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About Butte Falls bulletin. (<1994 Dec.->) 1994-current | View Entire Issue (June 1, 2002)
an overview, by Jed Rowden srqponmlkjihgfedcbaZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA Jea n Valjean, played by David Hoel, released on parole after 19 years on the chain gang, finds tha r t the Yellow Ticket of Leave that he m ust,! fom r ’ iM inp wa ® by law, display condem ns him to be an outcast. O nly the Bishop of Digne (John H oel) treats him F&tM3@ VB8 S FROM n « OtMCTOR ... Marcia Warren kindly and Valjean, haunted by years of hard ship, repays him by stealing som e silver. Valjean .... x xl i Everv year Sue Anne Torres, Nelheann is caugnt and brought back by police, and is am azed when the Bishop lies to protect him , and even gives him the candlesticks he left be ( V .i M ^e ^^e ^s jo a )w ays°recdve the recognition hind. Valjean decides to start a new life. J T -J staff and com m unity m ade 9 'ved j wan ted everyone to know that Eight years have passed and Valjean, having changed his nam e to M onsieur M adeleine, had risen to becom e both a factory owner and the tow n m ayor. O ne of the w orkers, Fantine (Lou tributed. The enthusiasm m uch. H oyer), has an illegitim ate child (C osette). W hen trioutea i ne enm usiasm you W endy Earl and C yndi H arrington the other w orkers find out, they report to the for has been rem arkable , keeoina the d director functioning the To the the play students'involved In L eS M iserables, I for keepm g the irecrtr fin rto n in g during d o rin /th e forem an (David) who im m ediately throw s her out. To the students involved in Les M iserables, I k J 3 xi® D |ay am touched by the num ber of students w hat week of the P play. D esperate for m oney to pay for m edicines for =S £ Happen.^ X S . The story of Les M iserab.es by Victor H u % her daughter, Fantine sells ner locket, hair and *, • I . 1 * , • • — ■ • * • ■ • • • — - — 1 Las teeth until she joins the ladies of the streets in selling herself. C om pletely degraded by her new job she gets in a f ignt w ith a potential custom er and is about to get arrested by Javert (Cody Kelley) when the m ayor (D avid) arrives and de m ands that she be taken to a hospital instead. The m ayor (D . avid) , then rescues a m an (Rob - _. . Facey) ^trapped under a very heavy run away ert tra| cart. Javert (Cody) is rem inded of the abnorm al strength of convict 24601, Jean Valjean (D avid), a parole breaker whom he has been tracking for years, but who, he says has just been recap- tured. Then at the court Valiean sees the inno- cent m an (Jam es G rieves) Being accused and confesses to being Valjean. O n Fantine's (Lou's} death bed Valjean prom ises Fantine he w ill find her daughter. Young C osette (Callie Adam s) has v been staying w ith tne Thenardies (Keith S tark < and Am anda N ew by) ,. who have been horribly abusing the child by ways of assigning her nu m erous and difficult chores w hile allowing their tw o 'ittle "daughters "Eponine and Azelm a (joli M fe ste 's; m em orization, practices, painting, building, try- ing on costum es, singing and pulling together during TEN SE m om ents m ade this a w orthw hile experience. W e have a w onderful group of stu- dents in our district and I am extrem ely proud of all of you. Thank you for your com m itm ent to this year's production of Les Miserables by Vic- | Or p-|U g 0 note of appreciation and am azem ent for sherry Ellis. S herry has been sewing for about three weeks w ith students dropping by on a m in- utes notice - pants being turned into knickers, lycra turned into socks, both of C osette's dresses, nun outfits, and everything else that is seen on stage. Thank you very m uch, S herry. is alm ost 1125 pages long C ondensingthis story into a play (please read the brief overview 'pro Yj^ad fY Jed Rowden} was not an easy task and therefore, this years production was a little m ore lengthy than usual. The first half of the plQ Y was around one and one/half hours and the second half was about forty minutes. There was also a fifteen m inute interm ission fo r refresh m ents. The second half of the play was filled w ith excitem ent, beautiful m usic and special ef- facts during the w ar scenes. W e hope that ev- anyone enjoyed our version of Les M iserables. The students have w orked very hard to m ake this production a success. Thank you to everyone who attended. In addition to the students referred to in the overview (C allie Adam s, Jessica Dunlap, R obert Facey, B rittney G orm an, Joli H obbs, David H oel, John H oel, Lou H oyer, C ody Kelley, Am anda N ew by, Stacy Sm ith, Dan S tark, and Keith S tark students who assisted behind the scenes, it is easy to see that the vast m ajority of our stu- dents w ere involved in this production. In addition to students, m any adults also lent their tim e and energy to this incredible produc- Hobbs and B rittney G orman) to play. A fter pi ing them Valjean takes C osette (C allie) w ith I N ine years later there is a great unrest as in a great uprising, feeling that their rights are being m istreated. Am ong +hr 9 Thr>nnrd?2rc'u/hn V n the iH a rrin g to n , Trevor H ersom , B ritani Johnston, S ^C C et/?? “ n9S t are the e Thenardiers + cn ° r< Jier s who Valjean shelley M arquard, Sarah M atthew s, je rri rom by Javert, is saved from Javert who doesn't doesnt recognize M cClanahan, Caleb M oore, Bijan N ouri, B arry . L_ him until ; L he j nas has m m ade ade his his escape. escape. The p ar ker, Vallorie Petersen, JedR ow den, Breanna Thenardiers (K eith and Am andas) daughter Schultz, Brandy Sew ell,Trae Stephenson, C har- Eponine (Jessica Dunlap) loves the protesting |o n e von Krause H o^e VanLandyngham , Jacob student who is also their neighbor, M arius (Dan W etzel and LuCynda Zartm an (41 high school stu- S tark), reluctantly agrees to help him find dents and 3 kindergartners)! C osette (Stacy Sm ith), who he has fallen in love Joshua W etzel was the Technical D irector and w ith. C osette is in love w ith M arius and Valjean m em ber of the light crew ; Brianna Sm eltz and thinks that she is getting older quickly, but he M ichael Hanson w ere in charge of the sound; still doesn't w ant to tell her of her past. Eponine V ictoria Lawrence assisted w ith the lights; Kath ’i C athy C arlisle helped out w ith the lighting; W endy Earl provided all the refreshm ents; M arian S treet and W endy E arl handled all the prom otion of the play; Cyndi H arrington acted as Prom pter and O rganizer; Jade Torres and Sue A ^e Torres han'dlecI the Make-up and r _..J as sisted sisted w w ith ith Coaching; Coaching; A A rnold rnold G G risham risham creo created “ the delightful ' ‘ ‘ lam pposts; P astor John Adam s assisted w ith the Sound E ffects and M usic; Candy Adam s oversaw the children's rehears .... M ardell S m ith ran W 1 , vulk4J UI1U als; errands and provided needed nourishm ent to the cast arid crew 1 'and Jeany Moore and Teresa Vaughn handled the P '-u re w e enjoyed In production this year headed up by B arcia W a° on^h B ^tt^F ^^^ ren. It was an incredible production. tw o m onths here. to w ^fdl S FfH endf' ° Ur 9 T unbiasedi W e hope every- jJ jy and fiob ^olS n& r^st
