Alliance High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Alliance, NE)

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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

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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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“Trifles” Has Troubles at Districts The cast ot Trifles , Tony Waybright, Angie Moore, Kris Margheim, Robin Sampson, and Barry Lamm, perform at dress rehearsal. Kris Margheim and Robin Sampson find that putting on makeup isn't all that it's built up to be. It takes lots of irritating practice and many contorted, disfigured faces. After finding the dead canary, Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters realize the truth behind the murder. The one act play, ‘'Trifles, under the direction of Miss Janet Swarthout, encountered rough roads on the way to district one act competition in Scottsbluff. While at districts, one of the two judges gave them a superior, while the other gave them a good rating. The group was rather disappointed, and afterward Miss Swarthout commented, We did our best. I doubt I will direct another one act. The play was centered around the past murder of John Wright. His wife, Minnie, was sent to jail for supposed murder. A neighbor, Mr. Hale, alerted the county attorney and the sheriff. The rest of the story was based on a dead canary and how the local women banded together to help Minnie Wright. The dead canary found in a sewing kit, was the apparent motive for the murder. An interesting play by Susan Glaspell, It was found to be boring by the judges. One Act Play 25