Valley Central High School - Viking Log Yearbook (Montgomery, NY)

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Iohn Hoornbeck Paul Horaz Stephen Hoyle Terry Hraniotis Svetlana Iabari Donna Iardon Tim Housel Timothy Houston Iayne Hubbard Susan Imbriani Iames Iarmon Ierry Ieltsch Seniors mokeYonkee Doodle dandy play is a wonderful thing because it incorporates the talents of so many actors and actresses, singers and dancers, drummers and pianists, artists and directors and salesmen. These people bring their own talents to a play, blend them together, and create a finished prod- uct which reflects, in part, their own individuality. This is why plays and drama have survived: Broadway plays and Senior plays. Seniors hummed 'Tm a Yankee Doodle Dandy H as the date of their play, The Yankee Doodle, ap- proached. They pasted up posters and Ioe Korpics and lack Goldstein spent two weeks inventing an- nouncements to catch kids' atten- tion. The Senior Class awarded monetary prises to people who sold fifty tickets, and underclassmen sneaked into the auditorium during post-session rehearsals. And there were plenty of rehears- als to sneak into. The desire for perfection never ceases to appre- hend its victims and the seniors spent long nights trying to attain it. After everyone arrived for at least after the characters necessary for the pending scene had arrivedj Mr. Iames Lignori, director, signalled for the rehearsal to begin. Every- one quiet, please. There's no time to spare, he shouted. The auditorium, usually silent and dark, came alive with the re- hearsals. But the play's cast didn't manage this miracle on its own: the stage crew faithfully attended every practice. They had much to do. Paint to buy, scenes to sketch, flats to repaint. The work ahead was foremost on the crew's mind, but the fraternal laughter hinted that it wouldn't be all work. The stage crew worked back- stage and beneath the stage, the ac- tors worked on stage, and in one Continued on p 129 Scott Iennings Karen Iohnson 1311133 Igyce Charles judson 126 SENIORS A Anne Kane Lisa Karsten 'R

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