In Old Louisiana

(Submitted to website by........
Racheal Stephens Lones)

Presented by the Chorus: April 8, 1960

Stage Managers: Gene Atkins, Don Watson
Advertisting Committee: Larry McCullock, Ray Patty, Doris Ann Hyder, Nancy Pack. Director: Mrs. Forte Notgrass
Accompanist: Betty Douglas

All the acts take place in Pilot Farley's Garden on the bank of the Mississippi in Louisiana.

Cast: Charlie Hyder___ (Old Ned, colored servant),
Patricia Ryan___ (Rosem Pilot Robert Farley adopted daughter),
Jack Garner___ (Richard St. John, A young sugar planter),
Ronnie Maxwell___ (Simon Scudder, Pilot Farley's overseer),
Allan Watson___ (Holly Timms, a shady Lawyer from New Orleans),
David White___ (Jack Martin, a friend of Scudder from New Orleans),
Glenda Mason___ (Martha St. John, Richard's sister),
Chalmers Gorman___ (Monty Gray, A friend of Richard's from the North),
Gene Best___ (Pilot Robert Farley, Pilot on the good steamer "Eclipse" and Owner of the Sana Souci Sugar Plantation),
Beth Rapking___ (Judy, Old Ned's wife and the best cook in La.),
Darrell Cornett___ (Marquis De La Tour, of Bordeaur, France),
Vaughn D. Belcher___ (Bruce Mac Dougal, the County Sheriff).

A chorus of Southern Planters, Their Wives, Daughters and Sons:___ Gene Hampton, Billie Jo Hyder, Cissie Gorman, Linda Grubb, Doris Jenkins, Margaret Saffles, Linda Yates, Margaret Belcher, Glenda Cardin, Martha Ann Isbill, Wanda Moore, Bill Garner, Jack Harrill, Joe Lowery, Jerry Pesterfield, David Rapking, Emilie Alexander, Wanda Bookout, Carrie Lou Brummer, Melvina Carter, Lena Cooley, Nancy Gibson, Wanda Green, May Hicks, Ann Hughes, Doris Ann Hyder, Ruby Kilby, Sue Maxwell, Nancy Pack, Barbara Rider, Racheal Stephens, Wanda Watson, Katherine White, Ira Hicks, Jim Kirkland, Fred Lynch, Douglas Moser, Dean Plemons, Harrill Lynn Stephens, Harrill Wilburn.

(Racheal's Pics from that day {many thanks Racheal!}.....do you have any to share?)

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