North High School - Tower Yearbook (Wichita, KS)

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usic, Drama Departments provide school with 3 productions early in ear By mid-September, teachers and students alike were getting back in the routine ofa school year. Everyone's spirit seemed to need a lift, and this was pro- vided by the Music Department. Work- ing hard in the short time they had, the department's three main performing groups each came up with their own por- tion of a show. The 3 for 51 concert was born. The Madtigals performed Revival, Music Theatre did a produc- tion of the Broadway hit They're Play- ing Our Songf' and the Nocturnes, do- ing a take-off of the hit movie Urban Cowboy, countered with Suburban Cowgirl. The Drama Department was also preparing a show during this time. After having only three weeks to get it all together, students came out with their first production of the year, the melodrama The Drunkard. This pro- duction, made especially enjoyable tion which went as far as throwing pop- corn at the villain, was so successful that an encore performance was scheduled for mid-January. Although complicated by competing with a football game on opening night, the Drama Departments second produc- tion, Dracula, was a success. The story dealt with a vampire named Dracula and his nemisis, Professor Van Helsing. Good eventually won, and Dracula died with a stake driven into his heart. Special effects were an important part of this production, which utilized torches for lighting, flash pots which allowed Dracula to disappear, and a large bat which emerged for an across-the-stage flight. Drama students learned a valuable lesson while working on these produc- tions, according to Drama teacher Kim Ledford. ln the words of Socrates, they learned to know thyself. through the use of audience participa- Portraying the heroine, Gina Moore, looks dismayed after her sweetheart deserts her. ,f ,A ,Q-am., 1.5 'V , i .v :ff at 1 N 'U- ' A l il 1' 4 P xv' . -mc ..'.,f,3v '1 :Bm fm X Lfism , 3, f 9 i fam i' v F515 X if ,ig 5 a 4 ' -'A L -5 as- g' 5 t it 1' 5 if 9 5 1 . ,n ' L ' ' fa an., x , ,Z ,T ff Performing in the skit Revival, Lanelda Smetana, sr. ,john Moore, jr., and Kirsten Busey, sr., participate in the musical production 3 for Sl. Playing the part of Dracula, Mark Hatch, jr., and Andy Coss, playing the part of Renfield, do a scene from tht drama presentation of Dracula. i1r16t?z Fine Arts Fall Productions

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