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3C The Minneapolis Star Friday, May 30, 1980 Variety SAVE GAS Enjoy your Summer Vacation at Home! CENTRAL AIR Installed from LYgi '899 Who'll pay to shoot the falls fireworks? book titled the "Minnesota Anthem Anthology" that has been printed by Colwell Press of Minneapolis. It Is another memorable "first." 'i i.VliiP.iJ I 1 t. I I I I I I II II I'M Sit down and get into '1' perfect shape. IV Ml ff "St I (Flanagan, from Page 1C) of Organists. It opens here June 16 with an all-star church service in Central Lutheran Church that, fortunately for us, will be broadcast UveonKSJN.

Tune In at 10 a.m. to hear a new hymn especially composed for the convention by Domlnlck Argento, Pulitzer Prize-winning Minneapolis composer. That, as Brunelle assured me, is only the beginning. The choir of St. Paul's Cathedral In London will appear in concert at the Cathedral of St Paul.

Calvin Hampton, another among many will play a concert for night owls at 11:30 p.m. in Northrop Auditorium June 16. It Is free and will feature Hampton's organ arrangement of "Pictures at an Exhibition" by Modest Monssorgsky. Thinking even bigger, Brunelle "grand finale" Is a concert at the Cathedral of St. Paul.

He'll conduct a 450-voice choir singing Leos Janacek's Slavonic Mass In Czechoslovaklan accompanied by the Civic Orchestra of Minneapolis and Robert Glasgow on the organ. "Plus 12 harps," said Brunelle. "Can you Imagine 12 harps!" We agreed that it sounds heavenly. Topping himself, Brunelle is also proud to note that the Minnesota Composers Forum and the Twin Cities Chapter of the American Guild of Organists commissioned 26 new choral works especially for the convention. Musicians in 26 area churches composed the music.

They have been collected Into a At Grnimand Performance we know the secret of a well-shaped haircut: adapt the hairstyle you ask for to the hair you come in with. ll 0' I ill V- Ml JM 111 11 II in in Guy Paul, Peggy O'Connell of 'Annie Get Your Gun' That's also why our haircut will Songs sustain silly old 'Annie' Reviewed by PETER VAUGHAN The Star'i Entertainment Editor Thanks to Irving Berlin "Annie Get Your Gun" probably will never tumble into whatever limbo claims musty musicals that have ceased to possess any tangible link to the time In which they are being performed. For "Annie," which opened last week at the Chanhassen Dinner Theatres, seems as archaic as rumble seats, 15 cent hamburgers and Veronica Lake. Yet, as the Chanhassen-production directed by Gary Gisselman exuberantly proclaims, It has one of the most marvelous, memorable and happy scores ever written for the American musical theater. Berlin wrote both the words and music to fill out a book by Herbert and Dorothy Fields; and what a Job he did, coming up with song after song that makes you forget what a silly story "Annie" is.

"Doin What Comes Naturally. "The Girl That I Marry." "You Can't Get a Man With A Gun." "There's No Business Like Show Business." "My Defenses Are Down. "I Got the Sun In the Morning. "They Say It 's Wonderful. "Anything You Can Do." Most composers would be more than happy to claim that array as a lifetime's work.

But Berlin, as "Annie" clearly demonstrates, was not an ordinary composer. His lyrics are precise, closely wedded to character and situation yet universal enough to serve an entirely different character and situation. That is what constantly struck me as I listened to Chanhas-sen's production: These songs, while an essential part of this show about cowboys, Indians and wild west shows, could just as easily be sung by characters in an entirely different milieu. All you need is a girl In love with a boy. And, of course, that's really all there Is to "Annie Get Your Gun." Annie Oakley, an Ohio backwoods hick who can shoot the eyes out of a quail on the wing, falls In get you all the kxks you're looking for.

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She wins. He leaves. They meet again, compete again and marry. That's It. The Chanhassen production shines In all production areas.

The actlng-slnging led by Peggy O'Connell and Guy Paul Is first-rate. The orchestra led by Frank Oliver! always complements the stage action. Lewis Whitlock's choreography seems a bit studied at times but nonetheless achieves Imaginative results on more than one occasion. Sandra Nel Schulte's costumes are seemingly endless and always have that bit more that separates art from mere convenience. Tom Butsch's primary set Is the Inside of a circus tent across which a wooden platform-roadway spans the stage.

Other scenes are created with the addition of movable piece and the projection of backgrounds on the tent material. However, at this early stage in Its run, the entire production does not yet reflect the quality of Its Individual parts. It is a good, solid production, but that Intangible artistic glue that melds a show's elements Into a marvelous whole hasn't quite Jelled. I have no doubts that it soon will and that "Annie" will charm a lot of Chanhassen audiences before It closes many months hence. One of the problems facing the production Is a first act that stretches to more than 90 minutes while the second act is less than an hour.

It would be beneficial if a more central intermission point could be found. O'Connell, who comes to Minnesota by way of Montana and Washington state, Is appearing In her first Chanhassen show and does a fine Job as the buoyant and bumbling Annie. O'ConneU's Annie is far more hillbilly than cowgirl, yet she gives her a girlish charm that soon wins you over. Her voice Is strong, and she lets Berlin's words and music do the rest. Paul makes a welcome return to the Twin Cities after a year's stay In Louisville.

He has always seemed at his best In musical setting and gives a relaxed and confident performance as Butler. Strong supporting work comes from Barbara Davidson, Mark Bradley, Philip Ross and dancer Roberta Stiehm. Don Fallbeck is an Imposing Chief Sitting Bull and manages to remove most of the taint of racial stereotyping attached to this character. Gisselman does his usual fine Job of holding the Imposing vehicle on course and bringing it to a lusty conclusion. His production exudes excellence from every pore.

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