Chopticon High School - Chopticonian Yearbook (Morganza, MD)

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I'm going lo fall asleep any minute if these kids don't learn this song! Mrs Winslow takes a Ixeak rn the mirJtfe of a rehearsal for the Revue Who hid the kitty lilterf A song trom Cats me luding front Row Robby Wnslow. Tawana Butler Mike Talton, Dale Drouin, Tom HartswK k Bar k Row Be ky Barth |a S havom. Anita Winslow, David Barth, Anna Wathen. Pal Wetzel, Heather Appel. Alan Brookbank, and Missy Sullivan Joseph . Jacob's favorite son. Ion Small performs a song as loseph in Dreamcojt Tom Hartswick as Christ gathers his apostles Back Row Ja Schavoni. Alan Brookbank Middle Row Heather Appel. Mike Talton Front Row Missy Sullivan Heather Modrakowski. Anna Wathen. Tayana Butler, and David Barth REVUE 167

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By chance if you had dropped by school at night between lanuary and March you might have seen some of the most unusual sights at CHS in a long time. Instead of students running around after sports prac- tices. you would have seen cat people dancing and crawling about the gym, farmers singing about the Bible, lesus Christ and his apostles, or Eva Peron, an Argen- tina movie star, singing about the country she loved. It wasn't a crazy nightmare, it was rehearsal for the Peace Pipers' An- drew Lloyd Weber's Musical Revue Included in the Revue were loseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Evita and Cats The show consisted of 30 songs; 25 of them included the entire cast. Non- stop singing and dancing entertained au- diences during the two hour performance And what dancing it was! The dancing required fleet feet. Our wonderful choreographer, Randy Tuising and co-director, Laura Richmond, provid- ed the motivation, encouragement and dance steps. We brought the feet and the determination to work hard And if you're going to dance and sing, you need music. Mrs. Winslow was an invaluable asset, adapting the music to our needs. Then Mrs Kuzmick pulled it all together by directing and organizing the entire production. The show was such a success that we decided to pick 5 of the best numbers and take them to a competition in Harrison- burg, Virginia, where they received a 1 rating thanks to energetic performances by Zena Butler as Crizzabela, Tom Hartswick as Christ, and Anna Wathen as Eva Peron. Even the fall performances of 16th century madrigals by the group couldn't top the Harrisonburg competition. The months of hard work and devotion that were put into the Revue provided the highlight of the year for the Peace Pipers - that glorious feeling of a job well done rewarded with a 1 rating 166 REVUE The Peace Pipers include Fronl Row Danny lit- lleford. Director Patty Kuzmick, Lome Windsor. Pal Wetzel, leannie Guy Middle Row Dan Small. Heather Modrakowski. Heather Appel. Missy Sullivan, Alan Brookbank. Mike Talton. Dale Brouin Becky Barth, ti Schavoni Back Row Kenny Polter, Anita Winslow. Ion Small, Zena Butler, Tom Hartswick Along with Robert Earr, the members of the |azz band include lessica Fenwick. Heath Haukland. Sandy Quade. Dana Rielly, Corey Wilkerson, Tommy lones, losh Rhoads. Eddie Quade Billy Rayle, Chris Nida. Loren Nelson. Nelson Blanton. Kyle Tyer. Preston Wood. Cabby Houchens. Greg Sparks. I C Guy. Tony Bush Tom Hartswick, Che, tells Anna Wathen Evita, her rise to power is one of glory

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Singing a New Song Have you ever heard the CRASH! of a chalk ledge dropping to the floor, seen puffs of dirt rising from the carpet as you walk across, or ceiling tiles adorned with the names of minstrels from bygone days? Well, that was the choral department, but not anymore. At the beginning of September we not only saw new faces, and heard new sounds, but got a great new look for performing and rehearsing. It was like walking into a new school; our room had been painted, carpeted, and badly needed repairs completed. It was enough to inspire anyone to work for great performances. Accompanying the new look, came new equipment including: 2 kinds of risers, microphones, costumes, and a first class synthesizer. All these items weren't just to make us look good, they were there to allow us to give some of our most memorable performances yet. With new equipment came the need for someone to operate it, such as Ricky Lein- neweber, Stacey Reynolds on sound and Bobby Mummert on lights. These people, after hours of training, then had the enor- mous responsibility of attending rehearsals, planning, and setting up for performances. These many hours brought together the technicians and performers into a big family. Talent with a capital T was the way to describe the choral department. The four groups comprising the department were top notch and it was quite evident at the Christmas concert, Christmas tour, and Spring concert The groups included Men's chorus, Women's chorus. Varsity chorus, and Peace Pipers. Each of these classes were both a class to teach theory and also a performing group The women's and men's choruses were basically groups to teach the principles of choral methods through music fit to these specific voices. Varsity chorus and Peace Pipers were for the refinement of the principles. 168 CHORUS WOMEN'S CHORUS — Front Row Missy Buckler. Belinda Farrell, Shannon Bannister, )odi McCave, Cin- dy Hall, Kay Quade, Tammy Quade, lulie Cain, Lynn Valandingham Second Row Laurie Bauer Martha Armstrong, Leslie Carter, Christina Huff, lulie Quade, Dee Anderson, Ludie Heath, Donna Brickey, Bonnie Plater, Velvet Warrick Back Row Susan Bailey, Dana Aist, Tina Beachy, Kendra Kalownoski, Paula Rimer, Carrie Umphries, Tammy Iordan. Yana Nylander, An- nette Armiger, Connie Mattingly, Shannon Reagan, Mae Holt, Trudie Jacobs One and two and ... Tommy Hartswick conducts a rehearsal in Varsity Chorus during zoo day. Ray Wiles follows instruction from behind the fearless leader