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

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ARRIVING HOME from work, sopho- more Joanna Harris tells Grandpa, junior Keith Cave, about the date she is going to have with her boss' son. A5 SENIOR Shannon Kendall attempts to stop him, freshman Steve Reeves gets into an agrument with Mr. Don Long, IRS agent, in the Drama Department's production of You Can't Take it With Q NOT AN UNUSUAL sight in the Syca- more household, sophomore Doug Bren- nan, as the character Donald, arrives to pick up Rheba for a date, WHILE HE WAITS for his date Alice, Tony Kirby, portrayed by junior Roger Kelly, is introduced to the Sycamore family by senior Carol Leto, the mother, lf l i NEAR THE END of the play, Penelope Sycamore's alcoholic actress friend Mrs. Wewngton, portrayed by junior Michelle Aro ha, enters the room singing after she has stumbled down the stairs. Fall Play 7

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-1 - Q Llliid' Constrictor debuts in fall pla E lt long weeks of rehears- als led to two exciting perfor- mances for 18 cast members of You Can't Take It with You, Nov. 12-13. The weeks of labor received their reward with large audi- ences, healthy applause and much laughter. During Part of the rehearsal period, the cast was busy getting acquainted with a nonhuman cast member 4 Jake the Snake, a very large six-foot boa con- strictor, Fortunately, the cast had the aid of the snakefs trainer during this introductory period. He would come to rehearsal to teach the cast how to hold and react to Jake so the experience would not lead to fear but to mutual acceptance. The actors were afraid at first, stated sophomore Doug Brennan, who played Donald, but after rehearsing with him, they became more comfortable with him, and then it was not such a problem.'I Seniors portraying characters included Carol I.eto, Shannon Kendall, Leslie Crabtree, and Ann Alexander. Juniors were Keith Cave, Roger Kelly, Brian Williamson and Michelle Arocha. Sophomores included Joanna Harris, Brandon Marshall, Jeff Gresso and Brennan. Freshmen making their debuts were Greg Heise, Steve Reeves, Randall Caudle, Cathy Hunt and Greg Golston. A casting problem left the play short an actor. The part of Henderson, the IRS agent, was taken over by Mr. Don Long, band director. Then, just eight days before opening, Reeves found he had to change roles. L'At first, I wasn't too enthusi- astic about it, he said, But after a while, I really enjoyed iff, Cast members found that be- ing in such a production can mean other gains beyond the bright lights and applause. Crabtree, for example, felt it taught her self-discipline. She added, I also got to meet a lot of people I otherwise would not have met. The brightly colored set for the Sycamore home was built by the technical theatre class stu- dents, under the supervision of the production's director, Mrs. Dianne Leeman. After completing the last per- formance, I felt relieved there weren't any more late nights, concluded Brennan. A few days later, however, I found my- self missing the work, my friends and striving for a common goal. wi

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ALONE ON THE DANCE FLOOR. senior Donna Quinn and date, graduate Anthony Goodwin, demonstrate their ability as they country and western dance to Alabama's hit, Mountain Mu- sic. 750 hear surprise announ ement limosines with uni- 8 Student Life formed chauffers behind the wheels pulled up in front of the school. Males dressed in the la- test tux fashions and females wearing dresses covered with delicate lace and colored ribbons emerged. Tension mounted as names were called, Candidates took their places beside the others as each nervously wondered, Will I be the class' top choice? The answer came as Principal Bob Price, master of ceremo- nies, announced each category's winner at the special ceremonies preceding the annual Popularity Ball held Feb, 4. Well over 750 parents and fel- low students witnessed the an- nouncement of winners in the 25 categories beginning at 7 p.m. in the auditorium. Afterwards, 350 of them cele- brated at the dance, 'lAffair of the I-leart,' held in the cafeteria until 10:30 p.m. Weeks before, Student Coun- cil had asked each student to nominate fellow classmates in each category. Over 130 stu- dents received the special invita- tions sent to nominees. For the first time, candidates did not know for what category they had been nominated until they were called from their seats in the auditorium. When nominees and dates were introduced and took their walk over the bridge at the start of the ceremony, no mention of category was uttered by the master of ceremonies. ul-laving the nominees called up from the audience really made the presentation more ex- citing, said senior Karen Kay, selected Most Likely to Suc- ceed. Mrs. Linda Bailey, Student Council sponsor, proudly added, No one thought we could keep it secret, but we did! Highlighting the evening's an- nouncements, seniors Kevin Burnett and Elaine Jones re- ceived the nod from the seniors as Mr. and Miss GHS. Student Council members cre- ated a park-like atmosphere for the ceremony's decorations. Be- sides the bridge over which can- didates made their initial appear- ance, the auditorium stage sported trees, plants, park lcontinued on page 211 l i 4 i