Ernest Seaholm High School - Piper Yearbook (Birmingham, MI)

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FIDDLIN G AROUND Music to the Fiddler ' s Ears The members of the pit orchestra for this year ' s produc- tion of Fiddler On The Roof worked hard just like the cast and the stage crew. Members were chosen by Mr. Tom Course, for being the best in their section. In all, there were approximately twenty mem- FRONT ROW Ben Hufford. Jeff Turc- zyn. Simon Tomkinson. Scott Shober. Bill Solomonson. John Hill SECOND ROW Alice Lenaghan. Beth Szuhay. Liisa Laakko Alisa Troelsen. Megan Markee Bob Bird. THIRD ROW Gayle Kirby, Licia Carlson, Kate O ' Brien. Linda Cadaret by Sarah York bers who practiced four or five times per week before the play. Ben Hufford, an oboe player, enjoyed his job playing in the orchestra. It was really fun playing, because we were able to go to all of the performances, and we felt that we were actually a major part of the play production. It was a good experience for me, he said. The orchestra members real- ized that through hours of practice they helped make the play the hit it was. Let There Be Light Lights, camera, ACTION! The opening, the singing, the dancing, and the finale. But where does all of the atmo- sphere, the special effects come from? It is not the camera or the action, but the lights. Lighting and sound is a major part in a musical production. The lighting sets the mood of the scene, it picks out the main characters, and empha- by Karen Reynolds sizes the distances and depth of the set, explained lighting crew head Mike Winters. There are 109 different lights, and many months go into learning how to operate them. The four crew members dedicated 8 hours a day to enlightening the production. Jim Peters. Karl Hochkammer, Steve Kopcha. and crew head Mike Winters all agree on this general consesus: Lighting crew is where the fun is. Smell of the Grease Paint Working on Make Up Crew really helped me build stronger relationships with the cast. You can ' t help but get close to a guy when you ' re concentrating on keeping his lipstick on straight, senior Stacey Spr inger said of her experience on the make-up crew. Members of the group signed up in February and in March and were taught the how-to ' s by Larisa Charla, Amy Bowen, and Student Director and makeup crew co- head Dan Jackson skillfully applies stage nakeup. Jackson also was in charge of making the beards for the play. by S. York and S. Springer Dan Jackson, chairpersons. Each person was assigned to different members of the cast, for whom they were responsible for the entire run of the play. Always fifteen minutes behind schedule, the make-up crew worked through the sweltering heat of the make-up room, fighting for the last eyeliner to get the stars of the show done before the curtain rose. FRONT ROW: Keri Mangiapane. Sta- cev Springer. Gail Rose. Karen Gun- ther. SECONDROWJJ Wentz. Patty Kowalski, Carrie Page. Amy Bowen pholo by Doug Engle 30 STUDENT LIFE

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Inquirinq Minds iVdnt To Know For the second year in a row Seaholm participated in the high school Quiz Bowl. The quiz bowl is an almost game show- like competition and as Mrs. Marian McLeod put it, The way it ' s set up and the type of questioiis asked is similar to the game show ' Jeopardy ' . It ' s an academic competition in which a four man team goes head-to- head against another four man team. This year, Seaholm ' s team lost to Mary Star of the Sea, from Grosse Pointe, which put an early end to their second season. Another cable TV game Mike Albrecht, the captain of the Mind Your Language championship team, including Lynne Sherwood and Josh Calomeni. calmy waits to go on the air. by E, Sard and D. Quinn show-type endeavor was instigat- ed this year by English teachers Marjorie Taylor and Henry Malo- ney. Mind Your Language was entirely intramural, and the events were specifically English- related, as opposed to the varying topics of Quiz Bowl. The events included spelling, grammar, and word usage com- petitions, as well as completing a limeric. Captains of the three-man teams were all seniors who scored high on a short quiz distributed in the Spring of 1985. Captains then chose a junior and a sophomore as teammates and competed in a single elimination tournament of 11 teams. The eight regular season episodes were aired on BPS followed by two playoff rounds. Favorite Actor 1. Michael J. Fox 2. Rob Lowe 3. Clint Eastwood 4. Robert Redford 5. Bruce Willis 6. Sean Penn Harrison Ford Going for the Gold Last year Seaholmwon the national title for the Science Olympiad. They ' ve got the abili- ty to win if everybody lives up to their potential said the organizer of the current team, Mr. Jim Bedor. Our toughest competi- tion is Troy High School, they were runner-up last year. The competition is run a lot like a real Olympics. There are twenty-one events at regionals, held at Oak- land Community College and twenty-four events at states, held at Michigan State University. Events vary from orienteering and pentathalon to indoor events by D. Quinn like science bowl. They also have technique events like quantatative analysis, laser shoot and name that organ- ism. The competition is fairly tough; out of eighteen teams, only four get to go to states. The team has 15 spots and there are 17 people trying out for them. Bedor added. This year ' s team was made up of mainly juniors and seniors, and hopefully we ' ll always do as well as we did last year (which was the first year of competi- tion). Matt Klimesh, Jim Stephen. Linda Cadar- et, Ramsey Alsarraf. Gayle Kirby, Dave Williams, David Pierce, Simon Tomkinson. Yuko Maeda, John Tholen, Amy Zan- gerle, John Marshall, Tim Carroll, Andy Song, Jim Bedor. photo by P Donar Moving Right Along This year ' s Loren B. Fischer Memorial speaker was Elizabeth Dole, the secretary of transporta- tion. Secretary Dole came to Seaholm mainly to speak about what the transportation depart- Elizabeth Dole accepts her authentic Seaholm hat from Ramsey Alsarraf and Randy Winograd at the conclusion of her speech on February 28. by D. Quinn mcnt does. Some of the prob- lems they ' re confronting are: different drinking ages in differ- ent states, seat belt laws, drunk driving laws and airway safety. I liked it (the assembly) be- cause it was different to get to hear a woman of such high position speak. said senior Chuck Stern. OVERACHIEVERS 29

