Patrick Henry High School - Encounter Yearbook (San Diego, CA)

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la Hoffman wears a fire chief hat during the rally at h Drama Production performed their Get Out and cheer. The members of drama dressed as members ciety in order to increase voter turn out. Encore Of all the artistic opportunities, clubs, and organizations available on our campus, per- haps the most well known was Drama Pro- ll he money was an incentive, certainly, but most impressive was the way the school pulled together. duction. And perhaps the most memorable of Drama Productiorfs accomplishments was Thomas Chun wears a depraved look on his face as he makes a playful grab for Colleen Doyle in the play Whose Life is it Anyway? their award winning performance of i'Get Out and Vote for Voter Turn-On. The song was written to instill in people the desire to vote. Writing the song was really a collaborationf' explained senior Marc Bry- man, L'Band picked the Budweiser tune, Dra- ma wrote the words and Mr. Auer advised us. The Drama Club, as a result of their participation, received a sizeable amount of the money awarded to Patrick Henry for its part in Voter Turn-On. Revealed director Mi- chael Auer, 'iThe money was an incentive, certainly, but most impressive was the way the school pulled together. The Drama Club won an award for their song in a competition in which all the high schools in San Diego City School District participated. No one seemed surprised that their song won. Stated Matt Siegel, UWe had a different concept than the others. The Drama Club portrayed a hard hat, businessmen, housewives and other members of society to get across their mes- sage. The three productions this year included Whose Life is it Anyway?, Pippin and a student's choice play. Revealed one student when asked about Drama Production 'iThey produce plays which allow a pleasant escape from the 'humdrum' three times a yearf, Drama Production members fittingly pose on the auditorium stage. Many of the students were ustudent direc- tors and helped Mr. Auer direct plays during the year. Front row: Director Mr. Auer, L. Prewitt, S. Regalado, A. Geisbert, K. Chukes, D. Bonde. Row 2: S. Gibbs, C. Zale, K. Gresoro, M. Hoffman, E. Ramirez, S. Bendah, C. Doyle, K. Levy, L. Somer. Row 3: J. Brown, J. Birch, M. Carruthers, M. Seales, R. Francis, S. Wong. Row 4: C. Keenum, R. Rice, C. Wagner, D. Wiesner, C. Dunn, J. Malone, P. Modge, M. Siegel, M. Bryman. Drama 265

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Brotherhood Although this was the first year the Inter- cultural Social Committee existed at our school, their purpose and input made an im- portant difference. The club was designed to Hpromote Intercultural relations through so- cial activities and voluntary integration. An important event in which the club par- ticipated was a special two day program enti- tled Vietnam Reconsideredf' The program had many themes, and the two days were divided into various sections including the his- tory of the war, how it was reported, how well it was reported and how effective was the protest. The two representatives from our school were Marc Bryman and Matt Siegel. Stated Bryman, 'il really gained a lot of insight into an era during which I was born, but did not participate. I enjoyed it a lot, and learned a lot about the history of the war and my own feelings about itf' stated Siegel. Discussion of social problems is an important part of the Intercultural Social Committee, Pictured here: Marc Bryman. Other members include M. Siegel, T. Chun, D. Braun, K. Chukes, R. Schlussel. As president of the Speech Team, and an active member, speaking before a large crowd for the Voter Turn-on rally, is no strain for Brian Wolf, I-Ie is one of the top competitors receiving many first place trophies in Lincoln-Douglas debate and Extemporaneous Speak- mg. 266 Associations