Edina High School - Whigrean Yearbook (Edina, MN)

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i Edina stars shine in two F or the first time in seven years, two plays were performed. They were Blue Horses and Agatha Christie's my- stery, Witness for the Prosecution, both directed by Cynthia Elmquist diaco The first, Blue Horses, was performed on Thursday, January 30 as an entry in the West Suburban Drama Contest, hosted this year by Edina High School. Edina has not participated for the past seven years because, according to Mrs. Elmquist, iiThere has not been anyone willing to direct such a play. Blue Horses was a one act play staring Rachel Gartner uzp, Liz Chosen r12; Peter Shanedllng C1 1;, and John 22 WINTER PLAYS Nord r103. They play four 10 year old children who make wishes and imagine that these wishes come true. When asked how she felt about the play, Ra- chel Gartner said, It brought me back to being ten. I would go into rehersals feeling down but then to go and pre- tend I was ten and my biggest prob- lem would be not being able to jump rope, my wish. It was really a neat ex- perience. Edina placed fourth out of seven in the competition. Witness for the Prosecution was quite a different production than Biue Horses. It is an Agatha Christie murder mystery set in a courtroom. The plot winter plays centers around a man named Leonar Vole who has been accused of mu dering an elderly woman, Miss Emi French. This drama stared Rollin Ran som U 1,, Monica Rodrigues H1 Laura South 1,: and Spencer Lum gard U 1;. It was a lot of hard worl but we were excited and had a grec time doing it, commented Rollie Rar som after they finished the play. Mrs. Elmquist remarked that W chose both of the plays because c the contrast between them, Blu Horses is a simple fantasy and Witne. for the Prosecution is a serious Englis mystery. The cast of Blue Horses share their wishes WI each other in hopes of them coming true.

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Suzanne Manfhe U1; accompanied fhe Con- cerf Choir as fhey performed For You Shall Go Ouf Wifh Joy in fheir hdiday concerf Mr. Edwin Melichar aacJ addresses fhe audi- ence during fhel'r performance as fhe bond pre- pares for fhe nexf song on their program. Corey Scott U n jazzes up fhe music by keeping fhe beat in fhe Varsify Band Concerf. The clon'nef section of Concerf Band played rheir besf for an oufsfonding holiday concerf. HOLIDAY CONCERTS 2'1

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During an afferschool practice, some members of the Witness for the Prosecution casf re- hearse their lines. John Bush U 1,, a veferan of the Edina Stage, ponders a line in one of his scenes. WINTER PLAYS 23