Ames High School - Spirit Yearbook (Ames, IA)

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HEATED DISCUSSION. The fall play Frankenstein had 17 cast members. Junior Peter Groeneveld (Victor Von Frankenstein) stands in the courtyard with junior Tony Connor (Henry Clerval). (Photo by Greg Nelson) EXTRA HOURS. The Frankenstein scenery crew worked on building sets, every Saturday for eight weeks. Junior Jenny Meier- dieks saws a piece of wood for one of the seven sets. (Photo by Greg Nelson) DIRTY JOB. The role of a grave digger in Frankens- tein is played by junior Sean Kearney. He had one of the 17 speaking parts. (Photo by Greg Nelson) 18 Fall, Winter Plays

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PEER SUPPORT. Spirits ran high on the sidelines of the powderpuff game. Seniors Cathy Stidwell and Kelly Dasher show their support of the senior team. (Photo by Amy Bleyle) OPPOSING OPINIONS. The powderpuff game was ended early because of un: necessary violence. Senior offensive guard Rochelle Amundson said, “It looked like the sophomores and juniors started tackling first, and it really ticked the seniors off. (Photo by Amy Bleyle) i BAD GIRL. The senior “Bad Girls scored one touchdown against the victorious ''Ter- minators. Senior running back Lisa Tice eludes her op- ponents. (Photo by Amy Bleyle) hye” 17 Powderpuff

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j i | | I aelel, e Welenele@eere Deleary RESH FACES Sophomores and juniors dominate casts and crews of first semester plays. ‘‘Frankenstein’’ performs to a sell-out crowd; ‘‘Glimpses’’ requires no set. Frankenstein — the story of a creature and it's creator. “Glimpses” — brief looks into the lives of teenagers. At first glance the fall and winter plays didnt seem to have any Similarities — only differences. Special costumes and seven sets, resulting from 3,000 hours of work, were used in the performance of Frankenstein on November 7, 8, 9. “It was so exciting to be on stage in those wonderful costumes on those sets. It was so real — like a profes- sional play, said junior Lori Wunder. A series of skits and monologues with no special costumes or scenery were pre- sented on January 16, 17, and 18 in Glimp- ses . Senior Heather selman commented, In most plays, people with small parts are just props, but in 'Glimpses' each character, even the characters with only a few lines, had depth and motivation. It gave each person a chance to perform in his her role. Seventeen people made up the Frankenstein cast, while “Glimpses” had a cast of 49. In both pro- ductions there was a predominance of juniors and sopho- mores over Seniors. Frankenstein was my first high school play and | was really im- pressed with all the work that went into the scenery and every- thing. | had fun being in it and | met many new people who are now my rrbenas, ‘Siaira sophomore Andrew Schafer. Both were quality PARTY TALK. A comical look at the adult world was por- trayed in “The In Crowd” skit of “Glimpses”. Senior Sara Sweeney, junior Maqgie Lewis and sophomores Tara Twait and Marylin Lund discuss money and jewelry. (Photo by Amy Bleyle.) MR. MACHO. Playing a nerd in the winter play, ‘‘Glimp- ses,’ sophomore Tom Lunde acts out the Tomatoes monologue. (Photo by Amy Bleyle) plays. In fact, the Frankenstein cast performed to a record sell-out crowd on November 8 and about 50 people had to be turned away due to lack of space. Senior Shelly Barton said, “I loved both of the plays! | thought that the ‘Frankenstein set was absolutely gorgeous and the ac- tors did a wonderful job.'Glimpses was good, too. | found that some of the skits were truly down-to-earth and | could relate to them. — Janelle Hall 19 Fall, Winter Plays