Brown County High School - Shadows Yearbook (Nashville, IN)

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TAKE TWO, Or 1 1 Junior Tory Johnson exclaims, I refuse to do this, Mrs. Cassiday! It is embarrassing! Senior Lori Jo Parker gives one of the many speeches heard throughout the semester in speech class. SS Drama

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TO AMAZE US Newspaper SI Copy editor, senior ElisaBeth Redding, has it out with business manager, junior Michelle Collins, but in the spirit of fun. Juniors Ashley Ray, photo editor, and Aaron Jackson, staff photographer, demonstrate their strength by offering to carry senior Lori Gill, copy writer, to the nurse's office. (Mrs. Mannix had a rough day.) ”They're all lining up for soup, folks! Shadows adviser Alice Mannix uses starvation as a tactic to get her staff to meet deadlines. x ' ...

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Senior Wayne Baker responds in Rambo style for drama class when someone comments about his attire. Freshman Brandie Darleth laughingly agrees behind his back. Introductions and conclusions are the most important part of speech. Don't ever forget that. I adore long intros and conclusions! Speech class- what is it all about? Did students just do speeches all year? No, speech students learned about everything from how to sit to how to enunciate their words correctly. Although not everyone gave her what she wanted, she got her point across. Basically, how to speak in front of people with confidence and poise was the main point. Mrs. Cassiday, the drama teacher, has had a lot of success over the past few years with the plays that she has directed and with her own drama class. There are several things that she has brought to her students' attention, such as the importance of good posture, make-up, and knowing the history of drama. The Crucible, Ah' Wilderness, Ten Little Indians, Plain and Fancy, and My Sister Eileen were some of the plays and musicals she’s put on in the past two years. Mrs. Cassiday has contributed a lot of time and effort to teaching her drama class the real art form. She commented, Sometimes students come into drama class thinking it's just fun and not work. I feel that the subject drama is fun to teach if kids are willing to learn. I can't hear you people! Being in a play can be, nerve-racking, a disaster, a headache, and very rewarding all at the same time. It all begins with tryouts and lasts until closing night. Throughout all of it there is a lot of hard work. The best part about being in a play is opening night. For some actors it is their best show and for others it is a mess. Opening night is my favorite show because there is a certain tension in the air- it will either happen or it won't. The night of a play begins about 6:30pm for the actors. We arrive and begin putting on our make-up. Suddenly we all begin to transform into our characters. The guys begin to have beards and mustaches, the girls accent rosy cheeks, and the older characters get to gray their hair. Then after we are dressed, there is a cast meeting. This usually consists of Mrs. Cassiday's summary of what needs to be fixed and her famous line, Let’s do a good show. Before we realize it, we are on stage saying the lines we've spent weeks to perfect. Somehow everyone remembers their lines and picks up their entrances. Then it’s all over and we become ourselves once again. After the show is over and the set is torn down on closing night, it seems sad. The play is just a memory, but if you listen closely, you can almost hear Mrs. Cassiday screaming from the back of the playhouse, I can’t hear you people! Shelly Lounsbery Speech S3