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Our 1987 show...

Lake Woe is Me

This small northern Minnesota village is the home of Bachman’s Flour Mill, which has been around for 105 years. In fact, it was the very first building in the town. Adeline Bachman and her daughter, Maggie Mae, are the only surviving Bachmans. Life was peaceful until Big Sid Davenport started building a huge flour mill in the town. This would obviously shut down the Bachman mill. Consulting the town attorney, O.C. Cash, Adeline fought to keep her mill alive. She finally found a clause in the original building permit that did not allow any competing mills to be built, but she didn’t find this out until the very day the mill was to open. Tempers flare as these Flour Merchants discuss the options in front of the townsfolk during the Annual Apple and Prune Festival.

Show Title:
Lake Woe is Me
Author:
John Barrett
Location:
I.A. O’Shaughnessy Auditorium, College of St. Catherine
Date:
February 7, 1987
Headliners:
  • The Roadrunners
  • The 139th Street Quartet
Other Quartets:
  • Cheerful Earful
  • Night Howls
  • Northern Comfort
  • New Harmony
  • Rain ’N’ Shine
Characters:
  • Myron SweibackJohn Barrett
  • Mayor Jorge FlatimorMax Parks
  • Big Sid DavenportBob Delamatre
  • Russell DavenportPaul Arneberg
  • Adeline BachmanDiane Arndt
  • Maggie Mae BachmanSusan Barrett
  • O.C. CashMark Gilstad
Chorus Songs:
  • Mississippi Mud
  • Dear Hearts and Gentle People
  • Sweet Adeline
  • I’m Always Chasing Rainbows
  • Daddy, You’ve Been a Mother to Me
  • When Pa Was Courtin’ Ma
  • There’ll Be Some Changes Made
  • Get Me To The Church On Time

  • “Finale”

Memorable Lines from Show:

Myron Zweiback:
The ceremony is part of the Annual Apple and Prune festival, which is a very moving experience... runs all week... the whole town trots out to see it...
Mayor Flatimor:
And now, let the caldiberous events begin!
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