South Vermillion High School - Old Gold and Black Yearbook (Clinton, IN)

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AS Bottom (Philip Harrison) sleeps, Puck (Bri- an Taylor) and Oberon (Chris Benskin) free Titania (Inga Beard) of her spell. She was shocked to learn she had loved a donkey . THE lion (Brad Mooney) demonstrates how to discard a bloody scarf and still appear harmless to the women. However he had to be vicious enough to rip the scarf so Pyramus would think his love had been eaten. JESTER (James Gambil), Demetrius (Brent Fra- zier, Theseus (Brandon Pepelea), Hippolita (Mitzi Lewis), and Helena (Brooke Overpeck) turn their heads to watch the band of actors prepare to perform. It was hard not to stare at such a comical group. FALL PLAY 13

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A Shakespearean play performed a new way Lovers, fairies, and would-be actors coming together in one plot to form a most complicated but funny play. As the lights dimmed, an- ticipation mounted in the cast and crew of the fall play, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream. They had per- formed the show for what seemed like a million times, but not like this. Tonight they had an audience. The play told of lovers, fairies, and would-be actors. It led off with two young lov- ers, Hermia (Nancy Albin) and Lysander (Andy Kirk- man), and their plans to elope. Hermia had been prom- ised to Demetrius before though. She did not love him, but Helena (Brooke Overpeck) did. Upon learning of the lov- ers’ plan, Demetrius went looking for them with Helena in close pursuit. Oberon (Chris Benskin), King of the Fairies, over heard Helena’s plea and sent Puck (Brian Taylor) to make Demetrius love her. This was to be done with the juice of a special flower being placed on De- metrius' eyes, but a mistake ended in both Lysander and Demetrius loving Helena. Meanwhile, Oberon and his queen Titania (Inga Beard) were quarreling. In an attempt to win, he used the flowers juice on her and hoped she would fall for some vile creature. Puck had arranged for this by turning Bottom (Philip Harri- A disinterested wall (Greg Strobel) dreads the upcoming kiss through his chink as Thisbe (Jenny Sheller) pledges her love to Pyramus. This play within the play was for Theseus' wedding day. DEMETRIUS (Brent Frazier) finds little pleasure in Helena's (Brooke Overpeck) affection for him. However, by the end of the play and with a little help, he loved her as much as she loved him. son) a hideous actor, into a donkey . When Titania awoke this was her love. Oberon then won the battle and released his wife. For Bottom, who was returned to normal, the night seemed like a dream. The lovers felt the night was just a dream too. Lysan- der was in love with Hermia again and, Demetrius, al- though he didn’t know why, was in love with Helena. According to Nancy Albin, “This year's play was a big challenge because of the Shakespearean dialogue. Ev- eryone worked really well to- gether and the show was a big success; at least to us.” — Misty Wright

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LORRIE West shows her artistic ability not only through her paintings but by the ways she does her hair. Crimpping was one of the many new but old styles. HOMEMADE yarn bracelets were one of the many fashions used to express individuality since no two were alike. Brandee Howard shows how simple they are to make. STAYING traditional but unique, Danny Dugger has just one white wall with stripes’’ while many others have four or five. 14 FASHIONS