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

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AW. GEE TEACHER. While Lulubelle (Lisa King). (right) looks dolefully on. Miss Abbsinia (Martha Kemmer) offers some constructive criticism to Fatso (Walter Douglas) during a performance of Why Teachers Go Nuts. BUT IT HURTS. Oscar (John McBride), (below) rushes to aid an upset Felix (Alan Nugent) while Vinnie (Kelly Bell) and Roy (Mark Willcoxen) lend him a helping hand. AND NEXT MY DEAR. The downfall of the hero is plotted as Gargle (Nick Willocks. (above) discusses his plans with Maxine (Melissa Yancey) during “True Blue and Trusted. NOW STUDENTS. The cast of Why Teachers Go Nuts” (right) listens attentively while director Marilyn LaMarsh (right) gives them the critique for the day following an afternoon practice. 10 Plays

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MONUMENTAL MOUSER. Ty Ricker poses for a picture while wearing part of the senior float. SWINGING SWARM. On a crowded dance floor, students enjoy the music of Susan Elliot at the homecoming dance held Friday night in the student center. STUFFING COTTON. Cathy Cotten helps to construct the Juniors’ float by stuffing napkins in to chicken wire. Students spent a week building their floats. A WALK IN THE PARK. Malcom Man-deville takes his toddler” on a stroll around the student center on the traditional Slave Day. Homecoming 9

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New teacher aids thespians A new theater arts teacher and a fresh cast of students began the school year with a strong showing, using “The Odd Couple” as their opening play in November. John McBride as Oscar Madison and Alan Nugent as Felix Anger headed up a cast of eight in Neil Simon’s famous comedy. Martha Kemmer and Heidi Bigler portrayed the Pigeon sisters, two slightly daft English ladies residing on the floor above the two men. Stephen Putney played Murray the Cop, another character made famous by the television show, and Mark Willcoxen and Kelly Bell made acting debuts as Roy and Vinnie, respectively. The only large problem for the crew occurred opening night, when the main door to the backstage locked. All of the cast members and even Principal Gordon Rudel were forced to crawl on hands and knees behind the set, under a makeshift painting of the New York City skyline, and finally, under the piano. Another theatrical endeavor undertaken by the thespians was the production of two one-act plays in February. True Blue and Trusted.” a melodrama, was presented as part of the performance. The production included all of the major characters in a melodrama. A heroine, Lily Lackamoney (Kim Mowery), her poor mother (Ann Clements) and her grandmother (Lisa Friedrich) represented the poverty-stricken family. Maxine Mascara (Melissa Yancey) and J. Tamarack Gargle (Nick Willocks) presented the evil side of the cast as the villians, who meet their undoing in the end. Colonel Beaureguarde (Brian Russel) was the slightly senile “father figure” in the play, while Balderdash Trustworthy (Matt Coale) was the hero, complete with mustache and a fresh-out-of-the-country air. Kris Swank was the director of this production, and with the help of sponsor Marilyn LaMarsh, ensured that the play was a success. The other one-act play presented was “Why Teachers Go Nuts.” It was a comedy that took place in a pupil-overrun classroom with an old spinster teacher (Martha Kemmer). The cast of students, 14 in all, included everyone from Cary Corn-tassel (Lisa Waller) — a small, innocent farm girl — to Wanda Whimper (Kim Schlagel) — a bashful girl who cries constantly throughout the drama. Mary Cate Patterson was the director for the comedy. Lori Foote was in charge of all the backstage operations, while Jane Clememts was in charge of the backstage crew for both plays. Overall, the 1980-81 school year was a productive one for the EPHS thespians. AH. SWEET LIFE. Lily (Kim Mowery) looks serenely on as the preacher (John Dobler) marries her to Balderdash (Matt Coale). NIGHTS AT THE ROUND TABLE. In one of the evening performances of “The Odd Couple,” Felix (Alan Nugent, left), plays a willing host to five hungry poker players. Plays 11