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At The Parkway Playhowso
When you enter the Pettway
Playhouee this week, July 19,
10, &, a, you will behold a
platform etage built out beyond
the normal stage line. There,
upon it, will be a tattered
drape, hung loosely across its
brcdth. It is lettered, “The
Fantasticks”. Slowly the lights
fade and a quick tempted over
ture begins. Gaily dressed char
acters slowly enter and bow
politely to the audience. The
narrator of the tale is last. He
approaches the audience and in
song asks them to come along
with him into the fantasy of a
the play—“ Try to remember
the kind of September when
life was slow and oh so mel
low”. He wants each member
to follow along, leave the out
side world at the theatre’s en
trance and enjoy the beauty of
the world of The Fantasticks.
The above scene is one that
has been repeated to audiences
all over the world. In nine years
of its existence, The Fantas
ticka has allowed audiences to
leave their own' complicated
worlds behind and enter into
its own special unique world.
Whether it is done in English,
or the many languages it has
been translated into, each time
it permeates its own distinct
magic.
The Tom Jones and Harvey
Schmitt musical masterpiece
has the distinct honor of being
the longest running play in the ij
history of the New York thea- ,
tile. It is still running there, J
and it appears there is no end /
in sight.
The Fantasticks is a beauti- ]
fid story, told simply, unlike |
Ok average musical. There are \
THE YANCEY RECORD
Burasvillt, N. C.
wily eight characters in the
play. Together, as an ensemble,
Ovey tell a “parable about love”
The audience meets I.uisa and
Matt, two young lovers, as
Act I takes (dace in the Roman
tic Moonlight.
The Fathers, the audience
levns are preteiding to feud
in the hope that since children
do whatever you tell them not
to do, this will bring the couple
doeer together.
Love blossoms, until Act II
arrives. Here, the story moves
to the sunlight and Matt and
ladsa begin to see the world in
its full reality.
The Fantasticks moves along
and the story unfolds to some of
the wisest dialogue and prettiest
music to come out of the musi
cal theatre in many a year.
The original cast recording has
sold more copies than any re
cord of its kind.
Director C. Robert Jones, who
last year directed the hit
“mellerdrammer”, Pure As
The Driven Snow, has collected
an experienced cast for this
most worthy musical.
Karen Lucia brings a profess
ional singing voice to the role
of the girl, a role, incidently,
she has portrayed twice before
the audience’s approval. Karen
has sung ia night clubs and din
ner theatres in her native New
Je'sey. A senior at Monmouth
i College in New Jersey, she has
, appeared in numerous musicals
1 including the ieadg in Little
J; Mary Sunshine. Damn Yankees.
and Bye, Bye Birdie. In Park-
I way's LiT Abner two years ago
p die brought Daisy Mae to life
I in song for Burnsville.
Pool Yoonp
Retires From
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B. Young as agent and “gener
al factotum” of the Yancey
Railroad Company and Express
Agency ma'ks 27 years In rail
roading fur him two of which
were spent wi'h the C.C. k O.
Railroad (lttl-23), IS with the
Black Mountain Railroad IMS
-55), and IS years with (he Yan
cey Railroad.
Ihere is hardly any Job in
railroading that Paul has not
been called upon to do at some
time. In the early days at Bur-
Robe rt Bodford, who makes
his first appearance on the
Playhouse stage, portrays the
young boy. Bob, just a sopho
more at UNC-G, has appeared
in such musicals as Carousel
and Oklahoma. He has also por
trayed tiie difficult role of King
Arthur in the musical Camelot.
Most recently at UNC-G Bob
sang in A Funny Thing Happen
ed on the Way to th| Forum.
Robert Leh who portrays the
narrator returns for a second
season at Parkway. Last week
Bob played Ben Gant in Look
Homeward Angel. Two years ago
at Parkway he appeared la
such shows as Li*l Abner, Oar
Town and See How They Run.
Bob is a freshman at the North
Carolina School of the Arts.
William King, a graduate
student in theatre at Ohio Uni
versity, will be seen as tbs
girl's father. 80l last year at
Parkway appeared in Everybody
Loves Opal, Pure As the Driven
Bnow and the musical, Once
Upon A Mattress. He has also
been in such shows as Antigone,
Krapo's Last Tape, and Little
Mary Sunshine in which, inei
deafly, he alsoo played Karen
Lucia’s father as he does here.
Gerald Carter, .the boy’s fath
er, is a junior at UNC-G. He
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Rod Cross Uoodmokilo At
Armory My 24
The Red Cross Bloodmobtie
will be at the Armory in Bur
nsville Wednesday, July M,
from 1:00 to 6:uu p. m. Or. W.
A. A. Y. Sargent will be the
doctor and Mrs. LueUen Honey
cutt the nurse in cha.ge. Lad
ies from Sacred Heart Catholic
Church will be in charge of the
canteen. .
Since this visit is following
so soon after the last visit of
the Bloodmobile, it is not pos
nsville electricity had not ex
tended to the depot (dr either
the officials had not aeen fit to .
install it), so he did much of
his work by lamp light. At that
time a great deal of freight
moved over the line, and he
was often called upon to work
late at night.
Paul has retired from the rail
road, but not from work, if we
can believe what hit wife,
“Miss JBallie” haa in mind tor
to a first ra?e r furnifure Afifinfcr '
and antique dealer. She has a
storage house full of beautifel
antiques literally “crying” for
a good man to work on them.
In fact, when Mrs. Young gets
through with him he may be
anxious to get back to “work
in’ on the Railroad”.
Paul Young’s pleasant face,
efficiency, and good humor will
be greatly missed at the de
pot. He is being ably replaced
by Mrs. Phillip Ray —a rela
tively new field for a woman,
but one that we are sure Mrs.
Ray, with her years of experi
ence with B. B. Penland and
Sons and her natural intelli
gence and ability will fill suc
cessfully.
So to Mr. Young in his new
role of antique dealer, and to
Mrs. Ray in her new role in
railroading, we wish the very
best at everything.
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sible for those giving blood cc
the last visit to give blood thk
time. Therefore, an appeal is
be mg made for new dono.s.
Anyone between the ages of 18
and 61 is eligible. It is neces
sary for a person between 18
and 21, if unmarried and not
in the armed services, to have
the consent of their p ants. A
person who has ever had hepa
titis, jaundice or malaria is
permanently disqualified.
few people realize the many
- advantages of donating bio 3d.
First, he is given a partial phy
sical examination (consis ing of
blood test and blood pressure',
if in the opinion of the examin
ing doctor he is not physically
able to give Wood he is turned
down, but is given f"ee cover
age for three months just for
trying By donating one pint of
blood the donor and his (or
his children, grandchildren, the
parents of both, if ove* 60, and
both sets of grandoaren’s. All
this for a few minuses of your
time, and a relatively painless
and harmless oo i ration. Can
you think «.,» bet f a* insurance,
or an not that woi.d be more
worth while.
Yancey County cons’s’ent’y
fa”s short of the goal get, This
visit coming so soon after the
last rules out those giving binnd
on that visit. Therefore, it will
be necessary for new donors, or
persons who did not give oh the
last visit, but who have given
in the past, to come forward.
Blood is badly needed at all
times, and especially during the
summer months when much
surgery is performed on school
children as well as adults.
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