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Side Show” Is Presented Through Special Arrangement with Samuel French, Inc Senior Acknowledgement The Somerset High School Music Department Nicole Audette Proudly Presents Stephanie Couitt Kellie Costa Cassidy Cousineau Lauren D’Alessandro Stephen Diniz Emily Domingue Jenny Lee Fortier Mason Fortier Bentley Holt Jamie Jancarik Book and Lyrics by Bill Russell Music by Henry Krieger Chelsea Leonard Orchestrations by Harold Wheeler Christopher Listenfelt Vocal & Dance Arrangements by David Chase Nathan Mendonca Original Broadway Production Directed & Choreographed by Robert Longbottom Jana Moroff Original Broadway Production Produced by Emanuel Azenberg, Joseph Nederlander, Herschel Waxman, Janice McKenna & Scott Nederlander Kelly Neufell Thomas Patten Directed by Tyler Rebello Richard J. Sylvia & Lennie Machado Rachel Smith Assistant Director & Pit Orchestra Director Derrick Souza David M. Marshall Michael Tremblay Starring Lauren Valcourt Lauren Valcourt Sarah Mayer Michael Tremblay Andrew DaCosta Thomas Patten and Christopher Crider-Plonka Jared Wright May 1, 2009 @ 7:00 p.m. – May 2, 2009 @ 7:00 p.m. – May 3, 2009 @ 2:00 p.m. Somerset High School Auditorium “Side Show” is presented through special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc. All authorized performance materials are also supplied by Samuel French, Inc.. 45 West 25th Street, New York, NY 10010-2751 Phone: (212) 206-8990 Fax: (212) 206-1429 Administration The Spirit of Music … On The Move At Somerset High School … R.W. Pineault, Principal SPS Superintendant of Schools ....................................... Mr. Richard Medeiros SHS Principal ................................................................................... Mr. R.W. Pineault The spirit of music is alive at Somerset High School twelve months a SHS Vice-Principal ............................................................................... Mr. Kyle Alves SHS Vice-Principal .................................................................. Mrs. Pauline Camara year. During the warm months of summer, our students can be found SPS Coordinator of the Fine & Performing Arts ........... Ms. Lori Anderson fine tuning their musical skills at Marching Band Camp. During the fall SPS School Committee Members ..................... Mr. Victor Machado (Chair), our music students get involved in the Bumper Sticker Drive. The Ms. Elizabeth White (Vice-Chair), Mrs. Ann Correira, month of October is Musictown month……. indeed an active one Mr. Donald Rebello, Mr. Richard Fenstermaker, with the crowning of the Musictown King and Queen, Concert/Pops Night, Field Shows and the Musictown Parade. During the month of November, some of our most talented music students audition for Special Thanks Senior District and Jr. District. As the weather turns colder and the winds become chilly, warmth can be found in our auditorium in the Many people came forward to encourage and to help us get this show off the ground. We offer them our heartfelt thanks and gratitude. Some, however form of song and music…Holiday Vespers. Constantly in deserve extra mention. motion…constantly practicing…constantly entertaining, our music First and foremost we would like to thank our set designer, Mr. Glenn students provide a school spirit that can be heard, perceived, viewed, Ross. Without his time, labor, patience and experience, our wonderful set and most important…appreciated. would not be a reality. Thanks Mr. Ross! It is that time of the school year when our music students present their Secondly, a special thank Swan Dye and Printing as well as Bedford Fabric for donating much of the fabric used in our wonderful sets. annual musical production. The talent, dedication and energy that our music students put forward while maintaining their academic Also, much gratitude must be given to Kathy O’Brien and Paulette McKay achievements is to be commended. Under the direction Mr. Richard for the purchasing, design and creation of many of our costumes. Additional thanks to Mrs. Ginny Troutman and Mr. Stephen Meehan for their help with Sylvia and Mr. Lennie Machado, “Side Show” has taken up residence on the principal bios photography and set artwork. A special thanks to Mr. Samuel the stage of Somerset High School and under the orchestral and Adams for his donations of supplies and help in printing of all of our technical direction of Mr. David Marshall, the orchestra provides the promotional materials. right tone and our behind-the-stage crews help to provide the correct The Cast, Crew and Staff of “Side Show” would also like to thank the atmosphere for the performance. supportive administration here at Somerset High School for their continued support and encouragement of this production and the entire list of musical The lights are about to be dimmed…the curtain is about to be raised. endeavors that we undertake throughout the year. Without their support and guidance, musical performances such as today’s production would not be I ask you to sit back…enjoy “Side Show”. The spirit of music and possible! song is about to engulf you…forever on the move…the