Diamond Bar High School - Taurus Yearbook (Diamond Bar, CA)

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TAKE MY HAND - seniors Wendy Ruth and David Betts starred in The Crucible. Ruth played Elizibeth Proctor and Betts played her husband. RISING STAR - sophomore Christy Halloway gets into her acting by getting on her knees. Halloway played the part of Tituha the servant. LET GO OF MY ARMS - junior Lee-Anne Starks played the part of Abagaji Williams. Dave Betts played the lead Iohn Proctor. X fi Vit T ll B YALL VW? C if rucible 32 StudentLifefFc1ll Play l UD x

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QEPLM QXNA BNYSYN. QUKEIKV1 itches, ghosts, monsters, and ghouls. This was no ordinary da 3 it was Halloween. Tllie day was Friday, October 31. The day, we, the students, love. All the rules were broken. Most people took advantage of the day. The big event of Halloween came when the costume contest began. Everyone was reall excited about the event. Most of the time high school students aren't interested, but since so many contests were held by teachers and USB, everyone was really excited about Hallo- Bar. Ween, said junior Tonya Hughes. Peo le dressed up as toga eople, the Bllhes Brothers, gumby, babies, nerds, bunnies, dracula, french maids, and many other interesting things. The Halloween dress up contest proved to be a great event. The first place winners of the contest were Kristy, Kathy, and Ierem Murphy who dressed up as a blanana, a grape, and a nerd. Kim Cleveland, World Cultures teacher, won the prize for the teacher with the best costume. Cleveland, dressed as a Party Chicken said, I just had a KING OF THE IUNGLE - Senior David Pratt shows off his muscles dur- ing lunch on Halloween. Pratt was head yell leader this year, and could be heard at many sporting events. FRANTICALLY EATING THEIR LUNCHES - Sophomores Ariene Nelson and Amy Hill show their Halloween spirit. The costume contest got everyone excited about dressing up. IT'S A HALLOWEEN PORTRAIT - Senior Kristy Murphy and freshmen Ieremy and Kathy Murphy smile for their picture. The Murphys were win- ners inthe Halloween costume contest. KISS ME - Senior Rachel Hershkowitz puckers up to give the camera a big kiss. Hershkowitz was involved in leadership and drama at Diamond great time dressing up and acting a ittle crazy that day. The prizes the winners received included Swatch watches, a radio, four Magic Mountain tickets, and sodas. Halloween was a great success and was enjoyed by man people. Iunior Nita Patel said, A lot of the costumes were really original, but my most favorite costume was Bill Walls dressed up as a girl. I thought it disguised him pretty well. For a minute, I didn't know it was him. HalloweenfStudent Life P 31

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.- ake your peace with it! Now hell and heaven grapple on our backs, and our pretense is ripped away, make your peace. Peace. It is a pro- vidence, and no great change, we are' only what we always were, but naked man. Aye naked! And the wind, god's icy wind will blow, said senior David Betts as he gave his moving line in the fall produc- tion of the Crucible. The Crucible was the story on witch trials in Salem, Massachusetts over three hundred ,.i.-il as a lead in the play. 0 TAKING IT SERIOUSLY - David Betts shows his acting skills the Fall Play. The play was very dramatic and very well done. Betts did very well The play had the strongest cast in Diamond character I played at first but after lots of practice I became the charac ter, said sopho- more Ryan Oxford who played the part of Ezekiel Cheever. Bar's History. It was hard to get a grip on the years ago. Senior Wendy Ruth said, Fm glad I got a major role and glad we are doing this play because it ap- plies to modern times and teaches us a lot about ourselves. Ruth played the part of Elizabeth Proctor and she was thought to be a witch by all the town's people. Betts played the part of Iohn Proctor, Elizibeth Proctor's husband. It was a lot of hard work, but it proved to be a lot of fun, said Betts. Iudge Dansforth was played by senior Iohn Kenny. He was the judge in- charge of the witch trials. It was a very challenging part and the play itself was even more challenging. I'm very happy that the play went as well as it did., said Kenny. Drama teacher Mr. Bruce Dun- bridge has been teaching drama and directing school plays ever since the opening of the school. Dunbridge said, The Crucible has been one of our most challenging and one of our most successful productions. It made enourmous demands on the cast, but they succeeded admirably in presenting the tragic story of the Salem witchcraft trials. Fall PlayfStudent Life 33