Springfield Catholic High School - Irish Reflector Yearbook (Springfield, MO)

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,4 This years spring play was SarsapariIIa PIease, a play with only six characters in the entire melodrama. The play was about Abagail Goody tGayla Dreyerl who falls in love at first sight with Roger Right tBruce Rippeel and decides to get married the next day. Simon Sly tEd Rippeel also loves Abagail, so he plans to get her from Roger. Isabelle Downfall tBrigitte Bakerl, a fallen woman, agrees to help Simon in a terrible deed; to get Roger drunk. Abagail comes to the saloon and seeing Roger drunk, flees to her home. Martha Mission tNancy HalD brings Roger and Abagail back together. Isabelle, angry with what she has done, goes to the saloon with the intent to kill Simon. During the struggle, Isabelle loses her life. Simon is taken off by Constable Ben Stoner tMike Vien- hagel to be hanged. Ben and Martha announce their engagement and they all live happily ever after. The play was a musical and it was done very well. Allot of people said that its the best one the school has had in a long time. Between each scene change, there were what are called, tlolio acts. One such act was called the ttIRS, Irish Rightfield The World of Imagination l Singers, in which Steve Quinn, Eric Atwell, Vito Sisto, David Hall, Dan Bowen, and Ronny Michael sang ttMy Wild Irish Rosefi Also Mr. Karl Ochs did a magic act and Mr. Bill Hyde did impressions. Other. olio acts included a song played by ttThe Mission Bandit with members of the school jazz band: Becky Rempe, Matt Vienhage, Angela Hyde, Carl Wade, David Holtmann, and Keith VanRhein; and three sophomore girls, Stacie Sheridan, Janis Prewitt, and Leslie Baker did the ttCan Can. by Janine Harmon of the Spirit Top center Constable Ben Stoner greets Miss Martha in frontvof the littIe church in the valley preceding Abagai'I and Rogeris wedding. Top right Portraying the part of the sarcastic piano player Mr. Mike Kern plays for the Mission Band during an olio act. Mr. Kern transposed, rearranged, adapted and even composed incidentaI music as weII as designing the church scene. Lower left In Simonb saloon IsabeIIe expresses the woes other 1ife in a song which proved to be the show-stbpping number, Hold Back the Tears. Lower cen ter Sly's Saloon Dancers perform in front of the bIack, White and red 011'0 curtain designed by Ken KaIImeyer and Ms Tucker. Lower right Rogers says, I am a sIave at your feet! after one glance at AbagaiPs beauty. The SCHS Drama Department in early December produced the Imagination Factory, a no budget childrenls production. The scenery was improvised by using small yellow and black cubes and a seven foot screen. All dialogue was Production Staff Director - Janice C. Tucker Musical Director - Michael Kern Assistant Director - Ken Kallmeyer Student Producer - Matt Vienhage Stage Manager - Marilyn Quintus Student MusicalDir. - Erik VanRhein improvised also. The lines were completely made up, no scripts. With a basic costume of white T shirts and jeans the actors used large pieces of colorful cloth to suggest characters. This production was presented to boys and girls

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-m- J udiciary Committee Danny Charles Robin Robinson Julie Griesemer Glenn Gray International Thespians Brad Quinn Matt Vienhage Marilyn Quintus Jeff DriscoII Nancy H311 Steve Quinn Susan Bynum National Honor Society Front row Thanh Doe Gayle Dreyer Brad Quinn Steve Quinn Julie Griesemer Ellen Lee Second row Becky Rempe Angela Hyde Trish Henley Tricia Taylor Dan Bowen Steve Berben'ch Andy Trusevich Ed Rippee Mike DaiIey Back row John Jabusch Jam's Prewitt Teresa Kutz Craig Kliethermes Lower left Robin Rbbinson, Glenn Gray Sean Hyde and Danny Charles added their opinions to the Judiciary committee meeting. Lower center Showing her expertise in drama, Ms. Tucker coaches the members of the InternationaI Thespians Society. 5 ge.M--... MWWM--E, ...-.-, .-r . .

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dunno x111 V brusrfz V ' E A WI 32-133 3v .. , name We e 5, 7- e - wag: e BEN MIKE Q? imnhmnc , , A-Roczrznn naggie V vogEagailga 14 XEIMQN- Mall: sign kindergarten through third grade in or and the N1'ght1'ngale, and Hansel the Catholic Elementary Schools. and Gretel. The cast included The show consisted by five stories: Marilyn Quintus, Stage Manager, Rumplestiltskin, Little Match Girl, Carlos Alcancia, Bill Dilday, Joe Five Chinese Brothers, The Emper- Scovell, David Rempe, Angela Gray, Angela Ginger, Ray Lier- mann, Diane Tucker. Susan Bynum, and Lesia Ilugge This small production proved to be valuable for all those involved.