Brooklyn Technical High School - Blueprint Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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FROM THE EDITOR LETTERS Every now and then the Blueprint Club is able to grind out an especially impressive yearbook that receives a lot of attention. The ’85-’86 mem¬ bers of the club were able to reach this achieve¬ ment with their notebook theme (see below), and so it was the duty of the ’86-’87 members to match if not better this accomplishment, as well as maintain the tradition of putting together a unique annual publication. We were deluged by a slew of suggestions for theme that we could successfully work with for our edition of the Blueprint yearbook, but there was one which seemed to receive more votes than all of the others. After careful consideration, we finally agreed to comply with the popular vote and soon we began to develop and work on this par¬ ticular theme of modeling our yearbook after a magazine. Coming up with ways to carry out this magazine theme was an easy task at first, but when our advisor, Ms. Gail Reilly, provided us with the limi¬ tations and guide lines of producing a yearbook, our ideas were subjected to meticulous revision. We were left with a few good workable concepts that would effectively support the theme and, at the same time, would be practical. Some of these concepts included: inserting small subscription cards in the magazine, using a soft cover instead of a hard cover, scattering advertisements throughout the book instead of placing them all in one section, and including a personal ad section in the back. Initally unable to see the potential that the theme had for diversity, we soon began to realize Editors-ln-Chief Debora Toscano, Wendy Pong, Carmelo Caylo And Alex Sharpe. Center. Gail Reilly, Advisor all of the possibilities that it held. We devised a way to partition the maga¬ zine into sections that would cover all as¬ pects normally included in a yearbook. All that was left to do then was to create, with the aid of our editors and their staff mem¬ bers, the meat for the skeleton that we constructed. One of the trickiest parts in developing the magazine theme, however, was thinking of a title. We didn’t want to use Blueprint (it became the name of the publishing com¬ pany) because it was unoriginal and it wasn’t descriptive of the contents of the magazine. The title had to be simple and yet be related to the material included within. Technitt, a nickname for a Brooklyn Tech student, was the title finally chosen be¬ cause it applied to what the magazine was about. It was concise, direct, and simple. Unfortunately, deciding on the title was just another rung on the ladder that leads all the way up to the absolute completion of the yearbook. Planning, producing and publishing a yearbook to meet the expectation of a school as large and as highly esteemed as BTHS was a labor of love and learning. H ere, seniors, is one reflection of the 1986-87 school year. Hopefully, the recollections herein will remain with you for many years to come. TO THE EDITOR Dear Gail Ann Reilly, Dyanna Christie, Mike Hutchinson, Eva Lee, Margaret Mullins and staff, You have an excellent publication which shows a tremendous amount of time, effort and talent by editors, staff members and advisor. Congratulations to all on your First Place with Special Merit award. Also, congratulations for “Best Original Theme and Cover.” I have enjoyed BLUEPRINT and hope to have the opportunity to see additional issues in the future. In the meantime, keep up the good work! Sincerely, Judge, ASPA, 1986 To: Gail Reilly Subject: B.T.H.S. Yearbook Manufacturer After several unsuccessful attempts to get in touch with you by phone I have decided to try to do so through this letter. I am a graduate of Brooklyn Technical H.S. (Class of 1982) and am presently working for Digital Equipment Corporation in Burling¬ ton, Vermont. About a year and a half ago I lost my high school yearbook in a fire and have since been trying to find out how to get a replacement. I realize that it has been four years and it may be very unlikely that Tech would have any additional copies however I would like to find out the name of the yearbook manufacturer and try to contact them about a re¬ placement copy. I have great sentimental value in my memories of the years I spent at Tech and will greatly appreciate any help you can give me. Thank You, I.R. Claxton To the Editors: I just wanted to let you know how highly I think of your publication. Well-organized, informative, colorful, and fun to read are all thoughts that come to my mind when I think of BLUEPRINT. BLUEPRINT really gives one an inside look at one of the most stimulating and interesting high schools in New York City. As a former literature editor (1984-85), I can say that I know how much work goes into BLUEPRINT, and the results certainly demon¬ strate it! Keep generating bright ideas! Sincerely, Jennifer Sharpe Class of 1985 To the Editors and members of the Yearbook staff: There are many roads in life. Some are bad and some are good. When one is out in the world, a high school yearbook will always be there for good memories. And the Tech yearbook, BLUEPRINT, has always held those memories for me in its traditionally creative, interesting and exciting views of my senior year at Tech. Best wishes to the 1987 and future Yearbook staffs. Photography Editor Class of 1982

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“We got our own lives and we’ve got a Motta ' livin to do,” sings Kim McAffee(Noranne Hilaire) and Leon Rogers with the adoring teenagers. Conrad (Leon Rogers) woos the crowd with his show stopper “Sincere in the court house scene. “Have you heard about Kim? Is she really alright? Josie Martinez and friends chew the fat during the “Telephone Hour scene. AN ALL- AMERICAN MUSICAL MAKES ITS DEBUT AT TECH B rooklyn Tech is known for the many excellent doctors, scientists, astronauts and Nobel Prize winners who have come from its halls. But don ' t be too surprised if a few years from now, we have some famous actresses, actors, and singers to call our own, after the apparent hidden talent of Bye Bye Birdie” was revealed last spring. The story centered on the romance between Rosie (Dione Tulley) and Albert (Vladimer Nar- cisse), the romance was camouflaged by all the teenagers’ obsession with the legendary singer Conrad Birdie (Leon Rogers). Joan Martinez, who was cast as the busy-body, big-mouthed May Peterson, Albert’s mother, expressed her plans for the future. “As far as I’m concerned I am an actress. Next I hope to do a drama. It will be more of a challenge. Obviously, Joan loves to be challenged. After opening night curtin calls, Joan celebrates with cast and crew. She is an extremely busy young woman. Joan is a Horizons’ staff member, president of the Drama Club, and works part-time at Tele¬ communications, where she is a sales representative. Joan also hopes to get a starring role in the pending Drama Club production of “One Flew Over The Cuckoo ' s Nest. She is also anticipating a minor role in the Tech theatrical production of “The Man Who Came To Dinner.” Her participation in both plays is in no way minor as she is directing them both! She was assistant director of “Bye, Bye, Birdie, so, Ms. Susan Palmeri, who directed “Bye, Bye, Birdie” suggested that this year Joan direct. She accepted. Even now, for Joan, the thrill and excitement brought on by her unforgettable performance in Bye, Bye Birdie” has not died. “The biggest accomplishment and honor was to realize we brought drama back to Tech. Tech hadn’t seen it in ten years.” Technites were ecstatic to have a play done at Tech. The cast consisted of a menagerie of talent most would not have thought present in a school designed for future engineers and scientists. Joan is hoping that our “dramatic progress” never ends. She ' d like us to keep the tradition alive. “I hope it doesn ' t die. When my group graduates, what will happen! We are not Performing Arts H.S. but we ' re not a bunch of bores either. We are creative individuals. Don ' t be intimidated. Come join” By: Natalie Langston-Davis ACTIVITIES - 5