Medieval Spoof at Dorset Opens to Lively Royal Parody
The Dorset Playhouse premiere of Once Upon a Mattress by Caravan Theater opens a nine performance run through Aug. 8. Cast includes Faith Catlin Carol Arata Sydney Meachem and Mary Carter with direction by Patricia Carmichael and design by Anthony Dingman. The spoof draws praise for virtuosity, costumes, sets, and a lively orchestra headed by Thomas King and Donald Peterson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay Thompson
Marshall Barer
Dean Fuller
Mary Rodgers
Dorset Playhouse
Caravan Theater
Patricia Carmichael
Anthony Dingman
George Blanchard
Linde Gibb
Thomas King
Donald Peterson
Princess
Faith Catlin
Wizard Sydney Meachem
Lady Larken
Pam Reichert
Queen Ageravain
Mary Carter
Prince Dauntless
David Stever
King Sextimus
Fred Carmichael
Jester
Michael Brett
Sir Studley Warren Knowlton
Luce Hap Lawrence
Peter Peter von Mayrhauser
Brian Brian Watson
David David McHenry
Lady Rowena
Sally Forbes
Lady Merrill
Donna Lee Wilson
Lucille Phyllis Nierendorf
Sally Sally Stannard
Patricia Pat Carney
Harry Ronald Savoy Kitchen
Wench
Princess Winnifred
Carol Arata
Lady Mabelle
Donna Lee Wilson the Nightingale
Phylis Nierendorf
Dorset
Winnifred the Woebegone
David Siever
Crab
Rinehart
School of Piping Ends Second Summer Session
Peters burg NY notes Sne vermark School of Piping closes its second summer session with 26 graduates after a fourth year founded by James Lindsay. Instructor John Mace Fedgen from Glasgow led sessions. Scottish champion John MacCashney aided teaching. Notables include William Flockhart, 82, of Billings MT, and Kaile hootenanny with Beers Family Folk Singers as guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Mace Fedgen
Glasgow
Scotland
Mace Fedgen
College of Piping
Newport, R.I
William Flockhart
Billings
Mont
Banner
Flockhart
United States
Canada
John MacCashney
Piper
America
Beers
Rudolf To Conduct In Maine
Max Rudolf a Cincinnati Symphony music director accepts invitation to conduct at the Pierre Monteux Memorial Festival in Hancock Maine on August 15 leading the Monteux Festival Orchestra in an all Brahms program. Proceeds fund the Pierre Monteux Memorial Library for young conductor study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Rudolf
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Hancock
Maine
Rudolf
Monteux Festival Orchestra
Monteux
Erich Kunzel
Kunzel
Faure
Pierre Monteux
Beers Family Sells Montana Roots for New York Home
Beers Evelyne Bob and daughter Martha, professional folk singers, have purchased the Reynolds property on U.S. 2 between Grafton and Petersburg New York after two years renting locally. They return from the Newport Folk Festival where they drew crowds and praise with the Fiddler Beers Family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petersburg
N.Y
Beers
Evelyne
Bob
Martha
Reynolds
U.S. 2
Grafton
Montana
Newport
R.I
Bob Beers
Providence
George Wein
Newport Folk Foundation
Peter, Paul and Mary
Bob Dylan
Josh White
Odetta Jean Ritchie
Fiddler Beers
Reading Workshop Set Aug 23 28 for Teachers
The Bennington Southwest School District with a Ford Foundation curriculum project offers a primary reading workshop for teachers August 23 to 28 at Molly Stark School. Instructors include Mary Jane Scott and Rita Manly with 40 hours of instruction, daily 8 am to 4 pm, Saturday 8 am to 1 pm, no tuition, certification credit possible, registration closes August 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington Southwest
Ford Foundation
Molly Stark
Mary Jane Scott
Bennington
Cambridge
N.Y
Rita Manly
State University of New York
Plattsburgh
Vermont
Supt
Leon E. Wagner
Arlington Marine Gets Assignment
Cherry Point North Carolina Marines PFC Bruce R Mears son of Mr and Mrs Philip C Mears of Arlington has reported to the Marine Corps Air Station here and has been assigned to a unit of the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing Cherry Point is the Marine Corps largest operational air base and hosts the wings aviation overhaul facility and several technical training schools
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cherry Point
N.C
Bruce R. Mears
Philip C. Mears
Arlington
Marine Corps Air Station
2Nd Marine Aircraft Wing
Marine Corps
Falls Officials Seek New Planning Consultants in Hamlet Meeting
