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The company have been put through thier paces with our three ladies; director Clare Philbrock and choreog-rapher Rachel Worsley who have worked with us many times before, and our musical director Adele Need-ham, in her first time MD'ing for EMCo. She has been a delight to work with, and we look forward to working with her in the future. Thank you ladies! The company is so lucky to arrive at one hundred years, with all the added pressure. The first perfor-mance of 'The Mikado' cost £118-1s-2d, a far cry from the £20,000 plus today! The dedication and hard work of our members is what keeps this company thriving. Its due to so many team efforts over the years who have worked hard on stage, in front and behind the scenes to have made this possible. So on behalf of myself and my committee members 'Thank you and Congratulations!'In the past some of us have been fortunate to perform at The Albert Hall for Cancer Research. And performed two shows in our twin town, Langerwehe, Germany - which had never been done before. The longevity of the company owes much to the past members whose dedication and continuing support gives us the opportunity to embrace the tradition of live entertainment. Thank you for your support and being part of our special centenary celebration.Have a wonderful evening and we look forward to welcoming you back in November for 'Jesus Christ Super-star'. Heres to the next 100 years. CHEERS! Mine’s a gin and tonic! See you in the bar afterwards. Val x

would be very proud to know that we are here tonight to celebrate 100 years of Musical Theatre in Exmouth. Three years ago, the Society changed its name to the Exmouth Musical Theatre Company, a change we believe better reflects the aims of today’s group. I am a great believer in change because what audiences want today may not work tomorrow. I am also a great believer in learning from the people who went before you and we certainly have a great history of theatrical talent to guide us as we change to meet the needs of future audiences. We only have to look back at the amazing box office success of The Full Monty to realise how audience tastes have changed over the years. I have only been associated with this Society for a mere 45 years and in that time I have seen many people come and go as they have helped the Society along its exciting journey. Many I have really enjoyed working with, even through the technical challenges, but whoever the director and whatever the show I have enjoyed every moment of it.I would personally like to thank everyone who has helped guide the Society over its years, from the committee mem-bers, to the props ladies (and men) to the programme sellers and to many more. The society would not have survived if it was not for the help of that loyal band of workers who do not tread the boards. My thanks also go to you, the audience, who have witnessed many top class performances. I am sure tonight will be one of those top class perfor-mances. I inherited the President’s role during a high and when I see the influx of new members in the past few years I am sure it will continue on a high for many years to come. Now, I am not expecting to be the President in 100 years time but I sincerely hope that there will be a group of people in Exmouth who will still be creating Musical Theatre for the enjoyment for the community. With your continued support and the support of the generations to come that wish will be a reality.

A warm welcome to all our friends, old and new, who are joining us at the Exmouth Pavilion for our centenary production, 'Hello, Dolly!' which promises to be a great production full of the usual high standard of entertain-ment. First performed in 1991, with only full-houses, let's hope this is repeated in our centenary year - it is well deserved!

Please can I ask you to take your minds back to 1910 when all those years ago a group of Exmouth town folk must have met together for the first time and said ‘lets put on a show.’ Now I wonder if they ever gave a thought to what they were about to create. Over the years there have been many highs and lows and many changes, but I am sure they

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SECRETARIES

TREASURERMike Cane

Committee Members

Ken SellekJulie ParkerGlenda Budd

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Director

Other recent Productions Clare has directed include: 42nd Street and My Fair Lady (Centre Stage) and The NODA Excellence Award Winning The Baker’s Wife (CODS). 2010 marks Clare’s 20th year as a member of the Company (she was of course very young when she joined!) and during that time she has played numerous roles including: The Duchess of Dene (Me and My Girl), Vera, (Mame), Mrs Smith (The Arcadians) and Golde (Fiddler on the Roof). Her first principal role however was as Ernestina Money in the Company’ last gave Hello, Dolly! an outing. Clare is very pleased to be joining forces with Choreographer Rachel Worsley, with whom she has had a long standing working relationship dating back to Centre Stage’s Carousel. It was with Centre Stage that Clare and Rachel first worked with Adele as Musical Director on Oliver! and Clare is thrilled to be renewing that working relationship too on this Production. It is a particular delight for Clare to work with such dedicated and profes-sional colleagues whom she is also very privileged to call her friends. Clare continues to work with Playing Dead, a Company specialising in Murder Mystery Entertainment.Finally Clare would like to say a big ‘thank you’ to everyone involved with the Production. It’s been ‘swell’!