music Finally, none of our musical ensembles would function as successfully as students at Somerset High School. they do without the wonderful parent support here at Somerset High School. We are very thankful as a staff that they allow us to borrow their children “free of charge” day in and day out. Thanks to all who helped us and shared in our success! The Hilton sisters toured first in England at the age of three as "The The Somerset High School Music Department wishes to dedicate our United Twins". Mary Hilton took them to a tour through Germany, production of “Side Show” in memory of our friend Krystal. We are all better people for knowing you and hold the lessons we learned from Australia and to the USA. In the true sideshow manner, their our time with you in our hearts. We will always strive to be ourselves performance was accompanied with an imaginative "history". Their no matter what others say or do. We wish you were still with us controllers kept all the money the performing on stage in this production, but we know that you are looking over us, cheering us on! This one’s for you Kriss! sisters earned. In 1926 Bob Hope formed an act called the “Dancemedians” with the Hilton Sisters, who had a tap dancing routine. When Mary died in Birmingham, Alabama, her daughter and her husband took over. They kept the twins from public view for a while and trained them in jazz music. They lived in a mansion in San Antonio, Texas until the early 1930s. In 1931, the sisters gathered enough courage to sue their "managers", gaining $100,000 in damages and “independence”. They left the sideshows and went into vaudeville as "The Hilton Sisters' Revue". Daisy dyed her hair blonde and they began to wear different outfits so they could be told apart. As if to compensate for their deprived past, they had numerous affairs, failed attempts to get a marriage license and a couple of short marriages. In 1932, the twins appeared as themselves in the movie “Freaks”. In 1951 they starred in “Chained for Life”, an exploitation film loosely based on their lives. The Hiltons' last public appearance was at a drive-in movie theater in Charlotte, North Carolina. Their tour manager abandoned them there, and with no means of transportation or income, they were forced to take a job in a nearby grocery store. On January 4, 1969, after they failed to report to work, their boss called the police. The twins were found dead in their home due to the Hong Kong Flu. According to forensics, Daisy died first, with Violet dying perhaps 2-4 days later. Krystal M. Da Cruz Synopsis of Scenes The Real-Life Story of Act One Daisy and Violet Hilton The Midway Daisy and Violet Hilton (Feb. 5, 1908 – Jan. 4, 1969) were a pair of Scene 1: Prologue, The Midway and Inside the Tent conjoined twins who toured in the U.S. sideshow and vaudeville circuit “Come Look at the Freaks” ............... The Boss and Company in the 1930s. Scene 2: On the Midway The girls were born in Brighton, England (East Sussex) on February 5, 1908. Their Scene 3: Behind The Tent mother was a single barmaid named Kate “Like Everyone Else” ............................................. Daisy and Violet Skinner. The sisters were born joined by “You Deserve a Better Life” ............................. Buddy and Terry their hips and buttocks; they shared blood “The Devil You Know” ............................... Jake and Attractions circulation and were fused at the pelvis but shared no major organs. Skinner's boss Scene 4: In the Tent Mary Hilton, who helped in childbirth, “More Than We Bargained For” ................... Buddy and Terry apparently saw commercial prospects in Scene 5: In the Dressing Area them, and thus effectively bought them “Feelings You’ve Got To Hide” ...................... Daisy and Violet from their mother and took them under her care. The girls first stayed above the Scene 6: In the Tent Queens Head in Brighton, but later moved “When I’m by Your Side” .................................. Daisy and Violet to the Evening Star. According to the “Say Goodbye to the Freak Show” ..................... The Company sisters' autobiography, Mary Hilton, her husband and daughter kept the twins in Vaudeville strict control with physical abuse; they had to call her "Auntie Lou" and her current husband "Sir". They trained Scene 7: Press Conference the girls in singing and dancing. Scene 8: The Photo Shoot A medical account of the birth and a description of the twins was provided for the British Medical Journal by Dr. James Augustus Rooth, Scene 9: Backstage the physician in charge at the time of their birth. He reports that “Leave Me Alone” .................................................. Daisy and Violet subsequently the Sussex Medico-Chirurgical Society considered separation, but unanimously decided against it as it was believed that Scene 10: Onstage the operation would certainly lead to the death of at least one of the “We Share Everything” ......... Daisy, Violet and Vaudevillians twins. He notes that these twins were the first to be born in the United Kingdom conjoined and to survive for more than a few weeks.
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