Ames High School - Spirit Yearbook (Ames, IA)

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FINALE. М n ү student play Thirty-seven students had parts in Ames High's spicatous production. 1 hir 110 11 AW winter play و‎ the Dead, a tra gic look at the ity of ‚ Bury the Dead was set in a Most of the actors seemed to enjoy their charac- le field one year into the war thal ‘begir ters. — = It was strange because | was used to playing cters was brought, together at happy-go-lucky characters, sa de lie Ford. Н | Idi was fun ordering people КОЛАТ | It was а lot of work but it was really fun. It was “I have played a wide variety of characters, IC э everything come together at the end said Allison Merrill, But I enjoyed playing after all of the work we did and have a good Martha Webster because ot her strong will. show, said Jenny Robinson, sophomore stu- dent director. 'We couldn't have done it with- The characters over came the obsticals and out the great attitudes of the people involved. were ready to go on opening night. ‘AT Dr | ! A? ° , gn l: Я It brought the diversity of the school together | think Director Mr. Wayne Hansen did a real- E for a common purpose,” said Tim Thomas. Ihe у good ‘ob directing this play, said Keith lex- credability of the play manifested itself in the tor. It wasn't a typical high school production. fine group interaction that hi ighlighted this per- Bury the Dead

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FINAL PLANS. Ihe bury the corpses once Ihe president (Matthew LISTEN HERE MAN. The Genera plans to the captain (1 ] thew Patterson) listens ‘a e — m wee? км 26 4 (pun TO THE EDITOR. A Reporte: isses her story on the six soldier Y ka dat $ ‘vy F à d А A À AE EA GIVING ORDERS. Ti Ve Areir H} 44 v i 4 i | | , š I h 1111 Гош DN Bury the Dead

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NO СО Because of high interest, several modern dance show choreographers had to double up on dances by 16 Ames High student choreo- graphers. Three sets of partners worked together — Steve Forster and Molly Willsher, Cam Kottman and Karen Johnson, and Lynne Cleasby and Nancy Budnik. Dance director Mrs. Mary Pudwill-Kautzky said that they ve had more than one person choreo- graph a dance before, but never this many. The important thing they had to decide before they started work was how they were going to settle ditterences. | wanted them to be aware that problems would arise, and they should know beforehand how they'd go about solving them. It all worked out very well, she com- mented. johnson said that she really enjoyed choreo- Terpsichore Choreographers coupled graphing with a partner. “It relieved a lot of the pressure of choreographing. You had someone to share the burden with.” Cleasby agreed that working with a partner was advantageous. “We had a few minor disagreements, but we were able to compromise. If I were to choreograph again, Га want a partner,” she said. Forster admitted that he and Willsher had a few problems working together. Molly and I had very different tastes in music and dance. It took us a lot longer to finish our dance. We had to do a lot more compromising than the other groups, but overall, I still think everything turned out super, he commented. JUST А PUPPET. Jerry Hill and Susanne Tachibanna dance to Just a Puppet on a String lenny Bower choreographed by