Clare was honoured to have been invited to direct EMCo’s Centenary Production and Hello, Dolly! marks her sixth Show as Director for the Company, the most recent being The Full Monty. With that in mind the gentlemen in the cast were slightly anxious that they might have to work their pants off yet again!

DirectorInterestingly the role of Dolly Levi was first offered to Ethel Merman who turned it down and it fell to Carol Channing to open the Show to great acclaim on Broadway in January 1964 - under the final title of Hello, Dolly! - where it competed for audiences with Funny Girl and Anyone Can Whistle. Ethel Merman did however step into Dolly’s shoes at a later date, with the role also being famously played by Ginger Rogers, Pearl Bailey, Dora Bryan, Martha Raye, Betty Grable, Phyllis Diller and in the 1969 Film – Barbra Streisand. At the Show’s heart is a tale about finding your perfect partner with a little help from a charismatic, devious, charming, manipulative, striking and impossible woman. Dolly has a clear idea about what is right for those who cross her path but is a little unsure about mapping out her own future without the approval of her late husband Ephraim, with whom she consults on a regular basis. It is only through her calculated interference on behalf of others that she can find a way to happiness for herself in the unexpected guise of Horace Vandergelder whose life she manages to confuse and then finally complete. On the way we meet a charming array of characters who in their individual ways are looking for lasting happiness. The widowed Irene Molly, her assistant Minnie Fay and the boisterous but inexperienced Cornelius and Barnaby find themselves in the midst of Dolly’s plans together with the struggling artist Ambrose and the tearful Ermengarde. Dolly launches herself at her machinations with vigour and enthusiasm as she thinks on her feet and weaves a tangled web around her much to the delighted bewilderment of all concerned. Dolly may have premiered on Broadway 46 years ago but she’s still got that twinkle in her eye and you never know she might be looking at you!

Hello, Dolly! started life as a play called The Merchant of Yonkers by Thornton Wilder. This he later re-worked and with the addition of the prominent character Dolly Levi it became The Matchmaker, making its premiere at the Edinburgh Festival in 1954 before moving to the West End and then Broadway in December 1955.Under the rather cumbersome title of Dolly- a Damned Exasperating Woman the transformation of the piece into a musical by Michael Stewart and Jerry Herman began.

Choreographer

Rachel is delighted to be working with EMCo again.‘Hello, Dolly!’ holds a very special place in Rachel’s heart, as she met her husband Mark when EAOS first did it in 1991, in which he played the drums!

Rachel has choreographed many shows and won two NODA Excellence Awards for Ruddigore (Centre Stage) and Disney Concert (EAOS).

Rachel Would like to take this opportunity to thank EMCo for all their hard work in creating the all singing & dancing sensation which is ‘Hello, Dolly!’

Musical Director

Before Hello,Dolly!, Adele has been involved with EMCo on productions of Oliver, Bitter Sweet, My Fair Lady and Half A Sixpence. She also had lead roles in several productions as Jill Kemp in Mr Cinders, Dorothy Brock in Forty Second Street and Hope Harcourt in Anything Goes.

Adele has been in various shows with Exeter Amateur Operatic Society including Showboat, Hello,Dolly! Perchance to Dream and ‘Carousel’. With ExeterAOS, she has also played the roles of Maggie Jones in ‘Forty Second Street’, Ann in ‘Half A Sixpence’ and more recently Calamity in ‘Calamity Jane’. Adele has also played Letitia in ‘The Zoo’ and Tessa in ‘The Gondoliers’ with St David’s Players.

