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The following is a list of memorable moments compiled by Mrs. McFadden for the
musical, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. Memories that are linked lead to specific
pictures of that event. Comments in parentheses are my own.
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 | That set! A two-story log cabin! And a real forest, awesome! |
| The work party, which was supposed to take two or three hours, but lasted all day. |
| Red union suits-
Riggle tried to quit three times. |
| The looks of love
in "Glad That You Were Born". |
| Ben and Dorcas's fall...how many times did they rehearse it to get it to look
absolutely spontaneous? |
| The boys let us
dye their hair red! (I don't recall anyone letting them dye anything) |
| Those real looking stage fights and the bruised bodies afterward. |
| "It was them Pontipee brothers!" You read that in a Greek accent, didn't
you? |
| Those beautiful costumes, and the way we scared the costume lady, who was nervous
about being in a room full of teenagers, especially when the brothers broke into a rousing
chorus of "We oughta be with our women in that house" while pounding on the door
to the girl's dressing room! |
| The funky microphone voices. |
| Liza catching Dan. |
| That delightful scene in the woods! Wasn't it a trick to get all the timing to work
right? |
| "Shaft" shirts |
| The dangers of rehearsing with Frank! |
| "Nice night for a coon hunt!" |
| Michael had a wreck! (Really, I must have missed that) Our lead spent weeks in the
hospital and at home recovering, and still managed to learn all his lines and lyrics AND
gave a wonderful performance. |
| Gideon dropped Alice! |
| The spring THAW! |
| Our deluxe special effects, with an avalanche in audio and video! |
| Semi-naked boys in
blankets, dancing together, too funny! (Yea, I didn't hear any of us
laughing it up about that one) |
| Mrs. Quillen and Frank dancing. |
| And Dan was dreaming about whom? Alice? Liza? |
| The fine work that went into making the costumes look perfect - and how did you make
the jeans look worn? By attaching them to your tires and driving around the parking lot,
of course! |
| "Adam isn't just any girl" I beg your pardon? |
| The challenge dance- how could that have been any better? From the monkey rolls, to
the roundoffs, to the broom jump, to the leg wrestle, it was just full of fun! |
| Our beautiful brides,
and how lovely they looked in their wedding gowns, bouquets and hair wreaths. |
| Dan's face, as he gaped at the girls at the social. |
