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‘ Good Grief ’, That is One Talented Cast !
Ciara O ’ Reilly , Martensville Messenger
Martensville High School ’ s choir put together two spectacular productions of “ You ’ re a Good Man , Charlie Brown ” this past November 18th and 19th . I had the privilege of being amongst the audience on Saturday ’ s performance for the viewing of the comical musical . The cast did a phenomenal job in portraying their characters from Charles . M . Schulz ’ s ‘ peanut gang ’ accurately and humorously . These productions had it all , from singing and acting to dancing with comedians aplenty . Beck , musical director , could not have picked out better suited actors for the characters at hand . The amphitheatre was full to the brim on both occasions . All in all , this occasion allowed for an evening full of good humour , good laughs , and feelgood vibes all around .
The musical opened with Charlie Brown ( Cole Zacharias ) on centre stage , and surrounding characters included Schroeder ( Emma Ens ), Lucy van Pelt ( Cassidy Funk ), Snoopy ( Noah Fehr ), Sally Brown ( Winslorbless Lumapas ) and Linus van Pelt ( Kate Jalbert ). Charlie Brown , an unconfident six year old stood amongst his friends in the opening act as they each told Charlie their opinions of him . It is here we learn that Brown lacks in many qualities such as confidence , courage , sport skills , school smarts and more . The first scene closes with everyone calling him a " good man ". Charlie Brown is happy and hopeful as usual , but he nevertheless wonders if he really is what they say . He decided to find out how he can really become a good person . Poor Charlie Brown develops a crush on a Cute Red-Haired girl as he sits alone for lunch one day . What Brown lacks in courage he makes up for in awkwardness as he ended up with his brown paper lunch bag over his head in fear that the Cute Red-Haired Girl was looking at him . ‘ Good grief ’, Charlie Brown . Cassidy Funk did an excellent job in portraying Lucy ’ s infatuation with Schroeder ( Emma Ens ) on stage . Schroeder remained indifferent towards Lucy as she confessed her love over the playing of his piano . In fact , Schroeder merely continued to play . Snoopy ( Noah Fehr ) was presented well as Charlie Brown ’ s sassy dog . Snoopy excelled in hilarity , sassiness and vivaciousness throughout the performance . Kate Jalpert ( Linus ) showed off her skill in dance as she cartwheeled and leaped across the stage during her performance “ my blanket and me ”. Triggered by the teasing ’ s of Lucy and Sally , Linus began to daydream of a blanket fantasy where everyone gets to relax with their blankets . We are then introduced to Charlie Brown ’ s little sister , Sally ( Winslorbless Lumapas ). Sally is a lively and bold little girl . During the first act Sally complains engrossingly about the “ C ” she received in school for her rather pathetic coat hanger model . What little Sally lacked in size ( and school marks ), she certainly made up for in song . The voice of Lumapas was sensational .
Later on during this act Charlie Brown appears , trying to get his unusually stubborn kite to soar in the air . Eventually , he succeeds in doing this , and he enjoys a few minutes of triumph before the kite gets brought down by a tree , just his luck . After this trauma , Charlie Brown tries to find the right way to give the Cute Red-Headed Girl her Valentine ' s Day card , but he ends up saying " Merry Christmas ", making a fool out of himself . It was no surprise that Brown was going to butcher his Valentine ’ s Day attempts . He then goes to see Lucy , who is at her psychiatrist booth . He tells her all the things he thinks of himself . Lucy then clears it up by saying that Charlie Brown is unique the way he is .
Throughout the performance , the audience was supplied with many good laughs , and more so we had the opportunity to view the talent at which this MHS choir withholds . Towards the end of the performance , character Charlie Brown becomes upset for he failed to discover what it is to be a “ good man ”. He then finds that the Cute Red-Haired Girl dropped her pencil and what ’ s more ? He found bite marks all over it . Charlie then came to the conclusion that “ she ’ s HUMAN !” After discovering this flaw , Charlie Brown thus decided that the day wasn ’ t such a bad day after all . Charlie Brown and his friends then went on to talk about the things that make them happy . He realized that being a " good man " means trying your best and making the most out of the things you have been given in life .
As the cast gave their final bows to the applauding crowd , many members became emotional as the show
reached its final screening . It was apparent that this talented group of individuals had become very close due
ABOVE : Winslorbless Lumapas as Charlie Brown ’ s younger sister Sally .
to the amount of time and effort that had been exerted by each of them in order to make this musical a success . The hardworking cast closed the evening with the recognition of their much loved musical director , Mrs . Beck . Beck was beckoned to the stage and presented with a beautiful bouquet of flowers with big thanks from the choir members who thoroughly enjoyed their time together . Beck stated that , “ It was no work and all fun ”. Congratulations to everyone involved with this musical ; MHS you did a phenomenal job !
ABOVE : Emma Ens as Schroeder and Cassidy Funk as Lucy van Pelt .
ABOVE : Members of the cast of ‘ You ’ re a Good Man , Charlie Brown ’. L-R : Grace Hoppe , Kelsey Thiessen , Avery Smith , Cassidy Funk , Emma Ens , Cole Zacharias , Winslorbless Lumapas , Kate Jalbert , Noah Fehr , Shae Muenzler , Trinity Welsh .