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LEFT: Chudt Tomlinson swaggers down the courthouse steps as CONad B1rd•e. RIGHT: In str1de w1th the song " A Lot of Llv1ng
to Do," the teenagers head for the local hangout, The Ice House.
Rehearsals, set constructions
add
to fun
of
musical
Vernon
Harper, Karen
Anderson, Janet Moorehead,
Becky Colvin, Lori Kuhn and
OIVId Clements.
"Bye Bye Birdie" is a play
that you can really get into,"
Slid
Oav1d Clements, stage
manager, who supervised set
ronstruction and
between-scene preparations.
"Gett1ng the set built, the
lhnll of VIctory and the agony
of
defeat," all go hand in
hand accord1ng to assistant
stage
manager, Rodney
McGowen, who also
supervised set construction.
Assisting director Mrs. Linda
Townsend with blocking, lines,
ooderstudying, publicity, set
construction and all sorts of
errands were student directors
Tina Aycock and Sherrie
DeVillier.
Music was directed by Andy
lsca, while vocal parts were
organized by Mrs. Gerri
Marionneaux, with the help of
rehearsal p1amst Ashley White.
Debbie Crew Bourg
choreographed the dances.
The memories were not all
written into the scripts,
however, as rehearsals and set
construction days were part of
the fun .
" The acting, singing dancing
combination, along with the
final feeling of
accomplishment," is what
Chuck Tomlinson remembered
to be the most fun .
Ida Lane recalled another
advantage. " After you get to
know everybody, it's like one
big happy family." Other
members of the cast included
Dave Morrow, Rodney
McGowen, Patti Brownell,
Janice Lewis, Kevin Ray,
Tammy Smith, Sharon Bratton,
Krista Peters, Bryan Burgess,
Paula Echols, Janet Yarbrough,
Cindy Caples, Mike Johnson,
Debbie Williams, Diana Thorne,
Deborah Simmons, Kyle
Hough, Judy Guimbellot,
Clarance Lewis, Cheryl Tippet,
Ida Lane, John Huntsman,
Joan Guillot, Barry Colvin,
Beth Ponthieux, Tim Murphy,
Brian Davis, Bill Golliher,
Mrs.
Gerri
Manonneaux prllj)ares for vocal rehearsals by review1ng the songs
w1th rehearsal p1amst, Ashley White.
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