St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-06-01
Plnaf0re.
Production OF Well-Known Opera by North
Church Boy Choir Greal Success.


A well-known musician of the town,
one who has taken an active. part IN the
musical life of St. Tohnsbury for many
years, pronounced the production of
Pinafore last week by the North Church
boy choir the best he had ever seen and
everyone agreed with him. The young
performers sang and acted with a dash
and vim which would be impossible for
older amateurs and which took their
audience by storm. 1t was wonderful to
see what such young boys could do and
their splendid work reflects great credit
on Mr.. and Mrs. B. c. Peters who drilled
them.
From the time the curtain rose on a
jolly company of sailors on the quarter
deck of H. NJ. S. Pinafore until it went
down with everyone love affair straight
ened out everything went off without
hitch and audience and company were
happy together. The pennant OF the boy
choir waved from the main mast and
Tom Tucker, the midshipmate (Perley
Petty) and his bull dog kept constant
watch to guard 'His Majesty's Ship"
The solo parts were all well taken.
Noel Noyes made a pompous, dignihed
SIR Joseph Porter, whocould never forget
his own Importance even in his love
making. Carlyle Sargent as Capt. Cor
coran not only won the heart of Little
Buttercup but of everyone who saw him
and his ingenious love-making was one
OF the features OF the performance. The
part of Ralph Rackstraw was ably sus-
tanned by Miss Alice L. Kicker, who is
coming to be recognized as one of the
cleverest amateurs in town. Ralph
Ross as Dick Deadeye scored a great sue
cess, some considering his Interpretation
of the part the best ever given here.
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tractive boatswain, Bill Bobstay, and
Raymond Fisk as Bob Beckett was
pleasing actor.
The part of Josephine was taken by
Miss Susie Perowne. whose singing and
Interpretation OF difficult part were
remarkable for a young girl. Miss
Hazel Walker made a charming Hebe
and sang very prettily- Miss Florence
Bean made heart-breaking Little
Buttercnp" and the love making between
her and Capt. Corcoran was one of the
most taking bits of acting in the per-
Torrance The chorus work by the
sailors and the little girls who were This
sisters, his cousins, and his aunts, was
of high order.
The following girls, daintily clad in
summer gowns with picture hats were
the First Lords sisters, his cousins and
aunts: Mildred Stanley. Dorothea
Clark. Lola French, Madeline Cary,
Helen Woods, Ethel Perowne, Beulah
Eastman, Pauline Beck, Laura Stanley,
Helen Roberts, Alene Gilman, Ruth HilIr
Della Walker, Mary Carr. Shirley Nc
Donald, Marjorie French, Mabel Flint.
Winifred Woods, Hazel Burbank, Helen
Ross, Margaret Bailey, Harriet Weeks,
Madeline Clark, Dorothy Gerry, Helen
Steele. Mildred Gordon, Helen Ellis,
Edith Hurley.
These boys were sailors and marines
Edwin Woods, Clarence Noyes, Archie
Hunter, Stanton Harris. Carlton Nc
Donald, Earl Clark, Raymond Ellis, Ray
oond Walker. Dean Pearl, zenas jerks,
Richard Eastman, Earl Wright, Wesley
Steele, Charles Branch, Alfred Stanley,
Raymond jerks, Collin Mcdonald, Clay
ton Silsby, Malvern Ellis, Maurice Bar
rett, Arthur Stanley, Irving Eastman,
Harold Bean, Earl Franklin.