Patrick County High School - Archive Yearbook (Stuart, VA)

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Plays Portray Fantasy and Reality Dreams are for everyone but especially for young Alice this past spring. Paige Hancock and Heather Inman, both sophomores, portrayed this young girl in two plays, each in a dream world, in the play “Al¬ ice in Wonderland.” Little Alice fell into the dream world and came upon many unique characters such as a Madhatter, walking cards, a Queen of Hearts, a talking Cheshire cat, and many, many more. She enjoyed her trip but soon found out it was only a dream. “Alice in Wonderland” seemed to be a big hit with ev¬ eryone. “The actors and ac¬ tresses performed very profes¬ sionally. They were very hard parts to perform,” Mr. Larson, the director and drama teach¬ er, commented with a smile. A rabbit, a wild cook, and twee- dle-dee and tweedle-dum are not the easiest roles ever made for an actor or actress. Another play with particu¬ lar hard parts was the senior play, “Mother Courage.” Mother Courage, played by Michelle Clement, was a mother not only to her three children Kattrin, Swiss Cheese, and Eilif but also to many soldiers during the “thirty-years war.” The “thir¬ ty-years war” was a war first between Protestants and Ro¬ man Catholics in the German states. This war began in 1618 and ended in 1648. Mother Courage and her children pulled a wagon with them everywhere they went and sold and traded goods with them civilians and sol¬ diers. Through their traveling they came upon many people such as a Catholic priest, which they helped many times when the priest was spotted, a cook that cooked for a Swed¬ ish commander, and Yvette, a young lady friendly to many men. There were hard times but Mother Courage, with a well-deserved name, made it through the war. “This play was extremely hard to perform. It wasn’t written to be entertaining. It was written to make people think about this war,” Mr. Larson stated. The seniors that performed this play acted their parts very well even though it was hard to under¬ stand and hard to make the audience understand. The Queen of Hearts makes her grand entrance by smashing the Kings tulip garden. The Dutchess, Cheshire Cat, and the Rabbit all look devastated. Heather Inman, who played Alice Tweedle-dee and tweedle-dum in- in two of the four plays, looks into the troduce themselves to Alice, trophy case dreaming of an Oscar. 14 Plays

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On “punk” day, Susan Bowling was clad in black leather pants with the ever-so-popular leather jacket. Laughing with a friend, Wendy Martin dis¬ plays her “punk” attire. ■ PR m r ’•fPs Although our Patrick County Cougars played a strenuous game against the Buffaloes of Floyd County, we were defeated 27 to 0. Homecoming 13

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Mother Courage and three peas¬ ants look over Kattrin after she was shot by a passing soldier. . „ . . ,. T — . aside waiting for his turn. A Catholic priest, played by Krista Via, stands up to state her love for her religion. Plays 15