Belleville Township High School East - Yearbook (Belleville, IL)

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JOSEPH and. the AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT Music By ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER Lyrics By TIM RICE

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The Variety Show Cast “Twist My Arm” Kendra Bechtold “Greatest Love” Shelley McCoy “Control” Haydee Ramos Terrance Jones “Ahab The Arab” Bill Latham “Shock” Donielle Larson “True Friends” Dionna Williams Rochelle Solomon Beverly Lee Karen Harris “Let’s Wait Awhile” Tanya Day “A.K.A.” Kelly Hobbs John Goodwin Eric Tejkowski Jeff Cummins Brian n, tt Nasty Girl Traci Brown n 99 Sherry Wetzel Sherry Wetzel Hi 99 Demetrice Taylor Mechie Taylor “Ballerina Girls” Haydee Ramos Kristin Miller “Baton Duet” Yvonne Barnes Jeannine Boehne u Saving All My Love For You” Melissa Johnson “East Rockers” Corey Holmes Cortez Brooks Tony Donaby Arthur McKinney Angela Wayne Master of Ceremonies Phil Evans Love” sang by Shelley McCoy; “True Friends” performed harmoniously by the auartet Dionna Williams, Rochelle Solomon, Beverly Lee. and Karen Harris; and a performance of “Heartbreaker” by the band A.K.A., also known as lead vocalist Kelly Hobbs, guitarists John Goodwin and Jeff Cummins, on the drums Brian Tallant, and on the keyboarc Eric Tejkowski. Other acts included ballet dancing by Haydee Ramos and Kristin Miller, a comical lip sync of ‘Ahab the Arab’ by Bill Latham; and a baton duet by Yvonne Barnes and Jean- nine Bohene. Afler the votes were tallied over the week¬ end, Haydee Ramos and Terence Jones came out the winners for their dance routine to the .beat of Janet Jackson’s “Control”. The crew worked hard behind the scenes of this year’s show. As student director, Phil Ev¬ ans was as prominant on stage as well as off. Running the lights were Kim Albo, Amy Kinsel- la, Noeile Romaine. Josie Sporleder, and Shel¬ ly Schomber Allison Lauf created the logo for the show and desig ned the program. Carla Cassulo did the sound, and the position of House was run by Amy Moon, Lowell Isom, and Jessie Schubert. The stage crew included Mike Hale. Dana Clark, Cara Wickline, and Shelly Kouchnerkavich. The crew members worked together ensuring the smooth product of this year’s show: “Yeah . . That’s The Ticket!” Yeah . . That’s The Ticket 27

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Crew First Row: Christina McDade. Amy Kinsella. Kim Albo, Shelly Schomber Second Row: Cara Wickline. Shelly Kouchnerkavich. Josie Sporleder, Keri Ad Orchestra: First Row: Laura Stork, Laura Riestis. Jenny Peterson, Jeff Vanhuse. Second dison, Robin Sanders Third Row: Mike Hale, Phillip Evans, Richard Vessel! Row: Mr Cohlmeyer. Scott Rhein, John Kaufhold. Ray Martinich, Lavell Martin. Technicolor Musical Tops Off Year “Listen. I had another dream, and this The directors of the show are equal time the sun and eleven stars were bow- opportunity employers as everyone, one ing down to me” — Genesis 37:9. And, time or another during the production, so begins the story of Joseph. stars as the narrator. Joseph was played East’s annual musical is vividly titled by Alex McHugh, and Kevin Luechtefeld “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor was Jacob, Joseph’s father. Dreamcoat ” The play was performed The faculty directors include Mr. Morris from April 30 through May 2. Snively, acting and directing: Mr. Robert This upbeat version of the biblical story Cohlmeyer, music; and Mr. Ron Isom, employs approximately 30 students, technical. Student directors were Tricia Twelve actors, eight to 10 technical work- Snively, acting and directing: Phil Evans, ers, and nine orchestra members contri- technical: and Shelly Schomber, back- bute to the production. stage. The montage of music ranged from The crew practiced after school for light rock to western and ragtime to Elvis, over a month for musical segment and in The show proves to have something for the evenings for the acting scenes, every musical taste. -Sherri Lee Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat 29