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From the archive of Jean Freeman
Presented by Greville Watson 2013
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Rushden Amateur Operatic Society
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The Sound of Music - 1970
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RUSHDEN AMATEUR OPERATIC SOCIETY
presents
The Sound of Music
(by arrangement with Messrs. Chappell & Co. Ltd.)
Music by Richard Rodgers
Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
THE RITZ RUSHDEN
November 2-7, 1970
Nightly at 7.30 p.m.
Saturday Matinee at 2.30 p.m.
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Entire production by
MARGARET BOYLE
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THE STORY . . .
The play opens at the Nonnberg Abbey where the nuns are going about their daily tasks. Maria, a postulant who has been given permission to leave the Abbey for the day, is found high on a mountain-side. She returns very late to the Abbey, where the Mother Abbess and the sisters of the order feel that Maria is not really suited to the religious life. Although sharing many enthusiasms with Maria, the Mother Abbess makes her leave the Abbey to become the temporary governess of the seven children of Captain von Trapp, a retired officer of the Austrian Navy. The Captain, a martinet since the death of his wife, has made the children, through naval discipline, into little more than machines. In spite of this Maria breaks through their reserve and teaches them to sing and enjoy life. The eldest daughter, Liesl, just discovering first love, steals out of the house to meet Rolf. Maria wins her confidence, and that of the other children. Leaving the children in Maria’s care the Captain departs – eventually returning from Vienna with his fiancée Elsa and his friend Max Detweiler, a concert impresario. The Captain is astonished to find that in his absence his children have learned to sing. He is greatly moved and realizes his tremendous affection for them and joins in their singing. Elsa induces him to give a party – at which the children sing their goodnights to the guests. Maria, frightened at the fact that she is falling in love with the Captain, runs back to the Abbey, where the Mother Abbess reproves her for trying to escape from life, telling her that she must go out and seek it.
Returning to the Trapp Villa, Maria finds a bitter quarrel raging between the Captain, Elsa and Max, who hold different views regarding the impending Anschluss and the coming of the Nazis. The Captain and Elsa, realising their incompatibility, dissolve their engagement and he and Maria discover their great love for each other. Two weeks later they are married in the Abbey and on returning from their honeymoon discover that the Nazis have taken over and that even Rolf and some of their close friends are among their supporters.
Meanwhile, Max has arranged for the children to sing at the Karlsburg Festival, despite the Captain’s disapproval. The Nazis summon Captain von Trapp into their immediate service, but Maria gains time by pointing out that the whole von Trapp family must perform at the festival concert. Whilst on the stage at the concert hall, Max announces that an escort is waiting to take the Captain straight to his ship. The family reprises “So long, Farewell” and one by one they leave the stage as Max stalls the escort. They hide in the gardens of the Abbey as storm troopers search for them inside and finally make their way to freedom over Maria’s beloved mountains as the nuns wish them Godspeed. |
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THE PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
Once again it is my great pleasure to introduce another Production of Rushden Amateur Operatic Society.
Our Patrons can be assured that no effort has been spared to make “Sound of Music” as happy and attractive a Show as the twenty-seven Productions of the Society which have preceded it.
I am delighted to welcome again Miss Margaret Boyle as our Producer, who was last with us in the Production of “The Merry Widow”, which I know many of you will remember as a very successful occasion. It is also a source of great pleasure to me to express my sincere appreciation of the whole of the talent to be displayed by the Society on this special occasion.
We hope with the aid of our many Patrons, coupled with the excellent financial and loyal support of our Vice-Presidents, once again to fulfil our sincere desire to make a generous sum available for the support of local charities.
The Society will always welcome applications from anyone interested in joining. Applications should be made to the Secretary, Mr Allen Goulsbra, Lloyds Bank House, 133 High Street, Rushden.
My personal thanks and appreciation to all concerned.
W J A Peck
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THE ORCHESTRA
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violins:
viola:
cello:
double bass:
flute:
oboe:
clarinets:
trumpets:
trombone:
timpani:
pianoforte:
guitar:
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Yvonne Bowness
(Leader)
Elsie Bridges
A.White
Kara Hall
C. Cook
E. Allen
D. Garland
C. Smith
G. Hornsey
P. Davis
E. Denton
M. Chamberlain
R. Benning
S. Smith
Joan Hart
M. Jones |
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Oswald Lawrence
who has been our
Musical Director
since 1947,
has given most
distinguished service
to the Society.
