Garden City Community College - Broncbuster Yearbook (Garden City, KS)

Page 60 text:

W2 if X wi' QW I Q W 4 . W, A N fs ,Q A wa-

Page 59 text:

ewan at . SME' .,,f',,,' :ff .af .v i -,mm f - . wwf , , ,,,, , ,, , ii? TZ45i'2fz y :gi Z f He... 'a , fI w- we ' if e l ff! fl 3 Z J A 29 gf Q ,Q it 5 X 1 K ,Z Qs f ffl? 'i i- '75 zz ,MW .raw ' .. , , , J W' 1 1 4 fi Z 1 vw 4 'XY K X J Wa an ' V , , , , , gf? 3,11 -1: W U41 E, f 2 'J 1 if 5 Q 4 ii ' i , ,.I:.? , i - A ie: f, f ., 41 ,. if ,V ' ' Qeyeizffavztf fa f H Richard Diller, Garden City Ann Dinkel, Garden City jesse Doll, Ingalls Sina Donovan, Lakin Rebecca Dreiling, Deerfield Sheri Dreiling, Deerfield Dwayne Drones, Garden City Leona Drullinger, Colby Lenny Dryden, Garden City Jason Dunagan, Scott City Roger Duncan, Sublette Dan Dunham, Copeland Margaret Duwe, Ulysses Scott Egan, Pueblo, CO Marc Elton, Russell y Todd Estep, St. Thomas, PA Theresa Faber, Colwich ' Kathy Fairchild, Leoti Eric Farber, Norton ' Shawn F ief, Garden City Trina Fletcher, Leoti ' joe Flores, Montezuma Scott Foster, Garden City Cyndi Fowler, Garden City David Fox, Garden City Robin Fox, Sedgwick Daniel F ranco, Garden City john Franco, Garden City Leonora Fraser, Syracuse Jeff Fry, Wilmore I Lance Gaertner, Garden City Louie Garcia, I Vicki Garcia, Garden City ' Kim Garner, Garden City Linda Gazaway, Garden City Deb Geier, Garden City Denise George, Garden City Bruce Gerecke, Garden City Phillip Gerstenkorn, .Garden City Allen Gies, Garden City Billy Gies, Garden City Phil Gilbert, Lakin Roger Glenn, Garden City Pattie Goodman, Milton Shelly Goodwin, Garden City ,Becky Graff, Garden City jon Gran, Garden City Sheila Grasser, Garden City Maria Gray, Garden City Melanie Greene, Garden City Angela Gribble, Garden City Brian Grider, Russianville, IN Dane Griffith, Liberal Tammy Gross, Holcomb' Matt Haag, Garden City Betty Habiger, Ingalls Students!Demo Team 45

Page 61 text:

Quilters depicts day-to-day trails in the life of musical narrative of pioneer women, Quilters , was pre- sented Nov. 6-9 in the Fine Arts Auditorium. The play, written by Molly Newman and Barbara Damashek, was based on the book, The Quilters: Women and Domestic Art by Patricia Cooper and Norma Bradley Allen. Set in the late 1800's, the play depicted the day-to-day trials in the life of a pioneer woman. Each act was signaled by a different quilt block which symbolized an event in a pioneer woman's life. One of the characters, Sarah, played by Gay Morgan, summed up the play's theme when she spoke of the quilt. There's a thread of somebody's life in it. It's my dreams, my hopes, my prayers - It's my legacy quilt. Director and producer Doral Mancini pointed out that, these women looked upon their quilting as the 'colour' in their lives. It represented their only respite from the vigorous daily routines of housework, fieldwork, and child-rearing, just to name a few. Mancini first saw Quilters three years ago at the Denver Theatre Center, where the original cast had revived the show before touring the Southwest and heading to Broadway. When I left the theatre that evening, I knew I wanted to produce this play in Southwest Kansas since, as one of the characters says - in some ways it's our own story, Mancini said. Mancini was intrigued by the smaller than ususal all-female cast, the fact that the play was scored for a small orchestra of traditional country music instrumentsg vocally, the show could be described as a folk opera in style and the tone of the script was dramatic. It required ensemble playing that covered a wide range of characters, emo- tions and ages, Mancini said. The props included cornhusk dolls made by Cherlyn Lane, a freshman in theatre and dance. She constructed all of the dolls used in the production. I've been making these dolls for years, so my job on the play was more fun than work, she said. Because the show was so recently con- ceived, there are no previous production records, films, photos or cast albums to use in researching and approaching the showf' Mancini said. Knowing these difficulties would have to be faced, but also believing that com- munity college theatre needed to offer challenges, new directions and oppor- tunities to create, Mancini and company began their journey. Through it all the people involved in this production have persevered, weathering a tremendously complex musical score, scaling the heights and depths of the characters and the set, and giving their best to a demanding and un- compromising director. I think their trip was worth it, Mancini said. In reference to the production, Mancini paraphrased Sarah's line about one of her quilts, I think this was one of the pret- tiest ones we've ever made. I won't tell you again-Teacher Roberta Rhoades admonishes her students, portrayed by Marla Shoemate and Jeanette Lobmeyer, during the schoolhouse scene. The blizzard worsens-Catherine Wisler is distraught over her young sister's tAshley Schwabj illness. A severe winter storm keeps them confined to their dugout. QuilterslCampus Life 47