Vines High School - Odyssey Yearbook (Plano, TX)

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Shannon Reddock Michelle Bailey, LjsaLMStou aStephanieS S Madden, Karen Dodson. N Shanno Myers, Alisha Kinsey, Teri Paulson, Laurie Ashley, Shuyawn O'Brien,- Jennifer , Mowie ,Stacy. Van Derrine'br, ' A w mg?

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, Putting oh p ays; thch 6 the theatre department did many times this year, Was net the easiest- thing? 6 . in the world. Just ask the directer Miss Ford; Before w a play could be presented, jcountIess hours of re; hearsaIs want into prepar- ing them. Here is what students went throu h before, durmg, andafter rehearsal. Beere anyone went to: rehearsal, they were? to be prepared by having their a; scripts and pencils or hay- 4 ing their lines memorized f their character dressed ,. Certain Way, they wor6 Isomething similar to that. , For example, if the girlk character wore a dress, then the girI wore a dress i wto rehearsaI.: The Students arrived 10 to 30 minutes before rehearsal to prac- tice their lines, help other, students with their char- acters, or they just sat around and gOSsippe6 with the other people in the pIay. ' I When re'hearsaI started the actors got in their T places If they were off stage, they were sup- posed to be quiet and pay attention to what was happeriing They also pre- pared themselves for their suppbsed to stay in char- acter, pay attention, or be quiet, but that was not the way it was Sometimes. Qf- : ten, the actors and ac- treSSes laughed and had a , good time At those times, ,theidirect6r got angry and made them feel guilty and thereby, made them 66 quiet. Aftier r6hearsai the? 6i- rectqr gave notes on What . wferit weII and what did not go we . The studei'Its went home and frantically finished their homework although some students skipped the homework and Went right to sle6p. To some peOpIe re- hearsals might not have V 'se6med any mm but many it: of the students really en- joy6d th6m. Erin Richter -, stated, We had a Iot of fun while we Were on stage, boutxwe knew when w66hiId to' geti'serioug and start concentrating more. were not only fun, but they were beneficial, too. The rehearSaIsi': The rehearsal period was ' ,,2 a time to get to know the students on a one to tone i basis. W6 worked as a group but also as indivi- duals. ,The reheatgsals broughtwthe drama club closer together this year, I said Ms Ford N -i Drama is an institu- tion. Ms. Ford is can- tinually insisting we should all be com- mitted. I don't quite understand what she m6hn5'vfby theft. ' ' isays Charlene Speverer. s; w - F I W; The Drama Black Tie Players R to U; Speyerer, Craig McKinney, KeIIi Smith, 2nd row: Bart Bag- Mgett, Stacy Formby, Jenny Rag-i front row: Christine; Cowin, Erin Richter, Charlene i land, Matt Gardner, Jeff Bond, Gogi Malik, Mary BeII, Jannej. Kincaid, David linkright, Mike Kimery, John Bruce, Kevin Kennedy, Chris Mabiie, Alicia, Burns,, I Melody Hammerlee;

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