Luling High School - Aquila Yearbook (Luling, TX)

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Greg Weiner, senior, portrays a frustrated teacher. During this scene in Children of a Lesser God, Greg trys to relate to the audience the frustration in try- ing to deal with a deaf student. Portraying a deaf student, Byron Robinson, junior, rehearses for Children of a Lesser God . In a meeting between several characters in Children of a Lesser God, Pame Spencer, Matt Townley, Greg Weiner, seniors, and Byron Robinson, ju- nior, discuss phonetics. 114 DRAMA

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Working Together To Get The Job Done Junior Paul Flores, prints pic- tures in the darkroom. How do you expect an artist to work when everyone wants a picture of him? he asked. Louis Pierre, junior, head pho- tographer, reads instructions on how to properly hold a camera in position. Junior Kristi Kneupper and Kathy Castilleja, senior, carefully work together to organize the index of the yearbook. I Juniors Robert Garcia and Bal- tazar Chan find it beneficial to file their layout information. At least I ' ll know it won ' t be too lost now, said Baltazar. Sophomore Kalene Corner takes a moment to carefully gather her thoughts as she tries to write copy on the typewriter. Juniors Chris Shade, Byron Rob- inson, Faydra Bailey and Dee Dee Nesbitt know that work goes easier if you do it together, as seen here while they file year- book pages in the dummy book.

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t i iitJt Greg Weiner, senior, performs improvised sign language to a deaf Pame Spencer, senior, in Children of a Lesser God . Deafness Challenges Cast It was the most de- manding role I ever had to perform because I had to be able to sign and com- municate with Greg as a deaf person would react. For Pame Spencer, who played a deaf Sara Nor- man Leeds, the experience of performing in the stage version of Children of a Lesser God was challeng- ing. Although this was not the first time the Luling drama department had decided to perform a play nominated for an Acade- my Award, it proved to be a large undertaking for the students to relate to deaf characters. It was a very interest- ing experience, Pame said after a workshop she attended to learn to com- municate with Greg through sign language. She signed during the whole play, while I faked every scene, Greg Weiner, who played Sa- rah ' s husband, James Leeds, said. According to Pame, the underlying theme of the play was deaf people aren ' t able to reach the world of the hearing. Hearing people can ' t penetrate the world of the deaf, and deaf people can ' t grasp the world of the hearing, so it has to be a compromise, a meeting of the minds, added Pame. Overall, the play proved to a a very interesting ex- perience Pame said. An experience that lent added practice for an all-star cast. Children of a Lesser God was just a prelude to another exciting and prof- itable year from the stu- dent actors directed by a new drama coach, Dina Richmond. ORGANIZATIONS 115