The Mail-Journal, Volume 23, Number 29, Milford, Kosciusko County, 16 July 1986 — Page 10

THE MAIL-JOURNAL — Wed , July 16,1986

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'Dames at Sea' is entertaining

By BILL SPURGEON Guest Writer If “Dame at Sea” has any redeeming merit as a piece of musical theatre, it is in the way it pokes fun at musical theatre in general, and musical theatre of the early 1940 s in particular. Certainly the 1940 s brought us “South Pacific,” but don’t forget they also brought us such lesser theatrical lights as, well, how about “Dußarry Was a Lady?” Keep that in mind if you go to the Enchanted Hills Playhouse to see “Dames at Sea.” In other words, go to be entertained, and you will be. Director Tim Mathis has put together a show that has, as good shows do, a life of its own, and the life of “Dames at Sea” at the barn theatre east of Lake Wawasee is in its consistency. The story is as unlikely as one could ever be: a show about to open on Broadway runs into financial trouble, and the straw that breaks the camel’s back is that the theatre is being demolished around it. But a couple of the members of the company —a small company — know a couple of sailors, and the show is moved to a battleship in New York Harbor. Buy that, and then sit back and relax. The cast, which tap-dances, sings and thus entertains through two acts of this is well-balanced. Anne Kanengeiser as Mona Kent, Barbara Watschke as Joan and Jennifer Joy as Ruby stay in character from start to finish as two experienced Broadway hands and the girl from rural Utah who has just arrived. Jeff Talbott as Dick, the sailor who just happens to be a

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songwriter and just happens also to be from the same small Utah town, ahs to balance his ambition with his affection for Ruby; Lucky, the other sailor, has his eyes on Joan. Drew Taylor is a believable Lucky (remember, folks, we’re in the 19405), and in the same context Rick Russo is well-cast as the Joisey-accented stage manager and producer, Hennessey. When the action moves to the ship in the second act, we meet the captain — Rick Russo again. None of the music in “Dames at Sea” is memorable; all of it is tuneful. The fact that the cast is small in numbers does not indicate a diminishment of overall effort in this production, or an evening that is anything less than full-fledged fun. The sets are believable; the costumes are authentic to the period; the orchestra is in tune and has obviously rehearsed with the cast present; the dancing is out of a generation long past and extremely well done, as a spoof must be. It’s lightweight; it’s lighthearted. “Dames at Sea” is, at Enchanted Hills, enjoyable summer theatre. (EDITOR’S NOTE: This article was left out of last week’s issuer unintentionally. It was a delightful production. “Mame“ opens tonight at the playhouse for a two-week run.) Wages down WASHINGTON — Americans’ personal incomes, held back by weak growth in wages and salaries, fell 0.1 percent in May for the first decline in a year, the government reported recently.

MAME AT EPH — Enchanted Hills Playhouse, with the support of the Indiana Arts Commission and the National Endowment For The Arts, will present the rollicking, frolicsome musical “Marne" on July 16-20 and July 23-27. The professional summer stock theatre presentation will begin at 8 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday and at 7: 30 p.m. on Sunday evenings. Who is Marne? There’s surely one in every community, often in every family. Some of the wild, exploratory spirit of Mame bubbles in each human being (male or female) who really believes that “life is a banquet! ” You will roar at Marne’s tilts with convention, stodginess, and hypocrisy. Mame is a well-to-do living in New York at the peak of the Twenties, and she is surprised by a “wonderful present.” An orphan nephew named Patrick. Mame is full of tuneful gems like “Mame,” “My Best Girl,” “Bosom Buddy,” and “Open A New Window.” Anne Kanengeiser is featured in the Enchanted Hills production as Mame after completion of her first year as an MFA student in the acting program at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. She has recently completed the role of Delores in the musical “Working,” which is tentatively scheduled to tour Russia in the Spring 1987. Enchanted Hills Playhouse audiences will remember Anne from the roles of Dolly in “Annie Get Your Gun” and in “Dames At Sea.” Pictured with Anne, right, is Jan Rogge, another cast member. Tickets and reservations for “Mame” may be obtained by writing to: Enchanted Hills Playhouse, PO Box 41, Syracuse, Ind., 46567.

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s . ■ ■ ■ ■ ,* I x- - iiw<a J.’’*' - 7 s's/?■"1 ‘ ' SAFE AND CLEAN — As the sign attests, the Dewart Lake Protective Association has assured it s residents of safe waters, with the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department helping out. The 547-acre lake, which is mainly residential, is also believed to be one of the cleaner lakes in the area due to the low boat traffic. ■ — --- -- - -H ja - - _ vrv ..a/.. k Js . ________ w v 7lu- ; up ilSrttlh'aWl FISHER’S PARADISE — These fishermen finish a successful day of fishing at Dewart Lake. t E ass, bluegill, pike, and several other types of fish join a large stock of walleye added to the lake two y ?ars ago to make fishing at the northern Indiana lake pleasurable.

Dewart Lake provides quiet life

L jcated in the heart of the Lakeland community, Dewart Lake has made a break from the tourist-filtered villages of Wa vasee and Tippecanoe to form a re cluse for those residents who pre fer a quieter life. “ Ve have a closer bunch living herj, many have been here for yea rs and there’s more unity,” Al Eaces, president of the Dewart Lake Protective Association, said of the people encircling the 547-acre lake. Lxated approximately seven mil js east of Milford and nestled betveen Wawasee Lake, to the nor beast, and Tippecanoe, to the sou b, Dewart Lake is a residential area in a town reserved for sun imertime traffic.

“We have more year-round and elderly residents than the other lakes,” Eades explained, noting that the protective association is geared toward those individuals. “We utilize our association to set up programs that will benefit our homeowners.” Those homeowners make up a population of about 350 houses, cottages, and mobile homes — with approximately 30 per cent of those dwellings housing yearround residents. “Dewart Lake has really grown over the past five years, with more residents and businesses coming into the area,” Eades remarked, referring to the developed land that is 90 per cent inhabited. The uninhabited areas are mostly wetlands, which are protected by the association from development. Sixteen directors make up the association, with Eades having headed the organization for one year. “We’re in the process of changing our bylaws, while we’re planning some new things, ” Eades said, adding, “We’d like to develop a first-alert system, with Emergency Medical Service calls in Milford and Syracuse that involve Dewart Lake being relayed to the qualified volunteers we have here. Such concern for the welfare of its people has followed the association throughout its history, with the group being formed in 1964, during a drought that shrunk Dewart Lake. The

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water level dropped eight to 10 feet that year. Shortly after the lake returned to normal the need for the organization declined and interest faded. However, four years ago the association was given a new life, with members determined to maintain the lake’s safety and insure water purity. “Our lake is super clean and not overly-abused by boaters,” Eades said, realizing that the lack of a public access ramp, aside from the one provided by Dewart Lake Marina, discourages many potential boaters. The fact that the association prefers to cut its weeds rather than pour chemicals into the water also lends to the cleanliness, with contracts being awarded to outside firms for the weed control. The fishing at Dewart Lake offers largemouth bass, rock bass, bluegill, carp, catfish, crappie, gar, and perch. Walleye were also stocked in the lake by the Department of Natural Resources two years ago. Quaker Haven, a summer church camp, also provides the area with an attractive outlet, with a recreation area and cabins available for church activities' A small bait-gasoline store at Musquabuck Park and a restaurant compliment Dewart Lake Marina as the only commercial businesses in the area, helping account for the “quiet life.”