Blake School - Reflections / Call O Pan Yearbook (Hopkins, MN)

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Blake’s “Ballad” Of Love This year’s fall production, “The Ballad of the Sad Cafe”, proved the strength and artistry of the theatre department at Blake, with a virtually flawless show that played to full houses for all of its three performances. All of the hard work and determination that the cast, crew, and director had put into the play showed as the audiences were treated to one of the most difficult pieces ever brought to the Blake stage. Anne Sundberg, as Miss Amelia, Ben Drus-kin, as Cousin Lymon, and Dan Monlck, as Marvin Macy, skillfully portrayed three characters. all of whom were subject to the condition of love”. David Priest, as Narrator, and Bernard Antoine, as Henry Macy. displayed similar talent as they contributed their share to the story. Under the exceptional direction of Jeanne Blake, the supporting cost gave equally strong performances, with a combination of experience and fresh, new talent including; Jay Pearson as Stumpy Macphall; Matt Segal as Merlie Ryan; Tad Quill as Rainey 1; Philip McCrea as Rainey 2; Kathy Everly as Emma Hale; Christian Nelson as Mrs. Peterson; Bill Studebaker as Horace Wells; Greg Ebel as Henry Ford Crimp; Scott Saliterman os Rosser Cline; Erie Priest as Hasty Malone; Bill Watson as Lou Williams; and Missy Randall as Henrietta Ford Crimp. Many of the cast held dual positions during the production, with Kathy Everly being Student Director, while Matt Segal, Eric Priest and Bill Watson demonstrated their musician-ship by forming a jug band. Rick Polenek created the set and designed the lights, which were run by Noreen Foster. Carter Reece, Wendy Helgemo and Erich Zeiss all put time in to help build the set, while Adam Frisch and Kathy Everly worked on publicity. The town is dreary. On August altcrnoons the road l» empty, white with dust, and the sky above is bright as glass Heat and wlenco. You might n» well walk down to the Fork Falls Road and watch the chain gang The twelve mortal men who arc together The Ballad of the Sad Cale the end.” 12 • Fall Play

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Time Flies When You’ Having Fun! Summer ’85 What could be better than having endless amounts of time on your hands? Nothing! Spending lazy days outside, under the warm sun. and of course working on your tan both constitute summer. That blissful state we all float around in for three homework free months ends all too soon. Yet time ia no part of summer, who ever wears a watch during July? Only those over ambitious people who prefer furthering their educations through jobs. To sacrifice those dreamy mornings by jumping out of cool sheets to get to work on time truley deserves recognition. The summer worker however, enjoys his or her free time more so than those who sleep until 2:00 p.m., catch the last part of General Hospital and then get ready for that nights party only to return home at 2:00 A M. (if at all). That’s what summertime is for-to-do only what you want to do. Those fortunate enough to travel experience peak seasons abroad as well as at home. How can you top mountain climbing snow covered ridges in Washington as your back to school theme on “What I did During Summer Vacation”? Summer maintains the Blakies sanity during those cold Minnesota months. When loaded down with homework, rehersals and meetings where does the mind wander to? Of course. Mid-afternoon at Lake Harriet in late June. The mind remembers tank tops, shorts, bathing suits-all of which seem non existent while agonizing through a Chemistry exam in January. The Blake student confesses his or her excitement to return to school in early September, not to start new classes, but to talk about, what else, their fabulous summer. Memories made during the summer seem much more vivid for some reason. Yes. time flies when your having fun. but oh. what fun you had! 2 Summer • 11

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5 Fall Play 13 Mlw Amelia and cousin Lyman short an intimate moment. Stumpy MacPhail brakes up a spat Marvin Macy dictates a letter to lib lovt. Miss Amelia and Marvin try to vvork their problems out. Tli narrator pauses to think things through The Jug band strikes up a tune. 1; 2. 3. 4 5. 6