Upper Arlington High School - Norwester Yearbook (Upper Arlington, OH)

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Lucy Seward (junior Erin Krasik) look at Jon athan Marker (sophomore Jon Osbeck) a she thank him (or the pearl necklace Jonathan gave Lucy the necklace a an engagement present Holding the batswert in Iront ol him. Doctor Van Helslng (senior Scott Mulligan) causes Dracula (guest actor Scott Dillton) to keep his distance Sybil Seward (eophomore Betsy Timmons) and Hennessey (sophomore Mito Rojas) discuss plans (or dinner Sybil informed Hennessey that there would be six (or dinner instead of five A student life FALL PLAY A 1 5

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Ball PLAY urgency .. Do it again!'' So they worked hours into the night. In spite of some production problems. the dazzling scenery and the long-rehearsed acting impressed the audience. Junior Lisa Herder, working on publicity, commented. It (the production) came together at the last minute. Said sophomore Diana Cassidy, president of Drama Club. The play was inspiring!” On performance nights. Friday and Saturday of Halloween weekend, blind students followed the action on the stage for the first time in an Ohio high school Communicating to the blind audience through headphones, a speaker explained the actions of the characters on stage. Senior Marcia Lowder summarized. Overall, the production was done very professionally. Senior Joshua Bayer, who played the lunatic Milo, felt audiences were entralled by the “pure embodiment of evil in Count Dracula.” Whatever the attraction, Dracula added to the eeriness of the Halloween weekend. Coming down from h«r room. Lucy Sew ard (junior Erin Kr.mik) tpoaks with Jonathan Harkcr (sophomore Jon Ov beck) and Doctor Van Helling (senior Scott Mulligan! about the cause of her illness “Wise men do not believe in vampires. said senior Scott Mulligan in his role as Professor Van Helsing. But Dracula became an intense reality for the cast of the fall production. Creating an authentic atmosphere of horror for the presence of Count Dracula in Twentieth Century England required complicated staging. To build the set each crew member worked an average of sixty hours a week for a month before the actual performance. said junior Art Drauglis. All the performers agreed that their roles were challenging. For example, junior Erin Krasik played a schizophrenic. Guest Artist Scott Dillon, who played Count Dracula, helped the young thespians develop their roles. He taught us a process of questioning the character's background which gave us a stronger feeling for our roles. added sophomore Jon Osbeck Even a week before the performances. cast members continued to polish their roles. Encouraging the ac tors. Director David Hammond shouted. “No. no There's a sense of 14 ▲ student life a FALL PLAY A

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Holiday dance • By moving to the outside, seniors Kelly Carpenter and Scott Schoemer escape the heat of the dance floor. During the dance over one hun dred couple crowded into the auditorium lobby. Couples engrossed in conversation strolled down sidewalks while lights twinkled around them and holiday music floated in the air. You could almost smell the chestnuts roasting and hear carolers singing. Girls in holiday dresses walked arm in arm with handsome young men Was this downtown Columbus in December? No. this was the auditorium lobby decorated for the Holiday Dance. The transformed lobby enhanced the theme of City Sidewalks.” Lamp-posts, snowflakes, sidewalk benches, and a background of snow completed the change from a high school to a downtown street. Refreshments were served on the upper level of the lobby, which was decorated with lights and festive colors. Following tradition, the dance was Sadie Hawkins style. On December 13 nearly four hundred couples crowded into the lobby to enjoy an evening of music and dancing. Soundtrax provided dance music from 9 p.m until midnight A Tri-Village photographer was on hand to capture the fun. The Senior Women’s Club, under the supervision of Ms. Diane Haddad. sponsored the dance. We began organizing and planning long before the dance. Invitations and favors had to be ordered and the DJ reserved.” said Barb Stevenson, president of the Senior Women’s Club. The club prepared the decorations in the few weeks prior to the dance Bows were made with the couple's names printed on them and used both as decorations and souvenirs to be taken home at the end of the evening. Junior Girl’s Club helped out by making signs for promotion. The evening culminated in the announcements of the Holiday Dance courts. Stevenson and Kristi Un-verferth shared the title of senior queen due to a tie vote. Their court included Marcy Jones. Kellie Schoed-inger, Carla Sokol, and Kim Wood. Joe Ayers. Steve Carpenter. Andrew Lorms. Dan Ream, and Andy Sipp made the senior men’s court which was led by king Mike Fenton. The junior queen was Teri Stoffel. who presided over her court which included Beth Carpenter, Dana MacLaunn, Jenny Satterwhite, and Carolyn Weis-brode. - » student life » 16 A HOLIDAY DANCE A