Nashville High School - Scrapper Yearbook (Nashville, AR)

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Hillbillies on stage Some snakes, Cousin Zeke and a strange guitar Hard work! Practices! Costumes! All these things went into the making of the junior play “A Hillbilly Weddin’. which was presented Friday, March 16. The play was set in the Belsnickle cabin in the Kentucky hills. It began early in the morning with Paw Belsnickle (John Bradford) and Obeey Upschlager (Billy Dawson), a neighbor, playing checkers while Paw’s five daughters slept on the floor nearby. Maw (Mona Lewis) entered, and soon afterward the audience was clued into the main story line. Paw had to find husbands for his two oldest daughters. Ceelie (Teresa Cassady) and Bonnie Mae (Amy Beavert) before his other daughter Juney-Lou (Angie Clements). So Paw set out to find a husband for Ceelie first. He was going to use his shotgun. His first target was Chiz Upschlager (Eric Webb), Obeey's brother, but Chiz narrowly escapes. Then Paw went after Ronald Maxwell (Stephen Rose), who was a temporary guest of the family because his car broke down. Ronald, however, knew nothing of what was going on. DURING THE WEDDING march the cousins sing. In the end. Ceelie and Obeey, who had loved Ceelie all along but had always been afraid of her pet rattlesnakes, were married by the preacher (Michael Benson). Paw did not have to find a husband for Bonnie Mae because she went off to college with Ronald. The perfect ending to a comical night. The story was topped off by the remarks of Paw's other three daughters -Four (Dcadra Crisp). Five (Marilyn Ackley) and Six (Melanie King) -- and the horrid comments of Ronald's Aunt Lucy (Judi Jones). There was also the band led by Cousin Zeke (Tim Shankles). Some of the audience felt that the band and Cousin Zeke were one of the funniest parts of the play. “The band was real good, and 1 really liked their toilet-seat guitar, said Perry Jacoby. Cast members said they enjoyed doing the play. Melanie King “thought the play was terrific, and I felt privileged to be a part of it. Judi Jones thought the junior class really worked hard. “Everybody worked together really well to make the play a success,” she said. The presentation of the comedy earned the juniors more than $600.1 ll 11 26 Student life

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IN A PUBLIC lecture, Dr. John Wink from Ouachita addresses a group at the junior high library. AT THE STUDENT Council talent show, Scotty Floyd performs a song he wrote. Assemblies. 25

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DURING REHEARSAL. STEPHEN Rose and Angie Clement practice the wedding scene. CHIZ (ERIC WEBB) announce hi intention to ki » Ceelie (Teresa Cassady). COUSIN ZEKE (Tim Shankles) is introduced to a bashful Ozie Belle (Billy Dawson). STUDYING THEIR LINES backstage, juniors prepare their characters. PLAY CAST: (front) David Martin. Michael Benson. (2nd row) Pam Puryear, Deadra Crisp. Amy Beavert, Teresa Cassady, Van Ha. Melanie King, (3rd row) Stephen Rose. Monty Parker, Angie Clements, Marilyn Ackley, Stacy Reed. Mona Lewis, (4th row) John Bradford. Patrick Snodgrass, Darry Persley, Tim Shankles, Billy Dawson, Mike Radebaugh, Judi Jones and Eric Webb. Junior play 27