The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-19

A most capable cast presents
the Glee Club operetta this year;
and glancing through the names
of those to take the leading parts,
it looks to. me as if there will be
a most pleasurable evening or aft
ernoon for the audience.
Con Kidder and Kid Conner,
played by Bobby Melton and Jim
my Caudill, respectively, are tive
American tourists who are strand
ed at an inn in a small town IN
Holland. Lynn Kirk portrays the
part of Jan Van Borker, the Burg
omaster; Franz, the sheriff OF
Katwyk-ann-zee, is played by
Hugh Evans. Bobby Hass repre-
sents Willem, the owner of the
Red Mill Inn" while his daugh-
ter, Tina, is played by Harryette
Vines. Captain Doris Van Damn,
who is played by Pete AGREE, is in
love with Gretchen, the Burgo-
masters daughter, played by Ra-
chel Cameron. Bobby Mckenzie
plays the part of the Governor OF
iceland, who is engaged to Gret-
chen. Bertha, the sister of the
Burgomaster, is played by Mary
Claire Bates. Neal Patrick por-
trays the solicitor and Martha Hol-
ton plays the part of the French
countess. The cast is fully rounded
out by a chorus of more than fit
ty Glee Club members.
The story seems to be equally
as interesting and promises to pro
vide a full night of entertainment
by moving along fast and includ
ing enjoyable musical compost
tons. Some of the songs are I'm
Gid New York" 'Moonbeams,"
isle of Our Dreams" Every
Day is Ladies' Day With Me-" Il
Want you to Marry Me-" and
many other favorites.
The two American tourists who
are stranded in the Red Mill
Inn in Holland, attempt to es-
cape paying their board bill by
climbing out of the window,
but are caught in the act by the
Burgomaster. Lynn Kirk, who or.
ders their Imprisonment. However,
the innkeeper, Bobby Haas, agrees
to let the two tourists work out
their debt by taking ove some of
the inn work done by the servants;
50 Kid turns waiter and Con is
given a job as an interpreter.
Gretchen, the daughter of the
Burgomaster, is supposed to mar
~ the Governor Of Iceland, but
she truly loves Captain Doris Van
Damn. So the two American tour
lists contrive a scheme to prevent
the distasteful marriage between
Gretchen and the Governor of
iceland and attempt to help her
elope with her real lover, Captain
Van Damn.
But the %innkeeper overhears the
plot, so he next informs the Burgo-
master. Plans are, of course, foil
ed! And then the Burgomaster .
but heavens! I'll just keep on til
I tell you a short summary of the
whole %operetta so I'd better stop.
Then comes what happens at the
Red Mill! So, you see, You just
can't miss this %operettai
Looking at the billing for the
RED Mill" I noticed that several
Of the characters are being played
by talented teen-ager singers who
are among those we'll remember
ed from some of the previous mus
icals staged by high school stu
dents in the MINIS auditorium.
Jimmy Caudill stands out as one
of the leads in III. M. S. Pima.
FORE" staged a year or SO ago by
the Glee Club of MINIS. Also we
recognize Jimmy as a prominent
singer, in other ways, having ap-
peared on teen age programs quite
a bit, and as an unusually talented
actor as we recall such perfor-
manees as Rob Dow IN the recent
Dramatics Club play, Tine Little
Minister Bobby Melton is an
other among the ranks of the re-
membered in dramatics and mu-
Sic as he played the comical Al