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THE SALEMITE
March 5, 1948
Taylor, Smith
In "The Red
The Winston-Salem Operetta Asso
ciation, under the sponsorship of the
Junior Chamber of Commerce, will
present Victor Herbert’s “The Bed
Mill” Friday night, March 12, at
8:15 p. m. in Eeynold’s Auditorium.
The Association, which is a little
over a year old, is a part of a new
nation-wide movement to build a
real American Opera. This move
ment was begun a few years ago by
the National Association for Opera
which organized for the purpose of
making opera appealing to average
Americans by giving them gay, tune
ful shows in a language they could
understand. North Carolina was al
ready ahead of the N. A. O. however,
with its Piedmont Festival opera
group in, Winston-Salem. Interest
in the Piedmont Festival became
more keen each year among young
amateurs and professional musicians
and last year these Winston-Salem
young people formed their own or
ganization, both for the purpose of
participating in actual performances
and to train more singers for the
Piedmont Festival operas.
Last year’s production, ‘‘The Gon
doliers, ’ ’ by Gilbert and Sullivan,
was directed by Clifford Blair, who
was N. A. O.’s first president. This
year, Mr. Blair was unable to accept
Will Star
Mill”
the responsibility of directing be
cause of pressing duties in operatic
work in the Piedmont Festival and
elsewhere in the State, but Lou
Marsh, and Elizabeth) Trotman, both
of radio station WTOB, and Eobert
Mayer of the Reynold’s High School
faculty shared the job of direction
and getting the production under
way. Chorus members arc mostly
from high schools, and the Arts and
Crafts Workshop of Winston-Salem
is in charge of the costumes. “The
Red Mill” calls for dancing as well
as singing, and this is under the dir
ection of Mildred Formy-Duval of
the City Recreation Department.
Robert Mayer will conduct the ac
companying Salem Civic Orchestra
members, and the make-up and light
ing will be handled by the experien
ced Winston-Salem Little Theatre.
Salemites who are participating in
the coming production are: Jimmy
Smith, who will play Joshua Penny-
feather, th^ English solicitor; and
Peggy Sue Taylor, who will play
Gretchen, the Burgomaster’s daugh
ter. Tickets are on sale on campus
by these cast members and the Sal
em Book Store. Advance sale prices
are sixty-five cents for students and
a $1.25 for adults.
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