Fisher High School - Echo Yearbook (Fisher, IL)

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Operetta The Mxxed Cholus under the duectxon of Ralph Wade presented The Gypsy Roxex a romantxc musxcal comedy on February 26th and 27th 1954 Takmg place m a gypsy camp near London the operetta lb bumlt around the character of Rob fCurt1s Brock? later known as Slr Gllbert Howe of Engllsh no blllty Rob IS stolen by a gypsy and growws up beheung hlmself to be a gypsy Lmda Nelson and Llnda Claudm sharmg the part of Lady Constance Martendale play op poslte Rob The Lady Constance and Rob meet at the gypsy camp and fall ln love at flrst slght Constance and Rob plan to elope but Rob IS captured Fmally Robs 1dent1ty as the lost he1r lS proved and the estates go to hlm Many more characters, a gypsy chorus a ballroom chorus and a fa1ry dance appear throughout the oper etta gxvlng xt a colorful and humolous touch Speclal recogmtlon goes to Mxs Robertz and the art class for help ln stage plannmg and bunldmg the stage sets and Mrs Shont who planned and helped the glrls xehearse the dances Other members of the mam cast ale MEG Shlrley Albrecht and Eleanor Remhaxt ZARA Karen Llestman and Coena Blalr Nma Jovce Lammle and Amta Lxestman SIR GEORGE Dave Gossald SINFO Lester Hadler MARTO Gene Banner LORD CRAVEN Fred Kaiser CAPTAIN JEROME Galen Hoxsch SIR TOBY LYON Wes Oyer MCCORKLE-James Dlxon SALE'- iff . I . I . H 1 1 . ,11 ' ' - 1 1 ' 1 1 1 . . . I . v. . . Y . . . - 4 1 1 . . . . , , - 1 ' 1 4... 't -

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Gzrl s Chorus The Glrls Chorus started the year wlth elghteen members W elected the followlng offlcers Presldent Coena Bla1r VICE Presldent Barbara Albm Secretary Treasurer L1nda Nelson Reporter Katy F urtney We partlclpated 1n the operetta Champalgn County Festlval the Chrlstmas program and an assembly for the hlgh school Z? ff-ES M zxed Chorus The Mlxed Chorus started out the year wlth forty n1ne members Our offlcers were elected at the flrst meetlng They were Presl dent An1ta Llestman V109 Presldent Davld Gossard Secretary Kay Jones Treasurer Ehzabeth Teuscher Student Councll Representa t1ve V1v1an Ingold and Reporter Eleanor Relnhart We gave our flrst pubhc perfol mance at the Umon Thanksgwmg plogram Shortly after that we started work on The Chrlstmas Story a Jomt program wlth the band whlch was glven on December 12 19.53 After Chrlstmas vacatlon we started vsork on our operetta The Gypsy Rover Th1S was g1ven ln late February and was a b1g suc cess We had several people go to contest th1s year They were Coena Blau' L1nda Claudm Joyce Lammle L1nda Nelson James D1xon Curtls Brock Davld Gossard, and Lester Hadler All of them d1d a f1ne Job but we Want to commend Davld Gossard for recelvmg a Su perlor ratlng and golng on to state contest We plan to f1I11Sh out the 53 54 school year by gomg to Festlval uh1ch W1ll be held at Champalgn ln Aprll '! ., f . . V . 9 . . - - a 9 r . . . - . a 9 9 1 . .. . . . 1 1 . . . J 0 . , . . . l - l . c 0 - y r ' 1 2 7 . . . . - 9 9 1 . 1 1 1 - . . . . .. , sa ' . ,, .. . . . ! 7' , . ' ' , cc r ,, . . . . . . l . . . . . . a 1 v a 9 . . . , W . . . . .. . . . . .. ,, . . . . . . . T .