Sherwood Historical Society member Clyde List plays his banjo in "A Ferry Tale", a play by Sherwood author-historian June Reynolds. The two act play opened October 2 and played for two weekends at historic Frogpond Grange in Wilsonville.
I will always remember the lack of arrogance displayed by the three Frog Pond actors who happened to be descendants of Daniel Boone. You would expect these blood relatives of-- not only Daniel Boone, but their blood relative Abraham Lincoln-- to be ruling the entire west coast with an iron fist. But instead these Boone people almost seemed embarrassed by the great legacy which history has placed upon their shoulders. I hope that does not change. What a joy and what a privilege it was to meet these people and to know them as friends!
One of the actors kept making a wise crack about the Portland Oregonian: "Nobody reads that." he said. He got a big and bigger laugh every night he said it. When I questioned him about his motives, he confessed that he had no axe to grind. He was only saying what people are thinking. He's a few years younger than me.
As Oregon Governor George Law Curry, I cut loose on the topic of French Canadian Mountain Men. What I said about these rough and tumble folk who voted to (in effect) make Oregon part of the USA wasn't in the script. I was ad libbing and there was no time to say it all. I left out the part about how these mountain men were mocked (for speaking the language of a country who fared so badly in North America) and despised (for being Catholic). They were a minority who understood how important it is for the American continent to grow into one nation, one people, from sea to sea. But the police were coming. I had to make it short. ("You are certainly full of surprises." Director Jean Tsokos, a tight lipped veteran of New York's Broadway scene, murmured afterward. I should probably go back and find out what she meant.)
Sherwood Historical Society member Clyde List plays his banjo in "A Ferry Tale", a play by Sherwood author-historian June Reynolds. The two act play opened October 2 and played for two weekends at historic Frogpond Grange in Wilsonville.
I will always remember the lack of arrogance displayed by the three Frog Pond actors who happened to be descendants of Daniel Boone. You would expect these blood relatives of-- not only Daniel Boone, but their blood relative Abraham Lincoln-- to be ruling the entire west coast with an iron fist. But instead these Boone people almost seemed embarrassed by the great legacy which history has placed upon their shoulders. I hope that does not change. What a joy and what a privilege it was to meet these people and to know them as friends!
ReplyDeleteI love this picture of the cast!!
ReplyDeleteOne of the actors kept making a wise crack about the Portland Oregonian: "Nobody reads that." he said. He got a big and bigger laugh every night he said it. When I questioned him about his motives, he confessed that he had no axe to grind. He was only saying what people are thinking. He's a few years younger than me.
ReplyDeleteAs Oregon Governor George Law Curry, I cut loose on the topic of French Canadian Mountain Men. What I said about these rough and tumble folk who voted to (in effect) make Oregon part of the USA wasn't in the script. I was ad libbing and there was no time to say it all. I left out the part about how these mountain men were mocked (for speaking the language of a country who fared so badly in North America) and despised (for being Catholic). They were a minority who understood how important it is for the American continent to grow into one nation, one people, from sea to sea. But the police were coming. I had to make it short. ("You are certainly full of surprises." Director Jean Tsokos, a tight lipped veteran of New York's Broadway scene, murmured afterward. I should probably go back and find out what she meant.)
ReplyDeleteI heard that the play was going to be on the Public Access TV. Could you find out more about that?
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