Plymouth High School - Mayflower Yearbook (Plymouth, IN)

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Choir Musical Changes From Spring To Fall A new tradition was started at P.H S by the choral depart- ment The annual musical was changed from the Spring lo Fall This change was more favorable for the cast because there were fewer conflicts to deal with “Having the musical in the Fall meant immediate involvement by everyone which I felt was better stated advanced choir member Kandi Samuels Carnival, wntien by Robert Merrill, was chosen as the musical It centers around a one time great dancer. Paul, played by Senor Pete Keener During the war Paul received a crippling wound Alter the war. he emerges harsh and indifferent to other people He then became a puppeteer in order to hide him sen from others Paul later pined up with Pi 1mg ail sincerity mo her nnging Junior Kand« Sairuete (UV) Of h fhorr the ante town ol Mira Joe McKesson (ScWogai) Oeams of Farmland ' rwfh pucoc Carrol Dwr Stewart and Joe McKesson drnfc to a new retanonshp Pertorrrwtg the song Everybody Likes You , it S«cm Pete Keener (Paul) with his favorite puppet. Carrol Top 76

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Od and new tans «n(o. c2 the aong My Old Fl»r e sung by sencr Sam Boys C «pressing a |OM is Gdlge» pWlyed Sen«y Aian jansma The finale was a patriotic number called Here I Stand . Mr. Jones staled We hadn't used a patriotic number in a few years and Mr. Benefief and I felt it was needed, not onfy for the reason of the Iranian situation, but the general public needs that feeling of national spirit and pride, that has been missing in recent years The band proved the song could reach its listen- ers and prove its point to all The show was supervised by teach- Makmg taces at his mother-in-law during Carol Burnett skit« senior Kurt Kelsey Suepended m an during her acrobahc routine tt servor Sheby Oinon ers and adults because of misconduct during a recent year's show Though Mr. Benetiel stated The show went along very well and had no problems but you can never tell what may hap- pen. so we were prepared Over all Mr Benetiel and Mr Jones said the show went quite well, even though there were a tew complications wilh the curtam during Fnday night's Show, and that all students did their best Miepets got a lot o laughs while sngng the tut song Rainbow Connection from the Moppet Nome Sngmg the opening song That'S Entertanmenr are member» at the on stage cho 25

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(he carnrvaJ where he met Lrty. played by Junior Kandi Samuels Lily was a poor girl whose father and mother had died The climax was when Paul and Lify finally fell in love Kandi and Pete both enjoyed their roles Pete found many sirmkanties between himself and his character. This enabled him to become more involved and intertwined with his role Kandi sa»d she often found Lrfy reacting to a problem much the same way she herself would react Another highlight of the show were the puppets Wal- rus. voiced by Senior Tom McCan got a large audience response when he asked people to touch tvs toosks Carrot Top voiced by Sophomore Oebi Allen also recerved a tremendous audience reaction Putting on the production was an enormous task for both cho rs and second-year choral director. Mr Ptckel (lancing io the song ana founds ol Ocus BUM «tun accorong to t»v actions ot Brenda GitOoro Carol Taylor, and Barb Back Sngng the |oys ol Circus We are Brenda Gibbon Donna Kuchel Vtcky WhMafcer Cindy Emmons, and MchWle Schulz ft takes a tot of time and personal involvement to put on a production Pete Keener felt that, at first, choir members showed apathy concerning the involvement of the musical Although participation was becoming better, rt still has much room for improvement In response to audience turnout. Mr Pickell stated that although Plymouth is improving, it still showed a tot ot apa- thy Kandi and Pete felt that audience response is better because of more popular production choice and publicity Publicity played a b g part in getting a good turnout the Publicity Committee worked diligently on poster announce- ments. and spreading advertisements by word ot mouth They also contacted the radio station and local paper Besides being fun; there was an oducationai counterpart to the production ft taught students po»se sefkSsdpfme and unity. Engrossed m the reoditon o Kandi Samoa» song vary N c Mar . a Sophomroe Jerry Manser. (Grobert)