The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1929-01-24
COMIC OPERA BY
SCHOOL CHILDREN

Children drawn from every building
in the city schools will collaberate in
presenting the comic opera "Ichebea
Crane" at the Workers hall, Friday,
March 1. The personnel Of the oper-
eta will include in addition TO the
principal characters which we have
all met in the Legend of Sleepy Hol-
low, members of the chorus, harmoniea
clubs and school orehestras, bringing
the total number O. entertainers up
to one hundred eighty. The play
will be directed by Miss Edith NJ.
Cotton, supervisor of music, assisted
by Miss Goldie Peterson and other
members of the teaching staff.
The principal characters ore mem
bers Of the Junior High School glee
clubs and are as follows:
Mynheer Van Tassel ........................
................................ Peter Regis
Hendrix, his son Tory Giaehetto
Brom Van Brunt, commonly known
as Brom Bones ..............Jae Besso
Ichabod Crane, school master ..........
Steve Buffo
Vrou Van Tassel wife Of Mynheer
............................... Sybil Christians
Katrina Van Tassel, their daughter
.................................. Rose De Bourg
Wilhelmina, her friend d.............
................................ Frances Matross
IIilda, Katrina's aunt -....................
............................ Minnie Sue Tooley
David, negro servant Of Mynheer..
...........................4....a. George Moses
Minor characters to be represented
include lords and ladies' If the mar
or, villagers, countryfolk and school
children.
A synopsis Of the plot is as fol
lows. IehaboI Crane, the vain
schoolmaster Of Sleepy Hollow, has
dazzled the eyes Of Mynhees Van
Tassel with his pretension to culture
and has found favor as a prospective
son-in-law, although M he er S
daughter, Katrina, loves Brom, a
dashing gallant OF OF the village. Hill
da, Katrina's aunt, a rich widow
from New York, visits Sleepy Hol-
low and is enchanted with lehabods
artificial airs. Hendrik, Katriaas
brother, and Wilhelmina, her friend
are in love and hope to persuade the
elders to sanction their union. Brom,
favorite with the school children,
sings them the legend of tn Heal
les5 iIofseman,' supposed to be the
COST of a Hessian soldier VINO lost
his head in battle and perpetually
haunts the neigh5orhood trying to
find it. Mynheer and his wife invite
Ichabod to the merrymaking at their
home, hoping to promote an alliance
with Katrina. Ichabod prepares for
the evenings conquest with swagger-
ing arrogance.
In the grounds Of Mynheer's estate,
the minuet is danced by the guests
The two pairs Of young lovers plot
to have Katrina encourage Ichabod's
advances, in order to humiliate him
later. When he appears, they play
upon his credulity with narrowing
references to the Hcadless Horseman
and certain ominus portents which
they invent. The guests unite in
dancing, and Ichabod prepares to
press his suit with Katrina. At this
point blood-curdling sounds are heard,
1iphts flicker and the phogtIv fi0tra
of the Headless Horseman appears,
pursuing the terrified Ichabod around
the grounds and finally chasing him
off. Brom returns from his success
full hoax, Mynheer and Vrou consent
to the nuptials of the young people,
and Aunt Hilda in triumph leads back
the crestfallen Ichabod, who is re-
conciled to marriage with her on
hearing that she sets the most abund-
ant table in New York.