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SCHOOL TO PRESENTANNUAL SPRING SHOWTwo Short Musical Plays to Mark Entertainment Thursday Night at North Junior High.In the spring show to be presented at North junior high schoolat 8 o'clock Thursday night, themusic department is deviatiing from the' customary concert by presenting two short musical plays.The first, “Dixie Capers, is made up -of songs and dance3 from the sguth. Two choruses, one ninth grade the other eighth, supply most of- the choral background for this play, being assisted by the boys’ ensemble, which will sing two spirituals. The latter part of the program, humorous in character, is begun by a short dialogue before the olio by Charles Ellington and Lee McKee..The concluding play Is entitled “Hashhouse Harmonies” or “Musical Eggs.” As the name suggests this is 4 singing travesty the scene of Which is laid in a cheap lunchroom. 'The program ends with a finale by the. entire casts of both plays and cfcprus, accompanied by the orchestra.Admission will be 10 cents for students and 25 cents for adults.‘Down South (Myddleton) and Caroline from Southern Miniatures (Zamecnik)—Orchestra,Dixie Capers, a southern sketch —Mammy Chide, Betty Jean Simmons; Mandy Lou, Dorothy Faye Mallett; Amos, Evelyn Ray Col-llngs; Andeen, Betty Brewer; Amosa, Helen Louise ' Knight; Erastus, Emma Nell Brown; Mose, John Aaron, and Blackie, Dennis McCol-gin; field dance group, Sally Leffen, Jana Lanpher, Mary Lou Marlatt end Jackie Childress; quartet, Rosemary Bardwell, Eleanor Monteith, Billy Davis and John Aaron; harmonicas, Tom Withrow, Florine Bertram and John Cragln; cakewalk, Lois Overman, Eleanor Hand, Mary Leggitt, Betty Carter, Phyllis Moore, Earl Fatchin, Billy Hastings and Bobby Burrow.Intermission.Parade of the Wooden Soldiers”( Jessel)—Orchestra.Light Talk, an inane interlude— Charles Ellington and Lee McKee.“Sbortnin’ Bread. (Wolfe-Savino) —Orchestra.‘‘Hashhouse Harmonies — Sling, Lester Wise; Cook, Tom Helm; Othello, Melbourne Wheeler; Friday,. Morgan Welch; Abraham, Robert Higgins, and Izzy, Albert Stewart.Finale, “There is a Tavern In the Town’* (an old college song)—Entire cast and chorus.1J!j ■■f M/vitfifrviTiwr /vir/wnTfff
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Joplin Globe

Joplin, Missouri, US

Sun, Feb 21, 1937

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