The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1906-11-16
PIRATES OF PENzANCE.
Owosso Singers Do Credit to Them
selves In the OPERA Financia

SotvoS III inc Opera-A FINANCIAL
Success.
For seven weeks fifty persons, who
generously donated their timeand talents
to help start a fund for Y. M. G. A.
building, have been preparing treat for
Owosso people such as they seldom en-
JOY in putting on the comic opera
the Pirates of Penzance. Under the
able direction of DR.. j. O. Parker the
undertaking has been grand success
both unsteady, socially and financially.
The opera is one that gives plenty of
opportunity for all to do their best, and
this was certainly done by those who
pleased two large audiences Wednesday
and Thursday nights, and will delight
another crowd tonight.
The story of the play is the appren-
ticing of Frederic to band of pirates,
the celebration of the last day of his
apprenticeship and his leaving the band
determined to exterminate them. Fred
cries nurse, Ruth, desires to 60 with
him but he comes in contact with Gen.
Stanley's daughters and desires to
marry one of them. All refuse except
Mabel. Frederic urges the daughters
to leave the place where they met him
for fear of the pirates. AS they are
leaving they are seized by the pirates
and then released on their fathers plea
that he is an orphan. Later the pirate
chief and the nurse, Ruth, find Frederic
at Gen. Stanley's estate and inform him
that as he was born on Feb. 80 he had
had but five birthdays and was in duty
bound to return and serve until his
twenty-irst birthday. The police had
been delegated to exterminate the band
of pirates and attempted to seize them
when they raided Gen. Stanley's chapel,
but were overpowered, but the pirates
renounce their bad calling when called
upon in the name of the Queen. and
then Ruth tells the story of Frederic's
having been apprenticed to pirates in
stead of to pilot, and also tells of the
noble birth of the members of the pirate
band. Gen. Stanley then gives his
daughters in marriage to the former
pirates
A. j. Stevens as Frederic. DR. r. J.
Tick as the pirate chief and Carl Pick
ert as pirate lieutenant, looked, acted
and sung the parts to perfection.
Minnie Sullivan as Ruth was decided
favorite with the audiences, and the
difficult part assigned her was well
taken. Miss Nellie Westcott, as Mabel,
sang beautifully and acted her part as
well as professional could have done.
Leslie Parker, as General Stanley, was
a most excellent make up and his sing.
ing of the part was heartily encored.
The police, under LeValley Dimmick,
including Messrs Lovett, Jillson, Thorn
as, Petit, Roth and Baker, were the
hit of the evening in the funny line,
and their singing was also feature.
The daughters were prettily dressed,
were perfectly trained and their chorus
work was fine. Miss Edith Rubekam
and Miss Fannie Goss were encored
heartily. The pirates in general were
hard looking crowd, the makeup be-
ing the best ever seen in the city, and
they seemed to feel at home in taking
their parts.
The chorus singing was grand and
showed that lot of consistent work
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public performances. A great deal of
praise is due each person who has taken
part, and especial credit to DR.. J.
o. Parker. who has given his valuable
time and talent in doing the hardest
part of the work, the selection of the
people, the insistence on carefully
learned parts, the constant practice and
the effort of all to do the best they were
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