Long Beach High School - Echo Yearbook (Long Beach, NY)

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Drama T the beginning of the February semester, work began on the play, Death Comes To My Friends. This was a step in the direction of tragedy. The Dramatic Department felt that Long Beach High had had enough entertainment and some education in the ways of true Drama was in order. Appearing again in this play were our graduating thespians Miriam Singer and Vin- cent Klemmer. Though the reception to this play was not as encouraging as it was to the first play Antic Spring, produced in December of 1947 starring the Seniors Rhoda Fisher, Renee Lurie, Sondra Friedman, Miriam Singer and Vincent Klemmer, it was enjoyed by all. Their second play done, the Dramatic group devoted its efforts to the Senior Play, The play decided on by the Seniors themselves was Janie Mrs. Klages and Mrs. Bell together with two students chose the cast which resulted in Janie being played by Miriam Singer, Scooper Nolan by Vincent Klemmer, and Dick Lawerence by Steve Lazarus. Much effort was put into this production, but all who participated in it enjoyed themselves immensely. The finished product turned out to be well worth the laborious effort put into it. Through the Dramatic Director, Mrs. Bell, Sondra Freidman was able to secure a scholarship to the Carnegie School of Dramatic Art for the February semester. Miriam Singer and Vincent Klemmer tried for the September scholarship.

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Music ITH the coming of Spring and the melting of the snows, also comes the time for the annual operetta and Mr. Brownis real work then begins-first, the selection of the operetta itself, then selection of the cast, then rehearsal, after rehearsal, after rehearsal, and finally the produc- tion itself. This thumbnail sketch cannot give one any idea of the work entailed. Mr. Brown must be given a great deal of credit for his perseverance and expert direction. This year's production, Pa- tience had four Seniors in starring roles, joan Banvard in the title role, Steve Lazarus as Gros- venor, Helen Slattery as Saphir, and Sheila Kami- now as jane. This operetta dealt with twenty love-sick maidens and the prom-conscious senior girls believed it to be very timely. Running Mr. Brown ragged is his schedule of spring musical events. Following the operetta is a grade school concert and then the annual Swing Show in which the music department runs wild. This last is always a success and probably always will be. With it all, Mr. Brown leads his talented Swing in Schooltimeu group, made up of the best musicians throughout the county, in concerts taking place in Glen Cove, various other places and ending up in New York's Town Hall early in June. Long Beach was the location for one of these outstanding shows this year and was very proud of its favorite sons and daughters such as Roy Schwartz, first trumpet, Ellen Gussow and Herbie Hiller, first violins, and Esta Feldman, Florence Fisher, joan Banvard, and Ruthe Buss, making up the major portion of the choir. Mr. Brown and his chief aides de camp, Messrs. Young, Ruddock, and Phillips plus the music department take up their leisure time with a Talent show and gradua- tions here and there. With it all they try to keep busy. K I