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

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— —- Aftor tho dosing oi tho musical, tho Once Upon a Mattress cast put in their required set strike hours. Loss timo is spent on set strike than on set construction. Tho orchestra is a vital part of tho musical. Diroctod by Roger Thompson, a few of the orchestra members are Jean Follbaum. Sue Kopp, Mike McGrath, Chad Svihel, Connie Borman, and Twila Smith. J J As technical director. Stan Hahn's job not only includod building scenery. After a day of technical work, ho sweeps up the set construction room. J David Lucs' first musical was Once Upon a Mattross. Not only did ho play in tho orchestra, but he also accompanied dancers and other cast mombors during rehearsals. — Taking a break from a night session of tho tech work, Paul Bottom and studont technical director, Nolan Shackelford, sharo a pizza. Late hours aftor school often meant fast food for dinner. Behind the Scenes — 21

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FRANTIC Blackouts, corpses, pin-ups typify backstage follies In the fall play, the job of student director took on a new angle for Ursula Choin. Besides organizing props, cueing lines, and assisting directors, Choin had to play the part of a dead body. During the musical's senior citizens show the lights backstage and on stage suddenly went out. While directors and technicians ran around. Chris Cook, a member of the lighting crew, observed, It was really weird, all of a sudden all the authority figures were around us, and then just as fast they all disappeared. On closing night of the musical, the lighting crew decided to play some practical jokes on the cast. Meredith McGrath discovered a pin-up had been mysteriously placed in her mop bucket. Volunteering their after school hours, the members of the musical orchestra from Once Upon A Mattress discovered that they would have to do more practicing than they wanted to. Connie Borman, junior, said, The score was really hard. It kept changing keys. Stan Hahn, technical director for both the fall play and musical, stayed after school on several occasions with the tech crew to supervise the building of the sets designed by Jeff Phillips. According to Hahn, the tech crew had its first injury award this year. The girl stepped on a nail, so we gave her the nail on a plaque, said Hahn. Although they have fun working to get a production on stage, the behind the scenes people aren't often recognized for their achievements. 20 — Bohind the Sconos

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—• During a marital spat, Therese, Kolo Nathe, explains all the things sho has done for Dave Streeter, the Prosidont, and how she can't bo-lievo that ho is leaving hor. 1 Waiting for the cast and director to come to rehearsal, Eric Johnson, tho Chairman of the Board, takes a short break. — The Apollo, Chris Holtz, and the clerk, Lenny Overby, come to tho choir room after school to run through their lines. —• — Director of tho one-act play. Phil Darg, watches as tho cast rehearsos for the 6AA con-tost. Tho play took fifth place. 22 — Ono-Act Play