Park Hill High School - Troyian Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

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enior Jesse McKinley, portrayed as Charlie Meeks, acts overly excited while practicing a scene from Larry Shue's play The Foreigner. Charlie learned from Ellard the proper way to pronounce English words. Photo by Jud Mfcfcmn etty Meeks, portrayed by senior Shelly Rollo, thinks of preparing breakfast. Rollo asked Charlie and Ellard how they,d like their eggs to be fixed. Photo by Jud McCrehin f 1 702' enior Jennifer Sherwood who played Catherine Simms in The Foreigner com- plains about a carrot. Ellard Simms, her brother, took a carrot to her when she asked for a candle. Photo by Jud McCrchin, if ,... s .QAXNEXN X 1 as 'Z lvl Zix 52 'V , . - , XWWWWWWW I W my , , W AW Q f X Q Q H A ,WW f if W, ,, ,f 'YQ 4 W? 7' X' 7 f X X f X 7,

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1 ,ull 51.1, , juniors the mu- 3+ 1 22635556625 0f a White Christmas And a White Christmas it was! This year's theme for the Christ- mas Dance, Dreaming of a White Christmas, brought plenty of snow for the holiday season, yet it didn,t keep kids at home. Many students decided to eat out, unlike the previous year when most cou- ples cooked dinner at home. Again male attendants were cho- sen by the Home Economics class- es. Then seniors chose the Christ- mas King during lunch periods. Senior Todd Bartels was crowned king during the dance. FHA-HERO fFuture Home- makers of America and Home Eco- nomics Related Occupationsj sponsored the dance This year's wo heads are better than one, sopho- more Jacquelyn Sutherland and freshman Mike Weigand discover as they dance. Slow music was always more popular at school dances. Photo by Jon McDowell he weather outside may have been cold, but the music inside was hot. Diane Crowelo and junior Rick Braford enjoy the music played by the DJ. Photo by .nm Blcllowcll backgrounds for pictures were the nicest ones Iive seen for a long time, said Mrs. Cathy Vandepo- pulier, FHA sponsor. The back- ground consisted of a street lamp with a ribbon around it, snow flakes scattered around, and a big candy cane. The semi-formal dance was held at the Barry Hall cafeteria. Music was provided by a DJ from Magic Mobile Sound. Most of the planning was taken care of during child care classes. All the hard work really paid off, said Lee Graves, a senior en- rolled in child care. by Lynne Squadrille A Christmas Dance

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f' 5' -1:6 -In '..: x'v ,ikf 5,3 . A H ., h J:,,4,. - If Production rushes to finish Rush,rush,rush was the way things were on Wednesday, the night before the first performance of Larry Shue's play The Foreign- Q. Play rehearsals were scheduled for after school Wednesday, but when school was cancelled be- cause of snow, problems were created. The cast ended up finishing the set during the school day Thurs- day. Everything was not finally completed until the last minutes before Showtime. About five members of the pro- duction staff got out of 4-6 hours to finish painting the set. We didn't think it would be done in time to perform. It was frantic, but it all came out really well at the endf' said senior Tricia Starks, assistant director. Other than having a rushed crew, the play also featured one of the smaller casts who ever per- formed at Park Hill. There were a total of seven members on the cast list for The Foreigner. ennifer Sherwood, senior, listens to Joel Turpin, sophomore, and Cody Griffin, junior, during a scene in The Foreigner. Turpin played Sherwood's fiancee and Grif- fin was her brother. Photo by Jud McCrchin helly Rollo and Jesse McKinley, sen- iors, practice a scene together from The For- iegner. McKinley played the shy man who pretended he couldn't speak English tO avoid talking to others. Photo by .Jud Mcflrchin. Members of the audience recog- nized the significance of a small- cast play. Even though the cast was small, I thought their performance was outstanding and each charac- ter, no matter how little their part was, contributed a great deal to- wards the play, said junior Jenni- fer Hurl. The small cast faced special challenges. The smaller cast created a fam- ily-like atmosphere on the play, said senior Jesse McKinley. Mc- Kinley played Charlie Meeks, the lead cast member for The Foreign- Q. Charlie was an incredibly shy man who wanted everyone to be- lieve he couldn't speak English. Throughout the play, Charlie had to hold himself back and create the illusion to the other members of the cast that he couldn't talk. It was fun trying to figure out how to use physical jestures to try and get my point across through- out the play, said McKinley. by Amy Duesenberg A 3