Show o 0 M Ml H S Announces Operetta For December 17 18 The Mocking Bird well-known well and belover operetta has been chosen by the Manti ManU high school music department for its annual presentation It is being prepared under the general direction of Ellis E. E 2 Johnson with other faculty members assisting The operetta will be presented in hi ina hia a matinee performance December 17 7 and in evening performances Dc December ember 17 and 18 in the high school auditorium In competitive try-outs try the following following fol- fol lowing owing students won principal ll parts Karl Keller Bob Hill Bert Anderson Ander Ander- son Colleen Jeffries Shirley Anderson Anderson Anderson An An- derson Marilyn Keller Lucille Rowe towe Kenneth Chapman McLloyd Tuttle Kendall Keller Max Bahr Jerry Buchanan Joe Ann Tatton Jane Stott and Delbert Boyington The setting for the operetta is in old New Orleans in 1768 when the French king ceded the city and surrounding territory to Spain The French people objected to the change and determined to defend themselves against the Spanish The Mocking Bird is described as a good plenty of ac action action ac- ac tion lion spicy dialogue brilliant music beautiful dancing and attractive costumes LaVell Johnson is in charge o othe atthe of at the orchestra Betty Jean Hurst the dancing and Vivi Vivian ln Berrey the costuming p o |