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RUSHDEN AMATEUR OPERATIC SOCIETY
Officers of the Society, 1970
President: W. J. A. Peck, Esq.
Vice-Presidents:
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Capt. C.E.Abbott
D.E.Abbott, Esq.
A.B.Abington, Esq.
Alan Allebone, Esq.
P.Bugby, Esq.
Miss P.Bryant
P.Carpenter, Esq.
H.W.Catlin, Esq., DFC, BA
J.F.Chambers, Esq.
R.Coles, Esq.
J.B.Coleman, Esq.
A.C.A.Colton, Esq., CC
R.A.W.Cox, Esq.
Peter Crisp, Esq.
A.G.Crowdy, Esq.
J.W.Denniss, Esq.
Mrs. Desborough
F.Eady, Esq.
R.A.Evans, Esq., TD, BA
Mrs. A.D.Fairey
Mrs. M.Felce, Esq.
C.Freeman, Esq.
R.B.Freeman, Esq.
A.Frost, Esq.
D.Fulcher, Esq.
B.W.Garley, Esq. |
D.F.Gibson, Esq.
A.E.Goulsbra, Esq.
G.F.Gray, Esq.
R.R.Griffiths, Esq.
D.H.Hale, Esq.
W.V.Hawkes, Esq.
A.E.Hill, Esq.
Mrs. A.Head
B.Huckle, Esq.
J.G.Humphrey, Esq.
A.W.A.Ilett, Esq.
C.F.Jefferies, Esq.
W.J.Keller, Esq.
G.Knight, Esq.
Dr. O.B.Lean
Art Lewis, Esq.
D.Liggins, Esq.
D.H.Mackness, Esq.
G.B.Mackness, Esq.
G.W.Marriott, Esq.
D.Marriott, Esq.
A.W.Martin, Esq.
A.F.Mills, Esq.
E.E.Newell, Esq.
G.S.Osborne, Esq.
Mrs. J.Penn |
F.A.Paragreen, Esq.
E.D.Peck, Esq.
G.Percival, Esq.
L.Phillips, Esq.
Dr. A.Dorothy Pickard
F.E.Rickard, Esq.
G.P.Robinson, Esq.
Mrs. E.M.Sanders
R.Savage, Esq.
H.B.Selwood, Esq.
C.J.Sinfield, Esq.
J.Southam, Esq.
J.G.Spencer, Esq., OBE
D.C.Summerfield, Esq.
J.G.Swart, Esq.
A.E.Tear, Esq.
A.E.Tilley, Esq.
E.G.Tompkins, Esq.
C.R.Wildman, Esq.
Mrs. P.Wildman
D.H.Wills, Esq.
P.T.M.Wilson, Esq.
J.W.Woodley, Esq.
G.F.Wright, Esq. |
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Honorary Life Members:
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| Miss Eva Bryant |
Miss Phyllis Bryant
B.R.Palmer, Esq. |
E.Wadsworth, Esq. |
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Chairman:
Vice-Chairman:
Treasurer:
Secretary:
Musical Director:
Asst. Mus. Director:
Accompanists: |
Roland A. Evans, TD, BA
Peter W. Carpenter
Philip Mould
Allen Goulsbra
Oswald L. Lawrence,
LRAM, ARCM
Joan Hart, ALCM
Joan Hart and
Pauline Longland |
Stage Manager:
Wardrobe Mistress:
Committee:
Auditors: |
Pat Catlin
Nellie Hart
Joan Vaughan,
Margaret Coleman
Philip Maddams
Janet Penn
George Mitchell
Mary Painter
Baker, Bros., Halford & Co. |
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CAST
| Maria Rainer, a Postulant at Nonnberg Abbey |
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PAULINE WILDMAN |
| Sister Berthe, Mistress of Novices |
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MARGARET COLEMAN |
| Sister Margaretta, Mistress of Postulants |
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CICELY FENSOME |
| The Mother Abbess |
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GILLIAN BROWN |
| Sister Sophia |
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ANGELA NEWCOMBE |
| Captain Georg von Trapp |
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PHILLIP MADDAMS |
| Franz, the Butler |
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GRAHAM WARD |
| Frau Schmidt, the Housekeeper |
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ROSE DRAGE |
| Children of Captain von Trapp: |
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| Liesl |
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RUTH WILLS |
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Mon. & Sat.
