Alliance High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Alliance, NE)

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After a quarrel, George (Jerry Shannon) buys Emily (Vicki Clark) an ice cream at the soda shop while the stage manager looks on. Mrs. Webb (Mandi Schnell), Mrs. Soames (Lisa Davis), and Mrs. Gibbs (Linda Fairbanks), returning from choir, gaze at the moon. George and Emily express their love for each other by embracing after exchanging wedding vows. Filled with grief, George collapses at Emily's grave the night after her funeral while Emily feels the need to console him. Fall Play 23

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 Our Town Opens the Eyes of Many THE PULITZER PRIZE PLAY “The first act shows a day in our town, stated the stage manager, as he greeted the audience. When the play first opened, the audience was taken inside the homes of the Webbs' and their neighbors, the Gibbs', during breakfast time. They were then carried throughout an entire day and had the chance to meet each member of the families and their friends. The second act dealt with love and marriage, when Emily Webb married George Gibbs. Right before the wedding, George and Emily had doubts and terrible fears about growing up. But their love was confirmed as George reassured Emily by claiming, “I love you, Emily, I need you. In the third act, the audience is led to the cemetery on the hill (four years have gone by) where many of the townspeople they had come to know so well had died and were patiently awaiting, not “judgment but greater understanding. Into their midst came Emily, a little timid at first and very wishful to go back and relive her life again. But she learned painfully how impossible and futile it was to return. Her past could not be relived. Living people, occupied with petty occupations and small thoughts know little of true joy or happiness. lust as Emily's last line implied, “They don't understand, do they? and Mrs. Gibbs' futile reply, No, they don't understand. Heather Redmon portrays the stage manager, a friendly guy seen continually throughout the play as different characters and often found conversing with the audience. Stage Manager.................................Heather Redmon Dr. and Mrs. Gibbs........Kris Kerr Linda Fairbanks Mr. and Mrs. Webb.........Joe Bowen Mandi Schnell Emily Webb................................Vicki Clark George Gibbs............................Jerry Shannon Wally Webb.......................................Matt Peterson Rebecca Gibbs..................................Rachel Schmer Howie Newsome and Professor Willard.....David Koester Joe and Si Crowell.........Vicki Jedlicka Rod Stark Simon Stimson.............................Brian Smith Mrs. Soames................................Lisa Davis Constable Warren.........................Todd Rehder Sam Craig.......................................Brian Hinton Joe Stoddard......................................Lee Overstreet Audience, baseball players, choir and townspeople: Mary McCreary, Tracy Overstreet, Katie Chouanard, Julie Gonzalez Nancy Fowler, Jill Moravek, Heather Brost, Jody Sampson, Jereen Goode, Vesta Curtiss. 22 Fall Play

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Music Parents, Speech Team Stress Music Parents was a group of interested parents of students involved in vocal and or instrumental music including grades 6-12. Their primary goal was to enrich students musically through financial support and donation of time. The group met each month under the leadership of President Pat Heitz, Vice-president Sherrie Curtiss, Secretary Leslie Rader, Treasurer Cheryl Harris, and News Reporter Zella Rathbun. The group's activities included helping to organize the magazine sales drive, working at the door and at the concession stand at concerts, sponsoring the short trips taken by the bands and choirs, and helping to organize the concert choir's taco feed. The group helped to provide money for music and for scholarships to summer music camps awarded to majorettes, flag girls, and other outstanding music students. They also sponsored the annual music banquet, besides providing the awards of letters and pins given out at that time to students who had earned them through a merit system. Although their activities usually kept them behind the scenes , an inside look at Music Parents proved the importance of their efforts. At the February meeting, Senior Chris Jesse gives a presentation on his past summer's trip to Europe with the United States Collegiate Band. Those serving as Music Parents officers include Pat Heitz, president; Sherrie Curtiss, vice-president; Leslie Rader, secretary; Cheryl Harris, treasurer; and Zella Rathbun, news reporter (not pictured). 24 Music Parents