Redwood High School - Oak Yearbook (Visalia, CA)

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MARIGNETTES Hli marionettes, made by the third year art students under the direction of Miss Rouleau, have given a great deal of pleasure to the various groups to which they have been shown. The marion- ettes are similar to rag dolls in construction with heads and hands made of paper towels and glue, modeled, shellaced, and painted. Strings at- tached to the knees, the arms and the head are fastened to cross-pieces and worked from above. After being paintd and dressed, the marion- ettes resemble minute human beings. Since a variety of characters had been made it was more feasible to give a vaudeville performance. Clowns were made by Lloyd Clark and George Fowler, a negro man and woman by Sophia Arnold, marionette gentlemen by Naomi Harvey and Edna Phipps, lady marionettes by Beatrice Hammer, Clementine Shueller, and Kathryn Costa, a Spanish man by Ruby Nell and a woman by George Cyr and Beatrice Hammer, a little girl marionette by Virginia N ee and a sailor by Eunice Meyers. Furniture and other stage properties were also made by the art students. Following the first public performance before the high school stu- dent body the cast was invited to give a marionette show for the Ivanhoe Parent-Teachers' Association, where it was enthusiastically received. V audeville shows were presented to the Visalia Rotary, the WOH1CH,S Club, and to the Visalia grade schools. The students having charge of the dolls wish to acknowledge their appreciation to all those who have co-operated with them in making the shows successful, to Mr. Montgomery, who arranged with the grade schools and who kindly helped to furnish transportation. to the bus driver. and to all others who provided cars. Thev thank the shop and the music department for their kind and willing assistance.

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DRAMATICS cc llli R.'X'l', a light comedy. was presented at an assembly early in the year. Two casts were used for the play: Marvin llarring- ton, Ruth lfrost, Arthur Primm, Kay Wiatanabe, Thelma Arnold and Paul Hougham. Retribution was presented at the Christmas assembly by the fol- lowing students: Herbert Hougham, Orlou Reddiclc, Gail Shaclinger, Iiay XN'atanabe' and Marvin 1-Barrington. .X short play, The Return of Martha and George , was pre- sented at a NYasliington's l-lirthday program which was arranged and costumed by Miss McKenzie. The cast was as follows: George Fowler, Margaret XfYhitmore, Howard NVoodard and VVilladean Yan Deventer. .AX realistic play, Honor Aniong Thievesf, was presented at the C. S. lf. Yalley Conference Program and was one of the four one-act plays on the spring program. Arthur Primm, George Fowler, Kenneth l.easure, Albert lledrosian and Marvin llarrington were the performers. During the year pantomimes and readings were given by Claire Sadlmyer, Naomi Godfrey, Ruth Frost, Lois Denend and Arthur l'rimm.

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