Edina High School - Whigrean Yearbook (Edina, MN)

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The Dining Room featured such performers as Jenny Andberg 02L Jen Fortmeier 0D. and Da- vid Krutz 02; Bob Amden um proposes a toast to his fellow cast members. Guy Weigold U3 and Nancy Schulz 0D act in the state-quali- fying performance of The Dining Room. ONE ACT PLAYS

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22 Edina hadn't been to state in so long; getting there and winning was L . jastlfanitastic; and then to star at the U of M made'it just that much better. a - Nancy 3mm 0 The year was a host to many drama productions and was highlighted by the one act plays. The common denomina- tor among all the one acts was that they were done un- der the experienced leader- ship of Cynthia Elmquist tfacl. Another common fac- tor was dedication. This was easily proved by the cast members of the first one act play, The Dining Room. Practice started at the begin- ing of December, and ran about two and half hours each day, with the final week of practices going from six to ten o'clock at night. The play's big Chal- lenge, at least for the cast members, was acting out forty-five different Charac- ters with only six crew mem- bers. illt was hard to remem- ber all the different lines, it was very easy to get con- fused, commented Jen Fortmeier t1 1i. All this hard work did pay off though, as The Dining Room ended up winning the regional competition in Hop- kins and the right to perform at the state competition at the University of Minnesota. The second of the one act plays was the ever popular Martian Chronicles. This play utilized about thirty cast members, half of whose faces were never seen. It was also dubbed the biggest ONE ACT PLAYS LL WQDK, NO PLAY technical project ever tried, with at least fifteen to twen- ty people working on techni- ' cal direction. As far as what the play had to offer, I think it has a good message for people today, it talks about frontiers, human pro- gress, had layered mes- sages, and was different in that it was told from the point of view of the mar- tian, answered Cynthia Elmquist. But, no matter what the message was, it was entertainment at its best. By Jason Fisher Accepting applause after their ex- ceptional performance of The Din- ing Room, the cast proudly takes a bow.

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Mr. William Webb an gets the feel of conducting one of the best bands around. Rebecca Lach U D and Risa Gepner 0m make the strings si zle with their talent during a reher- sal. CONCERT BANDtORCHESTRA New Concert Band members have a rude awakening when they dis- cover that they were chosen. ' 2 ngsmw V