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LIGHT OPERA GUILD

presents

DECEMBER 4·5·6

Opperman Music Hall

f10rida state university t a I fa has see tt S WEE T ~~ EAR T S:l" ~ Book by Harry B. Smith and Fred de Gresac . Music by Victor Herbert Lyrics by Robert B. Smith

CAST OF CHARACTERS Production and Musical Direction by PRODUCTION STAFF (as they appear) ROBERT L. BRIGGS Stage Monoger ...... J im Harris Staff Pianists...... Lorena Smith, Patsy Potter LIZETTE Sandy Darling Choral Direction and Staging by Makeup Supervision ...... Betty Jane Grimm CLAIRETTE Donna Lou Harper Properties ...... Bette Jo Armstrong and Le lagene Wilson BETTY JANE GRIMM BABBETTE Wardrobe Mistress...... ,...... Nancy Renninger The White Geese, Daughters of Dame Paula Lynn Longbottom JEANNETTE Claire Kenyon Publicity...... Charles M. Carroll, R. L. Briggs TOINETTE Evelyn Amundson Scenery and Costumes by Tickets...... Jean Anderson Box Office ...... ,...... Violet Mandese NANETTE Mickey Kendall . TRACY MUSIC LI BRARY Boston Ushers ...... Bennie White DAME PAULA, Proprietress of the Laundry of the White Geese ...... BeverIy Bennett Cover Design ...... Peg Rigg Stage Crew ...... Bob Carwithen, Gwyn Cooper, John LIEUTENANT KARL, Betrothed to Sylvia ...... ~ ...... William Dalrymple Music and Dialogue Materials by arrangement with Cooper, Dorothy Eiselstein, Beverly LIANE, a Milliner of Brussels...... Ellen Snow TAMS-WITMARK MUSIC LIBRARY, INC. Lipthrott, Colleen Moore, Audrey Oliver, Dot Sturgis, Susie Tindall, MIKEL MIKELOVIZ, A Politician in Search of a Petition (with pay, of coursel...... Tommy McMullen New York City Mary Turnbull, Clifford Fales SYLVIA, Dame Paula's Adopted Daughter...... Alice Peacock FRANZ, Prince of Zilania ...... Kenneth Nelson MUSICAL PROGRAM PETRUS VAN TROMP, A Dutchman in search of Objets d' Art...... sam Frank OVERTURE ...... The Orchestra ARISTIDE CANICHE, A Frenchman in search of concessions ...... William Cramer HON. PERCIVAL ALGERNON SLlNGSBY, An Englishman in search of a bride ...... Bob Parrish ACT I FRITZ } Ken Haskins IRON! IRON! IRON!...... Laundresses and the Six Sisters HANS Village Boys David Whipple ON PARADE ...... Soldiers and Girls 1st FOOTMAN ...... Adrian Ketcham THERE IS MAGIC IN A SMILE ...... Liane and the Chorus 2nd FOOTMAN ...... Don Van Nus SWEETH EARTS ...... sylvia and the Chorus CAPTAIN LAURENT, of the Zilanian Royal Guard ...... Harrison Fisher FOR EVERY LOVER MUST MEET HIS FATE ...... Franz and the Chorus GIRLS OF BRUSSELS AND LADIES OF THE COURT: Jeanne Alles, Betsy Berckbickler, Jeannette Cox, Shirley Daniel, Delano Driver, Janet Epting, Jackie Fletcher, Mary Lou Harrelson, Mary MOTHER GOOSE ...... Sylvia and the Girls Ann Howes, Nancy Killgore, Toni Leto, Imdgene McHale, Sonya Meyer, Roberta Pace, Eliza­ I MIGHT BE YOUR ONCE-IN-A-WHILE ...... Liane and Karl beth Reece, Sally Reed, Joyce Reynolds, Judy Russ, Martha Slayden, Thalia Whitehurst, Mary Ann Williams, Barbara Willis, Martha Kay Willis. ANGELUS ...... Sylvia, Franz, and the Men SOLDIERS AND GENTLEMEN OF THE COURT: James Atkinson, Wendell Bartholf, Wendell JEANNETTE AND HER LITTLE WOODEN SHOES ...... Liane, Slingsby, Van Tromp and Caniche Carpenter, Jerry Connell, Reg Cook, Harrison Fisher, Kenneth Haskins, Adrian Ketcham, Ger­ FINALE ...... Ensemble ald McClelland, Ted Morrill, Foy Lee Spivey, Don Van Nus, Brownlee Waschek, David Whipple. ACT II ORCHESTRA: First Violins: Buell Agey, Concertmaster, Thomas Wikstrom, Virginia Jackson, WAITING FOR THE BRIDE ...... Ernest Jones; Second Violins: Lois Schnoor, Mary Anne Bohlayer; Violas: John Venetozzi, Sharon Gentlemen of the Court Lane; Violoncellos: Marysue Barnes, Mildred Aitchison; String Bass: James Yelvington; Flutes: PRETTY AS A PiCTURE ...... Van Tromp and the Men Joyce Bryant, Susan Lucas; Oboe : Robert Forman; Clarinets: Lloyd Fish, Connie Davis; Bassoon: Lewis Danfelt; French Horns: Terry Shuler, Pat Johnson; Trumpets: Sonny Hasbrouck, Vic Micku­ ENTRANCE OF SY LVI A...... sylvia and the Chorus nas; Trombone: Bruce Whitener; Percussion: Louanne Self, Harry Holmberg. IN· THE CONVENT THEY NEVER TAUGHT ME THAT ...... Sylvia and the Chorus ACT I ACT II THE GAME OF LOVE ...... Lt. Karl and the Six Sisters Courtyard of the Laundry of Chateau of the Prince in Zilania I DON'T KNOW HOW I DO IT, BUT I DO ...... slingsby the White Geese (a year later) THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH ...... Sylvia and Franz PILGRIMS OF LOVE ...... Mikel, Slingsby, Van Tromp, and Caniche There will be a fifteen minute intermission between acts FINALE ...... " ...... Ensemble

