Kabeyun friends Bill-Barbard-Nancy French family of Woburn

Bill French Assistant Director of Camp Kabeyun, Alton Bay New Hampshire in 1997 with his mother Mrs. Barbara French and his sister Nancy #1197 p 68 {K}

Bill French's father Frank was one ofthe first five campers when John Porter started Camp Kabeyun summer 1924. Bill's first season was 1954. He specialized in canoeing with Peter Nathan and latter others and sang in Gilbert and Sullivan "Gondoliers" and other operettas. His mother was always exceptionally courteous to Sophie Barrett on her many summer weekend visits to camp.Bill graduated from Rutgers University New Jersey about 1963. The Barretts frequently visited the French family home in Woburn, where Bill's father's father lived with them in 1950s. ----- THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD or The Merryman and His Maid Book by W.S. GILBERT Music by ARTHUR SULLIVAN First produced at the Savoy Theatre in London, England,on October 3, 1888. THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD DRAMATIS PERSONAE SIR RICHARD CHOLMONDELEY [pronounced Chum'lee] (Lieutenant of the Tower) Baritone COLONEL FAIRFAX (under sentence of death) Tenor SERGEANT MERYLL (of the Yeomen of the Guard) Bass/BaritoneLEONARD MERYL(his son) Tenor JACK POINT (a Strolling Jester) Light Baritone WILFRED SHADBOLT (Head Jailer and Assistant Tormentor) Bass/Baritone THE HEADSMAN Non-singing FIRST YEOMAN BaritoneSECOND YEOMAN TenorTHIRD YEOMAN[optional] Baritone FOURTH YEOMAN [optional] Tenor FIRST CITIZEN ChorusSECOND CITIZEN Chorus ELSIE MAYNARD (a Strolling Singer) Soprano PHOEBE MERYLL(Sergeant Meryll's Daughter) Mezzo-Soprano DAME CARRUTHERS (Housekeeper to the Tower) Contralto KATE (her Niece) Soprano Chorus of YEOMEN of the Guard, GENTLEMEN, CITIZENS, etc.SCENE: Tower Green 16th Century THE YEOMEN OF THE GUARD MUSICAL NUMBERS Overture ACT I 1. When maiden loves, she sits and sighs (INTRODUCTION AND SONG) Phoebe 1A. When jealous torments rack my soul (OPTIONAL SONG) Wilfred 2. Tower warders, Under orders (DOUBLE CHORUS) People and Yeomen, with Solo 2nd Yeoman 3. When our gallant Norman foes (SONG WITH CHORUS) Dame Carruthers and Yeomen 3A. A laughing boy (OPTIONAL SONG) Sergeant Meryll 4. Alas! I waver to and fro (TRIO) Phoebe, Leonard, and Meryll 5. Is life a boon? (BALLAD) Fairfax 6. Here's a man of jollity (CHORUS) People, Elsie, and Jack Point 7. I have a song to sing, O! (DUET) Elsie and Point 8. How say you, maiden, will you wed (TRIO) Elsie, Point, and Lieutenant 9. I've jibe and joke (SONG) Point 10.'Tis done! I am a bride! (RECITATIVE AND