Pekin High School - Pekinian Yearbook (Pekin, IL)

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Ready to enlist: Rob Davis. Dale Little. Darren Michael, and Joe Stoehr are all geared up to enlist on Armed Forces Day during Student Council Week. Posing for the photographer, these girls participated in Shorts Day on West Campus during Student Council Week: Diane Hall. Kelly Price, and Sarah Ennis. A rather untraditional paper bonfire lit by junior class vice-president Kris Love gets assistance from Student Council adviser James Fairchild 28 Student Council

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D'l.t ‘'HR his stage crew how to build the set for the fall plav i' cal director I 1 ruckenmiller. ( nnsiruettof a set that can be easily transported from school t 1 is just one lallenees facing the stage crew. Here. Shelley Strassc m Stauffer hl making a platform for the contest play Behind the “scenes” last line is read, the curtain calls are taken and the director breathes a sigh of relief. The play is over, and the actors can forget their lines. Backstage the parents and friends of the actors hug and kiss; everyone is excited. The audience sees the play as glamorous. Does anyone ever think of what goes on besides learning lines and fitting costumes? Along side of the actors are a few who do. They are the stage crew. Crew can be a thankless job. Few realize that long before the curtain is pulled to the side and lights flood the stage, a lot more than learning lines goes on. An entire set must be built and lighting must be planned. All this does not appear magically; it has to be constructed by the stage crew. Construction usually begins about a month in advance of the play. Designing and supervision of the set is done by Mr. Larry Truckenmiller, who has been in charge of the stage for eight years. Crew works on three major sets during the year; fall play, spring play, and contest play. The crew also helps with any performances that are held in the theatre. By far the most enjoyable set to work on is contest play. The contest play set must be made mobile because it must travel with the actors to the schools where the contests are held. “I like contest play best because the designing is the most challenging, comments Mr. Truckenmiller, “Also with contest play, the crews get more excited because of the competitive nature. Working on crew can be a great experience. Students who work on the crews learn some basic skills of stage craft. Junior Jim Stauffer says, “I didn’t know what went into constructing a set when I started, but by the time I was through helping with one I knew quite a bit, maybe even more than I wanted to.” Although the crew docs not always get the recognition that they should, the job is still rewarding and fun. After the work is all done and they can sit and enjoy the play, they know their work was worthwhile. Drama Portfolio 27

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Council sets goal: Killing apathy Behind Intercampus President Shar Hillman's campaign motto “Shoot for a Star, the main goal of Student Council this year became reaching as many students as possible. From Homecoming to Student Council week. Council kept busy keeping the students busy. The year started with the annual Student Council-Faculty Picnic. While some members babysat with faculty children, the rest took part in the softball game against the teachers with the teachers coming out on top again. The first student activity to test out Council efforts in reaching more students was the Back-to-School dance. For the first time, a live band played. Approximately 500 students attended, dancing to the music of PEGR. Shar Hillman said after the dance, “We did it!” Change characterized Homecoming. Despite much student complaint, it was successful. Class skits and coronation took place on Thursday evening with the senior class “Joel Cool”: Joel Steinfeldt struts his stuff on Crazy Day during Student Council Week taking the honors. Friday night events took place in the stadium. Seniors won class competition while juniors took the spirit stick for the pep rally. The cheerleaders led the crowd to the paper bonfire. Despite the complaints about having paper only, the bonfire helped to raise spirit. Events began early on Saturday with the parade. The Senior float highlighted the parade, centering around the theme of “Rainbow’s End. Perhaps the biggest change was the football game held in the afternoon. The Homecoming Dance topped off a very successful weekend. Council held many fundraisers for various charities. Beich candy bars brought in $500 for the Crisis Center for abused children. The rainbow collection of magnets, coasters, placemats, and write-on-wipe-off memo boards raised $1180 to benefit TAPS animal shelter. Council also collected $225 in canisters for muscular Dystrophy. Casting their votes, Jim McCoy and Dave VanDyke get ballots for the election on West Campus. First semester Student Council: first row: Bethany Bernier. Karen Kelley, Jan Adelsbcrgcr. Dawn Downing. Luci Walters, Rick Taylor. Shar Hillman, Doug Rees Second row; Robin Lovelace, Shelley Strasser, Carl Heltzel. Ron Oliver, Mike Hintz. Maura Pape. Sookie Choi. Student Council 29