Branton Junior High School - Yearbook (Calgary, Alberta Canada)

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REPORT ON THE OPERETTA On March 21 and 22 of this year, the romantic musical comedy, “The Gypsy Rover”, was ably presented at Branton Junior High School at 8.00 p.m. under the direction of Mr. Robert Darrah, and Miss C. J. Elliott. The accompanist was Pat¬ ricia Colvin, grade 9 C. Rob (afterwards Sir Gilbert Howe) . Mark Hornby Lady Constance (daughter of Sir George) Vicky Wade Meg (Rob’s foster mother) .. Carolyn Bond Marto (Meg’s husband) .. . Tom Tait Zara (belle of the Gypsy camp) .. Carol Harris Sinfo (gypsy boy in love with Zara) . Roland Laing Nina (Sir George’s second daughter) . Karen Jackson Capt. Jerome (Capt. in English Army) Robert Lord Lord Craven (an English fop) .. Delano Lee Sir Toby Lyon (a social butterfly) . Don Blair McCorkle (a London song publisher) . Darrel Williamson Lackey ... Robert Maxwell Chorus . about 120 voices Children in Fairyland Chorus ... B. Bishop, D. Parkyn, L. Ericksson, B. Brown, R. MacKinnon and L. Wood Fairy Dancer . Linda Drew Briefly, the story is about the love affair of Rob (who is an English noble¬ man stolen when small and raised as a gypsy) and Constance, the daughter of Sir George, an English gentleman. When Rob came into his estates, he married his love and they lived happily ever after. There are also love affairs between Nina and Capt. Jerome, Zara and Sinfo and comedy scenes between Marto and Sinfo. There were various committees which assisted with the operetta besides the actual players. The props and lighting were under the supervision of Mr. Marson with several of the shop boys assisting. Mr. McKie was in charge of the scenery and was assisted by some of his art students. Miss Anderson organized the make¬ up while Mrs. McPherson was responsible for the costumes. Mr. Steele and Miss Murray took over the ticket sale (which sold 50c rush and 75c reserved) and pub¬ licity. The programmes were printed free by the Hudson’s Bay Company. The operetta played to a full house on both nights. Net proceeds were very encourag¬ ing and will be used to supply school equipment not normally supplied by the School Board. Because over half of the students in the school were involved in one way or another in its production, the operetta was considered a very worthwhile school project. FRAN VAN SANT JACKIE HAMILTON Thirty-One

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