Kellam High School - Challenger Yearbook (Virginia Beach, VA)

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wr, 4, 1 .M ., .1- ' 14. . THPISPIANS. lfrunl Row Murv Hunk Soruml Row V. I 1 H 1 1 I I ki ' ff ff ' J f I If 1 Rick lone-x. Ann l'4e1lursm1,lQrnnflllpln 'Hnrrl Row ll 'HF l lrlll ll lr j S lg nl Tammy liukor, lmlu Rnsunlnnrg Hunk Row Amy ull' Klm luhnslon illlllllfux' Hf t-'fllif Sherrill ll tu Kuna Benson. ll Work . . . Fall Pla Action with a different angle has given the Drama Club a new identity. With the lead- ership ofthe seniors, the con- tinued support of the juniors, and the new blood of the soph- omores, the Drama Club has developed into a thriving, vi- brant, and active organization. During the summer, several Drama Club members and Thespians took part in the Vir- ginia Beach Drama and Foresnsic Workshops held at Virginia Wesleyan College. Kellam's drama department sent six representatives to the drama workshop and three to the forensic workshop. Whereas the workshops were supposed to teach the partici- pants new activities, most of the workshops served just as a review to the Kellam students. They did, however, participate in some new activities, among them a video-tape recording of a forensic selection of which each Kellam student received an excellent critique. The three-day workshops were the first given by the City of Vir- ginia Beach, although the Kel- lam drama students annually attend workshops sponsored by the University of Virginia and the Virginia High School League. The annual workshop was held in Indian River High School and involved the whole Tidewater area with Kellam sending more participants than any other school. The Drama Club is not re- stricting its talents to the annual fall play this year. Numerous variety shows have been per- formed for various nursing homes and children's hospitals throughout the whole year. The fall production for 1978 was A Christmas Carol. The cast gave two performances at Kellam and a special performance at the Medic Home Convalescent Center over the Christmas holi- days. Noticeably more active than in past years, the Drama Club has worked at many projects and turned them into succes- ses. The fact that the drama de- partment is larger this year than in the past is due to the intro- duction of drama in the junior high schools. One organization many drama students look forward to joining is the International Thespian Society. The interna- tional rules for thespianship state that a student must have a hundred hours of theatrical work either acting of with the stage crew, and they must have a hundred dollars worth of fund-raising. If fund-raising is not a part of the drama depart- ment the student must earn another hundred hours of work. However, at Kellam the rules are different. To become a member of the Kellam thespian troup a student only has to be involved in two plays. Even with the more lenient rules the Thespian Society is small in number. The Thespians, like the Drama Club, have-planned many activities for the year, in- cluding a Thespian play to pos- sibly be performed before an assembly. The one event all actors and actresses look forward to is the Academy Awards. The Kellam actors are no different. Each spring brings with it the annual Kelly Awards which bring spe- cial recognition to the students who excel in their work. 65

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Lisa Campa, Shelley Taylor, and Ieffy Shannon strut for the Drama Club in the Homecoming Parade. wmfny Taylor leffx' xhannon, Dxana Straney. Nancy Alexander Fourth Row lllay McNutt. Ann Peder- ,en Hrett Iellerson Todd Brown, Gma Marcelll. Mary Niarltmskl I.1ndySull1'-'an Back Row Norma Rxtr f , 'il

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