Air Academy High School - Vapor Trails Yearbook (USAF Academy, CO)

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Students Show Creativity ln Fine Arts And Ceramics Students needed three credits in Fine Arts to graduate, and most collected them in the form of art courses. There were ten different classes to choose from and some favorites were Commercial Art, rl . K 1 ' '- 1.: . 5,5 9, i ' . s t ff-Q5 O 'xx lv -...fx X. X' 'V ,Pt 'ffxlk'-...., 'ss A w, i A s, -v. ' l 281 Fine Arts rw- Maw' In

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River City, the show deals with a take-the-money-and-run sales- man named Harold Hill who tries to sell a boys' band to the city. Complications develop when he falls in love with the town's librar- ian, Marian. With only six weeks of time to do a show that normally takes eight weeks to produce, Mrs. Hol- ly Kroncke and Mr. John Trost held rehearsals six days a week, mak- ing makeshift arrangements when freezing temperatures and snow caused school to be closed or shortened three times. I was usually pretty tired by the end of the week, admitted chorus member Rodd Aubrey, but l had a lot of fun with all the people involved. Cast members agreed that the addition of a special Thursday night performance made all of the work seem worth it. The set and the choreography were designed by several mem- bers of Bob Young's Cabaret. Miss Marian Paroo. played by Becky Rockwell, holds away her first kiss from Harold Hill CMike Armstrongb. Preparing for the ice- cream sociable, quartet members Mike Cole, David Emerlck, Bruce Vick and Bruce hall sing a difficult song while Pam Fischer and Peggy Stabler practice their Grecian urns Cleftb. Mayor Shlnn fKyle Williamsonb and his wife Eulalie CAnne Dargenioj rehearse a River City dance scene with other members of the cast Caboveb. Fine Arts! 27

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In x. Drawing ll, and Ceramics. Commercial Art students learned design and advertising. Second semester, they worked on design with such projects as chil- dren's literature. There are two types of drawing classes, Drawing l and Drawing ll. The Drawing ll class presented in- struction in other media such as water color, and ink washes. For students willing to dig in and get their hands dirty, there were three ceramic classes: Ce- ramics l, Ceramics ll, and Ceram- ics lll. All of these classes helped develop talents. ,. u ,. -C, 4 -f ,J . 1' Q . iX Z l S my .., N1 K s KS.. gg : ' . -r, t ANNA 4. . K ' . -, 'f 1, I xx K ,M l I Commercial Art stressed originality. On the opposite page. the art works by Les- lie May Ctop lefty, and Jill Habbinga Ctop rightb, show their creativity. Drawing ll is more in-depth than Drawing I. The draw- ing by Chris Gibson portrays many hours of hard work, Cbottomb. This page, drawings by Brendan Dowling Ctoph, and Holly Martin Cleftb, from the Drawing ll class, display their talent. By the time the student got into the ad- vanced art classes, students and teachers alike knew each other well. Fine Arts! 29