The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-05-17
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~ Inc entertainment given WedneS-
day evening in the Auditorium by 100
school children under the direction Of
Miss Clara Tatley, supervisor of pub.
lie school music. assisted by Miss
Jessie Mcleod, supervisor OF drawing,
was one Of the most successful anna
teur affairs ever presented here.
Nothing was lacking in the produc-
ton of Mines fairyland operetta,
''The Pixies" From the orchestra to
the smallest detail of the operetta
could be seen the artistic finish which
can only be acquired by one OF Miss
Tatley's and her assistants ability.
Too much cannot be said of the two
young instructors, who worked so
hard and gave so much Of their own
talents to make it the huge success
1t was. 4, .lsa@... sss1.r.:..
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The 0peretta, which is featured
: with catchy music, funny Incidents
and little love scenes, was splendidly
staged. The first scene showed the
fairies asleep and early sunrise in
fairyland, in the Queens palace gar
den. The second scene showed the
night snithy of the COLLINS and the
; ]astaseane Wass staged as the first.
ruth Erlenmeyer filed the
ro1s Of the queen splendidly. Her
acting and singing we're both far
above the amateur. She was given
fine support by Walter Penwarden,
as Prince Florimel, ruler of the Pix.
les. The duet, When Hearts Are
True" sung by Miss Erlenmeyer and
Mr.. Penwarden, was one Of the big
hits of the evening. Mary Murray
took the part of the fairy exquisite
or-mafd I'm swaiting''to the queen. and
Helen STEELE, SUNSHINE. Little Miss
Steele gave the Sunshine dance and
the solo dance with group of flower
girls, which were special features.
Little Fern Wallace and Edna Dean
Fest were the wee fairy attendants to
the queen. Masters Grant Knowles
and Harold Larue were pages to the
Prince. These little tots were given
quite an ovation for their splendid
acting.
Pixie Band.
The Pixie band furnished the great
er part of the amusement. The vari-
GUS characters making up the band
were cleverly interpreted. Kenneth
Allen Interpreted the English Duke;
Charles Burke, Uncle Sam; Robert
George, the Major; Robert Larson,
policeman; Warren Taylor, the China
man; John MCGOWAN, Italian Minis
trel; John Russ, performing monkey;
Tyler Kludt, the Irishman, and Eddie
Fischer, the Dutchman. The Scotch
pixies, boy scouts, sailors and plain
clothes pixies contributed their share
to- the merrimept.
The COLLINS gave the realistic touch
TO-, the; fairy tale. !. Their maneuvers
were both weird and spooky and add
ed much to the success Of the op-
eretta. Cyril Grace filled the role Of
the ruler of the COLLINS. The three
furies, Christine Huber, Katherine
Cook and Mildred Bangham shared
hon0rs with the COLLINS.
Miss Viola Hibbs made striking
Columbia and with Uncle Sam intro
duced the patriotic note in the oper-
eta. The singing of the "Star Span
gled Bannar"' was made. more sol
emn by the whole assembly rising to
its feet. Miss Helen Fogerty gave
the Irish dance.
Much of the success of the enter.
tainment was due to the high school
orchestra, composed of sigrid Alison,
Olga Vigness, violins Reuben
Strut, cornet; Granville Grambs,
drums, and Wally Dirlam, piano.
They furnished the music for the en-
tire performance with a smoothness
and finish which could hardly be ex-
pected from such young musicians.
Under the baton welded by Miss Tat
ley the orchestra and singers were
kept rtogetherIiw without any hitch