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

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,. . .,.. .,.. . . A .- Helps My Fair af! Lady's success It's the biggest show welve done in a long time, said Mrs. Kelly McNabb, director of My Fair EX- There were seventy-five cast members, which was the largest any play at Park Hill had for a long time. My Fair Lady was also the longest play ever performed at Park Hill. From the time the cur- tains rose until they went down at the end, the play had lasted 2 U2 hours. It was the best play I've ever seen at Park Hill, said senior Jennifer Robbs. The curtain was held for fifteen minutes on Friday nights perfor- mance due to the largest atten- dance for a play at Park Hill. The theatre was crowded with seven- hundred-twenty people, which set a school record and beat last year's musical, West Side Story. It took the cast approximately eight weeks to prepare and practice for the play which was performed Nov. 19-21. The leading man, sen- ior Jesse McKinley, who played Professor Henry Higgins, said, It was definitely a group effort. Ev- eryone was dedicated and put in their full effort. The fall musical, My Fair Lady, was about a young girl named Eliza Doolittle, played by senior Jenny Sherwood. She was a poor flower vendor on the streets of London. Then came along Professor Henry Higgins, who took it upon himself to teach this young girl good man- ners and turn her into a young lady. McKinley said, It was excit- ing. I had a lot of fun and exper- ienced a really good time. by Amy Duesenberg A D uring dress rehearsal, sophomores John Upton and Neal Rogers portray street people. In the play there were two classes of people, the cockney Cstreet peoplej and the ascot fupper classj. P11-no by Jud McCrchin ophomore Sean Wright practices his violin in for the pit orchestra. The orches- tra worked during the week and after SCl'lO0l. Photo by Jud Mcfrchiu 2 ,, , W ff 7 37.

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Q' ,,,,,. l KISS marks Valentine's Day It happens every year. Some school event is affected by an unexpected snowstorm. This year Mother Nature chose a new event to disrupt. K.l.S.S. Week, which took place the week before Valentine's Day. was the victim of foul weather. Stu- dent Council sponsored a different activity for each day of the week. The week began with everyone wearing pink or red clothes and basi- cally nice weather. A packet of Val-o- Grams was given to each student for him or her to write notes on. Also, results from the computer match-ups and Valentine's hits were sold in lunch. These were sold through Wednesday. The computer match- ups, better known as Data-Matches, were the results from a survey that all students and faculty members were asked to take. A computer then re- corded the results and matched peo- ple up with ten members of the oppo- site sex who were most like them. Va- lentine's hits were bags of candy with messages attached to them. Students bought these for friends and had members of stu-co deliver them. Junior Kerry Boyce felt, The Data-Matches were really a lot of fun. It was interesting to see who we all got matched up with. Tuesday, the weather was cold, but that was nothing new. It was Hush Day, which meant that the girls could not talk to the guys. Every girl started the day with a heart sticker, but when she spoke to a guy she had to give her heart to him. At the end of the day, the guys counted how many hearts thay had stolen. Junior Brad Hew- lett won with 108 hearts. On Wednesday, the snow started coming down. Nobody expected it to last long, but it did. School was dis- missed after fourth hour. This was reverse Hush Day. The girls were after the guys hearts, but only had a half day to collect them. Sophomore Shirley Hedgecock stole the most guys hearts. Then, Thursday it hit. The accu- mulation wasn't so bad, but the wind was so strong that when the roads were cleared the snow just blew right back accross them. Consequently, school was canceled. Senior Jill Stehl, Student Council president, said, The cancellation of school wasn't much of a problem. We just had to make a few minor adjust- ments. Thursday's and Friday's activities were combined on the last day of the week. Valentine's hits were delivered to third hour classes and an assembly was held to end the week's activities. At the assembly, the Hush Day and Reverse Hush Day winners were an- nounced and each was awarded with a t-shirt that said, I broke the most hearts at Park Hill. Also, a film was shown to make the students more aware of a local organi- zation that worked with the mentally retarded, Concerned Care. At the end of the assembly, S25 was collected for the organization. Despite the early dismissal and school cancellation, the first KISS Week was a success, said Student Council member Candi Peck, junior. by Julie Sullivan A 0 ap ,- fif ' . ww l Junior Brad Hewlett stole the most hearts on Hush Day. He won with 108 l'1CaI'tS.Pl10lo by Jud lNIcCrchin A. in n,.1 .,-' Q i F . R '-in-s--,, . F - I 1 l V r' IQ'