Richmond Heights High School - Yearbook (Richmond Heights, OH)

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Have a Cocoanut. Robert Agnew hands Alisson Horowitz a cocoanut drink. The style of the play re- quired little scenery. Drama 11

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Road to Perfection. Evening practices were re- quired of the cast members in order to prepare for the May production. A comedy replaced the tradi- tional spring musical. New Directions in Drama The spring play A Thurber Carni- val differed from the traditional spring play in a number of ways. Instead of the traditional musical, di- rector John Myer chose a drama. This was Myer ' s first directing assignment at Richmond Heights. During tryouts for the play, there was a disappointing turn out of stu- dents. Sophomore Michelle Kirchner stated, The lack of participants re- quired that actors double up on parts. This doubling caused actors to put in extra time and extra effort. Many of the parts were not learned Polishing their Lines. Guy Brubaker and Amy Price participate in a sketch about a psychiatrist. The play consisted of a series of sketches about dai- ly life. until dress rehearsal because there just wasn ' t enough time, stated Heather Shaw. Actors in the play also felt there was a lack of publicity for the perfor- mance. The situation was aggravated by the late choice of a director and a late choice of play. It was disappointing that there were not more people in the audience. I don ' t think we performed to our full capability. stated Heather Shaw. In addition there was the feeling that the play was not appropriate for high school actors or high school audi- ences. The play was based on the writings of James Thurber and was written in the early 1930s. Much of the language and the humor was just old fashioned. This made it hard to memorize the lines and the younger audiences had trouble following the play. stated Michelle Kirchner. Even with the built in difficulties, the players and the audiences alike approved of the production. But it did seem strange not to have a spring musical, concluded Matt Tagliaferri. — D.H. Sl x --- lil ' J j H HE 31 il 10 Drama

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Graduates Barb Penny, Laura Powali, Dawn Mur- phy and Sue Haas can feel the end of their careers at RHHS growing near as they receive their caps and gowns. Signing yearbooks is an activity done by most all students at the end of the year, here before her last final Tracy Sloane signs a friends book. Wrdipping up tlie Stjift The ' 82- ' 83 school year was the Year of the Shift. At the end of the year everyone was just getting adjusted to all of the changes. Then it all came to an end with Prom and Graduation. The Junior Senior Prom was held on May 21, at the Kiwanis Lodge and After-Prom was held at Manakiki. The theme song was Just You and I by Eddie Rabbitt and Crystal Gayle. There was a close running for Queen, but Sharon Abromovitch just beat Marilyn Wason. There were some complaints about the music by the Rainbow Brothers at Prom and the D.J. at after Prom. They didn ' t play enough music to dance to. stat- ed Junior Mike MacLellan. Chris Courtney said I would have had a great time if I had a better date. Sue Haas said that, Over all it was a good time. The twentieth annual commence- ment excersice was held on Sunday, June 5, 1983 at 6:00 p.m. The seniors filed in as the band played Pomp and Circumstance No. 1. Then speeches were given by Scott Crudele, Dawn Donich, and Valedictorian Charity Nosse. Recogni- tions were given by Mr. Chulick. The choir sung, then Mr. Bowdouris ac- cepted the class gift presented by class president Bob Ramsak. Mrs. Ma- rie Jarm presented the diplomas, the Alma Mater was sung and it was over for the class of ' 83. Graduation was the end of real life. stated graduate Scott Duncan. —J. Z. 12 Prom Grad