I was tech this year. Punched buttons and set props. Anyone remember the disaster when somehow the ribbon drop started lowering white the park sets were still on stage. Sparks flew! Then red, white and blue "turds" began raining from the sky. I recall Joe Camper kicking the blobs off stage while singing Silvery Moon.
Cast Members-Greetings and well wishes. I did sound for Gal in 1979. Had no idea any video still existed of the show. I spoke with Dan Keen this evening. For any of you who might still live in Nashville, Dan is in the hospital. The 1979 cast of Gal had some interesting cast members, there was this girl playing Mama Cohan, Mary something? Mastrantonio, I think? Who would have thunk it? From Me and My Gal to The Color of Money. Be well, Dean D.
This video is great! I was lead dancer in For Me and My Gal in the summer of 1978. I also did the Opryland commercials that year. My name is Nancy Lihan and I now own a dance studio in Phillipsburg, NJ. I wonder what has happened to the other cast members!
Sooooo cool to find this! I did IHAS in '82, and Gal, as Papa Cohan in '85! Wish I could find footage of either of those! George, the Whitakers... Great memories!
What a hoot! What are the odds that one of the few Opryland shows on youtube is from the year I was in the show? Granted, I only got to "tap" in the purple cast(who can forget the singers in the back who got rhythmically covered up by the streamers at the end in "You're a Grand Ole' Flag"? Ha.)but I wouldn't take back the time I spent in the park for anything. Reed named some of us in the cast but I'd like to draw attention to Joe Camper (Pop Cohan) who is no longer with us. Be happy and well!
From my 1981 Park album, the FM&MG Cast: marla Sanders, Teresa Lee, Dave Nadell, Joe Puzzo, Jeff Eckerle, Michael Mercer, Amy Felices, Marguerite Tew, Joe Camper, Pam Souders, Teresa Mullinax, Vicki Ross, Kim Kennedy, Nancy Crocker, Reed Jones, Jim Rixie, Richie Abanes, and Dennis Scortino.
OMG....... great memories.... It's me, George M., 1981 (see above). LoL. One of the best years of my life.
I was tech this year. Punched buttons and set props. Anyone remember the disaster when somehow the ribbon drop started lowering white the park sets were still on stage. Sparks flew! Then red, white and blue "turds" began raining from the sky. I recall Joe Camper kicking the blobs off stage while singing Silvery Moon.
Cast Members-Greetings and well wishes. I did sound for Gal in 1979. Had no idea any video still existed of the show. I spoke with Dan Keen this evening. For any of you who might still live in Nashville, Dan is in the hospital.
The 1979 cast of Gal had some interesting cast members, there was this girl playing Mama Cohan, Mary something? Mastrantonio, I think? Who would have thunk it? From Me and My Gal to The Color of Money.
Be well, Dean D.
This video is great! I was lead dancer in For Me and My Gal in the summer of 1978. I also did the Opryland commercials that year. My name is Nancy Lihan and I now own a dance studio in Phillipsburg, NJ. I wonder what has happened to the other cast members!
Sooooo cool to find this! I did IHAS in '82, and Gal, as Papa Cohan in '85! Wish I could find footage of either of those! George, the Whitakers... Great memories!
What a hoot! What are the odds that one of the few Opryland shows on youtube is from the year I was in the show? Granted, I only got to "tap" in the purple cast(who can forget the singers in the back who got rhythmically covered up by the streamers at the end in "You're a Grand Ole' Flag"? Ha.)but I wouldn't take back the time I spent in the park for anything. Reed named some of us in the cast but I'd like to draw attention to Joe Camper (Pop Cohan) who is no longer with us. Be happy and well!
From my 1981 Park album, the FM&MG Cast: marla Sanders, Teresa Lee, Dave Nadell, Joe Puzzo, Jeff Eckerle, Michael Mercer, Amy Felices, Marguerite Tew, Joe Camper, Pam Souders, Teresa Mullinax, Vicki Ross, Kim Kennedy, Nancy Crocker, Reed Jones, Jim Rixie, Richie Abanes, and Dennis Scortino.
Wish we could find some film or tape on Liberty Song, the Russia show, 72 & 73 IHAS as well as 74 & 75 Showboat.