FALL PLAY The fall play of 2000 was the first drama presented the Cedarville University family in the new theater in the Stevens Student Center. As a special part of Grandparents' Weekend , grandparents and students enjoyed the production of Smoke on the Mountain. The musical brought laughter from the audience members as the thespians portrayed parishioners of a coun try Baptist church during the Great Depression. Thi s light-hearted musical tells the story which reenacts a typical Sunday service in this "progressive" Baptist church. It depicted many scenes in which the audience members could laugh at themselves, while "being reminded that God is interested with what is in our hearts, not how well we follow the rules; junior Ken Mansfield said. Senior Vanessa Baker kept the audience laughing in her role as sign linguist June Sanders, a musically disinclined child of the traveling Sanders family. Her interpretation of gospel hymns was unique and comic of the audience Sophomore Ryan Culpepper added to the comedy with his role of Reverend Mervin Og l ethorpe, the preacher of this backwoods church . Smoke on the Mountain was a perfect choice for Grandparents' Weekend. "It was enlightening, fun, and entertaining ; grandfather of Adam Henker Dick Winkler said . According to the continuous laughter and appreciationofthose in attendance, Winkler was correct S1 S1uden1Lirt
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