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Back To The Sixties

WOLCOTT - Long hair, retrocostumes, peace signs, bright colors, and 60's-ish music filled the stage at the H. James McGinn Auditorium on Friday and Saturday, March 30 and 31 when the North Rose Wolcott Middle School presented its annual musical: Groovy!

Travis (Dan Nau / Jon Bentley), Muriel (Aubrey Pentycofe), Tony (Brian Smith), Swashbuckler (Chad Countryman) and Alice (Jessica Kellogg), were excited to organize a concert,

"Music Beads and Flowers" for the local hippies and flower children (Paige Humbert, Heidi Reynolds, Dee Guinup, Sarah Grice, Jaimie Scheid, Jennifer Lehr, Sam Hance, Jamie Goossen, Todd Smith, Tyler Interlichia, Trevor Conners, Jared Sherwin, Jon Conrow and Nathan Webber) on Elmer (Dylan Frey) Crumb's apple farm,.

With the help of the Sheriff (Ron Parisi), Mrs. Porter (Amanda Bates) hopes to "stop the music." The concert promoters struggle to keep the popular, singing group The Lemon Bugs (Jon Bentley/ Dan Nau, Craig Packard and Marisa Santillo) on the program. Add to the scene such characters as a nurse (Chelsea Palmer), fashion designer Mary Quaint (Krysten Hipp), photographer (Sara Burgess), an animal lover (Jessica Garno), the local reporter (Shasta Taft), two "land surfers" (Josh Dobbin and Myrrah Dubey), recording agents (Mackenzie Stuck and Ryan Wunder) and a mother (Aireal Fisher) seeking her runaway children.

This musical featured student musicians Almanda Bentley (saxophone), Jon Richwalder and Jason Canne (trumpet), Jacob Ellis (trombone), Casey Youngman (keyboard), Victoria Bell (percussion), and flute (Dee Guinup). An additional musician, Brad Cartwright, added harmonica. The band was under the direction of Rosa Fox, Middle School Band teacher.

The show was the cooperative team efforts of many Middle School Staff. Music teacher Fred Dunn and English teacher Laurie Navratil co-directed the drama and music. Sets were designed and constructed by Art teacher J. J. Newman and Tech. Teacher Timothy Pauldine. The dancing was the creative vision of English teacher Kelly Crisafulli and costumes were under the advisement of Home and Career's teacher Gail Van Dusen.

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