Putnam City High School - Treasure Chest Yearbook (Oklahoma City, OK)

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Friends made homecoming special. Mike Wilson, Glenn Simpkins, Denice Thompson, Lorna Kiles, and james Webb shared hugs. it if ire and Frost was really original. It was a good theme idea for the Christmas dance. 9,9 - Robin Henry Support prevails on dance floor as students cheer break dancers Songs like Thriller and The Curley Shuffle spawned a new generation of dances for the student body. As new songs became popular, students dis- covered new dance steps from televi- sion, watching other dancers, and ex- perimenting. Students struggled to learn the improvising ruled as record- breakers invaded floor I 24 Dances newest steps and then demonstrated them to anyone who would watch. Support was more frequent and widespread on the dance floor than al- most anywhere else. Often students gathered around dancers displaying real talent and clapped wildly for each new move. The most popular of these crowd-pleasers were the break danc- ers, who spent as much time on the ground as they did on their feet. Slam-dancing was still popular, as in previous years, but a few die-hards kept the punk movement alive for an- other year. Formal dress was an obstacle at the Christmas dance, but students man- aged to overcome this.There were plenty of slow songs played by the band Mirage, and smuggling wasn't too difficult even in the most elaborate formals. Whether swaying and singing to lourney's Faithfully or partying like it's 1999 , students took the opportu- nity to loosen up and show off a litte. Si l l l l l l l I l l 3 E S 2 S Enthusiasm extended from the game to the dance. Melissa Clouse, Ric Rochell, Kelly Terry, Angie Allen, Gary Melton, Christina Sims, and David Morrison showed their Pirate Pride.

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I26-Plays The Cast Tevye Steve McLellan Golde . . . . . Michele johnson Tzeitel . . ......... Amy Akins Hodel .....,.... Gaye Coffman Chava ..... Shawna Gillenwater Shprintze ........ Cherita Ore Bielke .. Jennifer Ethridge Yente Wendy Thilking Motel .... .... A ndy Haralson Perchik .....,....... lim Evans Lazar Wolf . . ..... Matt Pulis Mordcha .. . .... jerry Boyd Rabbi. .... ..., l ohn Harris Mendel . . .... Tim Hystad Avram .......... Bob Hyscher Nachum ....... Richard Glenn Grandma Tzeitel ...... jennifer Warren Fruma Sarah .. . Karen Perryman Constable . . . . Darin Young Fyedka . . . .... Tim Carver Shandel . . ..... Sherry Hanna Fiddler . . . . Richard Russell Russians .. ..... Noel lacobs Tracey Gillaspy Glenn Travis Troy Wheeler Chris Akers Citizens of Anatevka Leon Spaugy, David Kelley, Dawn Parker, Michelle Gillespie, B. Kay Ward, Christina Beach, Teresa Ra- mirez, Misti Williamson, Leslie Garr, Kathy Steffen, Shirley Hrdlicka, Melanie Brown, LeAnn Dufford, Holly Sparlin, LuAnn Shryock, Pamela Walls, Lisa Fan- nelli, Marna White, Dawnata Es- sany, Katheryne Brady, Gwen Grassmann, Leslie Turner, Susan Hanna, Brian Neeley, Mark Kelley. In order to save face with his neighbors, Tevye lSteve McLellan? pretended to have a dream warning him against his daughter's marriage to the wrong man. Grandma Tzeitel ilennifer Warrenl warned McLellan and Golde lMichele Cast performs More than 60 cast and crew mem- bers assembled in the auditorium to or- ganize Fiddler on the Roof, the dra- ma and vocal music departments' most ambitious production. Under the di- rection of Ms. Karen Baker and Mr. Don Wilson, the departments pooled their talents to produce a musical re- markably similar to Broadway. In fact, cast members signed a contract pre- ceding the show stating that they would rehearse and perform their roles exactly as they were done on Broad- way. The difficulty level of this show was in the stratosphere, said Baker. l'm really proud of the job we did. Baker's success formula was simple - push, push, push. We set realistic goals and we met them, Baker said. lf someone didn't feel like doing his share, that was it. If someone missed rehearsal, we kicked them out. lt was just too important to be there every day. Late hours were commonplace for Fiddler cast and crew. Students built difficult show sets, ran errands, found costume pieces and tried to learn lines, songs, and dances simultaneously. At times the strain on classwork was almost too much. When we did the 'Fiddler' preview, we had to be very careful about the scenes we picked. Half the cast was lit- erally flunking, said Lee Ann Dufford. The tension caused quite a few ar- guments, said Tim Hystad. The week before the show was our speech tour- nament. The strain caused people to be upset. People were getting ready to walk out, but lim Evans iPerchikJ said, 'lf you want to make the show good, stay. lf you don't care, then leave. just don't bother coming back.' That night we stayed until midnight. During the wedding of Motel and Tzeitel, the women held candles in reverence of the event. Melanie Brown, B. Kay Ward, Michelle Gillespie, Holly Sparlin, Dawn Parker, jennifer Ethridge, Cherita Ore, Shawna Gillenwater, Gaye Coffman, Michelle Johnson and Steve McLellan attended the wedding.