Garland High School - Owls Nest Yearbook (Garland, TX)

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Elvira sneaks up on Violet ond beorge Brodmon, ployed by Wendy Divine ond Bill Cross, who unsuspectingly joke obout the supernoturol. Is she bormy? Edith questions os she glonces ot Modom Arcoti, After weeks of toil, sweat. tears, Thespians present Noel Coward's 'Blithe Spirit' Crudl l got molse-up oil over my costume. Con you believe she soid thot? People, I don't lsnow my lines. l wish this ploy would hurry up ond get finished, so we con do UILH' Whoever thought putting on o show wos eosy, hos not worked with one. There were costumes to molse, sets to be built ond pointed, molse-up to opply, properties to locote ond set in ploce, lights to hong, focus ond odjust. Then those three thousond other little, unheord of toslss thot someone who hos never been boclsstoge before will never hove even given considerotion to. Thor wos very clumsy of you, Charles, Elviro, ployed by Chris Toylor, soys when she returns from the ofterlife. After the initiol cold-woter shock ond the thought of Gee, l'm octuolly going to be on stoge performing in front of o flesh ond blood oudiencef' wore off, the blithe cost members of Noel Coword's Blithe Spirit got their oct together ond finished seven weeks of exhousting, ond often frustroting, reheorsols by giving the performonces of their lives. The perenniolly populor ploy wos directed by Dione Leemon, the Theotre Deport- ment sponsor ond director. After four performonces in mid-November, one Cost member wos heord soying, l'm glod to be finished with the bump ond grind of 'Blithe Spirit,' but I con't woit for the next show, Con she foretell the future? Violet hopefully osks os Mr. Brodmon looks on. 'Blithe Spirit 18

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Getting in the mood, Lee Blankenship portraying Madam Arcati, gets ready forthe seance. .9--ant After dinner, Ruth Condomine, played by Martha Caster, gives Edith, Stacy Bouska, orders to not disturb them for any reason. Before the seance, Ruth waits and waits for her husband Charles, Jim Rebstock, to give her a martini. 12 student life . . ,ts lift 4 Q sg TJ

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Girls hit gridiron for onnuol Powder Puff Fridoy, Sept. 25, storted out in the usuol foshion, but onyone could see this wos no ordinory doy. As o gong of guys with knobby knees ond hoiry legs come jouncing down the holl in short skirts, it wos ob- vious thot something hod chonged. The group of girls weoring jerseys thot they could hove wropped oround themselves twice clinched the motter. Something wos hoppening. The something wos the on- nuol Powder Puff footboll gome when the senior girls competed ogoinst the junior girls, while the guys cheered them on. The doy's octivities storted with o breok pep-rolly. The seniors piled into the boy's gym while the juniors filled the courtyord. The fons cheered loudly os their leoders ot- tempted yells ond dongerous stunts. After pleoding with the principol for opprovol, senior cheerleoders led o yell over the intercom. Finolly gome time orrived. Willioms stodium wos filled with excitement. As the whistle blew for holftime o score of O-O remoined on the score boord. The gollont debs performed o stunning holftime show while For the finale, the 'debs' creote o doring pytomid. Performing ot the powder puff gome, the 'debs' execute their kicks ond turns with oc- curocy ond precision. 14 student life