We had a great time at the MEI alumni night / cake social at Sister Act! It was wonderful to welcome back some of our freshest alumni from the class of 2016, through to grads from as early as class of 1956. The opening night performance of MEI Secondary’s feel-good musical comedy smash Sister Act really sparkled. There are still some tickets available, and the musical runs through May 13. Thanks for coming, and we’ll see you next year!
May 9 MEI Alumni Cake Social
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Wow! Blown away by the incredible taken at #meisecondary on Sister Act Alumni Night!! #WeAreMEI pic.twitter.com/AhGwTV0Uos
— Vijay Manuel (@headofschools) May 10, 2017
Ken H of @gallery7theatre won the $100 @cactusclubcafe gift card from @meischools Sister Act #MEIalumni night > https://t.co/mIQEm8v0xk pic.twitter.com/DO53srNwto — MEI alumni (@MEIalumni) May 11, 2017
1956 MEI Spring Production “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”
Among our guests were Martha (Spenst) Friesen, who had come with (class of 1956) classmates Elmer Stobbe and Helen (Schroeder) Reilly. Martha had brought along an original copy of the script from the 1956 MEI Spring Production “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”, and a scrapbook of pictures. Uncle Tom’s Cabin was the best-selling novel of the 19th century and the second best-selling book of that century, following the Bible. It is credited with helping fuel the abolitionist cause in the 1850s. Martha played the courageous role of “Eliza”, a slave and personal maid who escapes to the North with her five-year-old son Harry after he is sold into slavery, and Helen played Chloe (Uncle Tom’s wife).
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Previously Posted:
Calling all MEI alumni! Join us for opening night of MEI Secondary’s Spring Musical “Sister Act” on Tuesday, May 9, 2017
FREE Drop-in reception
* Cake & Coffee 5:30-6:45 pm in MEI Secondary Cafeteria
* Enter to win $100 gift certificate from Cactus Club
* no RSVP needed
Attend “Sister Act” (7 pm)
* Tickets $12 each, available now at the Secondary Office or on a first-come, first-served basis at the door.
* Reserved seats for alumni have now all been claimed, but there are still seats available.
MEI Spring Productions
2015-16 – “Les Misérables” (Drama)
2014-15 – “Cinderella” (Musical)
2013-14 – “Sherlock Holmes” (Drama)
2012-13 – “The Sound of Music” (Musical)
2011-12 – “The Somewhat True Tale of Robin Hood” (Drama)
2010-11 – “Steel Magnolias” (Drama)
2009-10 – “Mousetrap” (Drama)
2008-09 – “The Music Man” (Musical)
2007-08 – “Curious Savage” (Drama)
2006-07 – “Beauty and the Beast” (Musical)
2005-06 – “The Secret Garden” (Musical)
2004-05 – “Pocketful of Change” (Musical)
2003-04 – “Les Misérables” (Drama)
2002-03 – “War on Tatum”; “Crossing the Line”; “Will the Real Jesus Please Stand Up” (One-Act Plays)
2001-02 – “Anne of Green Gables” (Musical)
2000-01 – “Matchmaker” (Drama)
1999-00 – “Coffee House” (Musical)
1998-99 – “Pillow Talk” (Drama)
1997-98 – “Fiddler on the Roof” (Musical)
1996-97 – “Annie” (Musical)
1995-96 – “Right Side Up Kingdom” (Musical)
1994-95 – “The Mikado” (Musical)
1993-94 – “The Story of Esther” (Drama)
1992-93 – “H.M.S. Pinafore” (Musical)
1991-92 – “You Can’t Take it With You” (Drama)
1990-91 – “The Wizard of Oz” (Musical)
1989-90 – “Oliver” (Musical)
1988-89 – “Abie’s Irish Rose” (Drama)
1987-88 – “The Music Man” (Musical)
1986-87 – “The Sound of Music” (Musical)
1985-86 – “Anne of Green Gables” (Drama)
1984-85 – “Coffee House” (Musical)
1983-84 – “Twelve Angry People” (Drama)
1982-83 – “The Matchmaker” (Drama)
1981-82 – “The Gondoliers” (Musical)
1980-81 – “Cheaper By the Dozen” (Drama)
1979-80 – “The Mikado” (Musical)
1978-79 – “For Conscience’ Sake” (Drama)
1977-78 – “The Sandbox”; “The Matchmaker”; “The Bishop’s Candlesticks” (One-Act Plays)
1976-77 – “The Big Fisherman”
1975-76 – “The Family Nobody Wanted”
1974-75 – “Up the Down Staircase”
1973-74 – “The Robe”
1972-73 – “Anne of Green Gables”
1971-72 – “Thunder on Sycamore Street”
1970-71 – “The Thread That Runs So True”
1969-70 – “Flowers for the Algernon”
1968-69 – “One Foot In Heaven”
1967-68 – “Good Morning, Miss Dove”
1966-67 – “The Carpenter”
1965-66 – “David Copperfield”
1964-65 – “A Man Called Peter”
1963-64 – “The Miracle Worker”
1962-63 – “Hans Brinker”
1961-62 – “Anne of Green Gables”
1960-61 – “Glaube und Heimat”
1959-60 – “Love is Eternal”
1958-59 – “Flattich”
1957-58 – “Esther”
1956-57 – “Die Meistergiege”
1955-56 – “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”
1954-55 – “The Robe”; “Das Vaterhaus”
1953-54 – “The Huguenots”
1952-53 – “Flachsmann als Erzieher”
1951-52 – “Mennoniten von Land Zu Land”, “Goethe Abend”
1950-51 – “Glaube und Heimat”
1949-50 – “Esther”
1948-49 – “Literaries”
1947-48 – “Literaries”
1946-47 – “Literaries”
1945-46 – “Das Lied von der Glocke”
