Alliance High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Alliance, NE)

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the Stage of Alliance High School King Arthur with Excaliber in hand, draws Lancelot du Lac into the brotherhood of Knighthood by investing him with the orders of chivalry. King Pellinore. a jovial old joker who wanders about in search of the Questing Beast, confers with his fuzzy sidekick, a dog named Horrid. Lizz Burkhart and Jerry Shannon work on an integral part of any play, the sets. Queen Guenevere s court watches fear fully as Sir Lancelot circles the jousting field in pursuit of Sir Dinadan. Spring Play 23

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King Arthur, Round Table Come to Renewing an old acquaintance. King Arthur finds the old King Pellinore quite amusing and invites him to show his skills in a friendly chess game. Dancing, a very important and new feature added to the stage of AHS, is an artistic addition, with Sir Clarius. Sir Colgrevence, Sir Guillian. Sir Merlyn, Sir Castor. Sir Dinadan. Sir Bliant and their ladies. On May 5, 6, 8, and 9, 1982, Alliance audiences were taken back to the times of King Arthur and the Round Table, the time of ‘‘Camelot.” Camelot was this year's musical extravaganza. In this return to the medieval ages, the audiences were familiarized with the likes of King Arthur, King Pellinore, Sir Lancelot, Queen Guenevere, Mordred and the wild Fairy Queen, Morgan Le Fay. The play has been widely acclaimed throughout the world and received much of the same response in Alliance. Costs of production, (royalties, sets, costumes, salaries, etc.) were extraordinarily high. Major cast members were: John Harris, Angie Moore, Mike Galloway, Kris Margheim, John Reilly, and Scott Abbott. Overall production Director was Thomas G. Lauder. Senior John Reilly, who plays the part ot King Pellinore very well, Is an important part ot the AHS Theater. Dave Lawrence and Costume Designer Jerry Nyffler set the sound panel for the opening night s performance. 22 Spring Play

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Two Speakers Attend State Adrian Gonzalez and Marcy Edminster, teaming up on this year's O.I.D., Lifeguards. work long, hard hours on perfecting voice inflection. Sophomore Angie Moore concentrates hard on that ever important first step needed on any speech team; that ot gathering and compiling ideas, better known as writing the introduction. The Alliance High Speech and Drama Team, under the direction of speech teacher. Miss Janet Swarthout, sent two members to the state contest in Kearney on April 3. They were Barry Lamm and Jeanne Sterner, both in the catagory of Original Public Address. This was Sterner’s first year on the team and Lamm's second. Duet Acting, comprised of seniors Maureen Kelly and Lisa Renteria, doing a cut from “The Secret Affairs of Mildred Wilde, missed a state berth by a mere one-half of a point. Other members of the team were Sandi Hall, Angie Moore, Marci Edminster, and the Oral Interpretation of Drama team, consisting of Lamm, Adrian Gonzalez, Michelle Forney, Edminster and Dawn Snyder, all of whom received excellent ratings, and Ralph Gonzalez and Jerry Shannon, both of whom received good ratings. The various areas of speaking that one could participate in were Original Public Address, Duet Acting, Informative Speaking, Oral Interpretation of Prose, Humorous Speaking, Oral Interpretation of Drama, (O.l.D.), Extemporaneous Speaking and Oral Interpretation of Prose. Duet actresses Lisa Renteria (Mildred) and Maureen Kelly (Helen) capture their audiences with a combination of brute force and mild sex appeal. 24 Speech Team