Northeast High School - Charger Yearbook (North Little Rock, AR)

Page 70 text:

COVER UP - Senior Amy Epperson gets some help from teacher Steve Brown while making curtains for the play, The Matchmaker, during her Stagecraft II class. Photo by Angie Cook FLAG IT DOWN - Senior Bari Blessing practices with other flag team members during an early morning bancl rehearsal. Photo by Robert Miller 68!Acaclemics ri :iii in W f--, KRW TICKLING THE IVORIES - junior Dana Pierce assists junior Kay Wear in accompanying the concert choir at their fall concert. Photo by Beth Brady SPOTLIGHT - Stagecraft teacher Steve Brown demonstrates the effect of a fresnel light against the back wall of the stage to his Stagecraft I class. Photo by Greg Powell

Page 69 text:

Q in twik lil! rw UQ! U BAN l U'mN 4519! ON THE ROAD AGAIN - Senior Tom Nelson shares one last joke with friends as thc band loads the bus to leave for a football game. Photo by Robert Miller AIR-BORNE - junior Travon Hardin, Senior Ricky Rebsamen, and dance instructor Michael Tidwell lift senior Gina Fortenbcrry into a position of glamour - a grande jate'. Photo by Vicki Causey ,figjif ,,, f i A , A - glieai-gig J W S as 1 Za' i +3 3 . , 3. -a Q V F ., ' ' Hilfiger-' tg if A lil A 't f - up -M----' K3 Mex 'i - A Q VOCALLY INCLINED - Junior Lisa Davis sings with much assertiveness while participat- ing in a class rehearsal. Photo by Beth Brady We do it all for youf6T

Page 71 text:

t, gyur ., .. -L 4' W A , 4' , . ' I ' , ee I f' 5 7 5- ,VM W' E. rf., LM 4 U ' I'-,,u V1 .Fi N. I 0 ' 'Y' iff- A 'ru . rrrr.. M. 9 s . ,. are -Ltr W do it all for you Audiences prefer 'pop' music, but they can appreciate represent 400 years classics that of expression hile today's audiences prefer pop music, a knowledge of the classics is as important as ever. For that reason, choral director Bill Barnett said, choral department productions emphasize the umasterworksf' They make up at least 80 percent of all the music we present, he explained. These selections encompass a wide variety of musical styles that span 400 years of musical development and expression. To assume that today's audiences cannot appreciate anyth- ing but popular music is not realistic, Mr. Barnett added, because it assumes that the worst is all that can be expected from the average the area of cultural awareness. 'pop' is preferred it is mundane, even boring, he said, when presented by a band, choir, orchestra, or even soloist without the studio sound for the background. Classical music is also impor- tant to today's audiences because it provides a basis for comparison, Mr. Barnett continued. No one can be a real critic, an educated critic, until he first appreciates the greatest art forms, he said. The non performer can say, 'well I know what I like,' but he cannot explain why. - By Karen Salmon American in and aesthetic Today's listening, but DRAWING THINGS TOGETHER - junior Alonso Hernandez puts the final touches on a sketch in his art class. Photo by Greg Powell We do it all for youf69