Marcos De Niza High School - Libro de Oro Yearbook (Tempe, AZ)

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Following several months ot revi- sion and eight weeks of rehearsal, the three-act play, The Best of Them All, made its debut the later part of November. The production, which is a collabo- ration ot senior James Brock and Ari- zona State freshman Mark Litton, portrayed a publications staff attempting to produce a newspaper despite difficulties. Gene Ganssle, Scottilyn MacD- onald, Tom Booth, Mary Carlin, Jim Reil, Jackie Lowman, Ken Thomp- son, Joan Kauffman, Ray Warren and Lisa l-lerold depicted the central characters. In addition, various tech- nical crews devoted many hours and much energy to the project. Six instrumental musicians played the student-composed musical score under the direction of Mr. Jacob Rit- tenhouse, assisted by Mr. Randy Weece. 1. Joan Kauffman and Mary Carlin prepare for opening night of The Best of Them AIl. 2. Cast members put a lot of feeling into their roles. 3, Gene Gansslle portrays Ross, the hero of the play. 4. The entire cast of The Best of Them All receives their recognition. 28-The play First production successful ' 2 at S ' 1 . --i

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u., 'Jia Students reacting to changes in Student involvement Program CSIPJ participated in a protest walk-out Nov. 12. The protest, which was publicized by several posters, consisted of several hundred students. ln actuality two protests were held on separate days, although the second was the only one to generate outside interest. Television crews showed up in the morning but were denied permission to film on campus. Principal Bill Fitzgerald said he did not know what good any publicity would do. Before school on the twelfth a meeting was held with all the administrators and 30 or 40 concerned students. The theme of the meeting centered around an explana- tion of goals for the SIP class and several students' spe- cific concerns. Tangible outcome ofthe meeting and protest included a student-administration committee for interpreting the SIP class. The committee put together a survey on which stu- dents were allowed to express their ideas on SIP. .1 va 4 . ,, . at S' VO Student involvement Program-27

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it- Llghtsl Camera' ACTION' Although Marcos de NIZB IS not New York s Greenwnch VIllage SGHIOT James Brock has presented the student body Wlth a gllmpse of Broadway James and ASU student Mark LIt ton wrote The Best of Them All a musIcal WhICh was receIved Wlfh tremendous applause But when the productlon was Introduced to drama students mIxed reactlons were evIdent James sald however they were IntrIgued by the orIgInal Many persons devoted theIr efforts to ImprovIng the play and when the dust cleared they ll: Q fdrama studentsj performed It lronIcally James parents were unaware of the plot untll the premI ere Thelr enthuslasm was apparent for they attended the show each nIght Now they know what I dId wIth my tlme he sard Although James consuders orIgI natIng the mUSlC8l hIs DIQQGST learnIng experIence he looks for ward to the tIme when he can put It on the shelf SmIlIng the play Wflght recalled when The Best of Them All was the only thIng of great Importance to hIm He plans to con tInue Wfltlng but only as a hobby .dxf 5-9 I .0 XX , : x ' ' ' II l , - ' ' H . ' ' II - Y l ' ' ' ' ll ' , - II ' - II - H Y . , 1 . , ' Ity. , fl 1 ff, .g 5 -' I 555 ,,' me -Ji?-.,. The play--2