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Show B J! J ; f,..r.. .. ii !- i , iLganng gc3:st" Hill j MARCELLUS SMITH, MUSICAL DIRECTOR, 0. H. S. H l 1 Last night was Ogden High- school M f junior night at the Orpheum theatre. H f the occasion beng the presentation of 1 ( the comic operetta "Bulbul." by the H ' Ogden High school opera company, M ' l the organization of which v.-as fos- 1 torcd by the class fcf 191S. The upper H j t boxes were decorated with Orange and 1 ', Black pennants and the lower boxes H Jl I1 with United States flags, loaned by M 'I J The Standard to the High school stu- H l dents for the occasion. Members of H ,' I. the board of education and the High H I school faculty occupied the boxes and H ' the main floor and balcony were well H !i filled. The first evidence that the H crowd was to thoroughly enjoy the en- H ! lertainment, was seen in the com- H i bined Orpheum theatre and Ogden H i j High school orchestras and the play- H I i ing of the overture, under the direc- M tion of Marcellus Smith, head of the H I ?s music department of the High school. H ' il The overture demonstrated that the H U Ii score of "Bulbul" was a collection of H ' charming melodies and orchestra and M director were heartily applauded when H its rendition was concluded. H , ! This demonstration was repeated H f wlien the curtain was raised for the H I first act, revealing more than three H I score youthful students in handsome H ' costume and in an excellently ar- H ? ranged stage setting. It was a charm- H 1 mg picture and a proud momenf for H the juniors. The first flurry of excite- H , ment passed safely by before the or- H j ," chestra glided into the accompani- H i ment to the first chorus and when this H I point was reached, the big chorus fol- H j lowed the baton of Director Smith l X ' -with admirable precision. Thereafter, Hl J, ,i the operetta moved smoothly on to its Hl L In the first act, sixteen numbers B Ii were sung and the intermediate dia- H I I logue was efficiently read by the prin- H cipals. H K Jack Holtber, the King, was ushered. , H , in with regal pomp while the chorus M I L sang, "Behold Our Sovereign Lord the H ' I; King," and handled himself as a "regu- H r lar" musical comedy monarch, getting H ' j a "big hand" on his rendition of "A H i Mild Mannered Monarch Am I," with H i ' the chorus. The diminutive actor also H displayed a surprisingly competent H speaking voice for the part. m ' "Good Afternoon 1 How Do You H I : Do?" was the musical greeting of the H i maids of honor, an octette of pretty 1 !i l girls, to the Princess Bulbul (Venus H 1 1 j Williams) when she came upon the H scene in pensive mood and this was m u I followed with "She Speaks No Word H i To Anyone," by Lilla (Ruth Scho- 1 I' I field) and. the maids with a delightful H bit of action. Then followed a charm- H i1 ' ing scene between Miss Williams and H j'i Elwood Pearson (Prince Caspian) in H ui which the voices of both were heard H A to good advantage, the young lady dls- H i i playing a sweet-toned soprano and Mr. H tj ! Pearson a tenor well suited to his role. H I ' They were later heard in two inelo- H ' ' dlous duets, "Love Is Such a Funny M I Thing" and "Land of Delight," the fea- H ) I I, turo numbers, with the probable cx- ception of the lullaby, "Croon, Silver Moon." and "Love Is a Flower," which were beautifully sung by Miss Williams, Wil-liams, the lullaby being with the chorus. chor-us. Miss Williams was a charming princess and every song number in which she had part was enthusiastically enthusiasti-cally applauded. This evidence of appreciation ap-preciation was shared in several instances in-stances by Mr. Pearson, who also scored an individual success, as soloist solo-ist in several ensembles. Maurice Conroy sang fearlessly the role of Alain, a friend to Caspian, and made one of the- big hits of the evening eve-ning in the "Flattery Song" with Ida (Leona Johnson) and the maids of honor and courtiers Mfss Johnson did excellent work in a role, a character char-acter comedy part. Chester Hess as Dosav, keeper of the royal spectacles, and Kenneth Riddiough as Justso, keeper of the royal cashbox, cut up all manner of didoes which caused much merriment, but it lemained for Fred Zimmerman to "stop the show " This lengthy and good humored thes-piaxi thes-piaxi came in on the second installment install-ment of "A Soldier's Song" in a makeup make-up suited to his mood and caused hilarious hi-larious laughter and applause that was not stilled until he sang an encore verse. Though her singing voice was not quite adequate for her song numbers, Miss Schofield read her lines well and enacted