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"If you ever came to a place where the people were like this" - no showmen's sense of responsibility __ What do you mean you forgot your line? _. minors upstaging majors _ . _ didn't you ever write your blocking down? "You might form the conclusion that they're just headed amiss" .. _ endless rehearsing, the blocking and reblocking of scenes that just wouldn't work __ . Tom Bloom's all night eeige to conjur up music for new lyrics written out of necessity .. _ the nightly pep talk which turned into a nightly plea to produce which then turned into a nightly threat. "That they're not concerned with pomp and circumstance". and one night Marty hit a top performance that amazed all of us; we saw what we should be achieving .. Tony and Ginny clicked, then Bud and Mere- dith _ _ Doug had it all along and so did Louise Bo was so much in character we wondered if he'd been type-cast .. _ the night the real Sam Baxter came to rehearsal we at last had the benefit of a full run through, but something was still lacking. "But I know in my heart that they just can't go wrong". _ the showdown with Mr. Tribby which left us all ashamed of our casual attempts to put on a Follies, our cockiness to assume that we couldn't miss __ . we had a flop on our hands and only one week before we had to face a paying audience ... nerves snapped, tempers were short, but we pulled to- gether .. even came to a Sunday morning rehearsal ... laughed a little, cried a little, slept a little, studied a little, struggled a lot . JUNIOR FOLLIES: "WHAT A CREDIT r Co-Authors: Roberta Love Tom Michaels Music: Tom Bloom Jeff Baker Class Sponsor: William 1. Tribby 125