As MD, Adele has musically directed Calamity Jane with Crediton Operatic Society, The Wizard of Oz, The Mikado and ‘Oliver!’ with Centre Stage and ‘The Scarlet Pimpernel’ with Exeter Amateur Operatic Society now known as Exeter Musical Company.

Outside of amateur musicals Adele loves to keep in shape. She said "I love exercise and keeping fit. I enjoy fitness classes like bodypump and spinning. I have also recently started to learn golf and now understand why people describe it as a frustrating game!"

Having previously been a member of EMCo, Adele was thrilled to be invited to be the MD for the cente-nary production, and commented, "I also welcome the opportunity to work once again on another production with my dear friends Clare and Rachel." The team have previously worked together with Centre Stage on their production of Oliver.

Overture...Orchestra

Opening...Call On Dolly...Chorus

I Put My Hand In...Dolly

It Takes a Woman...Horace, Cornelius, Barnaby, Men

Put On Your Sunday Clothes...Dolly, Cornelius, Barnaby, Ambrose,

Ermengarde, ChorusRibbons Down My Back...

Irene MolloyMotherhood March...

Dolly, Irene Molloy, Minnie FayDancing...

Dolly, Irene Molloy, Cornelius, BarnabyBefore The Parade Passes By...

Dolly, ChorusFinale - Act 1...

Dolly

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Entr’acte...Orchestra

Elegance...Irene Molloy, Minnie Fay, Cornelius, Barnaby,

ChorusWaitors’ Gallop...

OrchestraHello Dolly...

Dolly, Waitors, ChorusIt Only Takes A Moment...

CorneliusSo Long Dearie...

DollyFinale Ultimo...

Dolly, Irene Molloy, Horace, Cornelius, Chorus

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One hundred years inmusical theatre

Extract from the soon to be published history of Exmouth Amateur Operatic Society, by Bill Anderton:

The society was first formed at a meeting held on the 3rd February 1910, when it was decided to perform 'The Mikado' that April. It was proposed by one F.Vinnacombe, and seconded by G.Vinnacombe, that the mem-bership fee should be five shillings. It was also decided that everyone should buy their own score. The show took place on 27th and 28th April, at a cost of £118-1s-2d and as they had £140-19s-8d in the kitty they gave £12 each to the Cottage Hospital and the Nursing Association. The following year they performed 'The Gondoliers'on 16th, 17th and 18th May at a cost of £140-10s-5d.

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The shows continued and the society went from strength to strength but with short breaks during the first and second world wars. No less authority than Eric Delderfield, in his book 'Exmouth Milestones' assures us that "Courtships culminating in happy marriages had their beginnings at rehearsals of the shows. To name but a few, Mr Jack Hayne and Miss M Blackmore, Mr L Kingston and Miss M Mathew, Mr H Taylor and Miss L Buchanan." Some things never change!

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Sounds of The Sixties 2009

One hundred years in musical theatre

Of course although Sullivan died in 1900, Richard D’Oyly Carte in 1901 and Gilbert in 1911 these were halcyon days for their works and their association with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company. There was no televi-sion, radio was in its infancy, films were not yet readily available and theatre and music halls were in their hey-day.

It is interesting to note in running through a list of shows (104 to date) that the last Gilbert and Sullivan show performed by the society was 'Iolanthe' in 1998. However there was a notable concert in November 2001, ably assisted by those two stalwarts Percy Tucker and Trevor Edwards as Gilbert and Sullivan. The society also put on 'Hot Mikado' in June 2005 but some would argue it was not real Gilbert and Sullivan.

The full and unabridged version of the EAOS history will be available in paperback at the next EMCo production, in November 2010, ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’, and via our website (see below).

The writer wonders what the original cast starring Mrs Albert Cooper, the Misses Winnie Groves, Rose Vinnacombe and Messrs Ellis Edwards, Alan Cooper, George Vinnacombe, Jack Cooper, Sid Burrow and conductor W H Davies would make of things today as the society strides purposefully into the 21st century under its first female chairperson? Mrs Valerie Clarke took up the post in November 1996 and continues to do a brilliant job.

