Nashville High School - Scrapper Yearbook (Nashville, AR)

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THE CAST includes (front row) sponsor Mrs. Deb Tackett, Nhu Nguyen, Janet Peak. Annette Parson and Bryan Westbrook; (back row) sponsor Mrs. Karan Hughes, Ken Gregory , Pat V enable, Carla Cornish, Scott Bourns, John Robert Johnson and sponsor Mrs. Nona Jo Talley. (‘Nashville News’ photo) Junior play 27

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GINGER (SUSAN Hubbard) tries to talk her father Howard (John Robert Johnson) into letting her play football while her mother Agnes (Carla Cornish) tries to reason with her. Il pijabasco sauce on jelly I beans? Coffee that —A-Jwas unsweetened grape Kool-Aid and flat Coke with tabasco sauce? Funny notes? Hand shakes with vaseline? Obscene pictures and molded water? These were a few of the behind-the-scenes jokes of the junior play Time Out for Ginger. “It was a lot of work, but it was worth it and it was a lot of fun,” said Pat Venable. Yolanda Coulter felt it was a good experience. “I loved it; I would do it all over again. It makes me want to try out for another play,” she said. People behind the scenes BEFORE DRESS REHEARSAL, Nhu Nguyen, Ann Martindale, Annette Parson, David Young and Bryan Westbrook wait in line to get food when the seniors fed the play cast. ‘I’M READY, EDDIE Joan (Pat Venable) comes down the stairs ready for a date while Eddie (Scott Bourns) and Ginger (Susan Hubbard) fight over who won the race. worked just as hard. Kim Cowling and Dinah Hallmark were in charge of make-up. Kim said,“It was so hectic. All at once there were three people to do — one needed to look 60 years old, another 40 and one 18. It was great though.” Prompters played a major role as in all plays. Nhu Nguyen and Annette Parson held these parts. Nhu thought it was funny when someone messed up but got real mad when they were so far off or skipped a lot of lines and she got lost. “I would be a prompter again, though,” she said. All three sponsors said the play went great. Mrs. Karan Hughes said, “I had a great time working with the kids. We’re jinxed by the weather which affected our crowd. I wish we could have had a better turnout.” (It poured rain the night of the play as well as the night of the class chili supper.) “I was impressed with how everyone knew their lines and so early, especially the people who had a lot of lines,” said Mrs. Deb Tackett. Mrs. Nona Talley said, “The kids were great. The play was great. Everything just went great. s 26 Student life

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How many ‘Ernests’ could there be in town? Deadly Ernest, (he senior class play, was J presented April 11 at the auditorium. In the two weeks before the performance, the cast worked each night from 6:30 until about 10 o’clock to get ready. Practice April 4 ended abruptly when the tornado siren sounded. Everyone took off quickly, leaving behind play books, shoes, keys and other items which were later retrieved. “It was great,” Sherri Sharp said of being part of the cast. “I enjoyed working on the play with all my classmates and friends.” For Chris Hockaday, there was more to the play than just memorizing lines. He decided to repaint the backdrop and found some help from others in the cast. Seniors made more than $500 from the play, with the money used for the luau May 10.5 THE CAST and stage crew ham it up before dress rehearsal. MR. BUMPAS AND HENRY (David Harris and John Young) think they're about to be killed. 28 Student life