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S t. Marys resident Maggie Moore misses
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St. Marys. She misses the people here, her family, and the overall sweetness of her hometown. She reminisces about her childhood—ice cream cones, the pavilion, bicycling downtown. “It’s a huge part of who I am,” she said. But the little blond girl who sang in church as a child, who would get up on the fireplace at home and put on shows for her family, who didn’t really know she could sing until some teacher in middle school said so—that’s the little girl with the big voice dazzling audiences in Branson, Missouri, day after night after day. Maggie and her fellow performers are bringing magnificent glamour of yesteryear to the Branson stage with a glittering song and dance production performing some of the most beloved Broadway and movie music of all time. As if “Puttin on the Ritz” were not a fulltime job in itself, Maggie also performs in “Celtic Ladies” in Branson. Between the two productions, Maggie does ten shows a week. Ten! It takes a disciplined and powerful voice to fulfill such a schedule. To describe Maggie’s voice as powerful is an understatement. She possesses a crystal clear soprano voice cloaked in a silky vibrato. She has, on occasion, continued ...
Barbara Jackson Ryan
Maggie Moore
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