Clover Hill High School - Ducemus Yearbook (Midlothian, VA)

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“The girl with the funny nose” In ‘Once Upon A Playground,” Jill, the girl with the funny nose played by Brenda Carter, finally meets her dream beau, Johnny (Tommy Cox). | know Adam doesn’t love me” Senior Andrea Damerel portraying the heroine, Nellie Lovelace, expresses despair at the thought of losing her sweetheart, Adam Oakhart. If | only had the words David Dee (Detective Lee) seems at a loss for words to explain the mystery of ‘Reserve Two for Murder.”’ A pay off! Russell Wood pays for information from unwilling witnesses such as Mrs. Inglefritz (Janis Rogers) and her smart-mouth kid Eloise (Christie Mansini).

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They saw it first-hand Spring vacation has many con- notations—extra hours of work, rest and relaxation, and for a few lucky students, trips overseas. Each year students are offered a trip to Europe at reduced rates. This year, the first trip to Russia was announced. Andrea Damerel, Melissa Graham, Ruth Perry, Cheryl Lee, and Liz Stanley, along with Mr. Jim Pierson and school groups from other states traveled across the Atlantic to Paris. They arrived on the night of March 25 and learned why Paris is called ‘The ad City of Lights.” As Cheryl commented, “It was beautiful. Everything had lights on it.’”’ The group also visited the famous Eiffel Tower and a spot called Montmartre, which is the artists’ business center. ‘‘You would just walk around and the artists would come up to you and ask you to pose for them. If you liked the portrait you could buy it,” Andrea explained. Here the girls learned to barter for what they con- sidered a fair price. Andrea brought the price of her portrait from $30 down to $5. What a bargainer! From Paris the group went through Belgium to Armsterdam, Holland. They went to a disco where they found young people just like those in the United States, ‘‘boogieing” to the rock music. The highlight of the trip was a grand birthday party for Melissa in London. Andrea and Chery! got lost looking for presents but the party was eventually a success. For other students, Russia was on the agenda. Nancy Taylor and Mike Doucette along with Mr. Willard Strickland and Mrs. Mildred Spencer trekked to Moscow, where they toured different sights. In Leningrad they visited The Hermitage, once the home of Peter the Great. They were also able to see Lenin’s tomb. ‘‘We stood in line for over an hour to see him. He’s in a glass case and it’s really him, but he looks just like a wax figure,” said Nancy. The group experienced certain restrictions such as no photographing of cars or other kinds of transporta- tion. They also learned about the blue jean and chewing gum black-market. “Blue jeans, gum, and hose represent freedom over there. The sale of these is illegal. You can give someone these things, but you can’t sell them,” Nancy explained. She also commented that the Russians now dress as we did in the ’50’s. It’s strange to imagine countries so unlike ours on the inside but essen- tially the same on the outside. The stu- dents who visited the foreign coun- tries were able to answer the ques- tion, “It’s a nice place to visit, but would you really like to live there?”’ It’s Tuesday, it must be Belgium Liz Stanley and Melissa Graham take a few moments to relax and decide what attraction they will visit next. European Trips 23

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| The epithet “Triple Crown” could easily be applied to the drama season since three major productions crowned the season’s schedule — a first for the department. Under the directorship of new drama coach Ms. Charlene Wilton, the department added a spring show to the tradi- tional fall three-act, winter one-act schedule. With the assistance of her student teacher, Miss Suzanne Smith, Ms. Wilton began work on the fall three- act ‘“‘Reserve Two for Murder,” a period piece from the Thirties. Chosen partially because of its large cast and reliance upon audience par- ticipation, the play gradually took shape and form. ‘‘The play was terrific, which was a wonder, con- sidering the number of hams that had to be directed,’ commented drama student Dawn Sears. Without even a week’s rest, Ms. Wilton began casting ‘““Once Upon a Playground.” Again chosen because of its large cast (mostly girls), the play was Clover Hill’s entry in the district One-Act Festival. Receiving a “superior” in both the district and regional competitions, the students took the production all the way to the state competition in Charlottesville. Even before the one-act was com- pletely finished, work was begun on “Dirty Work at the Crossroads,” a musical melodrama presented in con- junction with Ms. Virginia Campbell’s As the villain twirled his moustache chorus classes. Half of the produc- tion’s cast had no previous stage ex- perience. The play was presented complete with a moustache twirling villain, a poor, put-upon heroine, and inter-act entertainment. Of course, many were the hisses and boos from the audience whenever the villain darkened the stage. In “Dirty Work,’’ Ms. Wilton was particularily pleased to use, for the first time in a drama production, stu- dent actors from every grade level, 7- 12, as well as to provide more stage ex- perience for her students by adding a third production in the spring. A busy season, but one with obvious rewards. “What be ye doin’ there, Mookie?’’ Scatterbrained Widow Lovelace (Dawn Sears) hobbles out to find her hired-hand man, Mookie Maguggins (Jay Clayton) who is concealing a let- ter town. 2 “You villain!” Ida Rhinegold (Sharon Jones) cringes at being included in the “dirty work of this unholy drama. Munro Murgatroyd (David Dee) knows he has Ida in his clutches. Performing Drama 25