Programme 1987 – Nostalgia

Napier Operatic Society Inc.
1887 – 1987

Nostalgia
A Century of Shows

NAPIER MUNICIPAL THEATRE
OCTOBER 25th, 1987

NOSTALGIA

Written and
Directed by
JAMES MORGAN

Napier Operatic Society 1887 – 1987 Napier Municipal Theatre, October 25th, 1987.

100 years of musical theatre

Events such as the 1931 earthquake in Hawke’s Bay are more than a frustration 50 years later when a society sets out to explore its origins.

Barrie Browne took up the challenge on behalf of Napier Operatic. Such records that remained were confused. Pencilled notes on the margins of old programmes were examples of misleading and selective memories.

Programme designers who omitted to ensure dates were printed on their creations did nothing to make his task easier. No two pieces of information unearthed by Barrie concurred.

The man was unrelenting, however. His pursuit of notes, memorabilia and newspaper clippings which would confirm the year musical theatre was established in this province eventually led him to 1887. Napier Operatic is one of the Oldest groups in New Zealand. Its members have played a large part in the development of their province.

Barrie was helped in his researches by Helen Wakely, Gerald Brown, James Morgan, Glen Ward, Syd Jago and others. Tonight’s performance, scripted by James Morgan, is only a small mirror of their work.

President’s Message

It is my good fortune to be president of the Napier Operatic Society at the time of its centenary. All who have been closely associated in many ways with this society will feel great pride in its accomplishments over the past 100 years.

Before we launch the society into its second century, I invite you to settle back and review the past
one, a journey rm sure you’ll enjoy.

Tonight’s performance will rekindle some great bouts of nostalgia. Join with me at the end in wishing Napier Operatic Society much success in the future.
F.C. Twyford
F.C. TWYFORD
President

Special assistance
Robert Houston

Readers and singers
Lex Barker, Jane Pierard, Wayne Lister, Anne Corney, William Waitoa, Lesley Standring, Greg Matheson, Sharron Pardoe, Tony Ironside, Sue Wilton, Walther Rutgers, Leanne Kyle. Jillian Sweeney, Janice Winter, Guiseppa Bartle. Anita Davies, Brendan Torley, Chris Owen, Peter Wilson, Johnny Williams. Megan Baldwin.

Dancers
Margot Cooke (soloist)
Suzanne Jones
Joanna Gregory
Alyson Gregory

Orchestra
Eric Thorpe
Anne Jago
Leon Speakman
Malcolm Thorpe
Alan Meakin

Production Personnel

Director:   James Morgan
Musical director:   Eric Thorpe
Choral director:   Karyn Briggs
Pianist, music Librarian:   Anne Jago
Choreographer:   Leigh Jones
Production manager:   Glen Ward
Stage manager:   John Matthews.
Crew:   John Briggs, Michael Hyde, Paula Jepson, Brian Wright.
Wardrobe:   Roz Van de Ven.
Crew:   Ngaire Thompson, Linda Fell, Glen Ward, Karen Hooper, Diane Matthews, Jean Allen,
Marguerite Andrews.
Properties:   Helen Wakely.
Crew:   Christine Kenah, Mary O’Donovan, Gail Jones, Paula Jepson, Audrey Thorpe, Sheryle
Bullock, Karen White, Donna O’Shaughnessy, Jean Allen, Irene Davey.
Sound:   Robert Lockyer.
Crew:   Lee Lockyer, Paul Jennings.
Projection:   Syd Jago.
Crew:   Paula Jepson, Gillian Wilton.
Lighting:   Robin Johnson.
Crew:   Paul Craven, Paul Collier, Harley Jones, Kevin Bartlett, Geoff Souter, Neill Page.
Fly crew:   Alan Jones, Harley Jones, Clive Buttery, Malcolm Kenah.
Picture search:   Syd Jago, Helen Wakely, Anita Davies.
Make-up:   Dawn McCowan, Moyra Bewley, Minnie Wright, Trish Green.
House manager:   Lyndsay Browne.
Front of House:   Fred Twyford, Ian Reid.
Guests’ hostess:   Lee Lockyer.
Programme:   Glen Ward.
Suppers:   Donna O’Shaughnessy, Audrey Thorpe.
Photography:   James White.

