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The Wild, Wild West Comes to Woldingham!

Our senior production of “Calamity Jane” took place on Thursday and Friday last week, 10-11 February, 2011.

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Calamity Jane is a "Wild West"-themed film musical released in 1953. It is loosely based on the life of Wild West heroine Calamity Jane and explores an alleged romance between Calamity Jane and Wild Bill Hickok in the American Old West. The film starred Doris Day as the title character and Howard Keel as Hickok. It was devised by Warner Brothers in response to the success of Annie Get Your Gun. It won the Academy Award for Best Original Song ("Secret Love").

Under the expert guidance of Director Phil Young, Musical Director John Hargreaves, and Technical Director Roy Brown, students, parents and friends enjoyed an evening of Wild West entertainment, complete with gun shots and can-can dancers!

Scarlett Smith performed stupendously well as Calamity Jane. Her vocal talents and enthusiasm for the role were tangible. Cast alongside her, India Castle-Gibb, played a convincing delicate, gentile Katie Brown wooing the audience with her singing. Jamie Lee Pepera, as Susan, fell for and married Francis Fryer (Fernando Gordon) who entertained the audience in a rather garish dress!

The cast was boosted by the participation of young men from all over Surrey, and five members of staff dressed as cowboys and US cavalry, to the delight of the audience.  

The complete cast was as follows:  

Calamity Jane: Scarlett  Smith

Wild Bill Hickok: Jamal Chong

Lieut. Danny Gilmartin: Tyrone Williams

Katie Brown: India Castle-Gibb

Henry Miller: Richie Gibbons

Susan: Jamie Lee Pepera

Francis Fryer: Fernando Gordon

Adelaide Adams: Tiffany Bell

“Doc “ Pierce: Gabriella Labi

Jo: Maisie Breen

Rattlesnake: Greg Lines

Charlie the Prospector: Callum Chaundy

Cowboy solo tenor: Jessica Correia -Vasey

Hank: Sophie Pond

Pete: Kate Mant

Local Cowboys: Fleur Claoue De Gohr,Jessica Correia-Vasey, Alex Millard

Native American: Busola Caxton-Martins

Flo: Natasha Neilson

Friends of Flo: Cloe Arnoux, Katherine Redferne

Deadwood Townswomen: Isadora Viegelmann, Francesca Maule, Claudia Brewster

Stage Door Johnnies: Fleur Claoue De Gohr, Jessica Correia –Vasey, Vivienne Tong, Amy Tyler

Can – Can Dancers: Claudia Brewster, Busola Caxton-Martins, Jessica  Corria-Vasey, Fleur Claoue De Gohr, Francesca Maule, Natasha Neilson, Vivienne Tong, Amy Tyler, Isadora Viegelmann

US Cavalry & Cowboys: Danny Baker, Marcus Massey, Richard Maclean, Alex McGreevy, Roy Peachey  

Director: Phil Young

Musical Director: John Hargreaves  

Musicians

Reed 1: Lizzy Brown

Reed 2: Chris Donnelly

Flute: Katie Heywood

Saxophone: Stephanie Lai

Trumpets: Mike Hornett, Heather Pearse

Trombone: Tim Brown

Violins: Sue Kitchen, John Triffitt

Cello: Ivan Andrews

Piano: Howard Dyer

Bass: Margaret Andrews

Percussion: Ben Essenhigh  

Technical Director: Roy Brown

Choreography: Emily Ayers & Ensemble

Technical Associates: Matt Stephens, Judith Brown, Katie Wong

Properties: Louise Cliff, Abi Kennedy

Wardrobe Supervisor: Kaitlin Farnfield

Wardrobe Assistants: Philippa Downs, Abi Kennedy, Ella Gardner

Stage Manager: Lyn Mann Backstage

Crew: Hattie Leegood, Lily Lee, Ella Gardner, Lucy Tullett, Richard Maclean, Victoria McGowan, Olivia Stockdale

Box Office: Abi Hoyle, Nikki Shepherd, Lucy Tullett  

Special thanks to: The Catering Department, Scene Projects, Peggy and all at the The Miller Centre, One with Grace, Security and Caretaking Staff, Maintenance Staff, the Gardeners, Administration Staff and School Office and the The Gappies for their help backstage – especially with makeup.