San Marcos High School - Crown and Sceptre Yearbook (Santa Barbara, CA)

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Profile: The Dancer For the past eleven years, senior Denise Allen has spent most of her time at the local barre. Six days a week, she completes an exhausting series of stretches, leaps and turns that have made her one ofthe top ballet dancers in Santa Barbara. Denise has been dancing continuously since she was six. A former lead dancer with the Goleta Civic Ballet, Denise ,W . 1905, Nfx James McNeil JoAnn McRae Kevin Meaney Michelle Meaney I Lisa Medwid I stan Mejia Pete Menchaca Kerri Merrigan I I Margaret Meshot I Mike Mester Lydia Meyer Martha Miller I 148 SENIORS

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K fri Each of the scouts used words such as challenge and honor in discussing the award and the work that went into it. Completing their tenderfoot, second class, first class, star and life badges led to the final challenge - the Eagle Project. Many ofthe students cleared trails, planted trees and worked on conservation projects. The significance of their accomplishment is reflected by a comment of Jim Cookls: 'llt is estimated that only one in 300 scouts makes Eagle. You can see what a high standard San Marcos hasf' Paul Maxwell Janet Mayer Larry McAlpine Mary McCo1m Joni McCormick Dean McDonald Mike McEwen Charles McGlashan Colette McIntosh Shawn McLachlan Linda McMahon Terry McMillan l- SENIORS I47

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performed for three years as the Snow Queen in the annual production of the Nutcracker Ballet with the Santa Barbara Symphony. Now an apprentice with the Valery Huston School of Ballet, Denise will become a full-time professional dancer this summer if the company receives an expected government grant. While with the GCB, Allen soloed in over 100 performances. But, she noted, Ballet is very restrictive. It can becom really boring. The room for expression in musicals is much greater, and it's more fun when you can open your mouth on stage sometimes. Denise began working in musicals as a soloist in Youth Theater's The King and l, Curtain Up's Music Man, and acted, sang and danced as Mrs. Molloy in last year's production of Hello, Dolly! Her first straight role came this year in the Drama Club production of Marty, and she was a principal in How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, San e Marcos's spring musical. Denise admitted she hoped to become a professional performer. I want to do more than just dance, though, I'm planning to take both acting and voice this summer in addition to ballet and jazzf, This summer, Denise will audition for a number of ballet companies, including the Cincinnati Ballet. But, she noted, I eventually want to go to New York and see if I can make it on the stage. 1 Tarry Miller Pat Milliken Arwen Mohun Denise Molina I Jocelyn Montanaro Chris Morales ' Peter Moreno Terri Moreno y I I y Cynde Morgan I Melanie ,Morgan Carol Morrow Laura Motyer Chih-Shan Mou Paul Munana ' Barbara Munoz Kim Murray SENl0RS 149