Lina the Musical staged by Saco Rotary Club sparks dreams and drama
Clarence LaPierre and team unveil a 15 foot ramp for a dream sequence in Lina the Musical. Dianne Sweeney stars as Lina with Robert Fournier and Suzanne Beaulieu as star dancers. John Ray leads choreography and the cast features talent from Biddeford to Gorham.
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Clarence LaPierre
Dorothy LaFortune
Robert Fournier
Rotary
Albert Deshaies
Walker
Saco
Marie Batchelder
Arthur Morrill
Ray
Lina
Petite
Dianne Sweeney
Old Orchard Beach
York County
Maine
Waterville
Ballet Russe
Gladys Rueben
Suzanne Beaulieu
Lincoln Center
New York
John Ray
Broadway
Virginia
Biddeford High School
St. Francis College
University of Maine
Gorham State Teachers College
St. Andre’s
Chevrus High
Biddeford
Jethro
Raynald Painchand
Bill
Leonella Nicoletos
Bula
Marcia Joncas
Willamina
Andrea’ Ray
Ella
Roger Caouette
George
Jackie Launa
Margaret
Theresa Lemire
Mae
Marc Auger
Rev
Conner
Marie Smith
Julia
Brendan Crosby
Ambrose
Moira Crosby
Ernestine
Lillian Norman
Martha
Dot LaFortune
Directors Guild atones for awkward award mishap
Hollywood reports the Directors Guild resolves an embarrassing award misannouncement from last year when Mike Nichols was misnamed as winner for best direction. Nichols wins this year for The Graduate while in New York. Alfred Hitchcock receives the D W Griffith award. Darryl F Zanuck receives honorary membership as Nichols’s win sparks Oscar race talk. Also: Sep 28 wedding planned for Karen Protulis and G Robert Croteau. engagements announced in Cohasset Massachusetts.
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Bob Thomas
Hollywood
Directors Guild
Guild
Mike Nichols
Virginia Woolf
Nichols
Fred Zinnemann
New York
Will Rogers
Rogers
Frank
Frank Capra
Frank Lloyd
Capra
Alfreditchcock
D.W. Griffith
Hitchcock
Darryl F. Zanuck
Karen Nancy Protulis
William J. Protulis
Norfolk Road
Cohasset
Mass
G. Robert Croteau
Joseph E. Croteau
Spring St
Saco
Marie (Breault) Croteau
Protulis
Sacred Heart High School
Kingston
John Hancock Insurance Co
St. Louis High School
Biddeford
Suffolk
Northeastern
Polaroid Corp
Fox buys film rights to five Broadway plays
Twenty Century Fox has purchased film rights to five Broadway productions including Hello Dolly Everything in the Garden Staircase The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie and The Only Game in Town The deal also covers The Flip Side a London comedy that may open in the U S this year The article notes the first Methodist church in America was built by Rev Robert Strawbridge an Irish immigrant at Sam's Creek Maryland.
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Conrad Doucette
Lina
Ray
Louisiana
New York
Twentieth Century-Fox
London
America
Robert Strawbridge
Sam's Creed, Md
Music Hall appeal aims its programs at all ages
NBC's Wednesday Music Hall aims for wide appeal with a mixed bag of singing and light comedy in The Class of 68. Host John Davidson leads Michele Lee Buffy Sainte Marie Tom Jones and the Fifth Dimension with limited material while Jonathan Winters Show on CBS and other network plans face tougher competition next season. Olympic ratings disappoint ABC blames lack of intense interest on Americans while the upcoming Mexico games promise a stronger second sports package.
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NEW York
NBC
John Davidson
Michele Lee
Buffy
Don Rickles
Daniel Boone
Ed Ames
Daniel
Jimmy Dean
ABC
Mexico
Boy Scouts Plan Full Day Hike And Tests
Members of Biddeford Boy Scout Troop 305 sponsor Troop One Building Association prepared for a hike from 8 30 a m to 4 30 p m Saturday starting at the Scout Hall on Mason Street. During this week s hall meeting several scouts passed tests including second class board of review and first class badge work plus oath and map skills as leaders demonstrated birch bark tea tasting and alertness to safety procedures.
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Biddeford
Troop One Building Association
Mason Street
Robert Hevey
Marcel Richards
Hevey
Michael Gagnon
Michael Lafrance
Daniel Labbe
Michael Banker
Dana St. Ouis James Ferguson
Michael Boilard
Tare Boilard
Owen
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London Fog
Arrow
A. H. Benoit & Company
Lady Benoit
Masonic Bldg
Biddeford Savings Bank
George Stevens
Main St
Music Hall’ Appeal
Cynthia Lowry
Boy Scouts
Tulsa
Kla
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Carly
Magnavox
Phonograph
Mediterranean
Main Street
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