Falls officials from village and town boards plus planning boards met Monday to hear two firms propose master plan work after state rejection of John C. Burdis Associates. Sorrentino and Water outlined compatible, uninterrupted services with minor changes. fees cited at 25k and 27k for 18 months, same overall cost outlook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
State Department of Commerce
John C. Burdis
Albany
Candeub, Fleissig, Adley and Associates
Burdis Associates
John V. Water
Sargent, Webster, Crenshaw and Folley
Sorrentino
Vatet
Burdis
John Murphy
Leo J. Albowicz
James Sennett
George McEvoy
Justice of the Peace
William Murphy
J. Joseph Hayden
Town Planning Board
Edward Gorman
Guy Phillips
Joseph Buckley
Planning Commission
John Cuddihy
Donald St. Hilaire
Richard Severson
Reading group for grades four to six at McCullough Library
All young people in grades 4 5 or 6 who wish to join a reading group should meet with Mrs Catherine Miles librarian at McCullough Library Thursday at 1 30 p m. Contact Elizabeth Dwyer at 442 4519 for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cathryn Miles
McCullough
Zimbler Sinfonietta at Art Center Sunday
The Zimbler Sinfonietta from Boston Symphony, 12 string players, perform August 8 at 8:30 p.m. at Southern Vermont Art Center in Manchester with Sherman Walt as bassoon soloist in Vivaldi Concertino in C minor. Members include Zazofsky as concert master and multiple violinists, violists, cellists, and Portnoy on bass. Tickets grant gallery access an hour before curtain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Zimbler Sinfonietta
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Tanglewood
Southern Vermont Art Center
Sherman Walt
Boston Orchestra
Vivaldi
Minnesota
Walt
The
State University
Ferdinand del Negro
Marcel Tabuteau
Curtis Institute of Music
Philadelphia
New England Conservatory of Music
Berkshire Music Center
Boston
Josef Zimbler
Handel
Hindemith
Mozart
Corelli
Barber
Sinfonietta
George Zazofsky
Gottfried Wilfinger
Julius Schulman
William Marshall
Harry Dickson
Herman Silberman
Stanley Benson
Jerome Lipson
Bernard Kadinoff
Rob
Ert Ripley
John Sant Ambrogio
Henry Portnol
Vermont
Drought Spurs Well Drilling in Searsburg Area
Drought prompts increased drilling with mixed results. At Braistedts vacation home no water found at 95 feet, Longfellow’s cabin yielded under a quart at 250 feet, while Marting’s Woodford site produced four gallons per minute at 100 feet. Summer visitors and extended families populate Searsburg cabins as late July visits wrap up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Searsburg
William Braistedt
Livingston Longfellow
Henry Marting
Woodford
Leo Berry
Castle Hill
Wilmington
Richard
David
Richard Konys
Liverpool
N.Y
Susan
Berry
Kenneth Berry
Coventry
Blueberry Hill
Martin
Howard Walling
Hazlet
N.J
Dorset Marine Returns from Sea
Marine Lt. Philip X. Chapman, son of Mr and Mrs Henry A Chapman of Dorset, returned July 19 to Camp Lejeune after a five month tour with the landing force of the U S Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean. BLT 2 8, built around 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Division, included ground and aviation units from Cherry Point and Camp Lejeune. Liberty stops included Naples Izmir Cannes and Palma de Mallorca with side trips to Rome Paris Nice and Monaco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Lejeune
N.C
Philip X. Chapman
Henry A. Chapman
Dorset
U.S. Sixth Fleet
Mediterranean
8Th Marine Division
Marine Air Station
Cherry Point
Marine Corps
BLT
Naples
Italy
Izmir
Turkey
Canenes
France
Palma
Mellorca
Rome
Paris
Nice
Monaco
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William Gilbert
Phyllis Nierendorf
Lester Lanin
Judy Garland
Imogene Coca
Simon Barendse
Petersburg, N.Y
Edit Beaumont
Providence Journal
Ted Halmbert
Dumbarton
Evelyn Beers
Bradford Swan
Evelyne Beers
Fiddler
Marty
London
API
Panther Books
Chicago
Columbia Records
the Beers
Eugene Ormandy
Leonard Bernestein
Arlington Marine
Falls
Fice
Schenectady
North Bennington
Elizabeth Dwyer
Art Center
Cedar Gates
Richard Kidwell
Mary McClellan Hospital
Fort Miller
Carlo Walter
Hamburg
Walker
Central Vermont Public Service Corp
Han
Volkswagen
Monument Motors, Inc
Hunt St
Bennington, Vt
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