`BRIGADOON' APPEARING ON HIGH SCHOOL STAGE.Byline: John Huddy Daily News Staff Writer ``Brigadoon,'' the lyrical legend of a magical Scottish town that appears only once a century, has taken to the stage of Moorpark High School Moorpark High School, located in Moorpark, California, is a public high school in the Moorpark Unified School District and currently has an enrollment of 2,478 students.[1] , where it is being performed tonight and Sunday. Directed by drama teacher Steve Robertson Steve Robertson (born July 4, 1964) is a race car driver from Hackney, England. After spending three years in British Formula Three (which included a 3rd place championship finish in 1990), he won the 1994 Indy Lights championship and captured 7 wins during his 2 years in , who has been directing plays at Moorpark High for 32 years, ``Brigadoon'' combines the talents of more than 40 students from the music and drama departments. ``The show brings together all the elements of theater - vocal, dance and music,'' Robertson said. ``To the best of my knowledge, `Brigadoon' hasn't been performed in the area for a while. This musical presents a challenge for the students, and shows what hard work can accomplish.'' The Lerner and Lowe musical tells the tale of American tourists Tommy Albright (portrayed by Jeremy Shoop) and Jeff Douglas Jeffrey Douglas (born June 8, 1971 in Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada) is a Canadian actor, likely most famous for his role as Joe Canada in Molson's ad I Am Canadian. (Brian Becker), who stumble upon the mystical town during the one day it appears on the Scottish moors Moors, nomadic people of the northern shores of Africa, originally the inhabitants of Mauretania. They were chiefly of Berber and Arab stock. In the 8th cent. the Moors were converted to Islam and became fanatic Muslims. . ``This performance is a lot more serious than some of the other performances we've done,'' said Shoop, a junior. ``There's comic relief comic relief n. A humorous or farcical interlude in a serious literary work or drama, especially a tragedy, intended to relieve the dramatic tension or heighten the emotional impact by means of contrast. in the story, but it's also pretty dramatic too.'' The Americans are fascinated by the town's residents, including Fiona MacLaren (with Dana Shaw and Alysia Marlow trading off the role), Charlie Dalrymple (John Yamazaki), Jeannie MacLaren (Valarie Elias) and Meg (Katie Ashley, who also choreographed the play). ``The dancing and the music is the main part of this play,'' said Ashley, a junior. ``There's a lot more singing in this performance then some of the other ones that we've put on here.'' Undaunted by a shortage of money to produce the show, students shopped at thrift stores for costumes, and designed the set to look as authentic as possible, doing their best to make the performance memorable. ``This is a difficult production to perform,'' said Moorpark High vocal coach A vocal coach is a person, who works with singers on their singing technique, care and development of the voice, performance and preparation of a work. The coach may give instruction to the singer in private lessons, on stage, or during a recording session. Ray Hebel. ``The combination of music and comedy takes a lot of planning and preparation. This is the big production of the year for us at Moorpark High.'' ``Brigadoon'' will be performed at 8 p.m. today and 4 p.m. Sunday at the Moorpark High School Performing Arts Center A performing arts center, often abbreviated PAC, is a multi-use performance space that can be adapted for use by various types of the performing arts, including dance, music and theatre. , 4500 Tierra Rejada Road. Tickets are $5, and may be purchased at the door a half-hour before show time. |
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