Northwest High School - Viking Yearbook (Grand Island, NE)

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which saved time and showed a greater percentage of growth. The choruses performed at aii the concerts. The sophomores were aiso able to try out for the musicai for the first time. Part of Gilmore ' s well rounded program was the newly offered classes Music Theory and Music Appreciation, both semester courses. According to Gilmore the classes were geared toward the student who wanted to find out what makes music tick. It ' s a process of taking it all apart and putting it back together again. As a teacher this is my greatest challenge because it involves music analysis, theory and history. Shelley Stueven, senior, hopes to major in music in college. In Music Theory, she said they concentrated a lot on the rules of music, and the structure of music instead of just playing it. Soph. Swing Choir Sharon Julie Harmon Todd Ronne Anderson Chris Steph Sheffield Rob Boeka Hodtwaiker Dawn Skeen Doug Bonneson Barb Keil Chad Swanson Amy Chapman Dave Keil Sona Walker Eric Fruehling Sean McNeils Janelle Julie Graham Peg Peterson Williams Sue Hodan Above: Eric Fruehling portrays a hit man, Harry the Horse, in the musical Guys and Dolls, Top Lett: Girls Chorus shows their percentage of growth during concerts. Lett: Sophomore Swing Choir rehearses the song Joy In Judeo for the Christmas concert. Choir 21

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Choirs note improvement A r well rounded pro- gram should give its students o lot of different experiences, which is what we ' re trying to do here at Northwest, said vocal music director Lou Gil- more, when discussing the choir program at Northwest. Experience started freshman year. Gilmore said the fresh- man choir could be the most rewarding part of her day because everything was new to them and seeing them understand their voices for the first time was exciting. Fresh- man Choir performed for the vocal concerts and at eighth grade orientation on February 3. Continued experience came sophomore year in Boys Chorus and Girls Chorus. Gilmore worked with a small Boys Chorus, but said it was an advantage to be able to get to know the students and give them individual attention. She said several girls in chorus had taken choir the year before. Right: Front: Todd Ronne, Eric Fruehling, Robbie Boeka, Brian Anders. Back: Chad Swanson, Don Prabhu, Ray Walling. Bottom Right: Exercising their vocal chords during concerts help the forty-six freshmen understand their voices. Below: Junior Dan Prabhu practices the Oldest Established for the musical. 20 Choir

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Drama Club tries fresh ideas r s Drama Club ' s 1982-1983 President, Kathy Dreher said, This year was the year of firsts, and so, it was. The 1982-1983 year was the first year for a student- directed play. This play was directed by the Drama Club President herself, Kathy Dreher. It was called The Devil on Stilts and starred seniors, Teresa Wieczorek, Kris Hansen, and Clare Tande. The Drama Club also had the honor of hosting the State Thespian Convention for th first time. Over 200 delegate! from throughout Nebrask participated in this event. T students stayed either motels in Grand Island c ii camped out in the Northwes I Learning Center. The guesi speaker for this conventioi P was an Englishman, Brian Wa | who is an authority in the fiel of drama. At this convention senior Gregg Merkel, wa f presented the Outstandin! |) Actor award for his perfor ' f Above: Jeff Linden is made up to look older. Top Right: Drama Club members Teresa Wieczorek, Clare Tande. and Kathy Dreher speak, see, and hear no evil. Right: Speech Club mem- bers Kris Luhn and Kathy Dreher practice together 22 Speech and Drama