James E Taylor High School - Stampede Yearbook (Katy, TX)

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Taylor High School Fine Arts Department presented the musical Oklahoma Jan. 29 and 30, in the school commons at 7:30 p.m. Oklahoma is special to many people because of its songs, Theater Arts Director Rachel Mattox says. Ones such as Oh What A Beautiful Morning and People Will Say We're ln Love were featured in the all-student production. The classic American musical is based on the play Green Grow The Lilacs by Lynn Riggs. The play is about a cowboy, Curly tsenior Hal Swetnamt, who is in love with a girl named Laurey ljunior Sheri McNeelyJ . We have a classic good guysfbad guys plot, Mattox says. Forty-four others were in the cast itself, while twenty to thirty more were working behind the scenes. Mattox estimates that over 100 people were involved in the production. We're really excited about getting to do a musical here - having the talent to do it and having all of the departments involved, she said. They've Got Thei This is hard work, but it also produces a product the students will enjoy and be proud of, Land said. Part of the work is practice. Because the play is 50- 70 per cent singing, much ofthe actor's time is used in learning the songs. Subordinate singers practiced one hour a day, and lead singers practiced two hours a day. According to Land, the rehearsals took up so much time that she usually didn't get home until 10:00 p.m. A production such as this one requires a lot of understanding from parents and other faculty members, Mattox said. But it's worth it in the end! 1. The entire cast of OKLAHOMA danced their hearts out on the stage. ' ,-

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f'X Mrs. Land starts a new song. Members of the choir pose for the photographer. Sarah Bryant, sophomore, says to Angela Shaifer, senior, He's watching me sing. Mrs. Land teaches the choir a new song. Jennifer Smith, sophomore, plays the piano for the choir.

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Act Together N M., s .2 5 ni 1. 2. 3. r Senior Michelle Dunken, and Junior Bennett McCarroI seem to excite Senior Charlotte Keith with their talk of marriage in the play You Can't Take It With You. Sophomore Paige Pengra and Junior Billy Wright stare oif into the distance in the play t'You Can't Take It With You. The word witch is defined as a per- son believed to have powers from evil spirits. This is the plot of the play Crucible In The Crucible witches were hunted down. Everyone was in fear of being called a witch. You can see that fear in the faces of Sara Brown, senior, and Nan Crawford, junior. it