Previous Productions . . .
1887:   The Sorcerer
1889:   The Mikado
Iolanthe
1890:   Rip Van Winkle
1891:   The Mikado
Iolanthe
Madame Favart
1893:   Rip Van Winkle
Les Cloches de Cornville
1908:   The Gondoliers
1909:   The Mikado
1910:   The Geisha
1911:   The Runaway Girl
1912:   A Greek Slave
1913:   Toreador
1914:   Miss Hook of Holland
1915:   Blue Moon
1921:   The Geisha
1923:   A Country Girl
1924:   Florodora
1928:   The Arcadians
1929:   The Sunshine Girl
1930:   Our Miss Gibbs
1938:   Rio Rita
1939:   The Belle Of New York
1940:   Boots and All
1954:   Chu Chin Chow
1955:   The Desert Song
1656:   The New Moon
1957:   Oklahoma
1958:   Love From Judy
1959:   The Vagabond King
1960:   White Horse Inn
1961:   Kismet
1962:   The Music Man
1963:   Where’s Charley?
The Merry Widow
1964:   Maid of the Mountains
1965:   Annie Get Your Gun
1966:   Amahl and the Night Visitors
1967:   Little Mary Sunshine
1968:   The Sound of Music
1969:   Camelot
1970:   Pink Champagne
1971:   South Pacific
1972:   Oliver
1973:   Fiddler on the Roof
1974:   My Fair Lady
Amahl and the Night Visitors
1975:   Man of La Mancha
1976:   Pirates of Penzance
Music Hall
1977:   Oops Titipu
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat
Music Hall
1978:   Oh, What a Lovely War
Music Hall
1979:   The Great Waltz
Music Hall
1980:   Jesus Christ Superstar
Music Hall
1981:   HMS Pinafore
Hans Christian Andersen
Music Hall
1982:   Cabaret
Oklahoma
Music Hall
1983:   Annie
Music Hall
1984:   Man of La Mancha
Music Hall
1985:   The Gingerbread Man
Chicago
Music Hall
1986:   Mack and Mabel
Music Hall
1987:   The Sorcerer

Musical numbers
To Life (Fiddler on the Roof)
Oh, What a Beautiful Morning (Oklahoma)
I Got The Sun in the Morning (Anne Get Your Gun)
Get Me To Church on Time (My Fair Lady)
Sunrise, Sunset (Fiddler on the Roof)
Pokarekare Ana
Who Will Buy? (Oliver!)
Poor Jud Is Daid (Oklahoma)
Seventy-Six Trombones (The Music Man)
When The Bares His Steel (Pirates Of Penzance)
I’m Called Little Buttercup (HMS Pinafore)
Three Little Maids (The Mikado)
Wand’ring Minstrel (The Mikado)
With Cat-Like Tread (Pirates of Penzance)
Blue Danube (Pink Champagne)
The Judge’s Song (Trial by Jury)
My Name is John Wellington Wells (Sorcerer)
There’s No Business Like Show Business (Annie Get Your Gun)
Do-Re-Me (Sound of Music)
Consider Yourself (Oliver’)
Rio Rita (Rio Rita)
Lover Come Back To Me (The New Moon)
Moonstruck (Our Miss Gibbs)
Oh, Oh. Oh, It’s a War Lovely (Oh, What a Lovely War)
The Rajah of Bhong (A Country Girl)
Riff Sang (Desert Song)
Stout-Hearted Men (The New Moon)
Goodbye (White Home Inn)
Dance of Triumph (Desert Song)
She Is The Belle of New York (Belle of New York)
Your King and Country Want You (Oh, What a Lovely War)
Drinking Song (Student Prince… Boots and All)
The Cobbler’s Song (Chu Chin Chow)
Many a New Day (Oklahoma)
Baubles, Bangles and Beads (Kismet)
Vilia (Merry Widow)
Climb Every Mountain (The Sound Music)
Money. Money (Cabaret)
Food, Glorious Food (Oliver’)
Wedding Dance (Fiddler on the Roof)
Hosanna (Jesus Christ Superstar)
Cabaret (Cabaret)
The Impossible Dream (Man of La Mancha)
Honey Bun (South Pacific)