Trenton High School - Tigers Paw Yearbook (Trenton, TX)

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Opening night brought Drama Director Linda Peterson into the dressing room to put on the final wrinkles and help prepare Senior Cheryl Kemp, for her role as Mrs Armstrong in the Christmas play. V I 'Hit me with your best shot!” says the ex- pressions of Freshman Mikael Minor, and Juniors Jeff Faunce and Jill Holmes as they get into the roles of the Herdmans -f Here is one of those times when rehearsals come in handy Seniors Ken Connelly. Lori Smithson and Sophomore Larry Anderson script read through the table scene in an effort to get everything just right for opening night It would be so much easier just to hit you. Brad!” imagines Senior Michelle Smiley as Senior Brad Connelly sits patiently as Mi- chelle attempts to give him a real shiner THEATRE ARTS 15

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All The Work Is Worth It IVE ON STAGE Scripts, monologues, makeup, costumes, set pieces, rehearsals, and good old-fashion fun went into the making of the produc- tion, “The Best Christmas Pag- eant Ever. Not only did the tech- nical aspect of theatre appear on stage, so did actors with tal- ent. But not all talent is easy to come by. Rehearsal after re- hearsal was needed to perfect that very important line, or to get the choreography just right. Does rehearsal really prepare you for the moment when the lights come up? “Even though my part was small, “I was still scared. Scared to the point where I thought I was about to forget my line! laughed Sophomore Diane Lake, who played the part of one of the town gossips. Actually getting on stage and performing takes a lot of nerve and confidence in yourself. Get- ting it all together before open- ing night can be a real challenge. Learning how to do makeup. knowing your lines, picking out the costume make for you, and knowing where to go when you get out on stage can get rather hectic. What about opening night? Anyone walking backstage to see the final touches being made can feel and hear the butterflies and the nerves. On the opening night of “The Best Christmas Pag- eant Ever the excitement was in the air. The Christmas play was not the only project for the Theatre Arts class. The main project was to mold and make a confident per- son. Getting to know the feelings, thoughts and anxieties of a would-be actor is the most impor- tant aspect of drama. What many people don't realize is that live on stage is life. Every day there are moments when one is on that stage with the curtain drawing apart and the lights up, when success follows that open- ing, the work is always worth it. 14 ACADEMICS One of the many fun moments of Theatre Arts class was the Second Six Weeks Test Here, the class poses before they put on a five minute scene with no rehearsals!

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Senior Derek Riley, who is normally well- dressed. looks hot in his Halloween outfit — that is. one of a fire victim. He selected slightly more tattered clothes than usual. Sophomore Marian Bodden plays the part of an auctioneer at the Beta Club's Slave for a Day booth Marian screams her lungs out so that some poor soul can slave away at hard work for a day Seniors Lori Smithson and Amy Park wait anxiously for couples to step right up to the altar and say Ido . Lori joyfully wel- comes the soon to be newlyweds while making a face at the camera Junior John Bodden gets psyched up for his role as the Mad Scientist in the Ju- niors' Haunted House. John will be sure to fright en many students. The Juniors did a fright ful job of redecorating the school 16 ACADEMICS