St Louis Country Day School - Codasco Yearbook (St Louis, MO)

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A t' ts At lflbrk The arts have always been an im- working on new productions such as portant part of a CDS education be- cause you can't be a well rounded per- son without at least minimal exposure to the arts. At CDS the opportunities for experiencing the arts include paint- ing, sculpture, photography, drama, vocal music, instrumental music, and industrial arts. The art department is constantly be- ing updated and improved. The paint- ing, sculpture and photography classes all take place under the library and theatre. There is a dark room, pottery wheels, all manners of studio art materials. Next door is the theatre, with dressing rooms, theatre props, all ready for the coming production of Grease. The students are constantly Lower School's production of Coyote. The industrial arts studio in Dan- forth building is fully equipped to han- dle all sorts of wood and plastic cre- ations. Next door, the Upper School Glee Club is rehearsaling for its Christmas production, singing such Christmas fa- vorites as Deck the Hall, and Jin- gle Bell. In Danforth Chapel, the bands are warming up for their annual Christmas performances. Whatever types of arts, Country Day has it all, it's the decision of which to take that's hard, commented Senior Son Nhan. I wanted to try everything but just don't have the time. Scott Miller and the Troubadour cast rehearse for Grease.

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Wet Success This year's A Country Day was a great success despite cold and rainy weather. It was the worst weekend, but it had to be A Country Day. How- ever, this did not stop people from coming out and having fun. Everyone dressed warmly, with three or four lay- ers, at least one of which was a Friday Shirt or a football jersey. Each class had something that peo- ple wanted to try. There were all sorts of prizes for the sometimes skilled and sometimes lucky winners. They ranged from posters to California Rai- sin mugs, from cash to stuffed flamin- goes. The seniors had the golf game that had a tough time due to the rain, but people played anyway. The ju- nior's booth with its blaring stereo drew quite a crowd to try the dart game. But more attractive was the sophomore booth where money was tossed and won. Their booth earned the most, breaking last year's record. Freshmen had the spider jump game while the class fivers had both the Tic-Tac-Toe game and the all new Wheel of Fortune. Class six had the electric snake booth where contes- tants tried to take a ring off a rod without setting off the buzzers. Class seven had a ring toss around rolled up posters, and class eight had the most ingenious booth, the cookies and brownies booth. They sold home- made cookies, brownies and most im- portantly, hot coffee and hot choco- late to warm the chilling bones. S.A.D.D. had a booth where students tossed beer cans into the garbage can to win prizes. Mrs. Lou Ellen Ruocco, a class five mother in charge of the booths, stated, Despite the bad weather, the kids seem to be having a good time. This was clearly evident when the money was counted. Every class made more money than expected. A Country Day is always the one event that usually gets rained on, Dr. Johnson conceded, but that doesn't matter, because it doesn't really both- er the younger kids, and they're the ones who enjoy the games the most. I think it's great that the classes, and the organizations put this togeth- er, added Mr. Guilliams. Everyone had a good time, even teachers. I won two posters and a stuffed ice cream cone, so l'm going home hap- py, he commented as he displayed his prizes. David Engman, '90 'YI ,. C+ 49fn'?,i-ix., T - Top Rain or Shine, nothing kept David Engman and Derek Stockman from attending A Country Day. Right Patiently, a class sevener sat while Mrs. Tacony painted Ram horns on his face. Tlffh li , ,,,.,... lll uv ,K Y . ,- gn -ri -.. . - ........-.. ..

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Far left Philip Senturia plays with play-doh as left Mr. Yonker creates a lid for his clay pot- tery. Bottom Mr. Nelson helps lower schooler use appropriate shades to maximize the lighting effect of the painting. , ' Jmf, o ,,r L' - 1- fe ,I . f. r . -1. 1 i 1 w :uf fl! .Nq- iv Sandy Friedman and David Silber duet during rehearsal, while Bob McKelvey tries to tune Ray How- ard to the right pitch, ? N S 19 Sl NX M l' N AN