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Paint Your Wagon

The legendary Zula Pearson always liked to do a big musical during the annual Indian Summer Arts and Crafts fair. The 13th annual fair, held in October 1981, was no exception. Ms. Pearson directed "Paint Your Wagon", a rollicking musical set during the days of the California Gold Rush. The musical's plot involved a gold mining father and daughter striking it rich, and establishing a Boom Town that is overly populated with too many men, and not enough women.

The talented cast and crew included:

Ben Rumson - Wilson Lilley
Julio Valveras - Ted Harvey
Jennifer Rumson - Kathy Fries
Jacob Woodling - Charles Warren
Elizabeth Woodling - Ernie Clay
Sarah Woodling - Mary Byers
Steve Bullnack - Ernest Singleton
Jake Whippany - Bill Heron
Sandy Twist - Winford Black
Rueben Sloan - Mike Crysup
Edgar Crocker - Terry De Croes
Salem Trumbull - Hulon Brown
Cherry Jourdel - Gerry Struhall
Mike Mooney - Don Jones
Raymond Janney - Randy McElroy
Jasper - Floyd Dotson
Hank - Allen Dotson
Coachman - Cory Hawkins
Joe - Larry Long
Bill - Ray Crump
Ed - Hoyt Davis
Sam - Bud Breen
Dutchie - Paul Pavletich
Johansen - Charles Nixson
Opera Singer - Lydia Walker
Dr. Newcomb - Fred Gaines
Fandango Girls - Sissy Crysup, Tonya Kallsen, Dorothy Boyett, Sara Fairbanks, Ruth Armstrong, Angela Trimball

Directed By - Zula Pearson
Assistant Director - Marcellette Broussard
Musical Director - John C. Williams III
Banjo - Randy Cox
Guitar - Roland Brown
Piano - John C. Williams III
Chorus Director - Ernest Singleton
Choreographer - Utah Ground

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