1981 An Evening of Theatre

For the princely sum of $1.50 (or 50c for a concession) Year 9 & 10 invited all along to our Evening of Theatre with Hisss The Villain and a Variety Show on Monday 30 November, 1981.  This was a compilation of musical and dramatic productions followed up with the famous A R Taylor melodrama.

I actually played drums for an early number (Christmas Jazz) which I didn't remember until Rachel Quirk sent me the programme.  (I probably had one rehearsal and a sight-read as I was wont to do in those days).  So for all the others who'd forgotten this, here is the programme (thanks Rachel). 

This is a useful document as it not only lists those with a theatrical bent who were not in (or at least heavily in) Dracula Spectacula (including staff, such as Mr Hagen Heinrich, Mrs Magazinovic and Mrs Sandrea Petith) but also lists the Gorokan High School Choir as of  the end of 1981.

1981 Dracula Spectacula (Part A)

Wednesday 7th October, 1981at 8pm: Dracula Spectacula opens to incredibly appreciative crowds and was to run another three nights (Thurs 8th, Fri 9th and Sat 10th).  This was Gorokan's second MAJOR musical production and involved quite a large proportion of the school - both students along with staff.

Dracula is particularly memorable for the Gorokan High community, as the role of Dracula himself was played by none other than Robert Hackl.  For those unaware, Robert was tragically killed as a pedestrian on Scenic Road at San Remo only a few years after his dramatic and vocal triumph.

We have quite a lot of material on Dracula (thanks to Rachel Quirk for supplying me about half of this) so we'll split it up over about half a dozen blog entries.


You see the advertisement taken out in the
 Tuggerah Lakes Advocate...

You buy your ticket

and start to open your programme...

in great antici - - - - - - pation!

1981 Dracula Spectacula (Part B)

Here are the publicity items printed in the lead-up and over the production week in the Tuggerah Lakes Advocate.  We were helped in some way as our English Mistress (Ms Marcia Kelly) this year married the editor of said paper and became Mrs Marcia Fenwick.  You'll notice a review by her as the final article on this blog post.

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1981 Dracula Spectacula (Part C)

Here's the text from the (inside of) the first half of the programme:

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1981 Dracula Spectacula (Part D)

Here's the text from the (inside of) the second half of the programme:

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1981 Dracula Spectacula (Part E)

The first photo here is from rehearsal - note how attentive everyone looks (not!).  The next five shots are actual production photographs taken from the audience.

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