Bloomington High School South, The Gothic, 2000, Page 77

Description:	«5aind$ of 5outh e>ete> the 5>taqe for another b\c\production bi\| Veie HallPThe crowd was waiting withanticipation. The curtain hadnot yet opened to reveal theset. When the music finallybegan to play, and themembers of Sounds of Southtook the stage, the crowdcheered. It was time to watchSounds of Souths yearlyperformance, this years beingFrank Loessers, Guys andDolls. The group performedthe play three nights, with twoseparate casts. The show wasperformed on Nov. 6, 13 and20. Members of the chorusliked Guys and Dolls morethan previous musicals theyhad performed.I like Guys and Dolls alot, it has a lot of action, a lotof good songs, and its verychallenging, junior MikeMcGuire, who played Lt.Brannigan, said. I was inGrease last year, and its nocomparison. I like Guys andDolls so much more,especially since I have a biggerrole.The musical is set in NewYork City in the 1940s andrevolves around four maincharacters: Miss Adelaide,Nathan Detroit, Sarah Brownand Sky Masterson. NathanDetroit makes his living byrunning an illegal floating crapgame and has been engaged toAdelaide, a dancer, for 14years. Nathan, needing $1000to run his crap game, makes abet with Sky Masterson thatSky can not persuade SarahBrown, a missionary, to go ona date with him to Havana,Cuba. Sky, who cannot pass upthis bet, agrees, but eventuallyfalls in love with Sarah, andshe finds herself falling forhim as well. There are manytwists in the plot, but in theend the two couples end uptying the knot in marriage.Compared to the otherplays that SOS does, this oneseems to have a lot moreaction. Instead of having twomain characters, there is four,so it makes it moreinteresting, senior AllyKorzec, who played MissAdelaide, said.The audience took a likingto the performances. Therewere few empty seats inCarmichael Hall during allthree shows. School wasbuzzing with rave reviews.The audiences really gotinvolved in the show, morethan in previous shows, Ithink,McGuiresaid.As therepriseof thesongGuysandDollsbegan,and thecasttooktheirbows,audiencemembersreactedwith a standing ovation.I didnt really like thesongs very much, but I thoughtthe people in the show didgreat. It almost seemed like aBroadway show, sophomoreJosh McBride said.\, ■ I thaiqht thepeople in the$hc9W did of eat,\t almost eeerwedlike a Proadwaii$hc9w/Miss Adelaide, seniorLauren Humes, sings theshowtune Bushel and aPeck along with herfarmerettes. MissAdelaide had beenengaged to Nathan Detroitfor 14 years.Senior Matt Devine,sophomores Adam Nahasand Patrick McGuire,junior Adam Strauser,sophomore Todd Diemer,senior Matt Vlasman andjuniors Reid Bucci and RickJesseph take their hatsoff while singing OldestEstablished. The songwas about a floatingcraps game.Sarah Brown, senior Lydia Herring, listens as hergrandfather, Arvide Abernathy, junior Clint Richardson,sings to her. Richardson played Abernathy in oneshow, and Harry the Horse in the other show.David Wonder77
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