Parkview High School - Spirit Yearbook (Little Rock, AR)

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1 XL! - Parkview Players: Ifrontl Kelley Cunningham, Gena Elam, Joni Blevins, Jeff Pitcock, Paige Shinn, Gail Helms. lSoeoadl Deborah Dozier, Kelley Cooper, Christy Harrell, Cheryl Y. Powell, Holly Bealer, Kim Piazza. Jane Carson. lthhdl Sheila Hearty, Melina Rainey, Donna Redwood, Suadn Wilson, Carol Robertson, Carmen Comer, Kim Jones. Ilzadl Scott Stanley, Brian Hollenbeck, Leanne Davis fpresidentl. Robert Bergeron, Rod Whitt, Tim Carter, Renee Suskie. rf Qi fp, Son of Cicero. Before competing in one of many speech tournaments attended by communications students, Gordon Holiman, sophomore, polishes his oratory. Earth to Mus. As part of her Stage Management course, Zina Cyrus, junior, learns to operate the stage manager's console in the new auditorium. H1785 Tlghtenlng the belt. Lorrie Burch, senior, gives an informative speech about her new diet. Each student in Communications I was required to give a demonstration speech. Speech and Drama 191

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Weeks fmlnuel The many faces oFEve. The reader's theatre produced and performed several scripts which they took to tournaments around the state. The Many Faces ofa Stranger was performed at the National Honor Society induction. WW K ,mm ,vnu-.. tudents who had been taught not to talk in class would never have made it in the Communications Department, for talking in class was all part of the plan. Classes in the department ranged from Communications I, where students learned the basics of public speaking, to drama, where students staged theatrical productions. Communications I began with basic oral interpretation of prose and poetry and carried the students through speech making and debate, with a final emphasis on parliamentary procedure. Drama classes studied the history of theatre as well as mime, improvisation and other aspects of the performing arts. Silence is golden. Gene Elam and Jeff Pitcock, both juniors, perform in a mime show produced for the student body by the drama class. 190-Academics! Organizations

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Weeks Gimme! Students in the Oral lnterp classes, as they called they, wrote and performed in various reader's theatres, which they took to tournaments around the state. Solo acting, duet acting, poetry and prose were some of the other categories open to students competing in the tournaments. Parkview's debate team, however, had its hands full without competing in other events. Debaters spend much of their time researching the year's debate topic on the United States' foreign policy. As a result of the new auditorium, classes in Stage Mangement were added to the curriculum. Stage Management dealt with the technical aspects of running a theatre such as sound and lighting equipment, set building and the production of a show. I like the course, especially learning about all of the new technical equipment, said Zina Cyrus, junior. However, it's pretty scary playing with something I know I can't pay for. f'VVord of mouth Sounds like... Junior Mark Boyd adjusts microphones during as assembly as part of his job as a sound technician. lllke that. Miss Karen Larance. speech teacher, applauds her approval as winners are announced at the Razorback Speech Festival at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. Plug 'er ln. Connecting sockets to dimmers, Leanne Davis, senior, works as a lighting assistant in the auditorium. 192 Academics! Organizations