her role in a charming manner. man-ner. The special choruses and ensembles ensem-bles were all sung with lively spirit or a pleasing swing as their mood demand, de-mand, and the action in general was good. Among the special dance numbers num-bers was an unusually pretty minuet, danced in excellent time and with pleasing grace by eight couples of dancers, trained by Miss Merle Anderson. Stage Director Dan Sullivan gave valuable assistance off stage to Marcellus Mar-cellus Smith, who directed the entire musical performance from the front. These two instructors received the congratulations of numerous local people peo-ple last night for the courage they displayed dis-played in attempting to tram such a large number of students for the stage and lor the success they achieved Next to these, the artistic success of the operetta was duo to the faithful and efficient service performed by Vera Delamater, throughout the long period of rehearsals and last night, as piano accompanist. Miss Delamater, in this work, proved herself the equal of any student accompanist in the state. Though not yet 16 years of age she has been a big factor In the success suc-cess of things musical at the High school for nearly three years. Her service was acknowledged by Director Smith last night as having been invaluable in-valuable to him in the teaching of the songs to the opera company. A feature of the entertainment, not a part of the opera, was the presentation presen-tation by Mr. Smith of the High school ladies' orchestra in a short program, pro-gram, between the first and second acts. A special stage setting was arranged ar-ranged for this event and the student musicians played two well chosen selections, se-lections, "Spring Song" and "Veil Dance," with a beautifully modulated harmony of tone Each number was received with prolonged applause The principal soloist of the organization, Miss Mary Fischer, contributed one number to the program, "Legende" (Wieniawski), with accompaniment by Miss Lillian Wright. The youthful violiniste played the exquisite compo-'sitlon compo-'sitlon without score and the rich tones she drew from her instrument held the big audience silent until the number num-ber was concluded. Then followed a big outburst of applause. The personnel of the opera company, compa-ny, orchestra and ladies' orchestra, all of whom are worthy of much praise for their work in giving the local public pub-lic a fine entertainment, is as follows: Dan Sullivan Stage Director Marcellus Smith . . . .Musical Director Vera Delamater Accompanist Charles Balch Business Manager Stanley Tracy Stage Manager Marjory Thomas. ..President oFClass Principals Jack Holther, Venus Williams, Elwood Pearson, Leona Johnson, Ruth Schofield, Maurice Conroy, Con-roy, Chester Hess, Kenneth Riddiough. Maids of Honor Jessie Moyes, Kathlin Naylio, Marion Carter, Lavern Monroe, Margaret-Monroe, June Campbell, Camp-bell, Annis Blair, Helen Rich. House Maids Marjory Thomas, Elizabeth Seppich, Hazel Jones, Esther Es-ther Doty, Tacy Parry, Ruth Junk, Marvel Cave, Cecil Bramwell, Fay King, Marion RooL Friends of the Prince Caspian Charles Balch, Byron Halverson, Conrad Con-rad Bolstad, Alan Stevens, Louis Boyle, Spencer Tribe, Dick Graves, Sfnnlnv Tmrw. Gentlemen of the Court Lowell Boyle, Ed Randall, George Bond, Irving Ir-ving Brian, Hilker Williams, George Bowman, Paul Thomas, Clark L. Rich, Roscoe Reeder, Fred Zimmerman, Enoch Craig, Harold Paterson, Douglas Doug-las GlbSon, Norman Brown, Percy Bal-linger, Bal-linger, Harvey Lashus, Harold Pin-gree, Pin-gree, Willard Huff, Roland Mallwitz, Dewey Harbertson, Harry Bagley, Le-roy Le-roy Haines, Frank Pingree. Ladies of the Court Alice Beck, Maud Healey, Lelly Doxoy, Dorothy Holther, Aetna Faulkner, Mabel Cline, , Helen Cole, Edith Bartlett, Florence Hall, Thelma Woodmansee, Vera Peterson, Pe-terson, Ruth Shields, Bertha Wolf, Ir-ma Ir-ma O'Neill, Rhea Murphy, Edna Burke, Lucille Stark, Ruth Boyd, Thude Turner, Tur-ner, Marguerite Marshall, Ethel Callahan, Calla-han, Etta Parry, Georgia Tate, Nellie Nolson, Irene Capess, Ruth Quatsoe. , Members of the High School Orchestra- Mary Fisher, concert mistress; mis-tress; Vera Delamater, accompanist. Violins Gladys Richardson, Ada Chllds, Jeannette Leek, Harry Malone, Wendell Ogden, Grace Burton, Bee Foley, Fo-ley, Kenneth Monson, Miss Fan. Viola Winnie Hutchison. Cellos Avon Rich, Bernard Autchl-son, Autchl-son, Burford Johnson, i Members of Ladles' Orchestra: Violins Mary Fischer, Grace Burton, Bur-ton, Gladys Richardson, Beo Foley, Jeannette Leek, Miss Fan. Cellos Avon Rich, Bernard Hutchison; Hutchi-son; Vera Delamater, accompanist. Viola Winnie Hutchison. |