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

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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

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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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26 yQf( Scliooi producti on Almost two hours were required to get Mork Reimer Into his wig ond the moke-up opplied Mrs. Jonet Diltz puts on the finishing touches. In on Orientol version of Unde Tom's Cobin. Holly Hinton, April Horrell. Vicki Delizzi. Elizobeth Lowell. Kelly Roudebush. Morriso Acheson. Tomi Pockord. Denise McKenzie ond Shoron King portroy the chorocters. In the bedroom of the dying king. (Mork Reimer), priests. Anno (Stocy Wiginton) ond Chuli Longkorn (Joson Armstrong) listen to the king's finol requests to continue the westerniz- ing of Siom As the heod wife. Lody Tlon. Rondo Shepherd, bows to his mojesry. the King of Siom Oil ifh o king, on English 1 1 school reocher, royol ------- wives, omozons, princes, princesses, ere., ere., ere., The King ond I broughr differenr culrures ond cusroms from Europe ond rhe For Eosr ro sourhwesr Oklohomo. Try ours for rhe oil school produc- rion were held before Chrisrmos ro give rhe cosr rhe holidoys ro leorn rheir lines. I rhink ir worked our greor,” soid dromo direcror Mr. Moruice King. The leods leorned rheir lines over rhe Chrisrmos holidoys ond rhor soved rime when we come bock.'' Since mony hod on Oklohomo occenr, convening ro o foreign oc- cenr wos more rhon o mere rrifle. Ir wos hard rrying ro sound like o person from Siom when you're from Oklohomo,'' soid Joson Arm- srrong. Alrhough I do nor really hove o srrong occenr, Ir wos srill difficult.” The Siamese children also mode working on rhe producrion dif- ferenr os rhey ranged in oge from kindergorren rhrough sixrh grade. The kids were really enjoyable, ” said Koren Smodes, bur rhey tc., L.rc. were abour os rowdy os kids ger. I rhoughr rhey did on excellenr job or ocring rhough. Since rhe king, ployed by Mork Reimer. hod ro be bold, finding rhe perfecr bold wig ond making ir look real wos nor easy. For Mork sirring for rwo hours for each of rhe four performances while his wig wos pur in ploce and moke-up op- plied ro moke ir look like porr of his heod rook endurance. Ar firsr ir wos hor ond felr like slime on my heod. Ir wos prerry fun ro be bold ofrer I hod hod ir on for o while,'' he soid. The wig apporenrly wos reolisric becouse mony of rhe junior high srudenrs rhoughr Mark hod ocrual- ly shoved his heod. Afrer over five weeks of rehear- sing ond learning music, rhe cur- roin finally opened. The audience on irs feer or rhe conclusion soid ro rhe cosr rhor rhe efforr hod been o success. The complimenrs were ropped off when rhe newspaper published on ediroriol praising rhe cosr, rhe srage sers ond everyone involved for on excellenr performance.