Fairmont High School - Maple Leaves Yearbook (Fairmont, WV)

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CONFORMED INTO ANIMALS with the help of make-up, senior Kendra S ingo and sophomore Tina Hanning l repare for their characters in Win- nie the Pooh . 16 Dramatic Performances

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RUSHING ONTO THE FIELD, the Bears are determined to prove The Bears Can Be It, but the Bees Can't Bear it. PREPARING FOR THE CITY CHAM- PIONSHIP GAME, Bears fire up be- fore tangling with the Bees. % USING HER AMERICAN FLAG, ju- nior Nancy Cummings performs at the halftime show. CHEERS FILL THE AIR as the final buzzer proves the Bears victorious. East-West Week 15

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(gMMAND PERFORMANCES continued What do a funny little bear named Pooh, ten mysterious little Indians and a cave have in common? They were all part of the command perfor- mances presented by Thes- pian Troupe 2243 in coopera- tion with the Drama Department. OK. QUIET on the set! Lights ... Pooh Bear, Christopher iobin and a forest full of ani- mals shared the spotlight Oc- tober 7-8 as Acting and Di- ecting students presented Winnie the Pooh . In fact, the entire play was student directed and under the super- vision of Mrs. Vicki Weber, drama teacher. But Pooh padn 't made his stage exit vet. He returned for an encore. Marking a first for the Thes- pian Troupe, Pooh and his cuddly animal friends trav- eled to Kingwood for two presentations of the chil- dren's play December 17. ... Camera ... Ten mysterious little In- dians made their stage en- trance next as the Thespians marked another first by presenting a serious drama instead of the traditional mu- sicals and comedies. Agatha Christie's murder mystery was performed November 15-17. The story centered around a cluster of statues that repre- sented each of the eight guests and servants, and a nursery rhyme embossed in each of the visitors' rooms. Mysteriously, whenever a statue disappeared, one of the guests would disappear also. The play involved an 11- member cast and scenery and props totaling over $1000. ... Action! The Thespians closed the curtain April 7 on a produc- tive theatrical year. Their per- formance of the one-act play, The Cave which won first place in the Regional Com- petition of the State High School Drama Festival March 10 won superior rating in the State Drama Festival April 7. Closing the curtain. Mark- ing firsts. Winning awards-a year of command perfor- mances worth remembering. AFTER THE MYSTERIOUS MURDER of senior Mindy Sherbs, cast mem- bers juniors )im Marshall, Jim Wolfe and Don Raikes review all possi- bilities in Ten Little Indians . THE BUTLER DID IT! Sophomore Rick Vilar assumes his duties as the butler in the Drama Department's first serious drama for several years, Ten Little Indians . Dramatic Performances 17