McConnellsburg High School - Sparta / Flashlites Yearbook (McConnellsburg, PA)

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The ca»» ut South Pacific Forty-nine kids who worked for four months to bring Broadway to McConnellsburg Musical 19

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 t SOUTH PACIFIC ” PROVIDES MHS WITH ENCHANTED EVENING’’ Bloody Miry (Mirunnc Sickles) checks out Cible I Michael Blumenthall upon his arrival at the Naw base A taste of the tropics came to town as MHS presented the Rogers and Hammerstein musical South Pa- cific on April 24, 25. and 26. The show is the story of the interaction between Navy personnel and islanders during World War II. It has been a crowd pleaser since its Broadway debut in 1948 and its pro- duction at MHS was no exception. Over 1400 people attended and rewarded the cast with standing ovations each night. Lead roles were played by Tamela Mel- lon (Nellie), Scott Grissinger (Emile), Mike Blumenthal (Cable), Lisa Sipes (Liat), Marianne Sickles (Bloody Mary), Troy Ott (Brackett), and Chris Culler (Harbison). The show stopper was Robby Coltrin (Luther) whose routine as a native lovely” in song and dance brought the house down. South Pacific was the most ambi- tious musical undertaken to date at MHS. The cast, set crew, stage crew, costumes, and makeup committees and many others all combined to make it one of the most successful as well. Middle — The Seabees learn of the beautiful dames on Bali Hai from Luther Billis (Robb Coltrin). Captain Bracken (Troy On) tells Mary to get rid of her concession stand as Commander Harbison (Chris Culler) looks on. 18 Musical

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TALENT SHOW This year the student council hosted the second annual Talent show. By the way, the Talent show is exactly what the name implies, a show of talent. The set up goes something like this: a group of four judges are selected to judge the acts. Then, students volunteer to show what talent they have. This years talent show did indeed bring out some hidden talent. Although most of the acts were lipsync, some real treats came out in the form of the shows winner, Kristi Kneas. Kristi Kneas performed a tap-dance routine to the sounds of Billy Joels You're Only Human. Howev- er, the students favorite seemed to come in the form of the Shore Boys and their group, U.A.V.A.T.A. Another group which placed was the M-60's. This group donned the looks of today and the sixties and performed songs linked to the 60's. This group seemed to have a good bit of student appeal also. Altogether, there were a total of nine acts in the show. Hopefully, the talent show will continue to increase in size, and with this increase, the variety of the shows presented will also increase. Live in Concert Above: Winner Kristi Tap-Tap Kneas Top: The 1960's live with the M 60‘s. Upper left: Dancing in the streets with UAVATA. 20 Talent Show