Coolidge High School - President Yearbook (Coolidge, AZ)

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Members of the CHS Drama Club and other interested students dis- played their acting ability in the fall production of 'Curtain Going Up', a 3-act comedy by Gregory Johnston. The cast included many students who had never acted before, as well as a few who had some previous experience on stage. 'Curtain Going Up' was a play set in contemporary time about a young drama teacher directing her first high school play. During the play she and her students en- countered every imaginable prob- lem from having the play books stolen to having the leading man shot with a prop gun! The Drama Club also worked very hard this year. Members who did not have acting roles in the play worked in various technical capaci- ties, such as make-up, sound, costuming and publicity. Under the direction of its sponsor, john Siler, the Drama Club helped develop the Fine Arts program at CHS. New to CHS this year was the International Thespian Society. This is a world wide organization for aspiring actors and actresses. To become a member each would-be- Thespian had to earn ten points from working on plays. This is the first year CHS has had an active Thespian troupe in several years. lt tw,

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3'l Principal Characters Karalee Taft ,...,. ..,..,.,...,,...... ...., I r ene Burgess Danny Lawrence ,... .... N orman Carter Kelley Taft ....,.., .,,.,. L orry Fuller Pat O'Dell ....., ,.... A ndy Fullbright Phil Terrill .,..... ,...... J ocko Guthrie Denise Conrad ..., .... N ancy Leveridge Ken Willey .....,.,,.,....,......,.,............,....,....,.... Milt Sanders 1. Denise Conrad received instructions from Director john Siler, 2. Miss Burgess lKaralee Taftj scolded Buck Of,l:laLa-lQaLLh Miklesj for shooting jocko lPhil Terrill with a prop gun. 3. Nancy Leveridge lDenise Conradj seemed shocked at the evil thoughts going through Elsie's iKim Richards'J mind. 4, Phil Terrill and Kelly i Taft played the romantic hero and heroine in the 'play within a play'. ggi ' X f' Q l , , ' gf Drama Club officers for 1975-76 were, From L, Beatrice White-President, Wade ' Welch-Vice Pres., Kristen Kintz-Sec.-Treas., jim Hardin-Sgt. at Arms. Not pictured is Vicki Kennedy-Sgt. at Arms. International Thespian Society members were, Front Row, Yvonne Harvey, Lisa Powell, Tricia Arnold, Beatrice White, Kristen Kintz. Row 2, Pat O'Dell, Mary Rosborough, jim Hardin, Denise Ward, Kim Richards, Wade Welch, john Siler-sponsor. Row 3, Robin Daley and Kay Natf. Not pictured are Karl Pretzer and Karalee Taft. Wx Aaxmsmrwia L -