Overland High School - Trail Yearbook (Aurora, CO)

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itches come to Overland The music srorted ond the cur torn openedf reveoling the entire cost frozen lilse stotues in their ploces As the chorocters in thot scene come to life the oudience sot bocls ond pree pored to enjoy the show. The Crucible, by Are thur Miller, mode its debut on the Ovetlond stoge November 1416. 'll thought it wos in tense lt wos reolly good, soid Sr. Cesar Son- chez. Similor positive responses were offered by others who went to one of the three perfore monces l lilse to do ploys thot tie into the curriculum, soid director John Kron, which The Crucible did becouse it is usuolly studied by theiunior literoe ture closses. It is o modern ploy set in Puriton As lrrhn Prorior, Elizobeth Proctor, ond Mory Worren, Sr. John Grocey, Jr. Theresa Dwyer, ond Jr. Jenny Johnson pwiorrn llc-re Nlcrry apologizes for lying obour the exis rerun- ol witches times in o town full of poronoio ond hysterio between the townspeople, who I-zilled mony of the innocents they believed to be witches. But this time the ploy tools on o more modern Iools. The women wore leotords ond slsirts while the men wore jeons with suspenders. The two judges ond the two ministers were dressed in ploin, blocls outfits. lt wosn't os much modern os it wos timeless, soid Kron. I-le wonted to show how the ploy could be oppropriote for ony time period. The cost, oll 22 of them, hod their troubles. They were troumotized by Jr. Tim Moloney folling off the stoge ond breolsing his hip ot the finol cost reheorsol. l-Ie wos releosed from the hospitol Thursdoy morning, in time to molse it to the first performonce thot night, Opinions moy hove differed, but everything finolly worlsed out. l'We didn't olwoys get olong, but we mon oged to get it oll together ond hove fun while 2 'Q 84 Activities Orr.-v Coldrc-fi we did it, soid Jr. Steve Seidenfeld. Reheorsols were long ond difficult. 'Jlt wos o reolly emotionolly droining ploy, so the ottitude wos serious ot reheorsol, soid Jr. Jenny John- son. But Steve soid thot reheorsol wosn't some- thing thot tools up your free time becouse, Uwhen you oct, thot becomes your free time, After oll the reheorsol ond the struggling, it wos time for the reol rest, to see how the oudience lilsed it. I didnt Isnow how good it wos going to be, but it turned out reolly well, soid Jr. Ruth Henson. Everybody did whot they did well. lt wos on incredible show, soid Steve. Added Kron, 'lit wos one of the most difficult ploys we've ever done, ond I wos thrilled with the results. The Procrors discuss John Prociors guilt Sr. John Grocey ond Jr. Theresa Dwyer immerse themselves in their leoding roles -:X

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ranks for everyone We pur 'sruff' in bogs, ploced rhem on people's porches ond ser rhem on fire. When rhe peo- ple come our rhey vvould hove TO sromp our rhe fire ond rhus ger 'sruff' oll over rheir feer . No, fhis is nor one of rhe mony pronlss seniors did fhis yeor. This is, rhough, o pronls science reoch- er Mr. Gronf Stevens did in high school. lr moy hove been surprising lO mosf, buf reochers did do pronlss ond vveren'f olvvoys disciplining rhose vvho did. The orr ond love of pronlsing did nor originofe in our generofion, buf has been oround for o long rime. Tolse, for exomple, fhe pronle Cooch Greg Moestes pulled his senior yeor. l-le ond o bunch of his friends pur o covv in fheir principols office. The chocolore exlox given ro rhe covv rvvo hours eorller rhen srorred TO rolse effecr ond fhe IX gooc pron s some: mes requires corolul olonning ond o loi of nord vvorls os iho physics closses lsnovv Sr. Rachel Kletke sfo s blovving up hor siocls of bolloons ro fill Principal Joe Adomo's office os o ohysics experimenr K X covv reocred occordingly. The ideo ond reosons for ploying pronlss, rhough, hos chonged THVOUQUOUT rhe yeors. Mr. Ron Eichler only pulled pronlss on his friends, ond only TO hove fun. Moestes sold, obouf being rhrovvn in rhe lolse, lr meonr rhe seniors fhoughr obouf you ond you felf imporronr offer ir hoppenedf' ln mony high schools, rhere vvere olmosf no pronlss ogoinsr freshmen, Sr. Tomi Lynch said, Seniors did pronlss ro inrimidofe rhe freshmen ond ro be remembered in rhe school, Mosr freshmen vvere ofroid of being iniriored buf reolized ir vvos porr of being o fresh mon ond rheir fime of being rhe pronlssfer would come. Mosr reochers vveren'r frying ro ger every person who pulled pronlss. Some even enjoyed rhem Stevens sold, I enloy good, creorive pronlss rhor ore nor desfrucrive, A good pronls is one ihoi even rhe person being pronlsed on enjoys' wif? kkki IQ s Volleyball lniriarions ore imporronr for becoming porr of rhe program os well as embarrassing, Fr. Michelle Griffin, Soph. Kristin Gebbon, ond F rs. Lono Gray ond Courtnee X Calvert sing l'm o lirrle Teapot afrer being losr ro push rheir iwllw DOY pennies across rhe gym floor, M233

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MM Soph Roche-I Parker does so in from Chris Coidfefi -A Cnm Co'drc-n Frozen in piece or rne beginning of rrie pioy, Sr. Laura Bevis vvoirs for ner cue Louro played Mercy Lewis, one of rne accusing reenogers. Jr. Dylon Smith ond Jr. Ruth Henson pioy Rev. I-Joie and ine rnoid, Tirubo Tney worry obour Rev Porris's do iw . ug fer, Berry, pioyeci by Fr. Julie Nodolne.