Ashtabula High School - Dart Yearbook (Ashtabula, OH)

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The play ends on time despite minor setbacks Tilt show o s on he cast of this year's fall production, Snoopy , was Paul I-logle as Charlie Brown, Jim Rodriguez as Li- nus, Natalie Osborne as Sally, Bren- Tracy Markin as Averill Holman Lori Ford as Bienko, Vickey Burns, Beth Lucas and Mike members of the da Broad as Lucy, Peppermint Patty, as Snoopy, and Woodstock. Kelly Brashers, Betsy Headman, Tommy Scheanon were the chorus. The production went along smoothly despite the absence of di- rector Miss Loretta Martello due to Listening to director Robert Keenan are Jim Rodriguez and Brenda Broad. This was Jim's third production and Brenda's second one. Rehearsing a scene for opening night is the cast of Snoopy. The cast worked long and hard hours to have the musical presentable for the audience. illness. Robert Keenan and Kathy Brais took over direction and maintained the schedule. When she was asked how she liked working under a different di- rector, Tracy Markin stated, I enjoyed working under Mr. Keenan as much as under Miss Martello, even though they do have two dif- ferent methods of directing. The lack of props made it neces- sary for the actors to use more physical expression and required the audience to use more imagination in picturing props that did not exist. A variety of people wasfalso brought together in the form of a technical crew. This crew was re- sponsible for readying the stage and props for performance night. Some members of the crew also traveled with the cast to assist them in pro- moting the play at area elementary and junior high schools. Performing at the musical's opening night is freshman Averill Holman. Tins was his first AHS production although he had performed at West. Fall Production 13 lf' d

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AA Mark Potts adapts to the French way of life. GGY s, ll arm ounn? t surely isnit easy to find your- self suddenly in a foreign country with a totally different language and strange customs, as American Abroad student Mark Potts found out. He left for Lille, France, for the year program in Au- gust of 1982. Mark stayed with his host parents, Jacques and Nicole Barrault. They had three older chil- dren, who didn't live at home, and a foster child, who stayed with them occasionally. Mark felt that the first two months were quite difficult. I can remember the first few days dreading getting out of bed in the morning because I knew my mother or the maid or someone would start talking to me and I wouldn't know what they were saying . . . or waiting for a bus or train and hop- ing nobody waiting with me would ask anything more complicated than, What time is it? I-le gradually felt more sure of himself and more a part of the community and was bet- ter able to enjoy his experience. After his return in July, Mark planned to attend Miami University taking a pre-law course. While studying in his bedroom, Mark ponders his economy assignment. Mark went to school six days a week and found his subjects challenging. l i l AF the beach: lvlafk 5Pends time with A casual meal is enjoyed by Mark and a his host family s foster child, Michel. friend, Martin Scheiber. Mark and Marty Michel was very helpful in helping Mark spent time in Nice, France, over Christ- to learn French. mas Vacation. 14 Americans Abroad f. I XM V ii 73 fir.,-i-aww -. ff WL,-v,j,w K f , .W ,. i ,i f ,.,. . ,M f ff, A 1 I NX ...pm