Bill Anderton

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pieces and contemporary musical numbers, and following hit reviews, showed their supporters that EMCo would withstand the testing times, embrace the change and return stronger than ever to lead into their next one hundred years.This year EMCo celebrate that successful transition, and hope that they will see you at other events during this centenial year.

One hundred years in musical theatre

In 2008 EAOS made the bold and challenging decision to change the name they had held for ninety-eight years, and although many options were considered, finally the new name was chosen to be ‘Exmouth Musical Theatre Company’.

Partly to appeal to a new generation of poten-tial members, and in part to shrug off the unwaranted stigma that had evolved to the term ’amateur’, EAOS performed it’s first show as EMCo in June 2008, the hit Rogers and Hammerstein musical, ‘South Pacific’. Later in November that year they performed a concert entitled ‘No Song Unsung’. It was a collage of traditional musical theatre, light operatic

pieces and contemporary musical numbers, and following hit reviews, showed their supporters that EMCo would withstand the testing times, embrace the change and return stronger than ever to lead into their next one hundred years.This year EMCo celebrate that successful transition, and hope that they will see you at other events during this centenial year.

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Last time around...

EMCo last performed ‘Hello, Dolly!’in 1991 as EAOS. Here is how the show looked then. How many names and faces do you recognise?

Producer Hilary MarshallMusical Director Lynne Caygill

Mrs Dolly Gallagher Levi Diana LindleyHorace Vandergelder Nick LawrenceCornelius Hackl Mark SmithIrene Molloy Debbie SargentBarnaby Tucker Hugh ChudleyMinnie Fay Anne KilloranAmbrose Kemper Jeremy RawlingsErmengarde Rachel WoodmanErnestina Clare PhilbrockMrs Rose Linda YeandleRudolph Mike KilloranStanley Tim HeardJudge Stuart BrownClerk Trevor Brice

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Dolly Gallagher Levi

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Lorna explained that she has always loved the film of Hello Dolly, with her idol Barbara Streisand playing Dolly. She thought it would be a great character to play. She explained that Dolly very cleverly manipulates everyone and every situation to achieve her own goals. However I love the fact that she is also a warm, witty, charming and lovable charac-ter. Her determination to ‘rejoin the human race before the parade passes by’ is inspiring. It gives me the chance to play an amazingly dynamic character, sing some lovely songs, work with a great company of people and dress up in some fab costumes (not so sure about the wig though!) She feels very lucky and grateful to be given the opportunity to play Dolly. “I am also eternally thankful to those people who encouraged me to audition for the part especially my daughter Millie, my boyfriend Mark and of course Smiffy” (Mark Smith). Lorna Joined EMCO in 2009 and performed in the chorus of ‘Chess’. Then in November performed in the Sixties concert as Dusty Springfield and Cher. She notes "I was struck by how much talent and dedication there was within the company." Previousy, Lorna played Julie in Carousel, Sophie in Tom Jones, Marsinah in Kismet, Mary Magdalene in Godspell, Hecate (goddess of destruction) in a new musical (’Dark Designs) written and performed in the Midlands and at various festivals including Sidmouth Folk Festival. Lorna has also sung in dance bands, Jazz bands, a folk duo (Sarah Jones and Lorna Bryant) and also recorded an album of original songs called ‘Desire’. She also had her own band for a while in which she wrote and performed her own songs, as well as being a session singer. Currently Lorna is rehearsing with a band called ‘Broken Road’ and is planning to record an album this year. She has also worked for the theatre school ‘Stagecoach’ and also run voice workshops at various festivals. She has two "amazingly gorgeous children Millie and Cory", who she says are the main focus of her life. Lorna is a trained Homoeo-path and enjoys living locally with her family and some lovely friends and a very patient boyfriend (Mark) who she reports "has religiously read through the script for Dolly with me, day after day!"

