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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4 1'- , , 4 BOYS' CHODR Qpper row Art FWOTIUS, Robert Fourn1er, J1m Vanderpool, Tom Hemingway, Don Rauschenberger, Tom Surles, Wagner Randall, Tom Charland Second row B111 Massey, Jerry Hall, Art Doolan, Herman Day, Don Jay, Joe Dowdy, Bill Berger Third row Rlchard McDonald, Bob Sllltb, Bennett Douglass, Jlm Dagley, John Glopton, George Baragwanath Lower row B111 neece, Don Luther, Clalr Sutton, June Pollard, Vernon Grlggs, James Baba, George Benjamin The Boys G ee Club f Fllnt Technlcal Flgh School was under the dlrectlon of M155 Crope This 1S the secord group to be frganlzed at Tech The flrst group was organlzed the second semester of 1950 and had fourteen members appeared ln the Tec? rama for the f1rst time th1s year They brought th1S student pr du tion to a close wlth a mlnstrel show An J tet af s phomores was selected from the group to work with Mr Ellls They also were 1n the Techl rama Tre ffl ers f the Boys G ee f' ub were Presldent, Benny Doug ass Vice PI'6S1dEHt, Tom Surle Secretary, Bcb QBlac'r-'leb .pruth and Treasurer, George Ben amin The piano accdmpanlst was June Po11a.rd The Glee Club sang for the Sprlng fonce t cn May 22, 1951 , at Homedale Auditorlum f I .Q x x , , A . . . . . . . . The second group was crganized the second semester of 1951 and had twenty-eight members. The Boys' Glee Club . o 'Q Q ' ' 1 cl z ' 1 3 - ' ' sg t ,' ' ' 5 j . . ' ' ' 1 . -