'The Music Man' opens Friday 2014

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Posted By: Mistina Christner (email)
Date: 7/24/2018 at 09:30:12

Source: The Kalona News 4/24/2014

'The Music Man' opens Friday

The Mid-Prairie High School will be presenting "The Music Man", April 25-27. Performance times are Friday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, 2 p.m.
An affectionate look into a by-gone era, Meredith Wilson's "The Music Man" follows fast-talking traveling salesman Harold Hill as he cons the people of River City, Iowa into buying instruments and uniforms for a boys' band he vows to organize - this despite the fact he doesn't know a bass drum from a pipe organ. His plans to skip town with the cash are foiled when he falls for Marian the librarian, who transforms him into a respctable citizen by curtain's fall.

Cast of Characters

Harold Hill: Jonah Van Roekel
Marcellus Washburn: Scott Wesenberg
Mrs. Paroo: Haylee Marner
Winthrop Paroo: Jacob Nonnemann
Mayor Shinn: Josh Fox
Eulalie Mackecknie Shinn: Mycailah Salvador
Zaneeta Shinn: Brittney Miller
Tommy Djilas: Sawyer Black
Amarylis: Elizabeth Meader
Charlie Cowell: Mike Meserole
Constable Locke: Elijah Meader
Conductor: Titeus Miller
Gracie Shinn: Elizabeth Salvador

River City Townspeople
Josh Allen, Eva Ehteredge, Aleigha Gugel, Montana Hart, Brennyn Hawbaker, Rhett Leonard, Anna Mayer, Abby Pickard, Nathan Reed, Kyrra Wenger

The Barbershop Quartet
Ewart Dunlop: Ben Stone
Hix: Heath Schintler
Jacey Squires: Isaiah Sents
Olin Britt: Andy Roberts

Pick-a-Little Ladies
Hix: Hanna Van Roekel
Maud Dunlop: Jami TeBockhorst
Ethel Toffelmier: Jessie Teets
Mrs. Squires: Martha Swartzentruber

River City Kids
Drew Blauvelt, Mary Fisher, Melissa Kirby, Emelie Reed, Eli Van Roekel

Crew
Director: Ross Schumaker
Vocal Music Director: Heather Herschberger
Pit Orchestra Director: David Kunz
Accompanist: Luetta Ropp
Technical Director: Mike McNurlan
Choreography: Madisen Nielsen, Jami TeBockhorst, Montana Hart
Stage Manager: Brennyn Hawbaker
Lighting Operators: Brandon Wade, Caleb Davis
Sound Operators: Austin Schlabaugh, Josh Gingerich
Hair/Makeup: Mycailah Salvador, Martha Swartzentruber
Advertising: Haylee Marner, Mycailah Salvador
Props: Brennyn Hawbaker, Josh Fox, Josh Allen
Set Construction Help: Jim Roberts, Chris Roberts, Duane Gugel, Jonah Van Roekel
Costumes: Wendy Mayer, Christy Meader, Sandy Marner, Marianne Van Roekel, Katie Berry, Brittney Miller, Haylee Marner

Pit Orchestra
Flutes: Nora Epping, Mason Wiles
Clarinet: Sadie Goll
Baritone Sax/Clarinet: Emily Meader
Bass Clarinet: Lauryn Weiss
Trumpet: Don Hughes
Trombone: Norman Brooks, Paul Towner
Violins: Kaylee Hershberger, Eleya Raim, Sheila Raim
Cello: Christina Craig Gentzsch
Bass: Andy Thomson
Piano: Luetta Ropp
Percussion: Christian Johnson, Sara Graf