Appleby College - Argus Yearbook (Oakville, Ontario Canada)

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. . Lindsay Morrison ' s sunburn . . beginners for Act I on stage please ! . . Debbie Dancy ' s sparkling eyes. . . . . . INCESSANT CHATTER . . sounding like a herd of stampeding elephants . ..FRIDAY 13th . . . being deeply regretted to the orchestra . . . falling into the tuba . . . Debbie Dancy ' s miniskirt . . . 1, 268 people - a new attendance record! . . . receiving a crystal mint award. . . break a leg. . . and then it was over. . . a cast party with too much food and Chuck and Debby in the audience chairs in the dark. Girls were sobbing everywhere. . . fond farewells and kisses for familiar faces. . . cries of What ' U we do with some spare time? . . . and secretly you could hear. . . Let ' s do it again next week ! This year several of the established leads are leaving. We ' ve all had a great time and we would like to say break-a-leg to future years ' casts and we ' ll be there watching!

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The Gondoliers «• ' V Just to jar your memory of the show; can you remember . . Debbie Dancy ' s miniskirt . . a gondola on Sheppard casters. . . . . . our first ' orchestra ' . . long velvet coats for Act II . . a lines deadline (ha ! Ha !) . . Little Rich as a butler . . Debbie Dancy ' s smile . . being tired ..Sir! I don ' t have any time to. .. . . . MOVE ! MOVE ! for that curtain call . Bill eating a banahnha . flower presentations . posters all over town .a white squash court green room. . . Debbie Dancy ' s miniskirt . as one indivegetable? . the whole cast singing Happy Birthday ...SeUlt! Smile! Smile! Smile!.. . . . dance a cachucha (ka-chew-ka). . . ... a 5:30 make-up call . . . BASS. . . TENORAY. . . ALTO. . . TWEBLE! . . . and Mr. Royse was getting another rehearsal of the Gondoliers started with a broken white baton. For those who weren ' t taking part, the show was a musical about two handsome gondoliers who became kings of a golden land only to lose it to the rightful heir. For those who took part, the show meant six months of rehearsals. . . lots of socializing, , , and a chance to show off some hidden talent. Auditions were held in September and rehearsals began soon after; once a week we met, but we could never shut-up ! Soon we got together with St. Mildred ' s-Lightbourn, but we still couldn ' t shut-up !

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April 18, 1973 front row Last Friday night 1 had a back row seat At a Gilbert and Sullivan that ' s hard to beat. The Lightbourne ladies and the Appleby lads Performed The Gondoliers for all their Moms and Dads. (Performed The Gondoliers for all their Moms and Dads, i They sang so well and they sang so fast That everyone who went there was a bit aghast. (That everyone who went there was a bit aghast. ) G and S WINS Etc. Sort of catching, the G S stuff. The reason for the back row seat was that I was late and the giant gym was jam packed — with a whole lot more folks than just parents. Apparently the annual Appleby evenings of W.S. and Sir Arthur are an accepted institution in town. This was my first outing. I ' ll admit, but it won ' t be the last. The voices were young, but the words were firm and clear even in the back row. There was a professional panache about the whole thing that made you think they either were real pros or had been working on the thing for ten years. Plaudits for the whole cast, especially to Tim Menzies and William Dietrich who were so good you forgot to wonder whether they were good or not. Susan Aldridge, too, for both her characterization and her part in the choreography. by ri chard moses Gwendy Morris and Chris Robertson, as well as the flute-voiced Jennifer Keay — and all the others, too — deserve special mention. There was one tallish blonde in the chorus of Cantadine — her name is among the fourteen in the group — who is destined for . fine things : hei obvious joy over the whole typical G S mess (plotwise) was contagious. One can only ask, what ' s next for talented Director Michael W. Des Roches.