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Tues. Thurs. &
Sat. Matinee
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Wed. & Fri.
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| Friedrich |
Julian Braidwood |
Mark Waples |
Julian Braidwood |
| Louisa |
Janet Trotter |
Linda Fuller |
Jane Tarry |
| Kurt |
Andrew Wilbur |
David Hart |
Andrew Wilbur |
| Brigitta |
Jane Warner |
Karen Rogers |
Jayne Warner |
| Marta |
Anna Pyhyk |
Karen Knight |
Kim Edmonds |
| Gretl |
Margaret Pateman |
Debra Rogers |
Margaret Pateman |
| Rolf Gruber |
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KEITH GREEN |
| Elsa Schraeder |
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DOROTHY COLEMAN |
| Max Detweiler |
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PETER CARPENTER |
| Herr Zeller |
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MARTYN WHEELDON |
| Baron Elberfeld |
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PHILLIP SMITH |
| A Postulant |
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CHRISTINE REDDEN |
| Admiral von Schreiber |
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ROLAND EVANS |
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Nuns, novices, postulants
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Margaret Ambury, Patricia Bird, Christine Carter, Teresa Godley,
Josephine Green, Connie Holt, Jeanette King, Janet Mould, Mary Painter,
Janet Penn, Mary Quartermaine, Christine Redden, Glenys Robinson,
Joan Vaughan, Linda Walker, Pauline Walker, Rene Welsford. |
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Neighbours of Captain von Trapp
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Margaret Bailey, Pat Horn, Sue Poston, Pam Fulcher, Judith Walker,
Michael Walker, Karl Zaremba, Tony Shelford, Michael Mills,
Malcolm Chambers. |
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PRODUCTION TEAM
| Producer: |
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Margaret Boyle |
| Musical Director: |
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Oswald Lawrence |
| Asst. Mus. Director: |
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Joan Hart |
| Wardrobe Mistress: |
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Nellie Hart |
| Assisted by: |
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Ena Carpenter, Peggy Coles, Nancy
Eady, Lily Keech, Dorothy Lawrence,
Phyllis Smith, Molly Wharnby, Ivy
Willis |
| Prompter: |
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Margaret Akroyd, Miriam Joyce |
| Call Boy: |
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Bettina Goulsbra |
| Chief Steward: |
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George Mitchell |
| Make-up Assistants: |
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Clive Durrant, Susan Poston |
| Costumes by: |
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W. A. Homburg |
| Scenery by: |
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Scenic Display Services Ltd. |
| Stage Manager: |
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Pat Catlin |
Deputy Stage
Manager: |
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Len Gomm |
| Stage Staff: |
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Bob Atkinson, John Bass, David
Basson, Len Berrill, Melvyn
Carpenter, Peter Copperwheat,
Tony Dale, David Evans, Roger
Norman, Roy Norman, Derek Peck,
Calvin Phipps, Tim Ruff, Bill Sinfield,
Ken Smith, Brian Tobin [Toby],
Les Ward, Greville Watson |
| Property: |
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Gordon Pateman, George Coleman,
David Coleman, Mark Coleman,
Peggy Hobson, Jeff Holloway, David
Pateman, Douglas Pateman |
| Electrician: |
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Arthur Holloman, assisted by:
Susan Dupont, Stuart Mitchell, Chris
Ruff, Peter Sturgess, Michael Whitney |
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Programme Sellers
(Arrangements by Hilda House)
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Hilda Abbott, Gwen Hardwick, Stephanie Horry, Ivy Ingram, Elaine
Kisbee, Muriel J. Prout, Kaye Rawlins, Freda Redden, Mary Wills. |
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Stewards
(Under the directions of George Mitchell)
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J.Barker, A.Binder, H.Binder, B.Catlin, R.Coles, L.Darnell,
P.W.House, H.Ingram, C.F.Jefferies, I.Lawrence, P.Mitchley,
B.R.Palmer, G.J.Percival, W.D.Perkins, D.Reeves, E.A.Strickland. |
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Sisters Sophia, Margaretta and Berthe
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Scenes and Musical Numbers
The Story takes place in Austria, early in 1938
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ACT 1
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| Scene 1 |
Nonnberg Abbey |
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Preludium, Dixit Dominus,
Morning Hymn, Alleluia |
Nuns Chorus |
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Mountainside near the Abbey |
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Sound of Music |
Maria |
| Scene 3 |
The office of the Mother Abbess,
the next morning |
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Maria |
Sisters Berthe,
Sophia, Margaretta
and Mother Abbess |
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My Favourite Things |
