Altus Senior High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Altus, OK)

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Sets were on important port of the musical. Brod Downs is one of the drafting ond wood- working students to build the sets He ham- mers the frome together. oj- -u etc I » B ehind C hot rime Is It? My eyes feel like they hove grovel in them, my hurts, ond I wonr ro go ro heod sleep. And go ro sleep is jusr whor Louro Donnelly did during the lost week of rehearsals for 'The King ond I.” She fell osleep, missed her cue ond foiled ro moke on ap- pearance on stage. Bur, tiredness wos nor the only problem rhe cost experienced. Robby Shero received o big blood blister between his thumb and first finger from moving flats, ond Wendy Reed got really bored. In fact, she wos so bored that she pointed her toenoils using the roes of one foot to point the roes of the other foot. Hunger wos another problem, but it was one that was easily remedied. Domino Pizzo delivered, ond runs were mode to McDonald's ond Sonic. losed Curtains In the midst of rhe hardships, however, rhe cost found means of enjoying themselves. Rhonda Ellis said that everyone got o chance to folk when they weren't going over their lines, ond it wos o good way to meet new people. The high school students got a lesson in dealing with small children os members of rhe cost entertained rhe king's children in rhe basement of rhe oudirorium ro keep rhe little ones contained when they were nor on stage. Not only hod rhe cost worked hord when rhe curtain rose on rhe first performance though. Drafting ond woodworking students hod built flats, art students hod pointed ond bond students hod learned ond rehearsed rhe music. Whor rhe audience sow wos not the work of o cost of 60, bur rhe work of nearly 200 over o five- week period. To put o little light on the subjects. Scott Members of the cost hod heord rhe lines ond Roudebush ond Scott Lefletr work on spots. said their lines so many times, they knew they would never forget. However, it took mony hours to get it jusr right Trovis Poromore ond Tommy Brooks procrice the opening scene 24 All School Producti on

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As o special gift ro the entire student body members of Varsity Choir presented o speciol Christmas concert One of the individuol numbers is presented by Perry Smolts who does the Elvis Presley Dlue Christmas' With the theme ' Christmas is Merry.” Morcie Gay and Renee Austin put the finishing touches on their door. Mr Doug Dolton's ort class As the conned food wos collected by the Student Council. Jono Dills keeps o tolly of the number of cons donated by eoch doss Amused by Mrs. Petit s door. Christy Coffey loughs ot Dluedolph s Christmas list a ristmai 23 -

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 Lips could get cramps after hours of practice, but Perry Smolts just Keeps on ploying while David Tote gets the chonce to rest As members of the orchestra. Perry ond David hod spent two weeks getting the music reody before rehearsing with the cost I'll just close my eyes for o minute. Robert Hildinger soid just before he went to sleep He enjoys the rest before it is time to moke onother oppeoronce on stoge As poor Elizo. Morisso Acheson shows her sodness over the loss of her lover George No matter how lore the cost practiced, homework still hod to be done Susan Foske ottempts to get cought up during o breok Without the piano accompanist Joseph Krueger, the show could not hove gone on Required to be ot every reheorsol. he hod spent hours learning the music before practic- ing with the cost Ml School Production