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Show Wasatch Music Department Presents Evening of Music Last Monday evening the Music Department of Wasatch Academy presented an evening of entertainment entertain-ment before an audience that packed the Academy assembly hall. The program 'was under direction of Harold W. Fildey of the Academy faculty. The program was divideed into two parts. In the first group were included selections by the Academy orchestra, vocal solos by Miss Christie Chris-tie Jacobson, and a tap dance and an interpretation of the Breakaway by Miss Beulah Smertz. Following these numbers the main feature of the program was presented in the form of a one-act operetta "Maid of the Mill." In this musical comedy Goldie Cohen and Glen Phillipps made a decided hit in the leading roles of Sybil Forrester For-rester and Robert Reed. Daryl Smith and Christie Jacobson, as the comedy leads, furnished the audience with considerable amusement, amuse-ment, portraying the roles of a bashful country boy and his sweetheart. sweet-heart. The other members, of the cast were Kenneth Dauwalder, who acted as Meredith, the real estate agent; and Harold Fildey, who substituted sub-stituted in the part of Elmer Lon-grass Lon-grass for Andrew MofTltt, due to the sudden illness of the student. All the of musical numbers and dialog made for an interesting production pro-duction and were played to an appreciative ap-preciative audience. The cast was assisted by a chorus of twenty voices voic-es who also playe'et their parts to perfection. The accompanist for the operetta was Miss Francis Red-ner Red-ner and the stage setting was arranged ar-ranged by Lawrence Mahaffey. The entertainment was sponsored by the Orange and Black staff in an attempt to raise funds to assise in this year's annual publication and the evening was a huge success financially. This operetta was the first of two which are being presented this yean under the direction of Mr. Fildey. Mt. Pleasant people are assured that when they attend the performance perform-ance of "Tulip Time" at the Elite Theatre a week from Wednesday evening March 12th, that they will be privilieged to witness a production produc-tion that has few equals" as far as the music and story is concerned and the presentation of the operetta is sure to be of a most superior type. The theatre should be filled fill-ed by 'the people of this city who enjoy the musical presentations of the young people. Remember the date and be on hand to see "Tulip Time." |