Being Xaverian - Our Lady of Good Counsel High School

The cast and crew gather together for a
last minute boost before opening night.
The 1940s Radio Hour
The Our Lady of Good Counsel High School’s Fine Arts Department
was pleased to present six performances of the Fall 2012 play, Walton
Jones’ The 1940’s Radio Hour, at the Sandy Spring Friends School
Performing Arts Center in November.
Set in the midst of World War II, The 1940’s Radio Hour is the story
of a rag-tag group of aspiring performers and technicians as they
get ready for and perform a radio broadcast of the Mutual Manhattan
Variety Cavalcade for an overseas broadcast. Despite the best
efforts of the show’s announcer, Cliffton Feddington, many mishaps,
shenanigans and various hi-jinx ensue. The play featured popular
1940s standards including Our Love Is Here to Stay, I Got It Bad and
That Ain’t Good, Blues in the Night, Blue Moon, Strike up the Band
and I’ll Be Seeing You. The 1940’s Radio Hour was a mix of genres,
slapstick comedy, love triangles and a few tear-jerker moments.
Kristina Friedgen, Good Counsel Fine Arts Teacher and dance
instructor, directed and choreographed the show of more than
seventy students. Standout performers included seniors Jimmy Stubbs, playing Neal Tilden; Malcolm Combs, playing
Johnny Cantone; and Michael McCarthy, playing BJ Gibson. Students worked in every capacity including lighting and
sound, props and set design, acting, orchestra, costume design, stage management, sound design, publicity and house
management. Good Counsel Fine Arts Department Chair, Dr. Richard Slocum, conducted the orchestra and also played
the bandleader, Zoot Doublemann. ✦
Be sure to look for the Good Counsel mid-winter productions of Our Town and The Laramie Project in February.
And don’t miss the spring musical, Les Miserables!
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