1910  The Mikado1911  The Gondoliers1912  The Pirates of Penzance1913  The Yeomen of the Guard1914  Iolanthe1920  The Gondoliers1921  Merrie England1922  The Geisha1923  San Toy1924  The Pirates of Penzance1925  Miss Hook of Holland1926  The Yeomen of the Guard1927  A Country Girl1928  Rose of Persia1929  The Quaker Girl 1930  Les Cloches De Corneville1931  The Gondoliers1933  The Mikado1934  The Geisha1935  The Pirates of Penzance1936  The Yeomen of the Guard1937  The Grand Duchess1938  My Lady Molly1939  The Mikado1940  The Pride of the Regiment

1948  The Pirates of Penzance1949  The Gondoliers1950  Merrie England1951  The Mikado1952  The Rebel Maid1953  Tom Jones1954  The Quaker Girl1955  The Desert Song1956  The Vagabond King1957  Goodnight Vienna1958  The Gondoliers1959  Belinda Fair1960  The Merry Widow1961  Naughty Marietta1962  The Geisha1964  The Land of Smiles1965  The White Horse Inn1966  Brigadoon1967  The New Moon1968  Rose Marie1969  Gypsy Love         The Yeomen of the Guard1970  Oklahoma!         The Pirates of Penzance1971  The Count of Luxembourg

1972  South Pacific         Iolanthe1973  Fiddler on the Roof1974  Merrie England1975  Show Boat 1976  Princess Ida         The Sound of Music1977  The Desert Song1978  The Mikado1979  The Gondoliers1980  The Merry Widow1981  Carousel1982  Bless the Bride1983  Trial by Jury         The Pirates of Penzance1984  The Gypsy Baron1985  Oklahoma!1986  Brigadoon1987  The Yeomen of the Guard1988  White Horse Inn 1989  Showboat1990  The Mikado1991  Hello Dolly1992  Fiddler on the Roof         The Sorcerer & The Zoo1993  The Sound of Music         Bitter Sweet1994  My Fair Lady         My Fair Lady in Langerwehe,Germany         Mr. Cinders1995  Anything Goes & Half a Sixpence

1996  The Arcadians         Movie Musicals1997  42nd Street         42nd Street, Duren,Germany1998  Royal Albert Hall         Iolanthe         Christmas Concert1999  Kiss Me Kate         Musical Memories of the          West End2000  Tom Jones         90 Singing Years2001  Brigadoon         Gilbert & Sullivan2002  Oklahoma!         Salad Days2003  Crazy for You         Magical Mystery Tour2004  Merrie England         Christmas Carol2005  Hot Mikado         Be Our Guest2006  Mame         A Swell Party2007  Me & My Girl         The Full Monty2008  South Pacific No Song Unsung2009 CHESS, The Musical Sounds Of The Sixties

Horace vandergelder

Mark's first show on stage was 'The Mikado' with the Exmouth Operatic Society, 'back in 1978', he explained. Before that he was a member of the 14-20s (Now 'Centre Stage'), which he joined at the age of 11 in 1972. Parts included Jeramiah in 'The Quaker Girl', Will Parker in 'Oklahoma', Leopold in 'The White Horse Inn' and Billis in 'South Pacific'.Among the parts he has played with EMCo (then 'Exmouth Amateur Operatic Society') his favourite has been Moon-Face Martin in 'Anything Goes'. Mark met his wife, Anita just before playing the role of Curly in 'Oklahoma', when he says, "she fell in love with the cowboy!" Mark explained how honoured he feels playing Horace Vandergelder in the 100th anniversary production for EMCo, and that it is "great fun to play such a mean and grumpy man - the complete opposite of me!" he continued, "...although my wife would disagree!" Look for the grumpiness to reach boiling point, during the com-plicated dance competition, ‘Polka’.

