Flint Technical High School - Techlorian Yearbook (Flint, MI)

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THE OPERA The Music Department of Fllnt Technlcal Flgh School presented Gondoliers by Gilbert and Sullivan on January 27 1951, at 8 OO P M 1D Central Audltorium The productlon was dlrected by Mlss VIVIBH Prope Marya and Marguerite Iuginbuhl accompanled the production Jea: Stephenson played the overture A the opera opened, the girls, headed by Flametta fBa.rbara Watersonj, Giulia fAlice Bertraml, and Vlctoria fGeneva Watl-'lnsl are waiting for Marco CGordon Blandl and Gu1sepp1 fBob Kupischl to come and choose their brldes from among them By a sort of blind man s bluff, the two men choose Tessa fDoris Walla el and Glanetta Cfonnie Crandallj and they dance off to the alter The Duke of Plaza Toro QBob Ethierl and sulte includmng his Duchess fPat Rogersl meanwhlle arrive in Venlce The Duke tells h1S daughter asllda fMarilyn Klngl, about her marrlage as an lnfant to the son of the KIDS of Baratarla Luiz CGary Klngj and Casllda, who are secretly 1n love, renounce thelr love as a result Don Alhambra CDon Pricej appears and tells them that the person whom thev ale seeklng is either Mar or Guiseppi He sends for the nurse of the prlnce, Inez fMargaret Mackiej, who llves ln the mountains to ldentify the king In the meantlme, Marco and Guiseppi are to rule the island of Barataria Jointly They sail away eaving their wives Act two take pla e in Baratarla The o ys are happy except f r the fact that they miss +h61T w1ves Sud denly thel wlves appear after bec m1ng bor d wlth thel IVSS at b me Vverycne 1S generalll happy A cloud appears when D n Alhambra ent rs and, learnlng that the women have arrlved, tells of the Prin e s marriage as an lnfant Glanetta and Tessa are heart broken The plot 15 further ompl ated by the appearance f the Duke of Plaza Toro, imited Lverythlng ends happily though, with Inez appearing and d1SClOS1hg tha Luiz is the King The men are all reunited w1th he women of tneir hearts, and every ne happily 1oins in the fina e I z u 1 . . l . . . . . v ' , A . L , C . . . . . , . . . xl L Y Tessa and Gianetta, with the idea that one of them will be queen when it is all straightened out. s ' c ' . 'o ' o , ' ' , - 'r ' - o ' e 'r 1' .o . D ' ' 1 . o e ' . ' c ' o - - L . - , . , A . . i ' t . ' o ,C . l .

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CHOIR I Qpper row Dlck Deverauz, Bill Krentz, Jim Vrbensky, Don Rauschenberger, Don Price, Curtis Larlme, Dlck Dickenson, Bd Rowe, Jerry Hopper Second row Geneva Watklns, Benny Douglass, Larry Hemingway, Jack Hadley, Joe Inglot, Bob Kupisch, Gary Klng, Bob Johnson, Norm Pepyler, Ken Lavrack, Jean Stephenson Thlrd row Jeanette Hutchlson, Norma Kracovic, Barbara Waterson, Darene Campbell, Connle Crandall, Barbara Brazeal, Janet MacDonald, JoAnn Pederson, Betty Johnson, Beverly Schevenius, D1a.ne Petersen Lower row Nancy Roman, Maxin Coad, Alice Bertram, Barbara Deets, Betty Blanchard, Corinne Clore, Pat Rodgers, Betty Osborne, Pat Kennell, Joyce Gerdes, Marilyn Gillie, Margaret Mackle SHT OND CHOIR Egger row Shirley Thomas, Mary Nimmo, Beverly Hintz, Donna V1z1na, Zanita Younger, Sally Gower, Wanda Rector Marlene Balch, Donna Lester, Shu-ley Alles Second row Shirley Segroves, Carol Hatcher, Sue Danner, Maxine LaRose, Margorie Laureto, Pauline Herrmann, Mary Lou Kenney, Bonnie Heidenberger, Pat McDonald Third row B1ll1e Kelrns, Joan Nielson, Marilyn Antior, Kathryn Cohee, Gerald Creton, Nancy Daniel, Nancy Sanford, Beth Baird, Ella Dean Jones Lower row Joan Gornicky, Mary Lowley, Pat Moleski, Joan Campeau, Ava Jean Trevithick, Mildred Turner, Linda Cates, Beverly Beckley, Regie Evans ,K , ' or ,,,, 1' IN fl lx

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