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presented
Meet
Me in St. Louis
by Hugh Wheeler
Music and Lyrics by Hugh Martin
& Ralph Blane
| Imagine yourself in St.
Louis, Missouri, in 1904. There, on a broad shady street in a pleasant
neighborhood, you will find an ornate Victorian house. In this house live
Mr. Smith, Mrs. Smith, their college-age son, two teen-age daughters, a
tomboy pre-teen daughter, a seven-year-old daughter, Mrs. Smith's father
and their feisty Irish cook.
Everyone in this household and all their friends and neighbors are egerly awaiting the opening of the St. Louis World Exposition in 1905. While they wait, they do the things people did at the turn of the century: earn a living, ride the trolley, have parties, eat ice cream, go trick-or-treating, sing, and dance. Before they finally attend the opening festivities of the 1905 World's Fair, someone will be promoted at work. New neighbors will move in next door. And, of course, someone will fall in love... |
in November 1999
This
story was told with beautiful and enchanting music and included
"The
Trolly Song"
"The
Boy Next Door"
and
a song that has become a Christmas Classic
"Have
Yourself a Merry Little Christmas."
Left to Right: Tootie Smith (Ellie Sutherland), Esther
Smith (Maria Sweet) and
Agnes Smith (Elizabeth Noth) in a dance routine during the party.
Agnes tries to rescue a doll from Tootie to avoid the fate of having
it buried in a
cigar box. Rose and Lon attempt to separate the younger sisters as
Grandpa and Esther look on in shocked disbelief.
Left to Right: Rose Smith (Jennifer Pody), Agnes Smith
(Elizabeth
Noth),
Grandpa Prophater (Michael Spalda), Tootie Smith (Ellie Sutherland),
Esther Smith (Maria Sweet), and Lon Smith (Dan Williams).
At the World's Fair Grandpa shows the little girls his magic tricks.
Left to Right: Tootie Smith (Ellie Sutherland), Grandpa
Prophater
(Michael Spalda)
and Agnes Smith (Elizabeth Noth).
Left to Right: Rose Smith (Jennifer Pody), Agnes Smith
(Elizabeth Noth),
Tootie Smith (Ellie Sutherland), Esther Smith (Maria Smith),
Lon Smith (Dan Williams) and Grandpa Prophater (Michael Spalda).
Donald N. Emmerich
creative editorial photography 6020 North Park Road Glendale, WI 53217-4456 Voice 414-964-1333 · Fax 414-964-8513 e-mail: donspics@execpc.com |