Boise High School - Courier Yearbook (Boise, ID)

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lsn't the view wonderful from these upstairs windowsf' Emily Webb and George Gibbs :ire married Mr. and Mrs, Gilulms 'lGirls, did you hear ihatff-- First dale al the vorner drug store Out TOLVI1 ii THIS PLAY is called 'Qur Town.' lt was written by Thornton Wilder and produced by the Boise High School Dramatic Club . . . The name of our town is GroVer's Corners, N. H. The first act shows a day in our town. The date is May 7, l9Ol, just before dawn. From these opening words of Stage Manager Donald Bish to the heart-warming close, UMost everybody's asleep in Grover's Corners . . . You get a good rest, too. Good night, fifteen hundred Boise people experienced something splendid and beautiful in playgoing. There was no scenery in 'lOur Town. Gnly a table and four chairs on one side of the stage which was the Gibbs' home, and another table and four chairs on the other side which was the Webb's home. Against this background life was unfolded- the life of ordinary people who knew happiness and heart-ache, love and death. There was tenderness, and laughter, and compassion in HCur Town. The Dramatic Club members, all of whom took parts in l'Qur Town, played their roles with such feeling and understanding that they drew the audience into the heart and soul of Grovers Corners. To Director Helen Mayer Farrer went praise and honor for the exactness of detail, the beauty of production, and the professional quality of the acting. 15

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l 5, .i We lf And they lived happily ever after. I'll sell you my kitty for a tuppencef' My curse upon you.: A princes kiss shall waken the Princess Diane Music, slave, the English traders have arrived. Trouping TA eater ONCE upon a time there was . . and tor forty minutes thirty times this year groups ot grade school children sat wide-eyed and spell-bound. The Trouping Theater was creating magic and beauty before their credulous eyes. Unique in these United States is the Trouping Theater. Griginated and directed by Mrs. Helen Mayer Farrer, sponsored by the Boise Tunior League, this troup ot dramatic students presented three plays to each ot the ten grade schools and brought to their young audience live actors in charming and appropriate plays. Completely enthralled were the children by the lovely llSleeping Beauty, the remarkable 'lDick Whittington, and humorous llYankee Doodles Guests. To gain admission to the coveted Trouping Theater class one must have had a year of dramatics and have shown superior ability in his work. Not only do these talented thespians present the plays with skill and poise, but they also paint the scenery, make the stage eguipment, and help plan and make costumes. Members ot the group are lack Ashentelter, Margaret Baxter, Cleo Bevington, Tim Branson, Barbara Burns, VaNeta Call, Donna Condie, Betty Edwards, Edwin Gardner, Bobbie Goul, Gerry l-lettinger, Albert La Rue, Donald Mclntire, Bessie Pinkston, Tunella Sanford, Billy Smith, Ray Thompson, Gordon Thornburg, Tulie Tregaskis, Philip Wilson, Alma Deppe. 14

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.. Oh, lut, lul, M Lord Opening of Act l Hurry home or your ankles will be soppingn Do you have any suspicions? asks Novoiny ffouom 7Tme l.ilLTlNCf songs by a chorus of two hundred voices, witty dialogue, tender romance, gay costumes, and dancing feet brought old Vienna to life on Boise High School's stage Cctober 30 and 3l, when Sigmund l?omberg's delightful 'Blossom Time was presented to large audiences at afternoon and evening performances. This popular operetta was successfully produced under the direction of Kenneth Hartzler. The high school Symphony Qrchestra with its director, Ernest Green, interpreted the music with professional skill and feeling. Ray Wood as the composer Franz Schubert, and Barbara Ward, as Mitzi Krantz, the Winsome girl he loves, played their parts splendidly. Richard Hansen portrayed Papa Krantz with delightful abandon. Qther leading characters well depicted were Baron Franz Schober, Philip Wilson, Whom Mitzi loves, the singer La Bellabruna, Barbara Burns, her husband Count Scharnto, lohn Worth- wineg the opera singer Vogel, Bob Smith. Cray comedy was furnished by Fritzi Kranz, lunella Sanford, her sister liitzi Krantz, Connie Carver, their friends Binder and Frkmann, Bill lameson and Floyd Chamleeg and the two Viennese gentlemen, Harlow Qberbillig and Edward French. Perhaps the most melodic of the numbers were l'Serenade, l'Cnly Cne Love, and t'Ave Maria. 16