Glendale High School - Falcon Yearbook (Springfield, MO)

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'ou to be in the The +ught it would take were sitting in try- uame was called to nd sing. Dizzy and an ulcer, somehow though callbacks I'he shock and ela- inted boldly on the part of it. C R? -f . 'P it r V A' i ' ls if if L, 4 if ,s 'uni Y i's going on. Publicity tting up displays at nmercials. ar City school board marmonizing barber- 9lOI'y - November But relief was temporary. There were hundreds of lines to be memorized, scenes to be blocked, and it seemed you would break into hysterics if they insisted on practicing Iowa Stubborn once more. Every night Glendale be- came a second home and Miss Smith and Mrs. Bufhngton 's after- practice talks were more expected than your mother's daily reminder to Make your bed! Panic, with the suspected growth of that ulcer, came two weeks before the show as backdrops, scenes, and props were hurling, yet unfinished, towards per- formance - plus the new hassle of trying to add the orchestra. AX .Z- , Xln, W, Martin cuts his hair for the role of Harold Hill. NUHCY Appelquist as Mayor Shinn's wife leads ll Q'lQwn's girls in a rousing chorus of Wa-Tan- Ye In reco nition of the city's Indian Heritage on 9 lhe Fourth of July. , ,,,.....u.-...,-.,,, ......... ..i.. Ly- 2' mous Harold Hill. Z' f Finally the big day came - an unlikely Fri- day, when there were PEOPLE out there. From that moment until the applause died after the closing curtain on Monday, time was lost in a magical blur . . . the smell of paint, your cos- tume, cast parties la straight and a wild l, make-up that would never come off, '76 Trom- bones beating against your ears, and the 767 strangers who had become unbelievably close friends. It was over. Wandering into the gym two weeks later you saw an ordinary stage, yet in your mind there would always be lights, music, and the thrill of the crowd . . . ., f Entrancing the people of River City, Harold describes the electric thrill which can be theirs with a boys' band, uniforms and instruments sold by him. But you gotta know the territory! contends Brent Davis las Charlie Cowelll to fellow traveling salesmen Stephen Webber and Mitchell Baker while Kelly Voyles listens in. Charlie is out to expose the infa- Q i 'l lf l l ri ,i, l i l 1 il

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TRAVELLING SALESMEN Mace CHARLIE COWELL Davis CONDUCTOR ...... Tharp HAROLD HILL . Blakeney MAYOR SHINN . EDWART OLIVER HIX ......... JACEY SQUIRES ..... OLIN BRITT ......... MARCELLUS WASHBURN DJILAS AROO Dedmon Steve Tharp .Ron Wallace .Rick Sloan .Mike Adam Tom Thompson John Auberry Terry Gilzow n I Schnedler nne Modlin .Danny Woodall .Nancy Appelquist i . .......... Tammy Hicklin 'Q ..... Sheryl Winsky .Linda Hurst .Cindy Winsky . . . ..... Shelly Pollock MRS. SQUIRES ........ ....... A my Johnson CONSTABLE LOCKE .... .... S tephen Webber ALMA HIX ..... MAUD DUNLOP ETHEL a 1. fTom Paroo, River City's librarian and piano teacher, come to Harold's defense when the town discovers the music man is a fraud. Q Marcellus, an old friend of Prof, Hill, and Marian Your friends were urging you to be in the The Music Man, your parents thought it would take too much time. But there you were sitting in try- outs, trembling each time a name was called to go up on the stage to read and sing. Dizzy and suspecting you'd developed an ulcer, somehow you managed to survive, though callbacks seemed worse than death! The shock and ela- tion of seeing your name printed boldly on the cast sheet made up for, well, part of it. T5 L, 5 x l . Steph Hours of offstage work insured the show's going on. Publicity members started designing posters, setting up displays at Battlefield Mall, and producing radio commercials. Practice makes perfect hopes the River City school board as they go from unmemorized lines to a harmonizing barber- shop quartet for three blazing nights of glory - November 2, 3, and 5. i? But relief was were hundreds memorized, scei and it seemed into hysterics if practicing l0wCl more. Every ni came a second Smith and Mrs. practice talks w than your moth to Make your! Z' Ross find Martin cuts his hairt i Nancy Appelquist 1 the town's girls in c Ye in recognition c the Fourth of July.

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