Estes Park High School - Whispering Pine Yearbook (Estes Park, CO)

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FOLK SINGERS Mindy Smith sings emotionally as her brother Brad accompanies her on the guitar. SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER Sandy Gugler and Brian Hillyer perform a dance to the disco music from the movie. Variety Show 15

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Stars and music take the stage “You Were Born on a Rotten Day” was presented during the first week of November. The play concerned a high school physics teacher, played by Greg Austin, who lived a double life as an astrologer. After only a brief two weeks of rehearsal, the play, directed by Mrs. Claudia Irwin, came off as was expected due to the limited practice, but was saved only by the cleverness of the cast. The cast members did surprisingly well in their roles and showed a great deal of maturing in dealing with situations such as forgotten lines and late entrances. When the occasion demanded, they delivered snappy and witty improvisation. All involved certainly learned a lesson from the experience: practice makes perfect. Students presented the third annual variety show in May Another Mrs. Irwin production, the show went on without benefit of a single rehearsal and was a success thanks to the efforts of the students involved. Unknown to Mrs. Irwin, students staged their own secret dress rehearsal in the theater the night before the production. The talent show, with sophomore Larry Tyson as M.C.. was a collection of musical numbers, instrumental and vocal, dancing, and jokes and imitations by Tyson. SCHOOL BOARD LADIES. Karen Cooper. Cherri Moore, and Kelly Dermody discuss educational issues before the backdrop designed by Mike McCarey. ATTENTION CLASS Carol Slizeski GOOFING OFF Teacher Greg Austin watches intently as his pupils throw paper airplanes. explains a law of physics to her class in a scene from the play. 14 Fall Play

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For the average driver, a car is just a machine that you put gas into through a hole in the side, and it takes you places. But to the EPHS driver, a car is more. A car is a place for lunch on most occasions, a place to drink, a place to sleep, or a place to go when you decide to push their status symbol a little too far. resulting in difficulties such as accidents and tickets. The Class of 79 is so far trying to set a school record for the number of people losing their licenses and joining the “bicycle to school pool.” Following the Class of 79 is the rest of the school, trying to set new highs in car wrecks. Whatever students do with their cars, though, there will always be that certain good feeling you get driving a car. Whether driving to school or cruisin' the streets on Friday and Saturday nights, everyone gets a great feeling. Getting that great feeling that school just doesn’t make the top of your excitement list for the day. In short, it is a student's second home. But as with every home, there are expenses. New tires, gas. oil. tune-ups. and lube jobs are just a few of the expenses. All in all though, most drivers at EPHS will agree that it is worth the money to have the privilege of having your “own” status symbol. EPHS students sometimes want WARM WEATHER FUN. Neil Casey shows the summer advantages of motorcycling to Scott Spaur. 16 Cars and cruisin’ ESCORT TO TOWN. Mike Hardister and Steve Laing take a break and let Debbie Reeder escort them into town after school.