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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
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by law, display condem ns him to be an outcast.
O nly the Bishop of Digne (John H oel) treats him
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kindly and Valjean, haunted by years of hard
ship, repays him by stealing som e silver. Valjean
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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-
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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
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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
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created
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assisted w ith the Sound E ffects and M usic;
Candy Adam s oversaw the children's rehears
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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°
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ren. It was an incredible production.
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