West Seattle High School - Kimtah Yearbook (Seattle, WA)

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7 ,77 Y , THA W' . V+ 0 ev' DRAMATIC CLUB THE woULD-BE Garbos and the would-be Hamlets flock to the Dramatic Club and Dramatic classes and their Little Theatre presentations. The training they receive there may help them to become known in the theatre world. Acting is only part of the job. There is make-up, stage manage- ment, producing and directing. All plays are produced by the students themselves, with the help and guidance of Mrs. Knettle l and Miss Phillips. .B up B In the picture above ore Bob Burke, jydio Georges, and Bob T johnson in the ploy Poor Madeline. H

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STAGE CREW . . . Front: Herbert Voigt, Alton Clay, jim Galletly Orland Young Grant Chabot Mrddle Noel Hancock George DeGrafl, Lowell Cray, Lynn johnson, ,lack Hemingway Bruce Peterson Back Mr Chamberlain Boris Constantin, jim Butler, Allan Landstrom, Manager, Charles Webb Ray Moore COSTUME Jeannette Dolen, Mildred Ridley, Bythella Cambridge AFTER every production the asbestos curtain is lowered and the lights blare up back stage so that the stage crew can work. There are props to put away, and equipment to store. Mr. Chamberlain gives orders then as he does during an assembly. The stage crew responds to his com- mands, taking care of all lights, mikes, and curtains. In another room the costume department folds away the clothes and stores them for further refer- ence. Side by side they pile togas, easant dresses, and doublets and liose, knowing that they have con- tributed to the smoothness of one more school performance.

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