La Marque High School - Cougar Yearbook (La Marque, TX)

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l ll! M Shades of Pygmalion - C Colonel Pickering is overwhelmed by the change in Eliza Doolittle s personality and ' . X 4,1 Eliza Doolittle and the housekeeper fight for the heart of Henry Higgins and for the presents he brought. if lwiwv -if-'an The cast of Pygmalion Organizations 71

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The Thespian year: Debra Balli, Cynthia Terrell, LaWanda Walker, Christina Block, Linda Patlan, Julie Arensman, Shirley Bilotta, Carla Flisowski, Letha Morgan, David Morris, Lisa Salinas, Tracy Garcia, Inga Adams, Shelly Arensman, Kathy McEnuIty, Tony Ford, Misty Beaton, Marsha Crawford, John Borsellino, Crimson Sloan, Janet Claiborn, Lisa Cantrell, Larry Noble, Lache Luke, Kelly Warren, Denesha Yancy, Toshonia Jackson, Renesh Franklin, Karl Hammerschmidt, Donna Marshall, Mary Arensman, Sam Holcomb, Eric Beaton, Julie Young, Tim Kreitzer, Kathy Denman, Bobby Nowlin, Danny Garwick, Rob Grady, Sonji Palmer, and Gary Smith. t ,,,,,, ,, ,, ,,,, , . ,,,,, J ,,, , L ,,,, , ,,,,,,,, , f ,,,,,,, ,y ,y,, . ,,,, f L tttt ,rt ,,,, f L .L tt, Q: , r .,, - I Vk.- fats,,k,.,,,,,s-:Q-. 5, The Initiation of the Thespians' crazy costumes surprised the student body as John Borsellino shows. 70 Organizations Thespian officers included Marilyn Foreman - President, Jennifer Brouillard Vice-President, and Mary Arensman - Secretary. ls it raining inside the school? NO, but Alicia Tadema follows instructions of her fellow Thespians. The key turned - the engine revved -they were on their way In their first exciting event of the year, the Thespian troup 159i packed themselves into a var and journeyed to San Antonio tc the International Thespiar Conference. They attendee lectures and exhibitions, the most helpful of which was one or the Eric Morris method of acting It became the troupe': predominant acting style. Students who gained enougl points during the year working on shows were allowed tc procede through the horrors' of Thespian Initiation Week These unfortunates were in, structed to do favors fo Thespians, including carrying books and serenading thq commons at lunch. i

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Being Jews. . . Why are you wearing a Jewish star? Why do you have that thing on your head? Why aren't you wearing make-up? The answer was easy - UIL one-act play competition. The drama troupe presented I Never Saw Another Butterfly for contest. The show was the life story of Raja Englanderova, a young Jewish girl and her suffering in a Nazi concentration camp. It was different from any other kind of previous show. To preparefortheintenseemotions that the actors had to portray, they became Jews. The boys had their heads shaved and wore Yamakas. The girls wore no make-up and pulled their hair back in babushkas. All the cast went on diets and cast and crew wore the yellow star of David daily. The stares, pointed questions and ridicule they received helped them understand the results of true prejudice. All who saw the show were definitely moved and few left without a tear in their eye. The show didn't win Zone A competition - the troupe took alternate. However, the show taught these students about a horrible past, and motivated them to keep it from happening in the future. 72 Organizations git Kathy McEnulty took the lead role as Raja Englanderova the young Jewish girl int concentration camp. he Nazi