The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-22

The long-aWaited and long-pre- pared for inter playground pageant will take place Thursday, August 25. An elaboraae program in which all of the city's playgrounds will participate, has been arranged under the direction of Miss Eleanor Culhane. Mrs. Mae O'Brien has been in charge of the costumes of the various members of the cast. Piano accompaniment for the pageant will be by Mrs. Lena Healey.
 In addition to the pageant itself, for which the supervisors of the playgruonds as well as the children themselves, have spent so much time and effort, theer will also be the annual handicraft exhibit in the Hamilton Park pavilion Thursday afternoon and evening, to illustrate the type of work that is done in the playground classes.
 This is the last important event of the season for the playgroundS, which will close officially on Satur- day.
 The programs for the pageant, and for the annual playground track meet, which will take place tomorrow, at 3 p. m. at Hamilton park, follow:
 The Toymaker's Dream
 This year the annual pageant given by the children of our play grounds is entitled "The Toymaker's Dream" It is the story of the tired old toymaker who goes to bed and drams that all his toys come to life. And although to him it only seems dream, it really does happen. All the dolls do come to life for it is the Mickey Mouse Dolls birthday and all the little dolls in the Toy Shop love Mickey so much that they give birthday party for him.
 AS the pageant begins, the old toymaker is the first to appear. In his long night shirt and cap, he dusts off few toys, puts the cat out for the night, and closes shop for the night. After great deal of yawning and stretching, he finally falls fast asleep. When the clock strikes twelve, the Fairy Dolls are the first to awaken, for being Fairy Dollo they have more magic than the others. They quietly make cer- tain that the old toymaker is asleep. they let the cat in 50 he may join the celebration, and finally they wave their magic wands over the other dolls. They all become alive and the fun begins! All the dolls do the songs and dances they know best, and even Mickey and Minnie Mouse dance and sing. The party in the Toy Shop lasts until the clock strikes five. And that is the signal dor oil the dolls to take their places 1 again on the shelves. Quickly, they take their proper positions, and just tn time, too, for the old toymaker suddenly awakens. He gets up quickly, rubs his eyes, and hurries to look at his dolls. Everything has seemed so real that he can't believe trat 1t was all dream.
 The program will be as follows: Entrance March and Parade, WPA Band and entire cast. Prologue.
 Gloria Donofrio; Toymaker, Mary Lou McMamnus; Cat, Jane Squires. Clock Strikes Twelve.
 Awakening and dance of Fairy Dolls, Olga Ciarelli and Margaret Kilborn.
 Awakening of all the dolls.
 Mickey Mouse's Birthday party, Sung by entire cast.
 Raggedy Ann Dolls, Chase Park; Leaders, June Smith, Audrey De- santis: Solo singer, Gloria Donofrio; Group, Theresa Hebert. Edna Va bolis, Frances Matuliunas, Sally Barkauskas, Elmira Yoksa, Marie Hill, Helen Bartkus, Florence Ber- ardo, Vera Greece, Madeline Ber- ardo, Frances Penavich. Dorothy Steponaitis, Dorothy Curtin, Bar bara Curtin, Patricia Kelly. Mau-