Findlay High School - Trojan Yearbook (Findlay, OH)

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Scottish music a focal point This year our music and drama departments again joined forces to present the musical, Brigadoon. Directors were Mrs. Bar- bara Gebhardt, Mr. James D. Smith, Mr. David Han- son, Mrs. Barb Hennings and Miss Debbie Kaverman. Tryouts for this year's production took place in January. First, students were required to par- ticipate in a singing audi- tion. The first set of call backs was made based on this. The remaining students were then taught some simple choreo- graphy. They also read and learned the Brigadoon music. Cast members were then selected based upon their performance. Practices began the following week with par- ticipants learning the music. Following this they started going over the choreography. Finally, these two elements were joined together about a month and a half before the performance. Actors and actresses spent many long hours practicing after school and on Sundays. Many long hours were also put into the set, publicity, lights and sound. Amazingly, everything came together for the group's first performance on March 20, and subse- quent performances on March 21 and 22. All three performances were before near sellout crowds who were very en- thusiastic about the overall outcome. Brigadoon 21

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Starting below and moving counterclockwise, Meg Brockie (Susan Bute) flirts with Jeff Douglas (Garth Brown) in the shed, Fiona MacLaren (Dani McKee) and Tommy Albright (Bill Kbrkwood) say their good- byes, Mrs. Barb Gebhardt instructs her actors on the fine points of acting, and Harry Beaton (Fred Ber- tagnoll), and Maggie Ander- son (Emily Zahler) dance to Bonnie Jean. On the opposite page star- ting at the top and moving counterclockwise, Beth Solomon and Jesse Davila rehearse in the orchestra pit, Meg Volkmer looks over some last minute script changes, and, a dancer (Vance Kramer) breaks for a drink at a wedding. 20 Brigadoon

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Students as directors Students enrolled in directing class had a chance to use their knowledge dir- ecting annual one act plays. There were fourteen dif- ferent one acts split into seven shows a night. Brighton Beach Memoirs was directed by Doug Berger while Bill Kirkwood had the job of supervising Deceiuers. Womanspeak was under the direction of Julie Bryant. Ann Cramer, an actress in this one act stated, I liked working with a student director because I could make more suggestions because of the small group. Egad. What a Cad was directed by Susan Buis and Emily Zahler took the job of putting together ft's Called the Sugar Plum. Garth Brown, whose group of actresses in Over- tones won the best looking cast stated, My cast was great but I finally found out what Mrs. Gebhardt has been going through this whole time. Supervising the play A Little Bit of Cod was Jackie Blem. Steve Roth directed A Murder Play. John Wall had the job of putting together the one act Next while Fred Bertagnoli directed Par la Fenetre. Holly Roadfelt, female lead in La Fenetre said, I enjoy the one acts because it was my last chance to act before I went off to college. I also enjoyed working with other members of the cast. Vanities was directed by Carrie Volkmer and Loyalty was under the supervision of Tim Montgomery. Beth Herring was the director of Lovely Afternoon. Tami Rakestraw directed A Little Something For the Ducks. She stated, Direc- ting the play was fun at the time but something I wouldn't be willing to do again because there was too much stress. Because of the hard work of these 14 student direc- tors the one acts were a great success and enjoyed by everyone. 22 One Acts