Edison High School - Torch Yearbook (Tulsa, OK)

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This is an example of the con- temporary stage settings used in the operetta. Mikeis friends, Eric Nash ion the leftl and Ralph Kalbus are planning to spring him from jail. FOLK OPEEBA More cast . . . the background music, sung by the chorus tied the whole wonderful pro- gram together. Van Smithen, as the father, is being pressured by the traditional mortgage-holding villain, 5

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THE FIRST Mike Perkins as Brack Weaver and Connie Barker as Jenny Parsons were the romantic leads in the Operetta . . . how unusual?? The Operetta got off to a gay start with the clever curtain riser called Sunday Excursion. The bored passengers are Mickey Rainier, Del- ton Shilling, .lane Hollingsworth and Margaret Boydston. Standing is Wayne Rice, the news butcher. Part of the cast of Down In The Valleyf, who made possible a new experience in choral sing- ing for Edison. 4

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THREE- LANGUAGE SSEMBLY .ludy Stumbo and Sheila de La Houssaye entertained the audience as they danced to tamborines and Spanish guitars. This skit was presented by the 41th year Latin class in the annual foreign language assembly. Allen Kornfeld, Ronnie Fouts, Sue Shel- don, and Bonnie Creekmore were at their laughing best as they teamed together to act out the ever popular 4'Little Red Riding Hood Qmodern versionl. Everyone was well entertained as the French students presented Chevaliers de la Table Ronde fKnights of the Round Tablel. Shown to the right are: Terry Dickey, Andy Martin, Bert Merle, Elaine Ruggles, Ken Burton, and Roger Melone.