Highland Park High School - Little Giant Yearbook (Highland Park, IL)

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Student directors (far left) try to block their actors effectively. Soph Sherry Marks and frosh Cindy Cohen and Nancy Birnbaum (left) improvise for beginning acting class. New dance teacher. Miss Johnson, (below) aids Wendy Pelligrinon in achieving an attitude. while frosh Debbie Kosner (lower left) works leg swings to warm up. 21

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Fine Arts expands to satisfy the stagestruck Students attracted to the performing arts received a bonus from the Fine Arts department this year. One major change was the reorganization of the drama program. For the first time, freshmen were allowed to register for drama courses, resulting in a high enroll- ment and eleven more classes. Revision of the drama program was advantageous to the more experienced HPHS actors as well as to the novices. A directing course was offered to juniors and seniors who had had background in the theatre or who had taken other drama courses. Under the guidance of Mrs. Barbara Greener, students enrolled in the course explored many aspects of direction, from planning a production schedule to actually directing a short play. A most innovative addition to the curriculum was the Oance program. The course was one of the few of its kind in Illinois high schools. Class instructor Miss Suzanne Johnson felt that by the end of the year-long course each student would have an understanding of basic movement and dance history. 20

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To build up his arm muscles, senior Robert Carl- son (below) works out on the ladder during his Adaptive Gym class. Junior Sue Levy (right) helps junior Cindy Finke execute a back walk- over. as they participate in the dance-gymnas- tics segment of the Elective Activities program. Bearing in mind the adage practice makes perfect. junior Gina Rollery (far right) polishes her walk-overs for Advanced Gymnastics class. One student who participated in the before school gym labs, senior Linda Desnoyers (right) smashes the bird across the net with surprising spirit for an early morning badminton game. Seniors Janet Shure and Denise D'Angelo (far right) warm up together before tackling assigned equipment during an Elective Activities class. 22