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magic marker as it ended. But the kids couldn’t have done better had they been on Broadway.
The special audience favorite was Marie Davis alone in front of the curtain with that huge, warm gorgeous voice singing “And I’m Telling You Where I’m Going.” She would have hit 100 on the applause-o-meter. She was also popular pushing Peter Pan Peanut Butter during a segment of television commercials.
Another great moment was when half a dozen of Rappahannock High School’s biggest and brawniest boys galloped on stage riding stick horses and singing “Long, Tall Texan”. The horses with heads fashioned from stuffed socks were a little hard to handle — they wanted to run away with the show.
And of course, everyone was sitting in silent amazement when high school principal Bob Chappell sang “Oh, Shenandoah.” His talent had previously (too seldom) been displayed in school talent assemblies, and it was a treat to hear him again.
The other adults acted out a spoof on the old folk song “Frankie and Johnny” narrated by Steve Scoggins, who doubled as the judge. Other stars in this cast were Brad Fisher as Johnny, Pat Davis as Frankie and Nancy Tribino Schoppet as the infamous Nellie Bly. Other outstanding players were Paul Nichols as the bartender with the bad news. Bob Dennis as the somber undertaker who carried away poor
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