Eastside High School - Easterner Yearbook (Butler, IN)

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 Moo. Sophomore Tricia Erwin takes care of her prize winning 4-H project at the DeKalb County Fair. She received first place honors in the Junior Heifer Division. Wayne West and Heather Watson perform Can't Take My Eyes Off of You with the Varsity Singers in the Swing Choir Contest Tuesday night at the fair. Fair 13

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“The greatest show” inc?untyb Fall is fair time for students who enjoy strolling down the Midway, trying out a new game in the arcade, showing off their 4-H projects, or competing in other contests like the Miss DeKalb County Fair pageant. After being chosen from several Miss Eastside candidates, junior Tracy McKown, and senior Heather Watson became eligible to compete for the title of Miss DeKalb County Fair the last week in September. Tracy and Heather participated in personal interviews, an evening gown competition, a swimsuit competition, and a talent compe- tition. A special judges award for talent was given to Tracy for her singing rendition of Send in the Clowns . Heather sang and played the piano to How Did It End This Way , a song she composed her- self. Both participants said that the contest was fun and a good exper- ience, but not quite what they ex- pected. Smile! This group of students seem to be enjoying themselves. They were part of a large crowd who watched Tuesday's Swing Choir Contest at the DeKalb County Fair. Tracy McKown receives the Special Judges Award for Talent from 1979 Miss DeKalb County Fair, Diane Stahl. Tracy received the award for singing Send in the Clowns. Its entire attitude is based on winning, and not friendship, Tra- cy said. Heather said that there was a lot of pressure and that the competi- tion placed a lot of excess stress on everybody. Nevertheless, they did an excel- lent job of representing Eastside and just having them in the com- petition meant a lot to their many supporters who watched them in the contest. 12 Fair

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Speak up! They won't be able to hear you on the back row. Miss Sandy Bohn play director watches over the dress rehearsal of Li'l Abner. The musical was presented May 1 and 2 in the cafetorium. Chorus director Miss Carol Kucera re- ceives a gift from the cast of Li'l Abner after the last performance May 2. Miss Kucera directed the singing in the musical. Penny Friedel prepares to belt a Morlock in the fall play, The Time Machine. The play was November 7 and 8 in the cafetor- ium. The Director: backstage critic Editor's Note: We asked Sandy Bohn, drama teacher, what was involved in putting on a success- ful play or musical. Here is her reply: Directing a play or musical is a time consuming, and rewarding process. The first step is to select a play. The director begins reading all types of material and plays, taking into consideration the talent of the students, the number of students, the play that would have the most audience appeal, the cost of the production, how much money is in the budget and other such matters. After the play is selected an or- der is sent out to obtain script books. The royalty fees for a musi- cal will be around $500, while a play might run around $100. Add the cost of script books to this price and the expenses do add up. 14 Plays Before the auditions begin, the director reads the play over and over in order to understand the play, the character types, the light- ing, sound, set, the actions of the characters, humor, and costumes. Finally, the director blocks the whole play on paper. This requires a lot of time and a lot of creative thinking. The next step is the auditions. Audition sheets are handed out and the director listens to 50 or more people try out. Sometimes it is very difficult to decide who will be best for a part; some people can be trusted, others can't, some people have acting experience, others don't. Sometimes the di- rector just has to put trust in who he picks and sometimes people let him down. After the players are picked, the next step is to rehearse. During re- hearsal, lines and music are memorized, characters are estab- lished, blocking takes place and each scene is acted out over and over. As the performance date gets closer, the director also must organize all of the committees such as: costumes, stage crew, publicity, tickets, set design, set work, refreshments, lights, make- up, set up, and clean up. The excitement the students have, the sparkling eyes, the fast beating hearts, the teamwork, the enthusiasm, the individual growth of the students, being able to trust different people, grandparents watching their grandchildren per- form on stage, the snapping pic- tures, the gleam from the parent's eyes, the students getting flowers and gifts for their opening night, and the audience applauding for the students as they smile, all make directing a play a very rewarding experience.