North High School - Tower Yearbook (Wichita, KS)

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Somethin ' Afoot On the evenings of April 11, 12, and 13 the Performing Arts Dept. presented the murder, mystery, musical, comedy, SometbingkAfoot. The muscial was fairly new and appeared on Showtime last summer. The play was going to be presented February 28, March 1 and 2 but due to the closeness between it and You Can 't Take It VWtb You, Mr. Charles Fischer and the cast decided to postpone it until April. A special assembly was presented April 19 dur- ing 3rd and 4th hours for juniors and seniors. So'metbing's Ajbotn was somewhat different than the usual plays. jim Chesick, senior, took responsibility as director. Trey McIntyre, sophomore, choreographed all of the musical numbers. Even though it was basically run by all students, music director Martin johnson did all of the accompaning and drama instructor, Mr. Fischer, put his efforts in making the show as good as possible. As the curtain opens a large house was seen. The house looked as if no one lived in it for a long time. Six guests were invited for the 8 weekend unaware that the others had been in- vited. Soon after their arrival Clive fSkip Deweyl announced that a severe electrical storm was rapidly approaching and that Lord Rancour was dead. The clock chimed 7:15 and as he began announcing that dinner was served the staircase blew up killing him. Suspicion began to arise among the other guests who were soon to be victims as Miss Tweed CMarieke Wolfel began to sing the title song, Sometbing's Afoot. As the evening progressed a stranger arrived and the storm got stronger. One by one the guests were being murdered. In the final song of Act I, Suspicious expressed the tenseness everyone had for each other. After intermission, Act II began. Once again one by one the guests were eliminated until on- ly Hope CBrockie Harveyl and Goeffrey fAllen Eastj were left. The last of the guests to be murdered was Miss Tweed. She was painting a picture of Geoff and telling him who she thought the murderer was in murder, mystery, musical, comedy when the suit of armours arms wrapped around her neck and choked her. As Hope came down the stairs she spotted Geoff pushing Miss Tweed into the library with the others. Hope suspected the killer to be Geoff but they both were surprised when a victrola was exposed from behind a portrait of Lord Rancour. On it was a record which they played and find out that the killer is in fact-Lord Rancour himself. Hope is the legal heir and receives the entire fortune. Geoff pours them a drink and they toast the New Day . At this time Lord Rancour is explaining how he killed each vic- tim. As he begins talking about Flint's QMark Dayl death they feel sick. Flint was to be poisen- ed by arsenic which had been put in the wine that Geoff and Hope had drank. Ending in a different manner of no one living the cast really enjoyed preparing the production for fellow students, friends, and family. 'Tm glad that tbe show was set back because it enabled us to put on a better perfznnanee, one that we could realbf take pride in, said Marieke Wow. 24X Something's Afoot SUSPICIOUS - Marieke Wolfe gives clues to who the murderer just might be, whilg ghg guests join in doing a handjive , as they sing Suspicious ,

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Penny Sycamore. ...... .... .. Essie Carmichael ....... .........Donna Baker Paul Sycamore ....... . .......... . Mr. DePinna ...... Ed Carmichael ....... Donald ............. Grandpa ............. Alice Sycamore .............. ...... Wilbur C. Henderson ....... .... .......Lara Crosby .jennifer Rhoads David East ....Robert White .......Mark Day ..........Ted jones .......-Iohn Fredin janelle Timmons David Sharlow Tony Kirby ................. ........ B ryan Buehler Boris Kolenkhov. ..,... Gay Cunningham. Mr. Anthony Kirby ....... . .. Trey Mclntyre Leisl Wright .......jim Chesick Mrs. Anthony Kirby ...... ..... S herry Graham The Man ............ Mac..... .......... .... Jim ........................................... ....... Grand Duchess, Clga Katrina ...... ..... ......Charles Fischer Bud McCurry .. Clinton Turner .Anna McDonald 'sax foci ii A'-4

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SOMETI-lING'S AFOOT ' CAST 3 fthe saucy maid! ,FLINT .......................... be fthe caretaker! CLIVE .................... 2 fthe butler! X HOPE LANGDON ...... .. 5 fthe ingenuel DR. GRAYBURN ............. .. fthe family doctorj 2 NIGEL RANCOUR ........................... ....... g fthe dissolute nephewj g LADY GRACE MANLEY-PROWE ........ ' fthe grande-damel COL. GILLWEATHER ....... .. fthe old army manl 1MISSTWEED ..... ..............................,......... fthe tweedy, elderly amateur detectivel .Janelle Timmons Mark Day .....Skip Dewey Brockie Harvey David Sharlow Trey B. Mclntyre Lara Crosby Bryan Buehler ....Marieke Wolfe GEOFFREY .................,...........................,... ....... D avid East , fthe juvenilej ,tl '6 'sy Q rf s I fm I f l '14 4 lm I 3, F ,M ,,,,,,,,,, , FALLING IN LOVE - Hope fBrockie Harveyb sings You Fell Out of the Sky , just before the chandelier falls, barely missing her. PROBLAMATICAL SOLUTION - Mark Day persuades janelle Timmons into leaving the island with him with his tiny little dingy , but she gets the wrong idea. SEXY BUT SERIOUS - Lady Manley-Prowe fLaura Cnosbyj uses some of her French charm to keep Colonel Gillweather from going upstairs, while Nigel looks for the will. CAREFUL NOW - David East and Mark Day carry the dead of body of Nigel fTrey Mclntyrej to the library to be left to put with those who have also been mysteriously killed. Something's Afoot!2 5