Fairfield High School - Reflections Yearbook (Goshen, IN)

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This year ' s Drama Club was under tiie directorship of first-year English teacher, Mr. Mark Jordon. Many stu- dents helped with the drama - tic production: The Wizard of Oz, and a musical, The Music Man. In this last production, Mr. Saddler and Mrs. Craven were of strong assistance; Mr. Saddler or- ganized and conducted the pit band, while Mrs. Craven helped out with costuming and set designs. Some of the kids who had big parts in this year ' s plays in- cluded Tim Yoder, Jonel Rarick, Dan McCoy, and Celia Hettler. The members of the pit band helped make The Music Man the success that it was. The Pit Band provided music for what turned out to be two sell -our performances. Somewhere Over the Rainbow A slimmy mess. In order to look ok on stage, you need a lot of make- up. Rose Geiger gets her make-up put on. She killed the wicked witch! Rose Geiger, Angle Giel, and LuAnn Hooley put action into their part in the play The Wizard of Oz Aunt Emma? Freshman Penny Kauff- man wonders if she ' ll ever see Aunt Emma and Uncle Henry again. 36 Drama Club

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Jonel and Dan Takes a Step Closer to Broadway! This year ' s musical, per- formed by the Drama Club of Fairfield High School, was THE MUSIC MAN, directed as unconfusingly as possible by Mr. Mark Jordon and Mrs. Marilyn Craven, with Mr. Michael Saddler directing all music. The show was pre- sented to a pair of sell-out crowds on the evening of March 26 and 27, in the Fair- field cafetorium. TTie lead male part of Harold Hill was played by Dan Mc- Coy, while senior Jonel Rar- ick performed as top -billed gal Marion the Librarian. Other cast members included Chris Staton, Harry Good- man, Celia Hettler, and An- nette Pfiester. Band members included Deb Myers, Bev Burkholder, Cindy Huitema, Rick Lutes, Gayle Conrad, and Deb Hein. One of the members of the band that really helped make the musical a success was Kafhy Whirledge on piano. Actor on Stage. Harold Hill (Dan McCoy) uses lots of expression in convincing Mrs. Shinn (Celia Hettler) to head the dance commit- tee. Yes It ' s you ' Being m the Musical IS a lot of hart work. These sopho- more boys worked many hours on improving their songs for the musi- cal. s Musical

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I ' ll get that Dorothy yet. Karynne Anderson, Freshman, played the wicked witch in the play. The Highlights of the play was when Karynne disintegrated in front of your very own eyes. Darn that Bird. Sophomore Chris Staton asks for help from Penny Kauffman (Dorothy). Don ' t you dare touch Dorothy. The Tin man (Mark Igney) sticks up for Dorothy in the 1976 production of The Wizard of OZ . 37 Drama Club