community third section a metrolahd community newspaper wednesday april 23 1986 students relive frontier days during goodwood school play audiences enjoy davy crockett live on stage pretty carrie ann played by jessica dennis centre was the apple of more than one frontiersmans eye during goodwood public schools presentation of davy crockett angela gay man right portrays a determined davy whos not about to take any guff from mark fine alias mike fink goodwood it has often been said that death and taxes are the only two things one can count on in life this reviewer would like to add the excellence of goodwood public schools annual stage play to that select list of safe bets a total of 56 grade 4 5 and 6 students gave their all as they performed davy crockett be fore large and appreciative au diences thursday and friday evening about 175 people attended on the first evening and another 225 were on hand for the second show that no individual stood above the rest is testimony to the polish applied to the well- balanced cast by codirectors lori briggs and fran de- marco each student displayed a confident stage presence and delivered pieces of complex di alogue without hesitation angela gayman capably handled her role as davy crockett as did other principle characters angela bearden georgie carrie ann jessica dennis mark fine mike fink ksrl winterstein judge swayne and krissyir becky farquharson andrea hathaway theresa under wood dana robinson matth ew roller and mark regis made up mike finks crew while colorfullycostumed band members were played by christine oconnor peter fri- jio vanessa beach and adam skidmore dancers a dynamic dance line con- sisting of laurie tarto zachara young elizabeth de- mers greg irwin adam hum phrey rick andrews lindsay weldon and liam brennan was another real crowd- pleaser the plays impressively orchestrated fire scene fea tured lori jefferson laura wills shane short linda jef ferson billy gilroy and jamie pugh a quaintlyattired chorus of 26 provided steady musical sup port throughout the singers were shellie cleveland karen cox karrilynne kelso jenna reid amy martin jeff moore tonia wilson elisa groeneveld trevor ainger kerrilyn wood sean ceney carol gismondi tracy leb- lanc wendy brady karen hoover michelle kennedy melissa vandergulik bobby ferguson heidi deroo shane bacall joelle segal bonnie timbers julie pugh denise barker sara toms and heidi wilson gigi fisher and her design crew adrienne mcdonald charlotte gayman and kitty dillewyn maintained the schools tradition of costume excellence their clothing crea- tions effectively captured the frontier spirit thats an integral art of the davy crockett also playing an integral part in the production were behind- thescenes workers like daniel hathaway matthew bucknell and chris spearen lighting diane bunker costume ironing and starching roz pritchard and kitty dillewyn makeup and margaret lettau and jac queline teskey scenery and props at the plays conclusion prin cipal richard hannah com mended students staff and pa rent volunteers for their hard work and dedication band members from left peter frijio vanessa beach and ance the other member of the brightlycostumed quartet is christ- adam skidmore keep in tune during thursday evenings perform- ine oconnor not pictured youth chorus anchors wellattended musical story and photos by chris shanahan an eightmember dance line entertained good- laurie tarto rick andrews lindsay weldon staff member lori briggs right codirected here mrs briggs leads the 26voice chorus in a wood audiences during the public schools annual liam brennan zachara young adam hum- davy crockett with colleague fran demarco musical rendition stage play kicking up their heels are from left phrey elizabeth dcmers and greg irwin b