COUNTY LIFE
Bowie one-act presents ‘Mad’ for UIL contest stage
Bowie High School One Act Play will compete in the 3A District 7 UIl competition at noon on March 4 at the Graham Memorial Auditorium.
Theater Director Candace Mercer said this year they face many obstacles due to COVID and the related precautions. Guests may come to see the show, but must leave immediately following the show. Mask mandates are fully enforced.
This year’s show is “MAD” by Jill Henson and Melonie Menefee and is the true story of Nellie Bly, a reporter for the New York World. Nellie goes undercover in 1887 to an Insane Asylum to expose the deplorable conditions and abuse to the patients. She discovers most of the women held against their will are not insane, merely victims of their gender and society. There are immigrants who cannot speak English to defend themselves, unwed mothers, wives cast aside by husbands at no fault of their own and abandoned children left to the system.
“It is a tragic look at the way society was so careless with women at the turn of the century. It is for mature audiences and parents are cautioned,” states the director.
Cast members are: Paris Waters, Nellie Bly; Kendal Wolf, Tilly Maynard; Breanna Masingale, Brigid McGuinness; Dezirae Lison, Josephine; Savannah Bordelon, Catherine “Cat;” Laci Hawkins, Elizabeth; Alicia Marshall, Annie; Bethany Fong, Nurse Grupe; Bethany Woolf, Nurse Grady; Nicole DeWolfe, patient one; Angela Zaragoza, patient two; Roman Rivas, Rob Pickering; Austin Long, Snyder; Isaiah Hutson, Dr. Daniel Dent; Nicholas Foster, Joseph Pulitzer/orderly; Aslynn Dunn, newsboy and Jakson Hofbauer, orderly.
Crew members are; Kami Young, stage manager; Lance Jones, lights and Kris Torres, lights.
Directors include Mercer, Jody Oliver and German Torres.
It has been quite a busy few days at the Montague County Youth Fair with schedule changes, juggling of events and trying to cope with the unexpected snow storm. However, the youth fair always rolls on thanks to the dedicated volunteers, coordinators, parents and students.
Friday the rabbit how starts at 10 a.m., with heifer and steer show at 2 p.m. Ag. mech. check-in at 6 p.m. with that show at 9 a.m. on Saturday. Swine will move into the barn later today with its show at 9 a.m. Saturday.
Saturday the home economics silent auction will start at 6 p.m. and run to 9 p.m. in the show barn. Showmanship buckles will be presented at 6 p.m. in the barn followed by leadership day awards. The premium sale is at 6:30 p.m. Make plans to come out and support these hard working kids and families.
See all the winners in the Thursday Bowie News.
Top photo – Poultry show photo taken by Rashonda Hobbs of Unfazed Creations, official photographer for the youth fair. Make sure and check out her photos.
When we were going through my grandmother’s house in Nocona after it sold, I found a few neat keepsakes, but the biggest treasure I thought I had found was her biscuit cutter. I was so excited to show my mother (her daughter) and just knew she would be happy it was found and would still be used after all this time.
My mother, however, had a different thought about my precious biscuit cutter. She said, “Suzanne, you know that biscuit cutter is just an old tomato paste can that has both ends cut out.”
I was still no less delighted with my cutter. I continue to use it today. My husband has bought me vintage, new and fancier cutters, but this cutter is something I go back to time and again.
My Memaw was recruited to be a lunch lady from 1952 to 1958 at Nocona Elementary, back when lunches were cooked, not “fixed.” Lenora Brown Burnett was an excellent cook and everyone knew it. She went on to work at the Nocona Major Clinic kitchen from 1958 to 1969.
You could only use shortcuts if you knew how to do it the long way. That is how I still approach cooking. You can only use a cake mix if you know how to make a cake with lots of ingredients, time and effort.
Read Suzanne’s Love & Luck column in the Thursday Bowie News on the On the Table page.
Top photo – Grandmother’s biscuit cutter and hand written recipes. (Photo by Suzanne Storey)
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