Nashville High School - Scrapper Yearbook (Nashville, AR)

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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

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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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‘Right on track Not earth shaking but out of the ordinary ENTERTAINMENT IS PROVIDED for passengers at they wail on their train. n 1955 an event occurred that shook America at its roots Weil, not exactly...The story you are about to see is ridiculous; only the names have been changed to protect the actors.” With these words the curtains opened and I 5 seniors, directed by Mrs. Jan Ponder and Mrs. Deb Tackett, were ‘‘on the track” for the senior play. The practice, as usual, was very time-consuming. For three weeks the cast and many crew members were at the elementary auditorium every night. Mrs. Reginald Vanderventer (Lynnea Reaves) said, ‘‘It took a lot of time and hard work, but it was worth it. We had to cooperate and that made us all closer.” The story took place in a train station where several passengers-a noisome old lady, an affluent banker’s wife, a wimp and his girlfriend, a Spanish woman and two of her 10 children, three college girls and a fraudulent lawyer-were trapped for days. The plot developed around their conflicting characters and how they took out their hostilities on the station manager and his assistant. Mrs. Ponder said, ”1 would recommend that play for anyone because the stereotype characters have such a possibility for good development.” The highlight of those three weeks of work was the party at Mrs. Ponder’s house after the final performance, Friday, April I 3. “We had a blast and stayed until about 2:00 a.m.,” said Mr. Osen by (Eddy Lyons). “Besides having a good time, we made over $600.” said Willie Wimp (Tom Coleman). After the cast and crew had eaten, the senior class rendition of the Academy Awards was held. Teresa Boozer and Tom Coleman walked away with the trophies for best actress and actor, and Lynnea Reaves and Eddy Lyons were voted best supporting actress and actor. After the awards it was all over but the crying. As Vicky Chism put it, “It will be an experience we’ll never forget.” rrm PATIENTLY WAITING FOR a relief train are Rhonda Spigner, Vicky Chism and Christie Hobbs. HELPING TOM COLEMAN. Teresa Boozer holds his hanky. SENIOR PLAY CAST: (front) Tony Lyons, Vicky Chism, Rhonda Spigner, Christie Hobbs, Teresa Boozer, Diane Dickinson, (second row) sponsors Deb Tackett and Jan Ponder, Teresa Brewer, Sarah Duckett. Tom Coleman, (third row) Brent Chalker, Leann Musgrave, Kuper Kreul, Trisha Henry, Wayne Toliver, Todd Hallmark. Lyne Westfall, Tim Freel, Alan Wakefield, Joe Paul Tomerlin, Stacy White and Eddy Lyons. 28 Student life