The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-02-21
AM READY FOR
PR0DUCTI0N:0F
FINE 0PERETTA
''Twilight Alley to be Pre-
scented at the Auditorium
on Friday Night
MEMBERS OF THE CAST

"Twilight Alley an operetta in
two acts and three scenes, will be
presented at the City auditorium,
Friday, Feb 22, by the 9TH and Sth
grades of the William Moore and
Richot Schools. The curtain will
rise promptly at Sis.
Both acts take place in the court
of The Old Shoe" tenement in
"Twiight Alley" on a day in spring.
Dame Needy. with her large family
lives in THE Old Shoe. Meg is the
oldest of eight daughters, and Jack,
the only sor is captain of 4 baseball
nine. of boys Of his own age. Angc-
lima is an emigrant child, who is left
all day at 1.-The Old Shoe" while her
mother works in a factory. Lily is
the daughter of the landlord.
Lily loses her way and wandcrs
into twilight Alley" where the sun
shine rarely penetrates because of
the smoke. She pities the children
and invites them to her own lonely
garden. While Dame Needy is asleep
the girls steal away with Lily to her
home on the hilltop. During their
absence the boys rebel at being
compelled to live in "The Old Shoe"
and decide to leave it, but Lily and
the girls return in time to offer al
happier solution and all ends we'll.
Besides the chorus singing and
dialogue there are solos by Lily and
Angelina, a duet by Meg and Lily,
and songs by the nine boys. During
the operetta Philip Sherping will
play mclophone solo, and eight
girls will give 1.-THE Dance of the
Garlands"; Betty dollhouse, daisy
dollhouse Butterfly Dance.
Children must be accompanied by
an older person and remain seated
with them during the performance
in order to /void confusion. Tickets
may be secured from 18th and 9Th
grade pupils or at Harris Wood
>mansee's. The proceeds will be US
cd by the music department of the
public schools. The operetta music
is under the direction Of Miss Emma
Taubcrt. Miss Reta Murphy is di-
recting the dialogue and dancing
and Miss Ruth Rowley is the accom-
PIANIST.
events of the year it is hoped that
the people Of Bismarck will avail
themselves of the opportunity to see
what has been. accomplished along
musical lines in the public schools.
An agreeable surprise is in store for
the talent of the 18th and 9Th grade
pupils is Of a high order for Juvenile
performers.
The complete cast is as follows:
Dame Needy, mother of large
family-Thelma Swenson.
Meg, her eldest daughter-Grace
Livdahl.
Jack, her only son--Neil Cameron.
Angelina, an emigrant child-Ellza-
beth Newton.
Lily--daughte of the Landlord d
Marian Sandin. /
Meg's seven sisters-Bernice JOS
lin, Ruth Gordon, Marian Strutz,
Gwendolyn Pilmoor, Elsie Nelson,
Madeline Cordner, Esther Swanson.
Jacks baseball nine-Ralph Wen
eel, Jack Cowan, Fay Brown, George
Olson, Morris Kelsuin, Robert Lar
son, Erdman Johnson, George Essen
berg.
Dance of the Garlands-Audrey
Rohrer, Theo Vettel, Gwendolyn> Pill
moor, Auline Schroeder, Inez, Land
ers, Genevieve La France, Maxine
Burnsides, Grace ElnesS.
Chorus Of neighborhood children:
<Wm. MOORE SCHOOL
Ingrid Anderson.
Annie Anderson
Vava Byerly
LaVern Bush
Helen Bradley
Maxine Burnside
Jean Converse
Annette Donaldson
Dency Dickinson
Victoria Dunn
Grace Elness
Ruth Fowler
Ruth Gordon
Dorothea Gutman
Irene Hedstrom
Margaret Johnson
Wilma Kafer