Players: Oklahoma at Beauvallon Farm and Oh what a lovely war

[georgswa (Georg Ruf) (RIP)]

Hi there

I had to scan those pics from slides and compress them as much as possible in order to cope with your slow system, sorry but otherwise it takes very long for you

Once you have DSL i can revise that to higher quality













Thats it for today

[Debby Opperman (Biccard)]

Guten Abend Georgswa

These are reallly great pics, really does bring back memories. I'm the "little girl" in the yellow t-shirt.

You may or may not remember me coz the main players did not really mix with the "chorus girls". ;D
I forgive you anyway.

WOW everyone looks so YOUNG!

[georgswa (Georg Ruf) (RIP)]

Hi Debbi

How could i have ignored you, you looked lovely, little girl ??? i dont think so

I also took part in the chorus, we all dit, the final was smashing: Oklahoma, Oklahoma Oklahoma

And we know we belong to the land, and the land we belong too is grand................

The Farmer and the cowman should be friends....

I remember all songs as thought it was yesterday, i liked " Poor Jud is dead, a candle lights his head ..."

Yes all look young, me too, thats life, i am now 66 you could be about early 50 ????
I hope you are well and happy.

Georg Ruf

[Debby Opperman (Biccard)]

Georgswa

A little less of 50 but close enough. These are really good photos. How many names do you remember?  I love the one of Nina Jones, Keryn Heyes and ? at the barn door. Forgive me ?
Nina looks so good on that pic. 

[georgswa (Georg Ruf) (RIP)]

Hi Debby

I have forgotten many Names looking at the Pics

But here some from the pics

Chris and Jenny Lotte, Eddie and Nina Jones and daughter , ? Marlow, Trish Tamblin,

Not on the Pics

John ?, Father ?, Karin Singer, Gudrun Corvenus, and many backstage organizers

But if needed , i still have the programm pamphlet

Georg Ruf

[Diana Rudd (Boehme)]

The lady on the left in the second last photo (three woman looking through a door) is Linda Spies married to Andre.

[georgswa (Georg Ruf) (RIP)]

I dug out some pics that Bill Frey made from Oh what a lovely war

Recognize any ???? Well there is Chris and Jenny Lotte, Trish Tamblin, Eddy and Nina Jones, Georg & Inge Ruf, Heinz & Jutta Schilling, Richard Marlowe, Peter Reschke, Rob Smart, Dave Wade, Floris Kruger
And of course Rob Kirk whou became a Bush Pilot Doctor down under....

Backstage many more including Charles Löffler whou dit all the slides on the screen

Here some Pics:

Georg Ruf

Video i made from the subject with obove pics
http://www.livevideo.com/video/9C8940EE233147BEBC4BC84DDD1AD6A3/oh-what-a-lovely-war-and-the-r.aspx?lastvcid=76884

[Michael Alexander]

Looking at that program, there is only one name on it of a person that still lives here and is active in trying to keep the place running and that is Dawn Johnson (Watt).......

The Smarts are also mentioned and they live in Rosh Pinah, our neighbouring town....

:)

[georgswa (Georg Ruf) (RIP)]

Sorry i dont remember the face of Dawn

Hope he sees the Pics

Seems that forum is keeping me busy LOL, but i am glad to be able to contribute my share

@ Sandy

I had a smile of what you said about Günter, but disregarding that, he is a very valuable friend of mine and we still have occasional contacts by phone. Günter is now 81 and has slowed down a lot. Helga realy looks after him. I had about 4 visits to them since i have left Oranjemund.

I hope someone will supply me the email adress of Ingo Machts so i can communicate with him

Peter Reschke also wrote me, what a nice surprise

Georg Ruf

[georgswa (Georg Ruf) (RIP)]

some more pics from the players and Oklahoma

[georgswa (Georg Ruf) (RIP)]

Last pics of Oklahoma

[georgswa (Georg Ruf) (RIP)]

Rob Kirk

Contacted me today from Australia via my Video Channel, big surprise , he must have found my Video with his Pic in it

I asked Rob to join us here , lets see............. 

Georg (the elder) but not bolder 

[georgswa (Georg Ruf) (RIP)]

Rob Kirk has made this entry in the guestbook

I replied, he should sign in to the forum.

I got to this site thanks to Georg in Stuttgart who posted some pictures of the cast and posters from a production I did with the Players of "Oh what a Lovely War!". Great to have old memories reawakened. I have pics from Wait Until Dark and The Odd Couple somewhere around and a whole stack taken at the Model Aero Club when the Cape Radio Fliers came up in 1977 or 78.

Edwin, my eldest was 40 this year -- he is a paediatrician in Sydney, John is a Mining Engineer in Perth and Barbara a pharmacist in Geraldton, a coastal town od 30,000 some 600km North of Perth.

Rosalie and I parted shortly after we came to Australia, and I had custody of the children. I remarried and had two more, Gillian who has now just finished 4th Year of Medicine and Andrew who has finished 3rd year of a combined Civil Engineering and Commerce degree.
Unfortunately I am not as good at marriage as I am at children, so my second marriage only lasted 20 yrs 5 years more than my first.

I stopped clinical medicine when I turned 60, but still practice as an administrator, running an area with 24 hospitals in it in the centre of Western Australia.

I'd love to hear from anyone who remembers me -- I was a doctor in Oranjemund from 1976 to early 1979.