Wasson High School - Wahian Yearbook (Colorado Springs, CO)

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t i Drama students find practice helps perfect skills in acting. Susan Rogers andJohn Hughes participate in a drama class skit. STUDENT ACTORS GIVE TELEVISED STUDIO PLAY elevision's dynamic impact was felt by Wasson's drama classes as students Droduced a play for School District Eleven's newly acquired TV studio. Pre- sented on video tape, the play required new acting techniquesg as opposed to the action of a stage play performance, television portrayals must be given from a single point of view, that of the camera. Divisions in the Drama Department allowed for three basic types of classes. Play Production concen- trated on in-class exercises, acting involving develop- ment of body and voice characters, and participation in extracurricular projects such as all-school plays. Stagecraft's focus was placed upon maintenance and operation of the stage, and crews were provided for assemblies and plays. Beginning drama classes studs ied Shakespearean, Greek, nineteenth century and contemporary theater and dealt with analysis of the four basic forms of drama: realistic, suggestive, styl- ized and formalized. Preparing stage lights for a class presentation are George Lenz and Nick Yalich

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THE IRISH TO FIND HIS DREAM tolen bags of gold, irate leprechauns, exuberant singing and dancing were all ingredients of Finian's Rainbow, the musical given by the Music and Drama Departments in the spring. Finian's Rainbow is the story of an Irishman, Finian lVlcLonergan, who, by the process of mathematics, logic, and moonbeams, finds out the reason why all Americans are wealthy. Believing that if he can bury a bit of gold in the magical ground at Ft. Knox he will become rich, he borrows a leprechaun's crock of gold and brings it to America. Og, the leprechaun, follows, with much fun, magic, and laughter ensuing. lVlr. Paris changed the script by updating it and changing some scenes to accommodate the large Wasson chorus. Production difficulties invoke a discussion between Mr. Bearzi and Mr. Paris mwflwwWlwmnn-u-mesuwfa 7-m mm li ,f1 4' Rc a Q Mark shares a script with Jackie during rehearsal. Woody and Sharon are alarmed to find they are not alone.

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At Wasson's Fine Arts Exhibit n vnmn. a chortle and a gasp prov tde exaggerated emotzon the approach taken to these three busts WASSON COMPETES IN ALL-CITY EXHIBIT utside competition from area high schools provided Wasson artists the opportunity to enter items for February judging by the Nlay D8tF store of Colo- rado Springs. Ranging in a variety of materials and designs, a total of twenty works, many of which were later displayed for Wasson students, were subjected to careful appraisal. Non-objective, abstract and realistic schools of design figured in Wasson's Fine and Graphic Arts Ex- hibit held in lVlay. In addition to featuring metal, wood, clay and plaster sculpture, the display gave promi- nence to oil, acrylic and water color paintings. New media discovered by students were tiberglas sculp- tures and soft sculptures which conveyed the sensa- tion of touch. Surrealistic montage adds artistic backdrop