Green Mountain High School - Ramblings Yearbook (Lakewood, CO)

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Christine Smaldone asks if she can breathe while playing dead. John Byers listens for the Broadway director downstairs. 192 - Fall Play

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Alumni, Greg VanDyke, Val Hepp, Cindy Johnson, and Bret Hardesty, return for the special event. Prancing fancy in the Homecoming parade. A good view of the Freshman float. ' A Week For Remembering Homecoming week at GMHS was filled with many activities. This year, there were only two spirit days. The Seniors planned their own 'Senior Weird Day' in which some punked out, others wore pajamas, as well as anything else they felt like wearing. Senate planned a university T-shirt day. In the middle of the week, a float display was held at Green Mountain Plaza, under the buzzing neon lights. Refreshments were sold by various organizations and floats, decorated trucks and cars were also present. The Sophomores received first place in the float competition. The Juniors were second, Seniors third, and Freshmen fourth. The next day was the parade. It chained its way from Dunstan Jr. High all the way up to Green Mountain High. Students From Dunstan, Devinny Elementary, and GMHS were all let out of school around twelve to watch the moving links. Waving at people, looking for a car you know, and scram- bling for candy are details that make the parade personal and exciting. There was a unique truck this year not by a club, but a private organization. It was a Solidarity float accompanied by a public relations person handing out flyers 'advocating the violent overthrow' of Senate and the power be- hind it. The individuals participating wore masks over their faces and a dummy hung from a gal- lows. The Homecoming dance was the rounding off event. Everyone had been talking about who was going to ask who to the dance since the second week of school. The attendants were presented at Thursday's pep assembly. The Freshmen were Lucia Toman and Tracy Ellis, the Sophomore cou- ple was Karen Parsons and Tim Wright, the Ju- niors were Julie Chavez and Vance Stillman, and the Seniors were Sarah Cappelluchi and Steve Rons, Sheri Johnson and Joe VanDyke, Sabrina Forrest and V.J. Greco, and Annette Vitry and Chuck Reid. The king and queen were announced at the football game that evening. All anxious anticipation ended when Annette Vitry and Chuck Reid rang out through the stadium. Reid said, The queen gets a cape and crown but the king doesn't get anything. I cried about itf' Senate organized the dress-up event. People listened and danced to the Western music of Horse Thief Can- yon. As 11:00 rolled around, the week's activities ended along with the 1982 Mountain Fairf' Homecoming - 191

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Mm ' h 'Dwi ' Eric Fry and Holly Ropes peer over the couch. Gary Anderson ponders Juli Gammon's ignorance. John Byers pleads with Linda Akey. Gut Cf The Frying Pan Out of the Frying Pan was writen by Francis Swaiin in the 1940's. Little did Swaiin know that his production would hit the GMHS stage in 1982. Auditions were held early in the second week of school and by the end of that same week rehersals were under way. The actors and actresses rehearsed every after- noon except Fridays, through the first week in November, until that long awaited but nerve-rack- eting opening night. For the first time, the T.V. class taped the show for Ramsview on opening night. While everyone was being seated, Pattie Sutton, assistant director, led exercises backstage to re- lieve tensions. At exactly 7:30 the curtain opened and the play was under way. lt proceeded with only a few mishaps, like when Eric Fry Cseniorl, alias George, fell over backwards in the chair. Gary Anderson, alias Tony, saved the day with, George! Will you sit in the chair right, for Pete's sake! The play continued and everyone entered on cue, even the landlady. Curtain call finally ar- rived and the first night was over. Both Friday and Saturday nights went smoothly, as the audience carried the enthusiasm and laughed until they were blue in the face. Saturday night at curtain call, Chuck Reid, sen- ior, gave every cast member a yellow rose in representation of Senate, and Andy Alexander, senior, handed out red roses. Then the cast, still clad in their pajamas, presented Simmons with a director's chair labeled with one of his favorite sayings. They also gave Sutton a sweatshirt with Out of the Frying Pan on the front. The play itself was about six young actors sharing a New York Apartment upstairs from a famous director and the mishaps they encounter trying to get him to see their play. The kids includ- ed George iEric Fry, seniorl who was the fun- loving and jolly young man, Kate lDana Kerwin, seniorl who was the cynic of the crowd, Tony iGary Anderson, juniorl who was married to Marge but finding it difficult to pretend he wasn't, Marge fHolly Ropes, seniorl who was Tony's wife in secret and the optimist in the crowd, Norman iJohn Byers, seniorl who was sensible and the cornerstone of the group, and Dottie iJuli Gam- mon, seniorl who was the dumb blonde and in love with Norman. Other cast members included Muriel Foster fChristine Smaaldone, seniorl Dottie's snoopy friend, Mr. Coburn iSteen Gilbertson, sen- iorl Dottie's father, Mrs. Garnet iCamy Michel, juniorl the ding-a-lingi' landlady, Mr. Kenny iDon McPhee, juniorl the gay director, and the first and second cops iLinda Akey, sophomore, and Bruce Cooper, junior.l Bud Simmons directed and Pattie Sutton, senior, assisted. Fall may - 193