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About The amplifier. (West Linn, Oregon) 1921-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 1, 2009)
Photo Essay H annah Stout, senior (Mother A bbess), counsels Emma D avis, junior (Maria), about her calling to serve God. M aria w as reluctant to leave the abbey which had become her home. Connor Egan, sixth (Kurt), N ell Egan, fifth (Brigitta),Emma D avis, junior, (Maria), M aia M cNam ara, third (Gretel), Claire M athiessen, second, (Marta) M ichael Biancardi, sen io r (Friedrich), C h ristin e B ian cardi, sop h om ore (Louisa), and Anna Stapleton, junior (Liesel), sin g "Do- Re-M i." Connor and N ell are the children of band and orchestra teacher Kevin Egan. November 2009 M egan Kays, junior, (party guest) undergoes a character transform ation for the ballroom scene. Participants, including parents, spent hours collaborating to create costum es and sets as w ell as doing many other job s such as publicity. All photos by Libby Kara Actors from district schools create the first sold out production in the new theatre—the Rodgers and Hammerstein family classic, "Sound of Music. km tat A lyssa Johnston, senior (Baroness Schrader), and M ichael Johnson, j unior (Captain von Trapp), greet a late arriving guest. Their characters were engaged but von Trapp's loyalty to A ustria and his grow ing love for M aria doom ed the relationship. Emma D avis, junior, (Maria) teaches Connor Egan, (Kurt) how to ballroom dance. Social Stu dies teacher, Todd Jones' daughter Katie, fifth, also appeared in the cast as M arta von Trapp. Sam Anderson, senior (Max Detw eiller), invites the von Trapp children M aia M cNam ara, third (Gretel), Anna Stapleton, junior (Liesel), N ell Egan, fifth (Brigitta), and Christine Biancardi, sophom ore (Louisa), to sin g at a m usic festival. This is the last time the Von Trapps sin g in public before fleeing Austria and the N azi regime.
