Our 1985 show...
Broadway Hits Rock Bottom
The bequest of a long-time member, Barney Rockbottom, made the chapter proud owners of a farm, or so they thought. What do you do with an old barn on a rocky hillside with a mortgage about to be foreclosed and taxes due? You turn it into a summer theater and sell tickets, that’s what you do!
Show Title:
Broadway Hits Rock Bottom
Author:
Ed Jackson
Location:
O’Shaughnessy Auditorium, College of Saint Catherine
Date:
February 23, 1985
Headliners:
- Happiness Emporium
- Most Happy Fellows
- Class Reunion
Other Quartets:
- For Your Pleasure
- Celebration
- Rain ’N’ Shine
- Harmony Street Revue
- Grass Roots
- Northern Comfort
Characters:
- Scoop RileyJohn Barrett
- Chapter PresidentMax Parks
- Chapter SecretaryBryant Dunshee
- Member 1Dennis Brown
- Member 2Bernie Adams
- Slick and SlackRon Glaeser and Ray Ensrud
- JudgesTracy Anderson, Corrine Schauer, Kathy Ensrud
- CharleneNiccole Youngquist
- Musical DirectorsBob Dowma, Doug Chapman, Duane Rygg
Chorus Songs:
- Alexander’s Ragtime Band
- Hey Look Me Over
- Get Me To the Church On Time
- There is Nothing Like a Dame
- The Showboat Came to Town
- Love Is a Many Splendored Thing
- Cohan Medley
- My Lady Loves to Dance
- My Wild Irish Rose
- Bye, Bye, Blackbird
Memorable Lines from Show:
Slick:
My new girlfriend speaks eight languages.
Slack:
What are they?
Slick:
I don’t know, she doesn’t speak English!
The North Star Chorus is the official Greater St. Paul Chapter of the Barbershop Harmony Society. Our mission is to provide men an opportunity for camaraderie, singing, and entertaining in the barbershop style.
We are a fully non-profit 501(C)3 organization, with taxpayer ID 41-6051126, registered with the IRS under the title Society For Preservation & Encrgmnt Of Barbershop Quartet Singing Amer (H073 Greater St Paul Area).
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