Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies - Excalibur Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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My boyfriend ' s back and ... — Ann Thomas shows off her boyfriend . Waiel Nada in the Spring Show America Sings which raised money for homeless children in our country. Clump. Clump, BANG! — Eric Gordon, acts as four characters including Mr. Noisy at the Showcase on February 21 . Eric Gordon earned first place at the Spat n ' Squeek competition. % Duke. Duke. Duke of Earl — Dan Mayer. David Lin. Neil Jams, Ronny Yakerson. Jordan Moore. Tavis Larkham. Alex Lombardo. and Leif Devenmark strut their stuff while singing. The Junior Choraliers Presented four concert style songs. The night shows are easier than the daytime shows because only half of the auditorium is filled at night, said Meirav Ravid. fifth grader. 30 Spring Shows Student Life

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Tap, tap, tap . . . the auditorium was filled with si- lence as the Choraliers and Junior Choraliers watched Mrs. Honda for their cue to sing during the Martin Luther King Jr. show. I had a dream . . . dressed appropriately in black to express the mood of the time. Hyon-Chu Chon gets into her character as she talks about the Civil Rights Movement. Ohh, please pick me. . . the Junior Choraliers present the Christmas lay. The Little Christmas Tree. in which Rachel Eisner. 4th grader, acts as the little tree while the rest sing the rock version of 0 Christmas Tree. Ugh, what a horrible mess! . . . John Stone played by Selh Ratihn. instructs the butler (Jose Sanchez) to clean up the blood slain of the recently deceased vic- tim, Henry Meadowbrook of the Health Resort in the play, Death By Chocolate. Winter Shows r Student Life Z,y

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Student L ife % As nature recovers from the winter, students get ready to act, dance, and sing their hearts out in the Spring Shows. Springing to action T, he Spring Shows consisted of the Showcase, produced by Mr. Schaefer and America Sings by Mrs. Honda. Both took a lot of memorizing to do and a lot of courage to perform in front of half the school. The Showcase was held on February 21 in front of both students during school hours and in front of parents in the night show . About six weeks went in for prepara- tions including the designing and building of the set. rehearsing individuafs pieces, and modifying the whole thing in general. It wasn ' t hard but it wasn ' t easy setting the stage. Setting the lights were simple and since each of us had our own skills we had an advantage. The difficult part was that there was a conflict between the stu- dents in the class which slowed down the team work a little. said David Lamey. stage crew member. 1 wasn ' t nervous when I had to do the mime scene in ' Afterschool Rehearsal ' which was about a fight between our speech By Koty Mukasa team. The part that got me scared is when at the ending of the piece, we had to throw each other in a pile. I was scared when it was my turn to go in the pile because it hurts when three other people are on top of you, said Rune Freeman, ninth grader. America Sings ' was performed on March 21 for the student body and on March 23 for the night show. This show benefited the homeless children in our country. The official . merica Sings was held on April 29 in front of the Washington Memorial in Washington D.C. I think it is a wonderful experience to be able to take part in a historical even t which will inspire many people to feel a need to help the homeless, said Simone Myara, chorus president. I think it ' s great what they ' re doing for the 400,000 homeless children in America. Hopefully we can get President Bush to help out and show up at Washington, D.C, said Jon Emaus, seventh grader. Steady now, I almos! got it — Jordan Moore plays the doctor and Dan Mayer plays the patient in The Good Doctor by ;Vei7 Simon in the Showcase. W i Sp Spring Shows -i Student Life 1