Alta High School - Accipitor Yearbook (Sandy, UT)

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 “Sit down. You’re rockin’ the boat. sing the sinners in the mission to Nicely Nicely Johnson. This number con- tained almost the entire cast and was one of the most lively scenes in the play. Finally, after a fourteen year engage ment. Adelaide (Susan Gilliat) and Na than Detroit (Mitch Hall) are getting married with the help of Benny (How ard McComber). Because Adelaide has had to wait for so long, she has reacted pschsomatically with a constant cold. Showing Sky Masterson (Mike Robin son) Havana's points of interest. Sarah Brown (Barbie Burrows) distracts his attention. In Havana Sarah gets drunk on only enough alcohol to act as a preservative. Musical • 19

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Guys And Dolls On December 2, 3, and 4 there were a lot of shivering, senseless, and nervous stu- dents wandering about in Alta High’s halls because those were the days that tryouts for the Musical Guys and Dolls, were held. Any performer would feel that way if he had to get up in front of fifty or more people- including the director, Robyn Bishop, and the musical director, Mr. Quigley, to sing, dance, and act his heart out. Out of the 330 students that tried out, only 80 were select- ed. Before I went up I told my- self- Don’t blow it again, -be- cause I've blown it before, re- veals Adriane Rice. Once a stu- dent makes it in the play, past the stiff competition, he has to go to the early morning, zero hour rehearsals. The play pro- gressed greatly over the months of practice, from bare- ly being able to remember when to walk on stage, to being able to act as carefully well-de- veloped characters. As the actors were progress- ing, the set and orchestra worked on achieving the game goal, perfection. The stage crew started working on the set about a couple of weeks before Christmas and worked right up until a few days before the first performance. They spent around one thousand dollars on the material for the detailed scenes of New York on the re- volving set. I enjoyed being in the musical because I memo- rized all the lines, comments Stefan Wells, a member of the orchestra. Each performance was slightly different. The first was during the day for elementary school kids. A lot of the humor in the play was not understood by the audience but they did enjoy a few of the little things, such as when Wendal Thayne changed the time on the clock. After that performance was the real test, acting in front of friends and family. If anything went wrong they couldn’t let them know it. Slipping micro- phones. falling flats and dress- es, broken freezes, and forgot- ten lines were almost common occurances that the audience never noticed because of the actor’s professional way of dealing with them. These per- formances made all of the hard work worthwhile. Gambling in a New York sewer. Shawn Whittaker and Derek Overstreet spend all their money on a crap game. The gamblers all had little idiosyncrancies that made their scenes interesting, such as Derek s pipe. ‘‘Oh!” exclaims Tania Lythgoe as she strips off her mink and pearls. The au dience was especially attentive to the Hot Box night club scenes. Singing about the dumb things guys do for dolls. Benny Southstreet (How ard McComber) and Nicely Johnson ' (Keith Falcon) moan about Nathan’s ne gleet of the crap game on account of that Miss Adelaide 18 Musical

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Taking a small break. Kim Stocking and date take time out while waiting for a slow song by the band. The theme of this year’s Christmas Dance was “A Holiday With You . The Dance was December 18. 1982 and went from 8:30 to 11:30 p.m. Resting their feet, a few Homecom- ing attendants decide to talk about anything from current events to the Homecoming dance. The dance was held on Sept. 25. and the band Headwind brought couples together with a variety of music they played during the evening. Arriving in high style is always a favorite at dances, even at a rowdy down home dance, like Hawk Hoedown Renting a limo provides a classy transportation for any- one who could afford the price and weight ly tip. Strolling down the hall Ken Welch, and Tanya Judd, come together after being wed at the Annual Hawk HoeDown which was a girls choice dance held October 23. Attractions were a saloon serving root beer, ty ing the Knot and having pictures taken to remember the night. 20 • Dances