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Miss Brock handled herself well on stage and is to be commended for her work with a role requiring so much on-stage time. Vance as Captain Von Trapp showed a fine voice in his vocal numbers but he had a few awkward moments with his characterization. The children's roles were handled admirably by Julie Goodwin ( Liesl) ; Senita Dear- A Review ing (Louise) ; Miek McDonald (Friedrich) ; Steve Deaton (Kurt) ; Alicia Pouncey (Brigitta) ; and Amy Pouncey ( Marta) . One of the high points of the production was the Nun's Chorus. Their singing voices blended into a very effectilr~ -- - - Melodie Measells as the ..lother Abbess showed a very fine voice in "Climb Every Mountain" despite some throat difficulty which, hopefully, will be eliminated before tonight's performance. She displayed a lchness and range needed iy Wolverton as the realthy Frau Schmidt seemed too tense, and she was not at her best in the song "No Way To Stop It" in which sht. changed keys mid-song. The entire song scene with Max (Gary Jones) and the Captain (Act 11, Scene 1) is an awkward one for all three ira that they are often left standing staring at each other. Somc movement is needed to relieve this, it seems. Jones as Max needs to project his voice more. He had some good lines but most ha& to be delivered from upstage, and ha. failed to get a good audience sponse mainly because kt. ,asn't heard. Liesl (Julie Goodwin)' and Rolf (Barry Phillips) had a light-hearted scene together in which they sang "Sixteen Going Qn Seventeen." Both performed well but the lighting could have been softer to enhance thr mood. 1 impressive choir. 2-cially for that song.

By DOROTHY THOMPSON standing ovagion was awarded to Janice Brock and Joe Vance at the opening last night of East Central Junior College's production "The Sound of Music." .The two-act play with book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse is packed with Rodgers and Hammerstein music - those "hummable" and "whiscle-able" tunes such as "Edelweiss", "Do-Re-Me," and SO on. Miss Brock portrayed a gentle Maria, whose soft voice was at times too soft. Her voice 1 does not have the range needed for some of the songs, but she improved somewhat as the show progressed. The "WRe I ] Me" numbers, solo and with the I A spontaneous

housekeeper in the Von Trap! household; Gale Goss a: Ursula; Robby Fisher a s Her Zeller ; Shannon Cleveland Sister Bertha; Ada Boggar] Sister Margaritta; and J e a Mills a s Sister Sophia. With a cast so large, it i impossible to mention all. Bui Director Bruce Peterson anr musical directors Bob Heritag and James Dykes hav assembled a hard-working ca. and crew who have put o a good show. And, the backstage ere! must receive a "well done" fc their efficiency and quietness i set changes and other task necessary behind the scenes. Director Peterson pointed ot that all members of the c crew, and orchestra (with LII exce~tion of the younet children's roles) are- E students. Only enrolled studenl are eligible to take part in tk The ECJC production is being dedicated to Bob Fick, who this spring will complete 27 years as department at the college. The play will run through Friday night in the Fine Arts Center auditorium on the campus. Curtain time is 7.94' productions. chairman of the music

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