Moore High School - Timekeeper Yearbook (Moore, OK)

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uartet. Senior Melodie Crittenden, junior Philip Gordon, senior Danny Tanner and junior Amy Newendorp sing a quartet in the musical Little Mary Sunshine. ove At First Sight. Junior Amy Newendorp and senior Danny Tanner sing a love duet in the musi- cal. Danny portrayed one of the many forest rangers. - roadway Bound Practicing every day after school until nine or ten at night for two weeks helped the cast of Little Mary Sunshine present an excellent musical production. The story began at the tum of the century in a small Colorado inn which was run by Little Mary Sunshine. She had purchased the land and inn by selling homemade cookies. While facing foreclosure on her land, several different events ensued before Little Mary Sunshine was given a solution to her problem. All of the hard work and dedication paid off when I saw Mgr-f ,ls yt. . 'e 2 1 s y 'X 4. L AM .. 2 resh Face. Junior Brad Epperson and senior John William- son watch junior Courtney Duncan sing a solo. Courtney had the lead role in the musical. n the Lookout. Senior Melodic Crittenden and junior Philip Gordon sing a duet as they look beyond the horizon. Scenery played an important role in the over- all effect. Musical Student Life 28 My favorite part was when Damon McFadden does the dance with all the girls! - junior Courtney Duncan. p reaks Come Easy To Those In Musicals the complete show, said junior Shannon McDonald. 'flt was the best that Moore had ever done. Ralph Duncan, along with the entire cast, should be con- gratulated, said Mrs. Jane VanBurkleo. Courtney Duncan had had second thoughts about playing the lead of Mary Potts. ' 'At first I didn't want to play the pan because I'm sweet, but Little Mary was sappy, said junior Courtney Duncan. After I got into it I liked itf' Courtney did a marvelous job, said junior Darla Haffner. She did it gracefully. It was great! There was much talent from all performers, which allowed the entire musical to be a success. ' 'I felt that it went over really well, said junior Doug Liner. '4We had to work really hard and it was good experience for us. I really liked it because everybody seemed to have fun and it tumed out very wellf' said junior Kelly Mulvany. Julie Tittle's part was my favorite because she handled the part like a pro.

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Planning for the musical took months of hard work even before the actors were chosen. Scenery for Little Mary Sunshine was designed by Pam Brill, Kent Krieger. Dan Werhum, and Mr. David Klumb's first, second and third hour a The construction of the set was done by Mr. Hugh Gouldy and his sixth hour fl classes. Behind the Scenes The red coats for the forest rangers were redesigned by the home economic stu- dents of Mrs. Sue Shumsky. All other costumes were rented from Stigler, Oklahoma. ar Dance. ln front of a painted scene, senior Eric Fox performs a dance as senior Eric Frichette stands guard. The scenery was donated by woodworking students, woodworking class. S -V ,F t, UHF' , ' ga we l S if' W hi' ,555 ,Dr QQ laying Croquet. With croquet sticks in their hands, junior Amy Newendorp and senior Danny Tanner sing as two parts in an octet. Ensembles, as w ll performed, e as solos, were Musical Student Life