Modesto Junior College - Buccaneer Yearbook (Modesto, CA)

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Buccaneer I936 Page 69 The minorleads oT The opera were played by Leona Car- michael, Franklin lvlershon, BeTTy Torosian, Thomas Clinkenbeard, T-lelen SmiTh and Charles Allan. RhyThms oT ITalian dances were direcTed by lvliss CaTherine Fin- layson. A special dance was giv- en by Charles Oakley and'Doro- Thy lvliTchell. A chorus oT TwenTy- Tive voices conTribuTed greaTly To The success oT The producTion. A gorgeous VeneTian window and backdrop were painTed by Rose WebsTer. The scenery was consTrucTed under The supervision oT lvliss Jean Williams and C. l.. Green. James Usher was sTage manager. The drama was direcTed by lvlrs. lrene C. l-loch. l-lale and Klick, The Oondoliers, perTormed The sTaTely gavoTTe, a courT dance, wiTh Misses Baker and Turner, The Duchess and her daughTer. e The chorus led by Oakley and lvliss lVliTchell danced The sTeps oT A M --A 1 ls - X swsf sv' ' - T -I ev -'if : ...:-:a,' T . C T123 'T i ' zf l'.a2:'5fF 2 .232 T g ri l- - -. ' f , f ef'Z-Siemev I ROBERT W. MCKNKSHT . . . popular clirecfor The Cachucha as a parT oT The palace revelry. I The,Two seTs created The beau- Ty oT a 'VeneTian plaza wiTh The TradiTional canal and bordering palaces. A greaT deal oT crediT is due To RoberT W. lvlcKnighT Tor his splendid direcTorship ol: a suc- cessiculloperal ' g THE CAST OF THE GONDOLIERSH TAKES A BOW -

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Page 68 Buccaneer I936 OPERA IS I936 MUSICAL HIT RoyaI+y and Peasanlry Mix In Delighllul Gilberl and Sullivan Produclion Sel In Vivid Venelian Scene: Gorgeous Coslumes Lend Almosphere To Presenlalion. By cARoL EVANS Royal lamilies mingled wilh common gondoliers in a merry malrimonial mix-up, and anolher Gilberl and Sullivan opera, The Gondoliersf' was successlully presenled by musical lalenl ol lhe Ivlodeslo Junior College. This produclion saw lhe linal appearance ol a number ol well- Icnown vocalisls. I-Ierman Kliclc and Earnesl I-Iale played lhe lille roles ol lhe Gondoliers. The lailhlul spouses ol lhe lwo care-lree gondoliers were played by Alice Larsen and Georgia Parker in lhe roles ol Gianella and Tessa. The comedy elemenl was sup- plied by lhe Dulce and lhe Duch- ess, a proud, haughly and pomp- ous couple, played by John Den Dullq and Barry Balcer. Casilda, daughler ol lhe Dulce, Belly Turner, and Luiz, lhe Dul4e's drummer, Bernard Larsen, lound lhemselves in a complicaled love- allair when her babyhood mar- riage was made lcnown. Nol unlil lhe linal scene when Iriez, lhe nurse, played by Cryslal Blalcesly, revealed lhe lrulh, was Casilda allowed lo lall in her Iover's arms wilhoulobieclion. Through lhe whole slory slallc- ed lhe sinisler ligure ol lhe Grand Inquisilor, Ivan I-Iarms, who was delermined lo relurn lhe righllu heir lo lhe lhrone. A A THEY CARRIED THE LEADS i i Slanding Herman-Klick Howard Hale, Ivan Harms, Bernard Larson, John Den Dulkg silling, Alice Larson, Georgia I'arkei Belly Turher Barry Bakelr

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r i T Page 70 Buccaneer I936 GLEE CLUBS SING ON NBC HOOK-UPS Men's and Women's Glee Clubs, Under The DirecTion of Roberf W. McKnighT, Make Many Appearances Over Raclio, ln ConTesTs and AT Various Schools. STALWART SONGSTERS OF THE CAMPUS A mosT acTive year was enioy- ed by The lvlen's and Women's Glee clubs oT lvlodesTo Junior College under The di'recTion of RoberT lvlcKnighT. L The year's program was TeaTur- ed by radio broadcasTs, The men's club singing Twice Through- ouT The year on KPO in San Fran- cisco, while The women's group broadcasT several Times over KTRB in lvlodesTo, and over KFRC in San Francisco. The Two organizaTions also sang beTore enThusiasTic assemblies aT The Lodi, l-lughson, Ceres, Tur- lock, Newman, PaTTerson, and Sonora High schools. An ocTeTTe Trom The Men's Glee Club composed of l-larold Wine, l-lomer Messmer, l-lerman Kliclc, Ivan l-larms, Bernard Lar- sen, Charles Allen, Franklin Mer- shon, and Thomas Clinkenbeard sang over KPO. The accompan- isT was Ferne SmiTh. The Two glee clubs appeared in several numbers in The Spring Music l:esTival held aT San JoseTor The junior colleges oT This region. DAZZLE SCHOOL WITH NEW UNIFORMS