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Show W Children dominate j 2 local musical I i I . ... - . - i . - v'-- ' - 'J . ' . t . t it f -L ' ' ; i : ' i ; 7 : . - i 1 i . : I je ' " ' '' iiinniniirriimiiTwir-iwr-i,i i n "r n -1 A--r i . rs SffiaS limn ni 1 By DEB STRONG Itig obvious when you attend one the rehearsals for the ofj Prions of "The Sound of P?S it is not an adults only N for everywhere around the A Snter are children. tK approximately forty-ildren forty-ildren involved in the 5lc? the Von Trapp fSS of which there are 14, i the children in the "Tgtra and the stage crew. n,,rine one of these rehearsals, JTof those portraying the Von j Top children characters, were Iked about the play. Here are Jme of their responses: fhristie Parker, who plays Leisl, the oldest of the children, says ithat 9ha8 been great working with the Lt, and the best part of being in Z Jay is being with everyone and I Lie the scene with her Ecter's boyfriend, Rolf. However the hardest part is the Ling scene with him, because it is her first experience with kissing. Friederich, played by Brandon Ashton, is the oldest boy in the family, and Brandon thinks that the best part about the play is the people that are in it, but says that hT misses being in Scouts and doing things with his friends. Twelve-year-old Julie McCand-ijgg McCand-ijgg gayg it's really been fun being in the play because of the neat people like Traci and Marvin who are involved and she hates to see it end, but she also has been missing out on a lot of activities. One young man, Gary Webb, who plays Kurt, thinks that being in "The Sound of Music is giving him a chance to learn to sing better, and even though he thinks Joan Lindsay is hard, he knows she just wants him to to his best, and he thinks he is. Gary also can't wait for the performances to start. Lisa McGhie wants to do things like this in the future. She likes the performing part of the play and thinks she is a ham, but she doesn't want to see it end. Nine-year-old Cercee Kaelin, who plays Marta in the play, enjoys the whole thing, and her favorite part is when Maria gets married to the Baron. : Singing the part of "jam and bread" in the song "Do-Re-Mi" and going into the bedroom acting scared is the hardest part for Cercee, though. Little Emily Edens, Gretl, is only five years old, but she likes being in the play even with all the hard work. Her most favorite scene is where the family is hiding from Von Zeller at the Abbey, but she confesses that she has a hard time with the songs. All of the children think the play is the greatest, and they think that everyone who comes' to the performances will too. Tickets can be purchased at Kaye's Hair Care, 20 South Center in American Fork for those outside the Alpine City area for General Admission, Gwen Smith at 756-5622 756-5622 for the for the Alpine General Admission, or Joanne Tolman, 756-4954 756-4954 for preferred seating. Captain von Trapp (Marvin Payne) calls his children front and center with military whistle. Members of the von Trapp family give Maria a once-over in rehearsal for Alpine Stake's production of "The Sound of Music." |