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Show 189 The Dixie Colle ,:~~e 2usic c1epartiJ.ont holds an enviable renutation for the exoellence of its opera produ.at~ons, und "Boccaccio" bids fair to oclipse all i'0r::10r efforts of Director J". ~':i.l . r.Io~\l113ter. Those chosen for parts are as follovlS: DilvJOrth 8no~']. ;1osloy :Nelson, Hylcs J"udd, Itazel Sproul, Preston Larnon, June i,:o:Jdy, Lillian :,b rrison, Lucille Worth en, :\lnry I.fcGregor, ;,:ona Reber B:)yd ?:!c ;Ulister, Bartin Iver30n, and Wesley Atkin. 28B . Each new success seemed to da'1land that g:-eater pro- ductions follow. challeng e .yf This stln ulo.ted 2 uch developr::ent fron the self-battcr~::cnt. This tlls.'1t be obs erved in the dllL}ence with 'wh ich the operas of this tbo were rehea rsed, as noted in a satirical oo~~ ent made by a student reDorter in . V!ash1nf!. ton Oounty Hews: Oh, this opera! By the time the thins i3 finished I doubt if there is one student in the sohool who oan't slng t .:1e thing i'rO:l cover to cover. It atarts at a a.m. e...'1d r ~illa inoessantl'T until 10 n.m., with a short break for the noon hour. 28 9 Maroh 21 and 22, - 1934, brou!~t to the citizens of st. Georee the opera, "Pinafore," produced by the nusic departm.ent of tho now state-acorodited Dbde College. ~.1o JUlister Professor Joseph W. aGain direoted t llia opera, while ?rofessor Bleak assisted with the orchestra. Principals inoluded: Uaeaer Terry, Mary l.IoGregor, .Alnu Terry, Claude Lundquist, laRue Laneston, C'rladys rloodbury, Karl Wilkinson, Vlayne Robertson, A. J". Lea.vitt, Leon ~7atsonJ und :!urry ','lebbj there was a supporting ohorJ.S of fifty members. 290 The increased sohool enroJ.l.crent .of the ooll- ege oontributed to the size and quality of such operas as this 288Washin ~:.ton County News, November 20, 1930. - ' Deoember 4, 1930. 289Ibid. 290Ib!d., Maroh 15, 1934. |
