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Show "Blow Me Down" Chosen as Hinckley Xm 1949 Opera "Blow Me Down" is an oft-heard phrase at the Hinckley High school sch-ool these days. Since "Blow Me Down" has been chosen by Direct or Ladd R. Cropper as this years' school opera, the students have begun to use the phrase as an ejaculation as well as to refer to it almost constantly in bits of conversation and interest in the opera is at a high pitch among the school members. "Blow Me Down" is a piratical absurdity in two acts, with the music being written by Allen Beni-dict, Beni-dict, and the lvric by Donn P. Crane who also call it "The Capain's Kid". The scene for this absurdity is on the deck of a pirate ship, Black Death. Included in the' script are ten solos, four duets, two trios and two quartets, as well as numerous choral numbers to be sung in sep-erate sep-erate choruses, consisting of pirates pirate apprentices, school girls, and dancing wil be included in the production. In order to give opportunity to more pupils. Mr. Cropner has double-cast the' four girls' - parts and four of the seven boys parts. He has chosen, after much deliberation deliberat-ion the following cast: Jake Smither, June Heyworth & LeMarr Terry; Ben Barnacle, Ronald Ron-ald Nielson and Melvin Memmott; Portugee Pete, Craig Tanner and Bruce Barnes; Slim Bailey, Duane Stewart and Richard Davis; Capt. Jeremiah Kidd, Jeff Carter; Robert Trent, and Duane Moody; Dutch Schneider, Willmer Woodbury; Patricia Pat-ricia Pettigrew, Mary Moody and Evelyn Bliss; Nancy Todd, Lola Wright and Mona Allred; Judy Jennings, Joyce Theobald and Pat Pratt, and Mehitable Tood, Elma 'Kave Workman and Carol Crafts. The date scheduled for the production pro-duction is March. |