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Irene Molloy

Cornelius Hackl

Debra was really pleased to be playing Irene Molloy; "...espe-cially as I will get to do a bit of tap dancing !" She mentioned, continuing, "Irene also sings a gorgeous song and has lots of fun scenes with the other characters in the show." Debra has been a member of EMCo since 1991 and considers herself lucky to have played roles such as Maria in ‘The Sound of Music’, Reno Sweeney in ‘Anything Goes’, Mame in ‘Mame!’ and Florence in last years production of ‘Chess’. Other lead-ing roles with other societies include Nancy in ‘Oliver!’, Mabel in ‘Mack and Mabel’ and Viv Nicholson in ‘Spend Spend Spend’. Debra is a full time mum to Sophie at the moment which she says is "at times, the hardest job I've ever had! But I love it really!" She is married to Craig who is also a member of EMCo but who is absent from this show, having just run the London Marathon! Look out for Debra's fast foot-work during the tap routine 'Elegance'.

"I've had lots of fun playing this part," commented Lance, continuing, "and have really enjoyed playing opposite my best mate" (Ben, as Barnaby). Previously, Lance has enjoyed such roles as Jean Valjean in 'Les Miserable', and with EMCo: Jerry in 'Full Monty’, Anatoly in 'CHESS, The Musical', and Lt Cable in 'South Pacific'. Lance commented 'Hopefully I'll make no mistakes and if I do, hopefully you won't notice!" Particlularly look out for Lance during some of the frenzied dancing. He concluded, "I hope you enjoy the show as much as I have enjoyed playing this part."

Minnie Fay

Barnaby Tucker

Ermengarde

Kate has been with EMCO for 3 years now joining in July 2007. This is her second principal role, the first being Georgie in ‘The Full Monty’. She has played other roles such as Ensign Janet McGregor in ‘South Pacific’ and a dancer in ‘CHESS’. She MD'd her first show alongside her husband for EMCO 'Sounds of the Sixties'in Nov 2009. Previous roles with LOS/Rolleplay, Rolle College include Blousey in ‘Bugsy Malone’, Scarecrow in ‘Wizard of Oz’ and Audrey 2 (the plant) in ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ to name but a few. Kate says "I was due to play Minnie Fay with Teignmouth Operatic over 10 years ago but I became ill and couldn't do the show - so it has pleased me to finally get to play the part! I am looking forward to playing the girly and giggly character and have really enjoyed working with the cast - we've had a lot of fun!"

Ben is no stranger to the stage having been a member of Exmouth's youth group Centre Stage before joining EMCO. Previous roles include a part in Les Miserables with Centre Stage and with EMCo Ethan in ‘The Full Monty’ (keeping his clothes on this time!) and Lt Buzz Aldrin in ‘South Pacific’. Ben says "I've had lot's of fun working with alongside both my 'characters' best friend and my 'real life' best mate Lance (Cornelius). Learning tap has been 'interesting' and learning how to waltz has been even harder! I hope you all enjoy this evenings show as much as I enjoy performing it!"

Rachel has now been with EMCo for two years, enjoying chorus and dancing roles in every show. As she explained, "I was so happy to get a part, it's my first part ever!" Rachel joined EMCo for South Pacific in 2008, before which she was a member of centre stage for three years and went to the London Paladium and Royal Albert Hall to perform with them. She also worked for three years for Haven holidays as a resident entertainer, or 'funstar'! Look for Rachel's favourite scene, Harmonia Gardens.

Ambrose

Allen was really pleased to have been given the part of Ambrose, although, as he admits "I'm by no means an Artist as the character description dictates!" He also noted that, "It will be good to work alongside Rachel as Ermengarde too, even if her character will be crying a lot! I'll have to have a box of tissues on standby!" Prior to this Allen has been in Mame, Me & My Girl, The Full Monty, South Pacific and Chess, including recent concerts; 'No Song Unsung' and 'Sounds of the Sixties'. Allen enthused, "All the shows have been really good to do and this one will be no exception!" Before joinging EMCO, Allen was a member of Centre stage for eight years and was involved in shows such as Oliver! The Wizard of Oz, Barnum, Calamity Jane and The Mikado. In his first year at UWE in Bristol, he joined the Centre for Performing Arts and performed Carousel with them. Allen is both training and working in Adult Learning, to help adults get back to work, but also likes to catch up with his friends as much as he can as well.

