Fox High School - Ha Ko Yearbook (Arnold, MO)

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Fox High School performed Rogers and Hammerstein's The King and I on No- vember 18 S 19, 1982. Over 100 students and teachers were involved with the play, whether in the large cast, the orchestra, or on one of the many crews. The setting of the play is the King's place in Bangkok, Siam in the early 186O's. As the story opens a widowed schoolteacher, Anna Uami Poffj and her son Louis fDan Thomaj arrive in Bangkok for Anna to begin her new job of teaching all of the royal sub- jects. But from the very beginning, Anna and the King fB.J. Bockj do not get along - their personalities clash, and they can't seem to agree upon anything. As the play slowly unfolds, many serious and humor- ous events occur which eventually land Anna and the King together. It looks as though they will marry and the play will end happily ever after. But the King discov- ers that one of his royal subjects Tuptim fCheryl Foxj and the Prince of Burma, Lun Tha fEd Skaggsj, are running away to be married. Angrily, the King winds up the whip to strike his subject, but catches An- na's menacing eye instead. The whip is dropped, and the King runs off clutching his heart, a broken man. Anna then decides she must leave Bangkok, but she pays one last visit to the dying King. While she is there, the King and his royal subjects con- vince Anna to stay. The King passes his powers to his son and dies happy. The curtain closes with Anna's head bowed in grief. Miss Mueth, Mr. Johnson, and Mr. But- ler combined their superb directing talents to perform one of the best musicals ever at Fox. ..-- - ..-.---..-----.---.. -------------- -v - ---------------------------- Top - The King of Siam speaks his wishes as his subjects stand in silence. Top - Lun Tha sings his love to Princess Tuptim Middle - Anna directs the song of the King's wives, servants, and children. Bottom - What an experience! The black hairspray and Bottom - Anna is apalled at the way the King makes his wives bow down before him. Siamese-style eye make-up almost gagged me said Robin Lewis as her make-up is applied. '---------------

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66iI1I'lIIE KUNG sc 'if Rhonda Sitzes portrays Eliza in a King and I ballet called Small House of Uncle Thomas. CAST fin order of appearancej Captain Orton Louis Leonowens Anna Leonowens The Interpreter . . The Kralahome . . . The King ...... Phra Alack . . . Lun Tha .... Tuptim .......... ...............TerryLester Dan Thoma . . . Jami Poff . . . Arlo Oviatt . . . Al Eckhardt . . . Brian J. Bock . . . Bryan Portell ..... Ed Skaggs CherylFox Lady Thiang ........ .... M arty Bourgeois Prince Chululonghorn ........ Dave Starkey Sir Ramsay ........... Princess Yaowlak Chris Reidschneider . . Danna Anderson Wives, Priests, and Servants: Dorcia Brady Dale Christ Joe Consiglio Kim Cooley Scott Felty Kim Fields Anita Hantschke Lisa Hendrix Michelle Riley Sue Stocker Tony Lltz Melissa Isaacs Donna Jesionwski Dawn Jordan Karen Klos Terra Lawrence Tracy Mathes Chuck McClain Missy Miller Kathy Roland Scott Utry Ralph Wetzel His Majesty's Royal Children: Dennis Christ Daniel Cooley Mandy Cooley Garret Lawrence Angie Stocker The Royal Dancers: Eliza ............. Simon of Legree . Angel ......... Becky Agnew Todd Bowerson Laura Hasty Robin Lewis Regina McMillin Doodle O'Hara Ralph Wetzel Teresa Daughtery Jeremy Hutchinson Danny Keenoy Keith Long Kathy Williamson . . . Rhonda Sitzes . . . . . . Kevin Olsen . . . . Melanie Martin Mike Jordan Ken Kleinschrodt Michelle Lawson Anna Hudspeth Renee Russell Laura Weatherford . ge, 1 5 iii x y g g at 5 Q-C 2 5- Sm. it . 3 1 it pw, X

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DRAMA CLLlB The drama department at Fox has been busy throughout the year. Besides performing The King and I in November, the drama department has participated in other activities. This year's spring play was Thornton Wilder's l'Our Town . On request, the Our Town cast performed the play as a matinee for select English classes, plus two performances for the public. On April 22, the drama department held the second annual All-School Variety Show. Many talented people 'lstrutted their stuff on stage that night. This year was the first year drama letters were given out. Terry Mikel, Lisa Webb, and Terry Lester were the first to receive the club letter. The drama department wound up its year at the state ITS convention in Kansas City in June, where they performed Bertha, The Bartender's Beautiful Baby. 'f X H J y l .vw , , y ,,,Q,,..1 I vfjififg.. ...f1 ,!,. I ,- 1 ,fi 'fxkwrga ,gh it A .i f My . Aff 34 W 541 liar... T Q, .W ' ' q 4 ,V QW- 3-1-If W. ? 3 ' N -w i hfgvrimf g ' 421-.H if 4 ,W 9, The i982 83 Drama Club Bottom row Cl to rj Eddie Skaggs Brian Baslnger Second row - Mike Angie Anderson lent her help with make-up for .Jordan Rochelle Braun Terry Mikel Cheryl Fox Terry Lester Lisa Webb Third row - Carrie Mikel, Our Town .