George C Marshall High School - Columbian Yearbook (Falls Church, VA)

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applauded The halls were alive with the Sound of Music as cast and crew prepared for the three November performances. Construction of sets and scenery, that began even before school started, was closely followed by tryouts that determined the 80-member cast. Rehearsal followed rehearsal and the construction still went on behind the scenes. Meanwhile nun's habits were stitched, the children's aprons were hand-embroidered, and the Baroness's dress was sequined. The Chrysdurpiergilwa (or mountain) was built while Publicity madly produced posters and filled the morning and afternoon announcements with raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens. Finally the time for performance had come. Three trips into the roles of the Von Trapps and their world and the triumphant cast, crews and orchestra were free to disappear into endless cast parties. A pantomining Margie Commerce, as Louisa, arkls life to a scene with her experienced acting ability. Scott Pierce, as Captain Von Trapp, listens intently to Janice lindberg, as Elsa, w hile she sings How Can Love Survive? On a hot August Friday before school started. Sue It looks like curtains for the Von Trapp children Durrin labors ,o stenc.l the wall of the Von Trapp'S when «he.r return,ng father finds them dressed in living room draperies. 19

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Musical news good news! Opening the year with Good News, Bad New, the Choral Department presented its annual Folk Concert. Concert Choir began the program with an English sea chanty, High Barbaree. Accompanying himself on the guitar, Marshall alumnae Tom Eggers sang an original composition, No, Not Her. Madrigals Roy Lashbrook and Mike Murphy pulled off a comedy stunt with the help of pianist Bill Weiser. The first half concluded with a happy tune by Girls' Ensemble, It's a Good Day. After a brief intermission, the audience was greeted with a risque slide show accompaniment to the Madrigals singing a French folk song, Close to my Blonde, How Good it is to Sleep. Wayne Ollweiler followed with Mother Nature's Son from the Beatles' White Album, and Dawn Finchum performed The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down. A sober temperance song became juiced when Ben Sands faked signs of inebriation. Following old tradition, alumni were invited up on the stage to close the concert with the spiritual Ride the Chariot. These were but a few of the entertaining numbers comprising the delightful November evening. Student Director Mike Murphy leads the Concert Choir, complete with alumni, in Ride the Chariot.” 21