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Obstac{es Overcome

Cast pu[fs together on stage

By Michelle Maly
When sophomore learn," Junior Eric Grant- different technique to memo-
Matt Uehling found out he Leanna said. rize lines.
would play Professor Harold "One of the big things "I go through my lines
Hill in The Music Man, he said for me was on my closing hundreds of times until I learn
he felt very honored to be night. It was electrifying. them," Grant-Leanna said.
chosen for the lead. Everyone was on, and the Smigelsky said that
Junior Megan audience was really into it," she read her lines over and over
Smigelsky first heard that she Smigelsky said. and then put down the script
had been cast in the musical Although the musical and tried to recite as much as
from a friend who yelled the provided the cast with many she could without looking.
good news to her down the enjoyable times, there were After many hours
hallway. obstacles to overcome as well. spent practicing, everything
Being picked to Senior Audrey came together on stage.
perform in the fall mu sical was Bostrom said that the large "The best part of
a privilege, but those selected number of students participat- performing is when everything
didn't have much time to ing in the musical created some works out," Smigelsky said.
celebrate; they had to get ri ght challenges. Uehling said that an
to work. "Since there were so active audience can really
The cast began many of us, we didn't have create enthusiasm for the
rehearsi ng in the middle of much time to keep going over performers.
August, and practiced three things. Once we learned 'The audiences are all
times a week for about 3 l/2 something, we had to know it different. Some are really
hours each day, until the and remember it," Bostrom responsive," Smigelsky said.
performances at the end of said. Following the perfor-
October. Another challenge was mances Bostrom said that she
Each cast member had getting all those lines memo- had mixed feelings.
special memories from all the rized. Uehling and Grant- "I felt that it was a
time spent rehearsing. Leanna both agreed that successful show, but I was sad
""My favorite part was memorizing the large number because it was the last musical
when l got "Trouble" (the song) of lines was the hardest part. I would do here," Bostrom
right, because it was difficult to Each performer had a little said.

Sophomore Shannon Miller run s lighting
and sound during a performance. Miller's
role was an essential part of the production
even th ough she was not seen on stage.
photo by Jo sh Williamson.
Junior Tony Goolsby (Marcellu s) and
sophomore Matt Uehling (Harold Hill)
practice a scene from The Mu sic Man.
During one rehearsal a piece of scenery fell
and hit Ueh I i ng. phoro by J.~ol:sh=~=i ll:::ia:::m:::s:::on~.;:;;;=..:;::;=;::===l,
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