Harry Ells High School - Crusader Yearbook (Richmond, CA)

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seniorganza Cavemanl Fufurel Pas+l Dreamsl -fhe May class meef- ings were noisy wifh shrieked suggesfions for a 'ganza lheme. A long silence indicafed maybe The whole idea should be abandoned. The Around 'rhe World rheme was chosen - finally, if noi' unanimously. School was our. Seniors sca'Hered. A small group worked diligenfly all summer sfudying dialec+s, foreign phrases lincluding beafniki, and geography, in order +o wrife fhe play's dialogue. The very 'firsi' day of school all seniors and facuH'y helpers were afflicfed wiih 'ganza nerves. Only six weeks fill fhe show! Casiing began. Tryoufs were mob scenes. Everyone wanied fo gel info The acr, and nearly everyone did! Forfunafely, if was +he only way fhe show could have gone on. Dialogue was being re-wriHen as needed. Scenes were dropped. Scenes were enlarged. Words and music were being wriHen unfil 1'he acrual hour of fhe firsr show. Several performers were sewn info 'rheir cosfumes a+ +he lasf second. Choreographers lore 'rheir hair. Mam- mofh chorus lines sfruggled bravely +o synchronize fheir innumerable lefl' feef. Ligh+s, pain+, and scenery fell all over each ofher. H' was impossible! So much could no+ be accomplished by so many in so shor'l' a 'I'ime. Would 'lhere be an audience? Would +hey slay? Would +hey! Exhaus+ed, basied +oge+her, prompred, ad libbing, and slighfly slap-happy, fhe enfire casi' played 'I'o a packed house bofh nigh'I's. The formula of cooperafion plus deferminaiion equalled senior- ganza success. Pere Scalia presenrs reminders of The ganza. 1,1 3 il -:mr-si .- A ilh,,,,,..?, M... ,.z' im 6 1 Ti ii t Who's oura sfep? J ' fd' ' l ay S a I again , Here comes if' .... 'nN, any A

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