Douglas MacArthur High School - MacArtair Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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Portraying Snoopy. Juan Gonzalez fights off the Red Baron. f Charlie Brown J Hiding inside his lunch sack, Charlie Brown hopes the red haired girl isn't looking. 5 ti, is fi derwin youngblood about her lies. f Bad Seed D Wishing she had not have dropped out of school, Frenchy CKim Spessardh looks back sorrowfully on her life. f Grease D ' fs fm, ff 2 arg Explaining Rhoda's problems to Mrs. Penmark, Tasker CMike Lovellj com- passionately lends her support. f Bad Seed J Pretending to be cleaning, Leroy fDonis Leonardb tells Rhoda he knows

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Thespian Club members are BO'I'I'OM ROW: Mike Gorski, Donnie Thompson, Juan Gon- zalez and sponsor Ms. Deborah Eskridge. SECOND ROW: Carol Bennett, Annette Abalos and Renee Steele. THIRD ROW: Jessica Barela, Mike Lovell and Raymond Stub- blefield. FOURTH ROW: Donis Leonard, Lind- sey Haskins, Rosemary Barrientes and Der- win Youngblood. Casting Bad Seed, Juan Gonzalez assists Ms. Deborah Eskridge in choosing the right players. its-H505 seem? ffweg Talent in the Spotlight Drama is the life! Once you get it in your blood, you just can't get it out, declared Thespian president Annette Abalos. Under the direction of Ms. Deborah Eskridge, the drama department presented four plays, more plays than ever presented in one year. Requirements were established for membership in the Drama Club. More advanced re- quirements were set for Thespians. Rehearsals for the first play of the year began before school started. Thespians performed You're a Good Man Charlie Brown in September. After presenting the play to the student body, the cast traveled to elementary schools to perform for the students. Charlie Brown was followed by cu E cv L 'c SD v-4 CNI the fall play, Bad Seed in October. Bad Seed was about Rhoda CMonica De La Rosaj, a girl born with no guilt. She got what she wanted, no matter what it took to get it. ln doing this, Rhoda drove her mother, Mrs. Penmark CAnnette Abalosb, to try to kill her. Unluckily, the mother died and Rhoda lived. Grease was the drama depart- ment's next production. Fifty-eight students participated in the musical. Picnic won Best Play at UIL district competition in March. ln- dividual awards went to Mike Lovell for Best Actor and Melissa Stout won Honorable Mention. Kelly Rains, Lisa Hilton, Annette Abalos and Juan Gonzales were named to the All-Star Cast. K Playing doctor, Lucy CAnnette Abalosb explains t Charlie Brown fMike Lovellj how to be a real person dps by

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m E in L D Drama Club members are BOTTOM ROW: Jean ,, . Mauthe, Monica De La Rosa, Corina Trevino, Robin Rodriguez, Gerri Stone, Renee Steele, Diana Varges, Satricia Pearson, Marty Villarreal, Donna Koonce, Michelle Mannis, Brenda Tenn- yuque and Deborah Eskridge, sponsor. SEC- OND ROW: Ronald Pais, Ronnie Ruiz, Darla Brown, Leanne Ross, Elizabeth Zalazar, Gary Shanks, Angela Acton, Virginia Johnson, Laura Gonzales. Susan Janowsky, Kathy Kelly, Donna White and Shirley Pachuca. THIRD ROW: Sarah Brown, Denise Jones, Ronda Obershaw, Kevin Kithcens. Jessica Barela, Annette Abalos, Juan Gonzales, Rosemary Bar- rientes, Mike Gorski, Doris White, Leticia Estrada, Jorge Herrera and Carol Bennett, FOURTH ROW: Stacy Abalos, Lindsey Haskins, Steve Douglas, Donis Leonard, Roger Hall, Ray- mond Stubblefield, Don- nie Thompson, Jackie Hairston, David Garcia, Denis Rivard and Kim Roberts. FIFTH ROW: Lisa Hilton, Mike Lovell, T, J, Davis, Juan Costillo, Kent Freunenthatl, Patrick Powelson, Derwin Youngblood, Mark Hyder, Dana Jones and Joe Garza. Fighting over the shoes she has used as a murder weapon, Rhoda tries to hide the evidence from her mother, C'Bad Seed J Trying to put the move on Ms. Lynch qAnna Nunezj, Vince Fontaine CMike Lovellj asks for a date. C'Grease J CD v-1 OJ dps by