Escalon Union High School - El Escalon Yearbook (Escalon, CA)

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R ,mv gwaggqr' .L . if, mg 3 MMA .1 3 ' f j- , us. , VE, if EP fbprrrtta Uhr Bella uf Clletpiatrannn F a Season came together all ye Minstrels of ye Castle Eski Hi that they might entertaine those of ye People which lived thereabouts with Songe. And there was chosen an Operetta which did tell of Things strange and divers. Then was there given in ye Castle Escalon an great Songefest The Bells of Capis rranou which ye Lady Evelyn, surnamed Taylor, did present. And there were many who did in Songe and Jeste show themselves well. Now these are they who did achieve Honors by Reasone of their Songs: And Ramon Ortego ....... Marie Ortego ......,. Chiquita Ortego ..... ........Page Wilton Hogate ..........Damsel Elsie Dimmett ......Ladye Grace Gonzalez Carmelita Ortego ......... ....,.... L adye Doris Hazlehurst Marian Alden ........ james Alden .......,..,.. .......Ladye Louise Coggin .......Sir Norman Carlson Professor Anderson ...... ............,.. S ir Averal Alders William ................ james ................. . Wallace .................. Laura Anderson ..... Jake Kraft ............ Pose ................ N oneeta ........ Lone Eagle .....,.. Billy Burnsi., ..i....... .......Sir Ovid Dillingham ........Page Raymond Harmon joseph Dubacher Maid Mary Ann Sybydlo .................Page Le Roy Shaw Carl Frisen ..........Ladye Alma MacFarlane ....Squire Robert Ballance Fred King there were also divers Bands of Minstrels too many to mention here Bands of Minstrels with much Skille and Beauty of Voice, who did make ye Evening of Music one long to be remembered, one of greate Joye to all ye Realm. fmt.. .....-.... Twenty-four

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X , E ? Ye Senior Players Twenty-three

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iflgrrnm I L E Lords and Ladyes of good King Arthur's Realm were first entertained, in ye series of Performances, yclept ye Lyceum, by ye senior Playe, coached by ye Ladye Musa Evans Davis and entitled The Millionaire . It so happened that this Drama which had won a Prize in a drama league Tournamente pictured many Qualities and Attributes of ye village Gentry. It was presented by ye Knightes and Ladyes of ye Escalonian Castle December 20g on January 10 ye Escalon Court Players sallied forth to Ripon's Fortresse and again presented that Drama. Not only Knightes and Ladyes skilled in ye Art of Drama, but all those in ye Classe yclept English IV did perform, some as Mistresses of ye Wardrobe, some as Menials, and some as Artists. On January 31 ye Ripon Troubadours were dispatched from those Battlements and did sing Arias many and varied in ye Operetta yclept Miss Cherry Blossom . Ye thirde Number of ye Lyceum Course did consist of three one-act Playes produced by ye Dramatics Classes of Manteca, Ripon and Escalon. Ladye Viola Sundstrom pre- sented Manteca Knightes and Ladyes in Kenneth Sawyer Goodman's realistic serious Playe Back of the Yards. Ladye Eva Dalander presented Ripon Knightes and Ladyes in The Stolen Prince , an Oriental Fantasy, and our own Lady Musa Evans Davis pre- sented our Knightes and Ladyes, to the Number of two Couples, in a sophisticated English Farce by A. Hamilton Gibbs yclept Merridew,s Right Handf, As a fitting Close to ye Lyceum Course did Ladye Evelyn Taylor present ye Bards and Minstrels, both Knightes and Ladyes, Squires, Pages and Damsels, and Maids-in- Waiting, Vassals and Wenches to the Number of fifty Persons in Charles Wakeneld Cad- man's i'The Bells of Capistrano . Even the Princesses of King Arthur's Court assisted in ye great Entertainment. Those skilled in ye Art of Decoration, and ye Art of sewing fine Seams, gave of their Time and Abilitye to assist ye Ladye Evelyn. Ye Schedule was made and directed by ye fair Maid-in-Waiting Mary Ann Sybdylo. ll ffil ll ill fX1 eIQ Twenty-five x Ni fig? .W iv W :Mba f P! V Hi-M' -' ' . 'Vi ,rf-i' as 2' 'EX X wx