Richwoods High School - Excalibur Yearbook (Peoria, IL)

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Complete cast of The Death and Life of Sneaky Fitch The cast of Sneaky Fitch included: Carol Hohlfelder, Dave Myers, Scott Rawls, Nancy Ries, Sue Korgie, Daryl Newcomb, Marty Moore, Brandon Cox, Karen Holst, Bruce Evans, Rudy Schelly, Don Kreiss, Roy Meyer, Trina Pollitt, Lisa Hana, Anne Coyle, LeeAnn Feinerman, Mike Flynn, Kim Fondriest, Becky Jones, Jim Mills, Steve Regal, Rick Robbins, Dawn Van Heule, and Jenny York. Bruce Evans explains his own philosophy of life to Dave Myers. Maroon (Sue Korgie) begins her job of seducing Sneaky. Bruce Evans, portraying Sneaky Fitch, makes his grand entrance. 29

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Sneaky Fitch surprises all the townspeople when he arises from the dead. Carol Hohlfelder expresses herself in song. 28 All eyes are on Bruce Evans at play practice. The Death and Life of Sneaky Fitch, the an- nual fall play held on the nights of Nov. 19th and 2 0th, was a smashing success. The fly in the ointment. Sneaky Fitch (Bruce Evans) lived a lowly life as a yellow-bellied, lily-livered coward. He was a scratch in the finish and had to be rid of, so, the high- praisin' preacher (Brandon Cox), town doctor (Marty Moore), and local sheriff (Daryl New- comb), put their heads together. Sneaky Fitch was rid of , but came back as an immortal soul. That period of high living was cut short when his fuse was blown out for good by the local saloon girl. Maroon (Sue Korgie). Many thanks to Mr. Peters and the whole cast of the play for the hours of entertainment.

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30 I Oklahoma! Oklahoma-you're OK Girls sing and dance to Many A New Day . Curly finally wins Laurey's hand in marriage. Curly, (Marty Moore), tells of the beautiful surrey as Laurey, (Cheryl Murphy), daydreams about it. On May 5th, 6th and 7th, Rogers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma was present- ed in the Richwoods1 auditorium by a fine cast of students. Mr. Wayne Macomber, co-ordinator of the play, also directed the orchestra the nights the play was shown, while Mr. Peters spent endless hours working on set design. All of the dance numbers came into existance only with the help of one lady, Ms. Ann Kendall. Oklaho- ma is the story of Curly and Laurey's humorous, yet round-about way of finally acheiving a successful romance. Ali Hakim, the Persian delight, provided a quite comical view of a foreign peddler when he tried to make a play for Ado Anne while Will Parker, Anne's pro- mised, is away. Aunt Eller, the every- day middle-aged woman, seems to know of almost everything and naturally her information is free simply by asking. Jud Fry is the character who holds the entire framework of the play together. He is a lonely, bitter man striving for his one chance of happiness, Laurey, which he soon loses to Curly. The strength and magic of these charac- ters and the students who portrayed them, made Oklahoma a great success.