Mrs Rose

Rudolph

Ernestine

Judge

Anita has been involved with EMCo socially since 2003 when she married her husband Mark (Horace Vandergelder) ever since she has been gradually more involved with the society, being 'roped into' various tasks come 'show time' She became a singing member in 2008, performing with EMCo for 'No song unsung' and 'CHESS' in 2009. "I am delighted to be in Dolly as part of a great cast, playing a character of 'a certain age and demeanor' I say no more"

Having joined the society this year after moving to Exmouth in 2004 and having a break from the stage to have her two lovely children, Nicky was previously a member of Swanage Operatic Society undertaking leading roles in ‘Carousel’, ‘Brigadoon’, ‘My fair lady’ and ‘Godspell’ amongst others. Nicky is delighted to be playing Ernestine. "I would like to thank the EMCO members for giving me such a lovely welcome to the society. I am very excited about playing this over the top, but extremely good fun cameo role"

Having once been a waitor at the Old Leonards Bar (now the Clipper), Hugh feels he has the appropriate training to do his role justice. Also, performing twice with EMCo in Exmouth's twin town in Germany, he feels sufficient research has been done! Hugh has performed many times with EAOS and EMCo, recently and memorably including Barnaby Tucker in 'Hello, Dolly!', Dave in 'The Full Monty', Ko-Ko in 'The Mikado', Petruccio in 'Kiss Me Kate', Harry Chitterlo in 'Half A Sixpence' and captain Andy in 'Showboat'. His favourite role to date was Bill Snibson in 'Me And My Girl'. Look for Hugh whipping the waiters into shape for the ener-getic 'Waiter's Gallop'.

Mike has been with the society for many years,. He has played many roles such as Tevye in 'Fiddler On The Roof', Alfie Doolittle in 'My Fair Lady' and KoKo in 'The Mikado' to name but a few. The Judge is probably the smallest part he has played, but he hopes it will still be perfectly formed!

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Aspire changes lives!

become paralysed each year.

vast majority become full time wheelchair users for the rest of their lives.

the 40,000 people living with a spinal cord injury in the UK so that

their families, in work-places and leisure time.

This year our long time member, Craig (a lawyer specialising in catastrophic brain and spinal cord injury) set himself a target. He

2010. In fact he ducked out of perfoming in Dolly so that he couldget the training in - but he is lurking behind the scenes with the stage crew!

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Thank you.

Jim VardyJim joined the society in 1956, playing an extra and the Bishop in ‘The Vagabond King’. He spent many years support-ing the society through working the Box Office and Ticket sales, and also as Vice President. Jim was said to be ‘easy to know’, and made many friends who will miss him greatly.

Queenie SmithPast President Queenie Smith spent many years supporting EAOS, through her work for the society and also by her tireless reporting on productions and concerts in the local press. As a ‘friend to the stars’ both locally and away she encouraged and supported local theatre and her friends.

Bill AndertonIt is with sadness that the Society announce the death of Bill Anderton, Vice President and past Treasurer on 5th April 2010 after a short illness. Bill joined the Society in 1999 after seeing the November Concert, Musical Memories of the West End. He had a great love for the Society, made many friends there and enjoyed nothing more than appearing on stage. His last appearance with the Society was in March at The Scratch Mikado.The last 6 months of his life he enjoyed researching the history of the Society for their Centenary Book, which sadly his wife Yvonne had to complete after his death. His smiling face will be greatly missed by his family, friends and all who knew him.

It is with great sadness that EMCo announce the loss of three great friends and patrons of the society this year. Their support, talent, enthusiasm and most of all friendship will be missed very much by all within the society who knew them.

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