Lanier High School - Viking Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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lf you were interested in looking and not participating, Austin provided you with many places to choose from. The Postcard on 23rd Street and the Drag offered vendors selling everything from intricate jade or turquoise jewelry to brightly embroidered clothing while flutes and guitars sounded softly in the background. Museums and galleries were around everywhere and the LaGuna Gloria Art Festival with its booths filled with all sorts of goodies was fun for everyone. A favorite for budget-wise browsers was the Starving Artists show. Delicate silver-wire sculptures and bright, paint splashed canvas, all for under 310. Art could help us get out of a bad mood and into a good one. lt helped us express ourselves when words weren't enough and it proved we had culture. Whether you were buying or selling or just looking, arts and crafts were fun. 1 Although a year late, Laura Johnson embroi- ders a cross stitch design for the Bicentennial. A growing national hobby, many did embroidery, needlepoint, and crewel work to pass time, relieve tension or give for gifts. 2 Earl Harrigan adds the final color to his plaster horsehead plaque. Many ceramics students crafted pieces for friends, parents and their homes. 3 Katy Harrison presses clay into place, creating a spirit pot. Spirit pots projected personalities and occasionally had facial expressions, 4 Working on his bird sketch, Marc Valdez applies the pen and ink technique to the project in Mrs. Horne's drawing and painting class. 5 Sylvia Mosqueda trims and cleans her slipcast- ing project with a carving tool in Mrs. Sayer's ceramics class. Patience and a steady hand were a necessity when cleaning and glazing the clay, artsand crafts 149

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1 Ladies Page and Ford, played by Donna Sto- rey and Laura Sargologos, plan how they will get revenge on Fafstafl for trying to pick them up in Merry Wives of Windsor. Elaborate costumes of white and pastel trim unified the cast's per- formance. 2 ln Guilty Generation, Old Henry, played by James Raby, tries to keep warm after an atomic explosion has filled the warm valley with radia- tion, forcing him and others to seek shelter on the cold mountain top. 3 In Dont Drink the Water, Krojak tVal Wrightj shows Axel CRichard Pettyj the mic that recorded Axel's admission that the Hollanders were spies. 4 Front row: Carolyn Arnold, Jenny Thompson. Second row: Richard Petty, Cindy Rowley, Ann McCaffery, Mark Gordon, Donna Storey, Christ- ina Dahlberg. Third row: Gigi Goren, Laura Sar- gologos, Jenni Gordon, Vera Bockelman, Christy Newton, Gary Petty. Fourth row: Cindy Patterson, John Barger, Mona Mierea, Charlene Murke, Kenny Scheer, Pat Blashill. Fifth row: Yvonne Ramirez, Ralph Oslo, Kim Underwood, Heather Hielscher, James Raby, Bill Knesek, John Williams, Sixth row: Eric Sheppard, Robert See, David Wolfe, Hank Sherrill, Melissa Walker he time spent in drama was unbelievable. Hours of practice and blocking directions, and tons of prop and costume construction were routine with every production. But it all added up to the polished look so typical of Lanier's plays. This season opened with Woody Allen's comedy Don't Drink the Water starring Heather Hielscher, John Barger and Richard Petty. Next on the bill was the Winter Showcase, five one act plays: Guilty Generation, John Turner Davis, Crows, Winners, and Old Lady Shows Her Medals. The final major production was William Shakespeare's 'tMerry Wives of Windsor. As the play was reset in 1896, the crew created a Gay 9O's atmosphere with elaborate costumes and props. Lanier won't have a production like that again for a long time, said Donna Storey. At U.l.L. district competition, Laura Sargologos won All-Star Cast, and John Barger, Christina Dahlberg and Donna Storey won Honorable Mention. The production won Zone contest, where John Barger won Best Actor, and Laura Sargologos once again made All-Star Cast. Pat Blashill, Kenny Scheer and Christina Dahlberg received Honorable Mention. The drama department didn't compete at Area, therefore the senior cast members were able to go to the prom, Rusty Fuller said the experience of being on stage made him more open, and helped in his classes. ln English, Rusty memorized and dramatized twenty lines of Shakespeare. The act earned him a round of applause and a good grade. For Mr. Foard, this year was a rewarding and fulfilling year. The cast's reward was obvious. The work put in was returned by the warm appreciation and response from the audience. drama 151