Bishop Feehan High School - Flashback Yearbook (Attleboro, MA)

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With love in his eyes and a song in his heart, Curly (Dean Slye) serenades his wide- eyed sweetheart Laurey (Rachel Padoll) about riding to the Box Social in a “Surrey with the Fringe on Top.” “ T’m sorry!”’ cries Eli Hallai (Brian Healy) as he apologizes for the inuendos that he is after someone else’s girl. poet “i wy ie aie | . q y 4 ‘ lve Ew oe ¥ | peas } 9 . SR inpS ‘ : ae ™ f Citak | nt me bb , go ¥ . iy” SNe gut é i Pm ee ee ae oe | “It’s All ‘Er Nothin’ ’’ — Will Parker (Michael La Chance) sings to Ado Annie (Kellie Reed). Will had to make the point very clear because Ado Annie is a “Girl Who Can’t Say NO”. ae Oklahoma

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Blowin’ their own horns! Award winning jazz band members, Steven Goodreau, Deborah Harrington, and Thomas Warren fill the hall with their own special sounds of music. Their repertoire ranged from ‘Satin Doll” to “‘La Bamba” to “The Ladies Who Lunch”’. ‘Sing high, sing low”’... ‘“‘With One Voice’’. Our chorus and band provide the most popular entertainment of the evening. Members are, front row: Deborah Mollo, Michelle Demartino, Julie Berendes, Erin O’Connor, Rebecca Jones, Jennifer Swyers. Second row: Colleen Kelley, Rita Long, Donna Hanks, Kathryn Grady, Jill Metilly, Stacey Trimble. Third row: Julie Silvernail, Kellie Reed, Jennifer Salamone, Kristin Olson, M. Kristine Johnson, Keri Perreault, Veronica Wheeler. Back row: Deirdre Carraher, Michelle Peluso, Laura Freeman, Christine Fanning, Sherri Coughlin, Denisa D’Intino, Danielle Laporte. First Night

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Mortified by the somewhat sketchily dressed lady in the looking glass, Aunt Eller falls into a swoon. Luckily, she is caught by Derek Brown, Timothy Reilly, Michael Lachance, Keith Bates, and Robert Cronin. hh I II OI EOE I Torr LU fe 4 Ve. n a C: what a beautiful play! As the curtain rose on the turn-of-the- century Oklahoman territory, the audience had already primed themselves for a frolicking performance. Dancing cowgirls, tapping cowboys, and everything in between could be found in our production of Rodgers and Hammerstien’s Oklahoma! From beginning to end, hard work was a dominating force interrupted only by fun and good times. We started rehearsing right after Christmas vacation and continued until the week of our performances, April 7, 8, and 10, 1988. We practiced almost every day of the week and many times lost faith in the production. With the help of our three coordinators, director Mr. Alden Harrison, assistant director Mrs. Donna La Civita, and music director Ms. Elaine Saulnier, all hopes were regained. Discovering why this show was such a success was not a difficult task once we looked at the distinctive cast. We had performers and artists from all of the classes. Freshman talent was at a peak, with Rachel Padoll in the romantic lead of Laurey Williams and Brian Healy as the comical peddler, Ali Hakim. Among Sophomores who gave it their all was Andrew Carnes, the hard bargaining father of Ado Annie. Junior Dean Slye played opposite Rachel as Curley McLean. Senior input was certainly a blessing for the company. Michael La Chance, Patricia Murphy, and Kellie Reed were all major factors in Oklahoma’s Putting a quick stop to bickering at the Box Social, Aunt Eller (Patricia Murphy ) menacingly waves a pistol and suddenly everybody sings. success. Each of the cast members played an important role, whether or not they had a lead part. Set in the heart of America, Oklahoma was about love. Wherever we looked we found a great love-hate relationship. There were many couples and matches in the plot of this show: for instance, the romance between Laurey Williams and Curly McLean. Overshadowing this blossoming love was the sinister Jud Fry (Dave De Angelis). If we prefer laughter, Ado Annie Carnes (Kellie Reed) and Will Parker (Michael La Chance) provided it. Of course, this relationship was not stable. Intervening now and then was the con artist Ali Hakim (Brian Healy). As the story unwound, we found Laurey and Curly married at last and Annie and Will on their way to the same destiny. Jud Fry died and Ali Hakim was forced to take Gertie Cumming’s (Joanne Gervais) hand in marriage. The audience seemed to be filled with the joy of outstanding dancing routin es and fabulous singing. Our production of Oklahoma! was a pool of extraordinary talent. After it was all over, we all decided that the best thing that Oklahoma gave us was each other. The friendships that had formed backstage were the lasting kind. We learned to trust in each other’s talents. Long after the last curtain came down there was a special bond of friendship between us. When we thought back on Oklahoma it was a happy time, and we echoed, ‘“‘You’re doing fine Oklahoma, Oklahoma, O.K.! YEOW!”’ Oklahoma oA