E J Cooper High School - Talons Yearbook (New Hope, MN)

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One Act Ploy — 23

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Cast portrays storytellers Ottumwa Tales. the contest One-Act play, told of eight bizarre storytellers who appeared on a game show in Ottumwa. Iowa. They all hoped to receive the Golden Lips award by telling the most unique tale. The director. Jeff Phillips, and the cast took a fresh approach to the One-Act contest by creating an original selection based on obscure fairy tales Phillips found in a children's book. It was difficult for me to tell the story as Med, my character, would tell it and not how Brad Hansen would tell it. Brad Hansen With the help of student director. Julie Yunker, the actors spent four weeks developing storylines, writing the plot, and memorizing their parts to prepare for the annual Region 6AA One-Act competition, held on February 1 at Edina High School. In performances limited to 35 minutes each of the seven schools who attended the contest received evaluations from three judges. Although Robbinsdale Armstrong won the Region competition and went on to the State festival, Ottumwa Tales' ” actors Mollie Stickney, who played a cheerleader; and Mark Crenshaw, in the role of a gangster, earned stars for their performances. Melanie Markovich, roller derby queen Blanche Hammerschlog, said, We tried something new. knowing it would be a challenge; even though we didn't win. it was fun performing something we wrote ourselves. Brad Hansen, who played Ned Spurlock, said. It was difficult for me to tell my story as Ned would tell it and not how Brad would tell it. It was really tricky when Ned. while telling his story, became a bear. Phillips said. The kids did pretty well at Regions, especially considering that most of them had very little acting experience. Because all of the schools in the Region attended the contest, which hasn't happened for a few years, the competition was much tougher. ONE-ACT CAST Front Row: Mollie Stickney Back Row: Jill Eifert. Melanie Markovich. Leslie Egli. Jocque Waddington. Mark Crenshaw. Brad Hansen. Not Pictured: Jeff Melby. Dave Streeter 22 — One Act Play

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— Holly Johnson and Stephanie Hawes dance with Eric Kloos and Paul Krogseng during the footbridge ballet. 1 David Peterson explains about Harold Hill and his swindling sales tactics to the other salesmen on the train to Iowa. 24 — Musical