Fullerton Union High School - Pleiades Yearbook (Fullerton, CA)

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ONCE UPON A MATTRESS Once Upon A Mattress is ttie musical version of ttie fairy tale Thie Princess and ttie Pea . In ttiis tiumorous version, ttie story is told by ttie local minstrel as he sings Many Moons Ago . As ttie play starts, ttie kingdom is ruled by a mean blabber-mouthed queen and her meek mute king. The low says that no one can marry until the Prince does, so the whole kingdom sings An Open- ing for o Princess . However, the Queen plans to never marry her son. Meanwhile, Lady Larkin and her lover Sir Harry must get mar- ried soon (she ' s pregnant) and so they search for a princess. Sir Harry returns in a while with a princess (named Winnifred) Who Prince Dauntless falls in love with. The Queen, however, hates her — the Princess comes from a giant swamp. Though wild. Princess Winnifred tries to convince everyone that she is Shy . Eventually, the Queen makes up a test to prove she is worthy — making It so hard that the Princess will foil. The Queen and the Wizard sing Sensitivity . Meanwhile. Princess Winnifred becomes homesick and sings The Swamps of Home , end Lady Lorkln has a fight with Sir Harry and decides to run away She Is helped by the King, the N ' Cast in Order of Appearance: MINSTREL Brian Young WIZARD Philip Weltzman PRINCESS NO. 12 Vanessa Lane LADY LARKEN Patti Whiting QUEEN AGGRAVAIN Karen Vernon PRINCE DAUNTLESS Mike Radensky KING SEXTIMUS James Borges JESTER David Monge SIR STUDLEY Jay Cunningham LADY ROWENA Julie Stoffel LADY MERILL Chymaine Polsley LADY LUCILLE Catherine Brick SIR HARRY Brent Schlndele PRINCESS WINNIFRED Amy Somers LADY MABELLE Jenni Christensen CHORUS Shannon Bartels. Catherine Brick, Bryan Carey, Charles Chaidez, Jenni Chris- tensen, Cindy Freeland, Vanessa Lane, Trisha Loo, Ki McAllise. Chymaine Polsey. Angle Poore. Dina Reed. Julie Stotfel

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Is it an epidemic? Is it a disease? No, it ' s all F.UHS, students running madly around campus dressed as everything from Hawai- ian tourists to guy cheerleaders. On Monday, the students dressed as funky Hawaiians, Tuesday, everyone stalked the halls with their trench coots and pistols disguised as the Mafia, Wednesday, roll- ing out of bed and into your car was the thing to do for Pajama Day. Girls dressed up as linemen for the football team, and guys concealed themselves as fancy cheerleaders for Turn-About Day on Thursday. Finally on Friday, the extra-spirited students were brightened with the school colors for Red and White Day. Though some people looked quite strange, the spirit was flowing through- out the school. Spirit Week was great success that was filled with a great deal of fun and laughter, but above all, school pride was in almost every student on campus. School Spirit Exemplified! Two little girls stand next to their idol. The Easter Bunny James Won keeps a watchful eye on the first f-,alf of Bonnie and Clyde. (Christine Phelps) Laura Cooper says to herself, Gosh a man in uniform ALWAYS takes my breath away! Gosh, I never noticed how pretty Debbie ' s teeth ore ' Wait, you mean to tell me that I, Kevin Sawyer, made it for Head Songleader? Hey, that photographer is taking our picture You better hurry and take that bra off before people start looking at us,

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Jester, and the Minstrel as they sing Normandy , Later, the Queen puts a pea under the princess ' mattress, and then throws a boil to exhaust Winnifred with a dance called The Spanish Panic , But Princess Winnitred doesn ' t get tired, especially as the Prince begins to sing The Song of Love , Later, alone, she sings Happily Ever After end dreams of her prince. At the same time, the King tries to show his son the facts of life with a Man to Man Talk , Also that night. Sir Harry discovers Lady Larkin ' s plan, and they make up. singing Yesterday I Loved You To help them out, the Minstrel and the Jester team up to find out about the test. Without know- ing, however. Princess Winnifred still cannot fall asleep. In the morning, the Queen believes the Princess has failed, and is shocked to find that she passed. The Queen still tries to stop the marriage, but the prince stands up to her for the first time in his life. Suddenly, the Queen loses her voice, and the King gets his back, taking control of the kingdom and his Queen, Of course, they all live happily ever after. H 1 K ' « H K H Hi B frj !»- ' H Hw ' .Jj N iS ' 1 H H V s 1 L p IT ' i l 1 - - 1 Bb } i l V ■jL JLy ' -j M V J V LmIIH wL ,:.. - B All she wants to do is dance Don ' t mess with the Queen (Karen Vernon), The King (James Borges) dances the night away. Hey! Two girls for every boy! Falling head over heels, Brian Young plays a tune upon his lute. By George. I think I ' ve got it! David Monge laughs it up as Court Jester, Raise your hand if you ' re sure! The Prince (Mike Radensky) tells the Princess (Amy Somers) You were meant for me, Sir Harry (Brent Schidele) has a lovers quarrel with Lady Larkin (Potti Whiting),