The Music Man
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As a testament to the versatility of it's members The Minerva Club show in November 2002 was The Music Man which is almost the opposite of our previous show Chess in terms of style, music and above all the "feelgood factor"THE MUSIC MAN is the story of traveling salesman/confidence trickster Professor Harold Hill who visits the small Iowa town of River City in 1912 to ply his trade.
This all-American family musical is guaranteed to entertain, featuring an entire score of classic hit songs including "Til There was You", "Gary, Indiana", "Lida Rose" "Trouble" and of course, "Seventy-six Trombones".
A classic film version of the musical also starred Robert Preston, Shirley Jones and a very young Ron Howard. Before achieving success as a Broadway writer, the author, Meredith Willson, was a popular radio personality and bandleader who occasionally worked with Frank Loesser (who wrote Guys and Dolls). Loesser so believed in this show that he backed it for years of development and produced the original production. The Music Man is unquestionably one of the most beloved shows of all time.
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PUCKER UP! |
WAITING FOR A TRAIN. |
ANVIL SALESMAN |
CLINCH
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 Boooo-Art! |
DODGY CHARACTER |
THE LADIES PAROO |
KEYSTONE CREW |
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PRODUCER - Iain Fraser
Once
again, after great successes with Fiddler on the roof and Chess, we
were privileged to have secured the services of Iain
Fraser to produce this amazing show with his usual enthusiasm
and tenacity. |
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MUSICAL DIRECTORS - Hugh Reid/Andrew Salmond We had both Hugh Reid and Andrew Salmond as MD. Hugh previously served as our pianist and assistant MD for many years as well as having officiated as Musical Director for a number of other clubs in the last few years. Hugh was joined by Andrew Salmond who is relatively new to The Minerva Club but has proven himself an able MD and an excellent choice as Co-Director with Hugh.
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| CHOREOGRAPHER
- Dorothy French We again
managed to recruit Dorothy French to choreograph The Music Man.
Dorothy choreographed last years production of Chess to great
acclaim. |
STAGE
MANAGER - Ian Purves |
PROFESSOR
HAROLD HILL (The Music Man)
- Alan Orr |
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MARIAN
PAROO (The Librarian) -
Francis Newman |
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MARCELLUS
WASHBURN (Harold's Sidekick)
- Martyn Jones |
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MRS.
PAROO (Marian's Mother) -
June Watson |
| WINTHROP PAROO (Marian's Brother) - Gary Fyfe / Kevin McNeill |
| AMARYLLIS (Marian's Piano Student) - Gayle Rankin / Fabia Duncan |
MAYOR
SHINN (Mayor of River City) -
Wilson Paterson |
EULALIE
McKECHNIE SHINN (Mayor Shinn's Wife)
- Penny Taylor |
ZANEETA
SHINN (Mayor Shinn's Teenage
Daughter) - Maxine Paterson |
| GRACIE SHINN (Mayor Shinn's Youngest Daughter) - Kirsten McDonald / Sarah Drake |
SCHOOL
BOARD and BARBER SHOP QUARTET
(left to right)
 JACEY SQUIRES - Tom Russell EWART DUNLOP - Craig Worsley OLIVER HIX - Stephen McDonald OLIN BRITT - Sean McQueen |
TOMMY
DJILAS
(Local
Teenager) Alec
Andrews |
CHARLIE
COWELL
(Anvil
Salesman) - David Fyfe |
THE
LADIES AUXILIARY (left
to right)
ALMA
HIX - Caroline
Galbraith |
| CONDUCTOR - Paul Black |
| CONSTABLE LOCKE - David Brown |
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DANCERS - Dorothy
French, Vicky Hamilton, Lorraine Inglis, Emma Lepkowski, Claire
Marshall, Lynne McCann, Lorna-Ann Rigg. TOWNSPEOPLE Ladies - Yvonne Baikie, Katrina Cunliffe, Margaret Dickson, Eleanor Docherty, Sharon Duncan, Deirdre Frazer, Betty Kirkland, Deirdre Mairs, Kirsten MacLean, Liz Sherry, Rhona Stewart. Men - Donald Barton, Paul Black, David Brown, Billy Dickson, Joe McMonagle. Children - Lindsay Brittain, Jenny Mills, Erin Morrison, Stephanie McDonald, Rachel Orr, Ashleigh Tedford. Jonathon Black, Nicholas Clark, Colin Fyfe, Gordon Galbraith, Chris Linich, Scott Linich, Mark O'Neill, Pietro Tamburrini. |
With
his fast-talking style, "Professor" Harold Hill convinces the
town that unless they adopt his revolutionary music program, "The
Think System", the morals of the youngsters of River City will be
forever doomed. He cons the parents into buying instruments and expensive
uniforms in order to form the River City Boys Band. Chaos ensues as Hill's
credentials are questioned and he is called upon to prove himself to the
citizens of River City.
Originally
produced on Broadway in the 1950s it ran for 1,375 performances, starring
Barbara Cook and made a star of Robert Preston.
