Arlington High School - Simba Kali Yearbook (Riverside, CA)

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Musical Sings The Praises When I am on stage, I ' m not Rex Berry, I am the character I am playing. Rex Berry, senior. M ot many people really l l knew what went into the ™ musical each year at Ar- lington. So this year, the Simba Kali staff went back stage with the cast of the 1988 musical, Oklahoma! The first step in arranging the musical was tryouts. The musical was made up of the drama, band, and choir depart- ments along with other volun- teer students of any grade lev- el. When I heard that AHS was putting on Oklahoma! I tried out, because I love the musical and love to act, explained freshman. Shelly Simmons. I tried out in all three cate- gories (dance, singing, and script) because I felt that I was pretty good in all but one of the three categories. I felt that by hT NT»ll character, Mark Russo tries on his shirt for the play. Mark ' s character, Jud Frye, is a mean, ruthless villian. mamma B y ow ner and David Merrill became better friends during the musical. One great thing about the musical is that it began relationships that continued after the performances ended. doing this it gave me a part I didn ' t expect but am happy with, stated Kim Henly, junior. The cast consisted of 18 boys and 32 girls. Mr. Phil Holmer, the drama director, has been involved with the musical for seven years. The reason I ' ve continued to have a musical is that it ' s a different type of theater than only acting, supplied Mr. Holmer. Along with Mr. Holmer there were a few other dedicated people who came to help out with the musical. These people were Mr. Galen Darrough, choir director, Mr. Don Burdoux, band director, Mrs. Charlotte Hanson, seamstress, Michelle Franklin, choreographer, and Mrs. T who helped with the scene painting and snacks. Most of these people were volunteers that helped out with the budget since the musical was not funded directly in the school budget. The cast had practice for the musical after school almost every day. There were practices for drama and vocal on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Practices for dance on Tuesday and Thursday many times lasted late into the night. Through all of these after school practices, each person had to keep up a 2.0 GPA, not to mention jobs and a social life! Even with all of these challenges there were people who enjoyed doing the musical and come back each year. I returned, because I like interacting with all of the people, having fun, and acting, said Brent Mitchell, junior. by Jean Goodwin MUSICAL • 51

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EHSSE51 .the dra- ma teacher, spent many hours after school with the musical. Practices were after school and sometimes on the weekend. rill, and Rex Berry wait patiently for their next move to the blocking. Block ing is the placement of each person during each scene; it is the first and the hardest thing to do during the arrange- ment of the play. IBHBWffiHI lean i Iwin. Kami Blood, and Jamie Grace listen for instructions from the dance choreo- grapher. Dancing played a big part in the musical. 50 • STUDENT LIFE

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New Teachers Add Their Their (Mr. Murashige, Mrs. Harris, and Mrs. Hodges) enthusiasm for their job has added strength to their departments and to Arlington , stated Mr. Tom Schultz, Vice Principal. ' an you tell the I difference between V teachers and students? Not always! One of our new teachers was Mr. Murashige who looked a lot like a regular students. Mr. Murashige was one of the most unusual and wild teachers on campus, but I guess that ' s why he was the most liked. He sure did get his point across, stated Amber Riley, freshman. Two other new teachers were Mrs. Amanda Hodges and uui.i-uji.i.m at Mr. Murashige, the instructor many mistook for a stu- dent. Mr. Murashige was a new teacher in school; he taught math and traveled from room to room. 52 • STUDENT LIFE Mrs. Marsha Harris. Mrs. Harris taught Advanced and General English and her students seemed to respond to her as well as they did to Mr. Mura- shige. I loved English. It was the best subject for me. The class was really exciting. Mrs. Harris was a sweetheart! , re- plied Becky Costello, fresh- man. Another well-liked teacher was Mrs. Amanda Hodges who taught English and science in Special Education. She split her day between Arlington and Chemawa. Mrs. Hodges was a pretty good teacher. It was hard to get use to a new teach- er after you had one for so long. We had one problem at first, but we get along, commented Michelle Schmidt, sophomore. Although different teachers have different personality and taught different subject, they seem to have one thing in com- mon; they all care about stu- dents and students seem to re- spond in the same way. by Patricia Keophommachack