North Scott High School - Silver Shield Yearbook (Eldridge, IA)

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Concentrating intently on his work, Glenn Armstrong uses his hammer to drive a nail into a two by four. Making sure all of his measurements are correct. John Albertson rechecks and retouches his work. Sitting backstage. Kym Gradin prepares to paint over a previous years' scenery to make way for the new. iff Standing carefully on a ladder. a wide-eyed Renee Braet helps to construct the elaborate scenery for The Unsinkable Molly Brown. 14

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7447 1 M7415 As the drama department drew closer to the opemng of a play the stage crew had already been work ing feverishly for a couple of weeks under the technical direction of Tom Goodall and his assistant Dave Muhs Working from 310 to 500 each night after school and some times Saturday mornings the crew set up the plays scenery and back drops The stage crew was also re sponslble for the set up ofCho1r con certs Senior High band concerts Community Theater productions the Thesplan Conference this past year and all the theatrical perfor mances of the school Since theatrl cal performances were their main duty sets and backdrops were what they spent most of their time work mg on With materials purchased from the co op or Trust Worthy Hardware and previous years sets the crew constructed the back rounds that the audience saw Sometimes having to borrow sets from other theater companies was essential to finishing the final prod uct They were also involved ID the fmal product by changing sets dur ing the plays controlling the light ing and sound quality runmng the spotlight and opemng and closing the curtams Stage crew also had the responsibility of taking down the sets returning all borrowed ma terlals and saving materials that could be reused Anyone could be In stage crew all the requirements that were needed were the ability to be hardworkmg and sometimes a lit tle adventurous g . v Q V - . Q I Q - , . Q v Q ' ' 1 t Q . v v 40 f , T With drill in hand. Amy Altenhofen jokingly threatens to get the point across that she doesn't like being teased by stagehands.

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MW 1 ... WW On November 5. the fall musical opened with The Unsinkable Molly Brown . The show takes place in 1885 up through 1912. lt stars a young. uneducated country girl from the hills of Colorado, named Molly Brown Qplayed by Angie Casey who meets and falls in love with a gold miner named Johnny Leadville Qplayed by Mike Reesej. One day Leadville strikes it rich, and he and Molly set off to become like the wealthy. colorful, and so- phisticated people. So they leave their Colorado home and head for the luxury of Europe, where they find the showiness lifestyles of Monte Carlo and France. But things turn around when Johnny gets home sick and returns back to Colo- rado without his wife Molly. She takes a trip on the Titanic without Johnny but she winds up saving the lives of women and children from the sinking ship ln the finale Molly return home to be with Johnny and the residents of Leadville With Judith Jacobs as Director the play ran smoothly as always Jalois Crotty as Costume Coordma tor made sure there was a very au thentic look with long full skirts high button shoes flannel shirts and long underwear Cindy May was the choreographer for the musical and once again Keith Haan directed the orchestra Special lighting and sets were done with the help of Tom Goodall who was in charge of six teen set changes and the setting of the lights 1 v . o u . . ' . Q v u v . u ' . 1 . , .... .. ,Y ,YW ,A