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

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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.

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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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Pleosed by rheir politeness. Anno portroyed by Srocy Wigmron, greets the royol twins. Melisso ond Melmdo McKee As Anno ond Edword Romsey (Joson Woll) woltz in the King's poloce. they recoil the good old doys in Bomboy when they considered morrioge Curious os to who is visiting Siom. royol wives Chrisry Coffey. Kerrie BrinKmon. Coleen Houck ond Ann Wilson check our the new school mistress from ofor Secretly meeting to ovoid being seen together Lunto portroyed by Trey Rusrmonn ond Tuptim portroyed by Toro Rertmeier. ex- press rheir love for eoch other Their love does not end hoppily. however, os eoch die in the end Jiff-School 27