Round Rock High School - Dragon Yearbook (Round Rock, TX)

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Drama Productions Drama continues lofty success Round Rock's Drama Department con- iued its lofty level of success in 1981-82. s performance of The Mortal Choice, The olden Apple advanced to area UIL com- ztition, having won district and zone com- ztition. In addition, all but three characters on some sort of individual award for their arformances, including senior Jerry Hayes, ho was awarded district best actor. This success was achieved through hard ork by both cast and teacher. Drama udents worked in Drama II classes and 'oduction periods to polish voices and learn interpret and better communicate, all ider the guidance of drama instructor Ford insworth. The actual production of a contest play is long process of preparation, The Golden pple, the first part of a trilogy focusing on inflicts surrounding Helen of Troy, was ritten by Ainsworth himself. From there, ,nsworth and English instructor Marcia ilsabeck worked to stage, cut, and rewrite e play to conform to UIL time guidelines. eanwhile, the cast worked on individual irts, memorizing lines and trying to make e characters as believable as possible Vhat you have when you're finished is a :lished theatrical production, said ilsabeck. That says something meaningful rout human experience. In addition to The Golden Apple,'l the apartment also worked on several other ays, including Farewell to Galatea and Some of My Best Friends Are Smiths, in ldition to second and third parts of the flortal Choice trilogy, The Walls of 'oy'l and The Arrows of Hercules. iam, played by Jeff Young, senior, ex- esses his feelings in Act Il of Mortal ioicef' Looking at his ideal woman, Pam Hester, junior, Pyggy, lTim Decker, juniorl. Photo by Chris Keeler. DesignfOlivian Castillo, StoryfBrent Johnston

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i'Ouchl'l David Schneider, sophomore, shouts as Marty Stovall junior graps a hand ful of his hair. Bobbie Jo Cash, Gallatea, and Jason Crawford, Eros, say their farewells to all Prophesying the future to some citizens of Troy in Mortal Choice is Stacie Ogden senior, otherwise known as Kassandra. ZONE Honorable Mention: Robbie Hudspeth Bobbie Jo Cash Jerry Hayes All Star Cast: Tim Decker Cindy Sadler DISTRICT Honorable Mention: Robbie Hudspeth Tim Decker Sherri Sauter All Star Cast: Thomas Bridges Bobbie Jo Cash Cindy Sadler Best Actor: Jerry Hayes AREA Honorable Mention: Tim Decker Robbie Hudspeth ,we gif i

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. u 4 Spring FeurfSprmg Fever Fest g p i W At the Spring Fever Fest, Pat Wy: R gi gi algebra teacher, participates in Teach-a-Kid ping-pong tournament, 34 - s . ,Ns K . Q r'e. 2 1 its sr Mark S X 5 I 3 4 ' ...t S if 5 My -Hi 1 1 5 Making crepes for the French Club booth at the Spring Fever Fest, Greg McAuley, junior, admires his work. During lunch, Meshell Robertson, Linda Fulton, and Stacey Vlach, sophomores, Karmen Pettit, freshman, and Robert Running, junior, discuss what they did over the weekend. The annual epidemic came early this yea only to be put on hold with a late cold fron When the disease did take hold, however, i was serious. Many Rock Stars had no desire to open the books, and Rock Producers found no cure fc spring fever since students wanted to go ou side and enjoy the warm weather instead 1 study. As everything grew green and warm, peopl headed to the park for lunch, frisbee or just 1 get away, Sometimes, teachers were persuac ed to conduct class outside or let students d homework on the-front lawn. It was hard for seniors, like Leslie Dean, 1 spend time in school when the weather wa nice. HI felt like dropping everything an rushing out to the lake, she said. The Round Rock American Federation 1 Teachers sponsored its own brand of sprir fever. Spring Fever Fest 1982 was a scho wide festival on the order of an old fashion fair designed to demonstrate positive attribute of students in the district. Although it rained last year, the second a. nual fest kicked off to be a fun day fc everyone. Mrs. Joan Hall, director of the even felt it was successful and enabled high scho students to do something for younger kids. Twenty-four booths, ranging from a car ba to selling funnel cakes, helped organizatio raise money. Booth fees went to AFT's schola ship fund, each club kept its own profit. The only real cure for the springtime illne was to have fun, and that was okay h everyone. i