DECEMBER 4, 5, 6, 1952 OPPERMAN MUSIC HALL THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY I Victor Herbert's li vely contribution to the spring of 1913 was hi s operetta SWEETHEARTS. The first performance was given in the ACADEMY OF MUSIC in Ba ltimore where its success was prophetic of the praise it was to receive upon the occasion of its New York opening thot fall. Since that time it has been filmed with the team of Jeannette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy, has twice been returned to Broadway (o nce in 1929 at the Jolson Theate r and later in 1947 when it became a vehicle for the particular talents of Bobby Clark), and has long since become a regular bill of fare for both summer theater and light opera companies as well as for amateur groups throughout the country. SWEETHEARTS was the motivating factor behind Victor He rbert's organization of the com­ posers and librettists of America to protect the performing rights of their works. Copyright laws were vague and seldom enforced in this country. The result was that theate r and res­ taurant owne rs fe lt free to let their orchestras play whateve r music they chose, wi thout pay to the copyright owne rs. He rbert's patie nce is sa id to have reached its limit one night whe n he wa lked into a restaurant where an orchestra was me rril y pla ying the hit tunes from SWEETHEARTS, showing just around the corne r. The result was the proposal of an organiza­ ti on which has become kr)own a s the American Society of Compose rs, Authors, and Pub li she rs. The name of Victor He rbert brings nostalgic memories to many-and to others of a late r generation hi s undying me lodi es have come to be a favorite among the most popular of their time. Hi s popularity may well be due to hi s ability to write simple, appealing me lodi es of great beauty. Tonight's presentation of SWEETHEARTS is simply another tribute to the success of this man, who though born in Ire land, quickly adopted the United States a s hi s own country and whose music readily mirrors a deep and abiding love and understanding wh ich he he ld for Ame rica and all Americans.

The LIGHT OPERA GUILD wishes to express its sincere appreciation to its sponsor SIGMA ALPHA IOTA Jean Anderson, President

Active Members

Mildred Aitchison Ann Mauk Janet Rawl s Bette J 0 Armstrong Lew McSwain Nancy Renninge r Mary Anne Bohlayer Jane Merlin Jane Shepard Donna Byl Sonya Meyer Bennie White Connie Davis Nancy Parke r Lelagene Wilson Leonore Johansen He len Phillips Violet Mandese Betty Ann Pi erce

Pledges Janie Brow n Pat Finney Barbara McCubbin Grace Schatzman Judy Carver Ann Hays Im ogene McHa le Mary Spencer Pat Cummins Sue Humphreys Jane Parkman Joy Summers Annette Darsey Lynn Longbottom Alice Peacock Joyce Thomas Delano Driver Susan Lucas J oanne Poe Dot Tyler Kothy Zappolo Graduate Students Joyce Bryant Virginia Jackson Sharon Lane Nancy Elli s Joan Daye James Judy Russ

Faculty Members Marysue Barnes Gladys Koch Rebecca Rodenberg Ramona Beard Mary Reeder Lois Schnoor Betty Jane Grimm Etta Robertson Alice Ward

Patronesses Mi ss Jane Adams Mrs. J. V. Chapman Mrs. R. Heinsohn Mi ss Carolyn Oxford Mrs. Grace Ashmore Mrs. Carl Curtis Mrs. Karl O. Kuersteiner Mrs. H. O. Pe mberton Mrs. R. C. Balfour Mrs. C. A. Gridley Mrs. C. J . Muir Mrs. Mode Stone

SIGMA ALPHA IOTA is a professional, honorary music fraternity for women. Its sponsorship of the LIGHT OPERA GUILD is only one of many services rende red each year at the Florida State University. Its contributions to the advanced ticket sales and the arrangements for ushering are essential ta the ultimate success of this production. Many 'of the members of the SWEETHEARTS company are also members of this organization.