Bethesda Chevy Chase High School - Pine Tree Yearbook (Bethesda, MD)

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Pretending not to see the lovers, Claudio Buchwald sings his story. In “The Fantasticks Lyman Jones, as Matt, sings “You Arc Love” to Wendy Kamruss who, as Luisa, listens eagerly behind the garden wall. Doug Brayficld offers his and hi assistant’s services to El Gallo. Arranging Luisa's attack with Harry Hege, El Gallo the narrator an4 bandit-adventurer, are Phil Terry and Claudio Buchwald, as the fathers.' 1 24

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Student «lam e to the music « f the Collegians. Queen Marilyn Jager dance with Stanley Schulman. Couple entering the Junior-Senior Prom are greeted by faculty and Senior Class President Stunley Schulman crowns Marilyn Jager. parent chaperone . 23

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25 Productions Begin With yyWhereys Charlie?yy B-CC’s 1965-1966 dramatic season opened with the presentation of “The Madwoman of Chaillot,” a French comedy by Giradoux. The play centered around the coun- tessa who plots to rid the world of all materialists. At the same time, however, she bemoans the loss of a feather boa, her most prized possession. To give the necessary effect of character stereotypes, the cast wore colorful papier-mache masks made by ceramics and theatre arts students. The second production was “The Fantasticks.” Beckoning the audience to “Try to remember the kind of September when life was young and oh so mellow,” B-CC Thcapians enacted this tale of two young lovers on a small stage with only a versatile “wall” and a prop box for scenery. “The Fantasticks” was Mr. P. J. Dalla Santa’s twenty-fifth production at B-CC. The season closed with the presentation of the musical hit “Bye Bye Birdie,” a take-off on teenagers, adults, and Elvis Presley. Theatre Art Class members worked on all dramatic productions: Judy Talcott and Paula Bern work on a flower for The Fantasticks. In rehearsal, Harry Hege and Lyman Jones use ruler to practice their duel which is to result in the reconciliation” of Matt’s and Luisa's fathers. Trying to understand women is difficult a Matt discovers —“And yet, there is this girl!