Esperanza High School - Quetzal Yearbook (Anaheim, CA)

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3' if M 1. Seniors Brian Gilbert and Jodi Spilcer, rehearse the window scene from Our Town. Gilbert played George Gibbs and Spilrer played his sister Rebecca. z. Drama Club row 1 - A. Mathias, K. Harris, S. Bell, P. Lambert. Row z - R. Singley, Vouga, L. Flemming, D. Greene, E. Prescott. Row 3 - S. Kamara, D. Schechtel, M. Ellsworth,-I. Schmidt, R. Zimmerman, R. Norris. Row 4 - L. Morgan, T. Johnson, K. Murphy, M. Manville, Wallace, L. Andrews, K. Putnam. Row 5 - L. Post, K. Matych, H. Caldwell, B. Hohnstein, A. Davis, S. Payer-Stauter, Spilcer, C. Spence. 3. Freshman Kim Silva leads a blindfolded Karen Beverly through the junior quad. The blindfolded exercise is the first lesson of trust encountered by all beginning drama members. 98 - drama P' , - -X 'yi

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Hannemanifs skiers again ski in Utah Again the high point of the Ski Club's season was its annual trip over the Christmas vacation to Utah. The club, advised by Language Arts teacher Valerie Hannemann, spent over fifteen hours on a bus travel- ing to Marriott and Salt Lake City, Utah. Other trips to Colorado, Canada as well as several local trips were planned. Trips like the one to Utah, Give you an opportunity to get to know people from school on a more friendly and relaxed basis,', said Lisa Aphessetche. After spending over fifteen hours on a bus most of the club members would agree. The club stayed at the Marriott resort near Salt Lake City. The 8200 fee included transportation, room, two free meals and lift tickets. Only one injury was sustained by a club member this year. junior Chris Lynch, who had injured his leg wrestling, reinjured it on the slopes. Last year Senior Stani Goodwin also was injured and came home from her first attempt at skiing on crutches. One criticism of the club was that they didnit go on too many local ski trips. It was also noted that the skiers in the club often go on local ski trips by themselves and an organized local ski trip might not get the support that it needs. The Club doesn't go on many local trips, but the trips they do go on, such as the Utah trip, are fun, said junior Greg Di Leo. Di Leo also went on the ski trip last year and said that this year's five days of skiing were better than the skiing last year. 1. Jeannette Dobbins, Jodi Spiker and Russ Alterman find that playing in the snow is almost as fun as downhill skiing. They spent five days at Marriott in Utah. z. Ski Club - front, M. Crisanti, D. DiLeo. Row z - T. London, L. Bailey, P. Paulson, L. Ruschmann, M. Lambert. Row 3 - K. Emerson, L. Alatorre, Chriss, B. Kittellson, Dobbins, R. Alterman, T. McReynolds, Spiker, M. Ellsworth, Row 4 - B. Smith, O. McCary, V. Hannemann, W. Sircable, R. Rogers, L. Scott, M. Vedder, Farrel, A. Boyer. Row 5 - E. Clapshaw, A. Faboz, P. Copeland, Robinson, T. Nichols, C. Spence. ski club - 97

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Drama members can do more than act There is much more to membership in the Drama Club than acting. A relatively small amount of time is spent treading the boards. Most of the time is spent learning and developing all of the skills necessary to make a dramatic presentation work. Many of those important skills are performed before the curtain rises, behind the curtain and after the curtain falls. Many of these skills necessary for a successful production are never even known to an audience. The club, cast and the crews of the two productions presented this season were taught to consider these two plays not as . . . mere high school productions, but as professional work. The end results showed that if professional work is demanded by Director and Drama Club Adviser Susan Payer-Stauter, than professional level work is achieved. Not only were the casts of the two productions schooled in the art of elocution, stage presence, diction and characterization, but they were taught the finer points of make-up, projection and use of props. They were also taught to use mime effectively by graduate Fred Davis. Davis, a student at Cal State Fullerton returned to teach the cast of Our Town how to mime for that production. Graduate Rhonda Gilbert, also a student at Cal State Fullerton, returned to give a seminar presentation on the effective use of make- up. Gilbert has worked with Cal State Fullerton's drama department and the Brea Cabaret Repertory Theater. Also returning to help with the very technical lighting for the production was graduate Mark Stephenson. Stephenson designed the lighting for Our Town and trained drama club members to handle the equipment. Stephenson again returned to design the lighting for the spring production of Such Stuff that Dreams are Made Of, excerpts from Shakespearean plays. After designing the lighting and teaching the technical staffs the cues Stephenson steps out of the scene and the drama club tekkies take over. 1. Sophomore Steve Croxton explains to a freshman the assembly of stage lights. Croxton has worked with graduate Mark Stephenson for two years and is quickly becoming the whiz-kid of the theater lighting staff, 2. Seniors Carl Simon and Cyndi Wright warm up prior to a rehearsal. These exercises are essential to performers. S 2 E Q Y drama - 99