Jersey Village High School - Falcon Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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Discussing their characters between scenes, Larry Boykin asks Kevin Thompson what he plans to do. Luther Billzlv f jim Williamxj and Stewpot fPat 0'Brianj watch Bloody Mary try to impress Lt. Cable with her shrunken human head. I'm Gonna Wash that Man Right Out of My Hair sing the nurses as Nellie debates her feelings for th e F r e n c h planter, Emile DeBeque. Bloody Mary fNicole Canufayj asks Ll. Cable fPa! Vaugbnj if he hears Bali-Hai calling to him. Putting mascara on her eyes,jui Pullm gets ready for the Honey Bun song and dance number. dramafchoir musical

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orking hard for money Working patiently, Ed Edgar at- tempts to sell a bike to his customer. This is one of his many duties as an employee of the Schwinn Bike Shop. fb Q Q lease, the Gold Duster pleaded, surely you can afford to buy just one package of cheese. No, you have to buy cheese from me first, demanded the junior. But then you won't have enough for the magazine I am going to sell you, shouted the senior. You have just heard the we-need-money phantoms as they prey on their next victim. Does the conversa- tion sound familiar? Whether we like it or not, going to high school gets more expensive each day. With all the money needed to feed our school and the extra things that go along with it, it is almost impossible to live without a job. The majority of students began their working career when they were freshmen or sophomores. Many students, like these, worked several days a week to help pay for their school expenses as well as personal expenses. Beth Allen worked a six-hour week at Tinsley's Chicken. Troy Ducote also worked at Tinsley's. Rhonda Stegent worked four nights a week at Steak and Ale. Suzanne Mathis worked three nights a week at Thom McAn. Crystal Williams worked in Kinney's Shoe Store in Willowbrook Mall. Her brother Gary Williams work- ed at another shoe store right next to Kinney's called Butlers. juan Gutierrez was employed with a Construction Company. Marcelo Lencina put in several hours a week at Kroger food store. Shuana Stell, David and jeff-Iones, and Sandy Hen- son all enjoyed working together at Hill Country Sausage and Bar-B-Que. j. johnson, Lori Clay and Richard and Lewis Gibbs also worked together. They worked at North- west Village Cinema Six. These were only a small portion of our working students. There were a number of others as well, and you would often see them driving straight to work right after a full day at school. At Menchaca's, Susan Creel talks with a customer. Arranging a display of stuffed animals, Debbie Slavin spends another working day at Pam's Hallmark Shoppe. job market

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Ro ing in the Introducing Nellie Forburh, alias Stephanie Tiemannf' says drama director Hal Miller as Stephanie happily laughs. as K South Pacific Putting a play together was hard work for the drama and choir students. Due to a very busy year, we only had five weeks to put together the play. We rehearsed four to five days a week, both after school and at night. We even spent some weekends for about three hours, said john McKinney who played Emile DeBeque, a French planter. With all the hard work came experience, challange, and an all-around great time. The drama and choir students got a chance to switch shoes. Nicole Conway, a choir student, got the experience of acting on stage, portraying Bloody Mary, a dingy Tonkinese woman. Mr. Miller and a lot ofthe drama students helped me with the acting. I have never been on stage in my whole life until now, said Nicole. It was challanging for each of the students to portray his or her character. Stephanie Tiemann played Ensign Nellie. She said, The most challenging thing was making all my costume changes, washing my hair on stage, and dancing while singing. For jim Williams who played Luther Billis the hardest part was learning the Anchors Away sequence ofthe Honey Bun number where he had to make a tatooed ship on his stomach move. The part of Ltjoseph Cable was played by Pat Vaughn. He had trou- ble keeping his character throughout the musical, much to the amuse- ment of the South Pacific cast. ln the middle of Act II on Saturday night I cutjohn McKinney's lines and ad-libed for ten minutes, laughed Pat. After the play, the cast had a great time wrapping Mrs. Emanual's house and eating at jo jo's ar 2 o'clock in the morning. But they all agreed with Nicole Conway when she said the musical gave the chance for the drama and choir departments to become closer, and we all ex- perienced something that will be remembered for a long time. Belting out a rip-roaring rendition of There is Nothing Like a Dame, the sailors wish for some female companionship on their lonely island in the sea. dramafchoir musical