Robbinsdale High School - Robin Yearbook (Robbinsdale, MN)

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Drama presentations, semester one, were christened with the annual children's play. Good Grief, A Griffin was both entertaining and Fall plays entertain as they give new perspectives educational for the first-time theatre-goers. Though the Griffin's horrendous costume and angry roar terrified some youngsters, the fast- moving plot also employed a humanistic moral, which was, in essence, the golden rule. Required to sell or buy two tickets for the Fantasticks, Juniors protested through silent petitions and eventually Changed the policy. The Junior class still sold enough tickets, however, and the play captured its audience in a fog of fantasy, which was conveyed through aesthetic soliloquys. Crude but functional sets allow the Fantasticks to melt into a human tableau.T 26 Plays

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lnborn conflicts flourished in the minds of RHS'ers, who j tried to expound on their e w feelings through various forms army of expression. Involvement ; L ,l, 3.. 3f allowed some release. Many who .u u. ... .. a u u '- 3 ? ' i h : couldn't resist participation i .. in the politics of cam- : paign '70, voiced favoritism for the candidates with the right answers to taxes, pollution, and war. The peace sign, also, centered on the political scene but entered into other Through self-expression, reality and truth can be grasped institutions to signify friendship and love. Moods of artists were reflected in abstract and concrete creations. Others simply left their crude mark on a desk and slipped, unidentified, into a crowd. Valuable prophecies and analyses were often offered by silent iinobodies , and were heardeby nobody. Yet, each form of expression sought a compromise between reality and dreams. TDrawn on a unique medium, but re- lating a common hope is the peace sign. eJimi Hendrix's face is resurrected with compassion by Dave Tyler. Self-expression 25

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e Panic-stricken citizens hear news of the Griffin. l Ice cream at Farrell's follows a fantastic show. T What you need is to do more and say less, bellows the Griffin, indicating a human blemish. e-Poignant pantomine gently por- trays the character of the Mute, Denise Gordon. Plays 27