Boone County High School - Boone Hi Ways Yearbook (Florence, KY)

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During dress rehearsal, Melissa Weatherford practices her lines. Putting the finishing touches on the one act play, Kara Boschears, Mary Coleman. Richard Eldridge. and Joe Pawlak perform the last scene. Getting some last minute instructions from Mrs. Ginny Kohl, Richard Eldridge listens with one ear. Portraying a bag lady, Hillary Dietz gives an award-winning performance. One Act Play 23

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Audience Comes Alive Imagine going to a play and when the curtain opens, you find yourself dead! This was true of Boone County’s version of Jerome McDough’s play “Limbo”. This play included the audience and placed them in a graveyard! It addressed that age- old question about the here-after. The characters were shown going about their everyday lives, when suddenly, they found themselves in a room with strangers. It was built around their efforts to ex- plain what had happened until fi- nally they realized that they were in Limbo — the area between life and death. This play was entered in North- ern Kentucky University’s one- act play competition between schools in the Kentucky High School Speech League. Directed by Mrs. Ginny Kohl, Boone Coun- ty performed well. Behind the scenes. Barb Butler and Roy Ot- tino prep managers, and Angie Wallingford, prompter, helped the play run smooth. The cast in- cluded 13 well-qualified actors and actresses. Hillary Dietz por- trayed Min, the bag lady. Denise Mills manager of a reality Com- pany, was portrayed by Melissa Weatherford. Mrs. Gail Brauning was played by Mary Coleman. Brice, a former entertainer, was played by Jeff Baker, Kara Bo- shears played Suzanne, an ambi- tious corporate wife. David Bleir portrayed Hal, a wife-motivated corporate being. Trenton, a sec- ond hand philosopher, was played by Joe Pawlak. Shad, a young criminal, was played by Richard Eldridge. The cast also included a crew of grounds keepers pro- trayed by Jeane Lambers, Mike Hyslop, Emma Hyslop, Bill Fletcher and David Rose. I 22 One Act Play

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 B1 uej prints For S] pirit It was a special week during which spirit flared as Boone County’s students proved that school pride was alive and well in Rebel Country. Through- out the year, students had put up with bulldozers and jack-ham- mers revitalizing Boone County’s physical appearance but during Spirit Week, the Rebel enthusi- asm was renewed. Each day of spirit week was dedicated to a different area of pride. First came Club T-shirt day. Hundreds of students belong- ing to different organizations were given a chance to show their pride and boast their favorite club. One of the most unique days was Football Day. On this day, the cheerleaders and football players were required to say, “Beat Con- ner”, before they could speak. It was our football game against Conner that inspired the week it- self. Failure to say this phrase re- sulted in their giving up paper footballs to the people who caught their mistakes. But as the day wore on, it seemed as though beating Conner dominated every- one’s thoughts. Then came the day. The pride of physical fitness and comfort was evidenced as the students came to school in their favorite sweat- suits. Pride in our high school was not the only kind of pride demon- strated during their week of spir- it. College sweatshirt day pro- vided the opportunity for stu- dents and faculty alike to boast their favorite colleges. It was evident that this fun- filled week payed off and the revi- talization of spirit was complete. The students were able to show their pride and make the week time well spent. 24 Spirit Week