Maria and Mother
Abbess |
| Scene 4 |
A Corridor in the Abbey |
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My Favourite Things |
Maria, Mother
Abbess and
Margaretta |
| Scene 5 |
The Living room of the Trapp
Villa, that afternoon |
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Do-Re-Mi |
Maria and Children |
| Scene 6 |
Outside the Trapp villa, that
evening |
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Sixteen going on Seventeen |
Liesl and Rolf |
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| Scene 7 |
Maria's bedroom later that evening |
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The Lonely Goatherd |
Maria and Children |
| Scene 8 |
A hallway in the Trapp villa |
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| Scene 9 |
The terrace of the Trapp villa,
six weeks later |
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How can love survive |
Max and Elsa |
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Sound of Music |
Children |
| Scene 10 |
A hallway in the Trapp villa,
one week later |
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| Scene 11 |
The Living room, the same evening |
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The Party: Grand Waltz. Landler.
Fox Trot. Waltz So long, Farewell |
Children |
| Scene 12 |
A corridor in the Abbey |
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Morning Hymn |
Nuns Chorus |
| Scene 13 |
The office of the Mother Abbess,
three days later |
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Climb Ev'ry Mountain |
Mother Abbess |
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INTERVAL
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ACT 2
Entr'acte
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| Scene 1 |
The terrace, the same day |
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The lonely Goatherd |
Children |
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The Sound of Music |
Children |
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My Favourite Things |
Maria and Children |
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No way to stop it |
Elsa, Max and Captain |
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An ordinary couple |
Maria and Captain |
| Scene 2 |
A corridor in the Abbey, two
weeks later |
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Wedding Preparations, I |
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| Scene 3 |
The office of the Mother Abbess,
immediately following |
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Wedding Preparations, II |
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| Scene 4 |
A cloister overlooking the chapel |
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Gaudeamus Domino and Processional
Canticle and Confitemini Domino |
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Nuns Chorus |
| Scene 5 |
The living room, one month later |
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Sixteen going on Seventeen |
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Maria and Liesl |
| Scene 6 |
The concert hall, three days later |
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The Concert:
Do-Re-Mi
Edelweiss
So long, farewell
The Awards |
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Maria, Captain
and Children |
| Scene 7 |
The Garden of Nonnberg Abbey,
that night |
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Finale. Climb Ev'ry Mountain |
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Elsa Schraeder and Max Detweiler
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Nuns, novices, postulants
Patricia Bird, Connie Holt, Janet Penn, Glenys Robinson,
Joan Vaughan, Mary Painter, Margaret Ambury,
Mary Quartermaine, Jeanette King, Janet Mould,
Christine Redden, Christine Carter,
Rene Welsford, Teresa Godley
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The Committee and members of the Society wish to offer their very sincere thanks to all of the following whose assistance and
co-operation have made this production possible:
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The President and Vice-President for their continued interest and support.
Messrs. Jaffa, Knighton, Jackson and the Ritz Staff for their support.
The Northamptonshire Education Committee (Mr.G.E.Churchill, MA., Chief Education Officer) and the Head of the Rushden Evening Institute who has given every help in the arrangement of rehearsals.
Mr.C.Hale, the Head of Wymington Road, Junior School, and Mr.Bing, the Caretaker, for their help.
All those who have allowed us to display advertising material.
The Rushden Co-operative Society for the use of factory and shop.
The Stewards and Programme Sellers.
The Nursing Sisters and St. John Ambulance for attendance at the Theatre.
The Stage Staff and all others who have worked behind the Scenes, each one of whom has contributed so much to the success of this Production.
Mr.V.Childs for photographs and the Skew Bridge Ski Club for the use of their premises.
Mr.A.March for great assistance in producing this programme.
Mr.T.Butler for the loan of artificial flowers.
In a production such as this, so many persons have given us help that it is impossible to mention every name, but to each and all "THANK YOU". |
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