Bryan Station High School - Crest Yearbook (Lexington, KY)

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0L1 VER ! Mrs. Peggy Millet, Dramatin Mr. Cornelius VanBoyet, Orrlaettm Mr. Charles Hodges, Vocal Karen Bradley, Choreographer Directors: Oliver .................................. Tricia Perry Nancy ................................ Cindy Diecks Artful Dodger ......................... Karen Bradley Fagin .............................. Virgil Covington Bill Sike; Stan Cox Bet .................................. Sandy Edwards Oliver was the result of many months of hard work on the part of the directors, cast and crew. All the work proved worthwhile, though, when they played to capacity audiences and received standing ovations every night. The story, based on the Dicken's novel, Oliver Twist, is set in Victorian England. It is the story of a poor orphan boy, Oliver, who turns out to be the grandson of a wealthy family. The story follows him from the Parrish Wtorkhouse run by the XWidow Comey and the town beadle, Mr. Bumble, t0 the undertakers, Mr. Sowerberry, tKevin O,Conn00. He goes from there to London where he meets the Artful Dodger and is inducted into the Thievest Kitchen by Mister Fagin. There he meets. all the low life of London-Nancy, Bet, Bill, and Fagin's Boys. Our group has 897a fewer cavities! uYou've got to pick a pocket or two, instructs Fagin as he inducts Oliver into the Thievest Kitchen. Mrs. Bumble, the former Widow Comey sends her husband, tDan Elamt cheerfully off to work.

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The Dixieland Band tunes up. a ballad. Four Americans and a Guitar present their selection.

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Nancy tCindy Diecksl sings As Long As He Needs Me after Bill Bill Sikes tStan h doesn't need an oneeor does he? has treated her especially bad. Y He goes out On his first job and is captured. He is proved ii iocent and is then adopted by the wealthy Mr. Brownlow Ueff Aubreyf On hearing of all this Fagin beco 165 worried. His worry spreads to Bill Sikes who, according to Fagin, is the best thief in London. They plan to recapture Oliver. Bill forces Nancy, who is his girl, to pose as Oliver's sister. They are successful and bring Oliver back to the Kitchen. Fagin, Virgil Covington, reviews the Oliver Situation. The Artful Dodger offers the hungry and homeless Oliver all the necessities of life . . . and then some!