham and B.J. Brewer, who portrayed students who were taken through an historical wax museum by two robots, played by Jered Larsen and Sarah Kotter. The opening number, " Dearie, " performed by Mrs. Watanabe, a parent; Mrs. Wilson, Mr. Murphy, both sixth grade teachers and Mr. Terry, the school principal, drew an enthusiastic response from the audience. The famous inventors highlighted during the presentation included Robert Fulton, Henry Ford and Thomas Edison, played by Peter Fairhurst, Billy Burns and James Watanabe, respectively. Brock Blackner portrayed Philo T. Fams worth, who made the first television. Shalena Love was Van-nevar Van-nevar Bush, inventor of the first computer, which was called a differential analyzer. The production featured 14 musical numbers, including a show- I i 3 fc i I j I rfr-r" - r s- K ft r VALERIE WISE KEVIN GILLESPIE |