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Not Just S Crewing Around A smashing success, a colorful hit . . . glamorous and stunningly vibrant . These were all fitting descriptions of this year ' s spring musical, Fiddler on the Roof. Creating these impressions to an appreciative audience in- volved lots of hard work, time, talents, and committment from numerous individuals. One such group providing support, time, and activity behind the scene ' s was the stage crew. Stage crew involves starting from scratch, and working closely with the written script and the director herself. The stage crew built and collected all the props necessary to establish the setting and atmosphere for the musical. With Bill Tall, chairman of the Art Department, as their advisor, stage crew members gained some expert consultation and opinions when it came to the designing of the props. Nevertheless, the decisions were made by students, as stage crew operated, in total, as a student production. The four crew heads, chosen by 1985 crew heads, were seniors Rob Brown, Larisa Charla, John Tholen and Carrie Webster. As crew heads, these four by Jennifer Smith FRONT ROW: K Kelly. J Shen. S Kopcha. M Sage. L Schmidt. D Zitzmann. J Stark. I Auger}- bergs. SECOND ROW C Dob:esz. M Bronstort. K. Everhardus. J Sweltzer. K Sonquist. K Alexander. A Perugino THIRD ROW J Upham. L. Krebs. C. Webster. J Peters, R Browr}. M Winters. J Tholen, L Charla. A McElfresh, D Qmnn, L Miller FOURTH ROW: T Steinbauer. T McDermit, E. Dambach, S Parker, K Hochkammer, C Stuntz. A Sherwood. B Tnpp. M Reeside. K McCarty people accepted certain re- sponsibilities such as designing the props, making sure that the other crew members had some- thing to do, and taking on the big responsibility of assembling the crew. Finding individuals who arc interested in building props, working with other peo- ple, and putting in the time needed to make the play a big hit were additional jobs. Larisa Charla explained, There becomes a real sense of closeness between all of us crew members. It feels like we ' re all one big family. The feelings of comeraderie devel- oped from the long hours spent working for a common goal. When they weren ' t shingling Tevye ' s house or building tav- ern tables, the crew could always count on a Thrifty Thursday break at Chuck E. Cheese or a video in the lighting booth to ease the pressure of a quality production. Holding a support in place, freshman Stephanie Parker helps Theresa McDer- mit finish the framework on one of the graceful, rolling mo ' fo ' s. Carefully guiding the saw along his pencilled-in line, senior Jeff Sweitzer shortens 2x4 ' s for the wedding tables. photo by Paul Donar Enter Stage Right STAGE CREW, THE SETS DON ' T MOVE BY THEM- SELVES! NOW MOVE! cried director Liz Heckenhauer in the pressure of the final rehearsals of Fiddler on the Roof. But there ' s more to a successful musical than keeping the crew on their toes. Although Heckenhauer heads up the Fiddler production, she is backed by an essential team of directors. Without the leadership of Den- nis East, the choreographer, Bar- Directors Liz Heckenhauer and Dan Jackson plan the special effects of Fruma- Sarah s screaming entrance from Tevye ' s roof. pholo bv Jason O ' Mallev by Liz Krebs bara Robinson, the vocal direc- tor, Dan Jackson, the student director, Bill Tall, the stage crew advisor, and Tom Course, the music director, the separate elements of singers, dancers, pit orchestra, and crew could never be culminated into a six performance production. Heckenhauer feels that the open minds of the directors keep the show on the road. All of the directors are respectful of each other ' s opinions and ideas We never say ' No ' before trying it. It ' s a real give-and- take. SPRING MUSICAL 31