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Mike Radford's Remember WhenNORMAN ROCKWELL JUNE 2003 Dennis Seibel is a very talented man who loves history. He also loves Mark Twain and Norman Rockwell. This love has inspired him to share his time and talent and play both of these great men in our history and bring them to life on stage. First comes Mark Twain. Clad in white suit (a skinny Coronal Sanders) white hair and moustache, holding a cigar, he has a remarkable likeness to Mark Twain. Mark Twain talks about his life his plan and his love Olivia Langdon, to whom he was married. He talks of the different places he lived and his adventures. He portrays a wonderful sense of humor, which I am sure Mark Twain really had to have. In the last act of Mark Twain he states that he is 70 years old, actually more, but 70 is enough at this age.
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attacks the character with a wonderful truism. The second half is Norman Rockwell. The
stage is set up with Rockwell’s well known art and a large screen so you are able to
see each piece as he talks about the times he created them. Dressed up, Dennis did have a
great likeness to Norman Rockwell. He studied movies and interviews of Norman and did a
great job copying his movements, his pigeon-toed stance, and even his voice. Norman
Rockwell did not consider himself and artist. He considered himself an illustrator! He was not a good scholar, more interested in drawing like his maternal grandfather than anything else. Small in stature and having to wear glasses, he devoted much of his time to drawing. Norman Rockwell illustrated for Boy’s Life (Scouting Magazine) and the Saturday Evening Post for many years. Dennis brings this to light as he portrays him. He had a great personality and I found him very humorous as we learned many facts regarding Mr. Rockwell. This show is not the norm of a Branson show, but was a pleasant change of pace. MORNING SHOW
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