West High School - Shaheen Yearbook (Davenport, IA)

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AcTs in The round Singing, dancing, comedy, and drama all wenT TogeTher This year To form The One-AcT Plays. The five plays and The Musical Revue were per- formed in The round for audiences during Three nighTs in December. Three of The one-acTs were direcTed by sTudenT direcTors Sue Winfield, Chris Neely, Mike Sfone, and Tim Leary, all '84 graduaTes. AbouT her direcT- ing experience, Sue Winfield, '84, said, HIT was really inTeresT- ing, and l liked being involved wiTh The oTher aspecT of The TheaTer. Said Chris Neely, '84, I Think ThaT The One-AcTs provide an opporTuniTy for The newcomers To The Drama DeparTmenT To gain some experience They ordinarily wouldn'T geT any oTher way. MoTher's Day, direcTed by Mr. Paul HolzworTh, was abouT Two women who swiTch bodies and idenTiTies To solve a family problem. Here We Are, direcTed by Sue Winfield, '84, dealT wiTh a newly married couple who discover ThaT marriage isn'T all ThaT iT is cracked up To be. Fireman, Save My Child, direcTed by Tim Leary, '84, was The Typical melodrama compleTe wiTh a villain, damsel in disTress, and handsome hero. The fifTh play, Who Am I This Time'? , direcTed by Mr. Ri- chard Fehlman, showed how Two shy people fell in love while in a communiTy play. Chris Neely, '84 and Mike STone, '84, direcTed The comedy-improvisaTional group consisTing of several sTudenTs. The group saTirized family relaTionships and American hisTory in skiTs which The group ThoughT up Themselves. The Musical Revue was direcTed by Mr. Mike Cer- vanTes and choreographed by Rebecca Squire, '84. This show feaTured eighT sTudenTs performing Ten popular Broad- way show Tunes dealing wiTh youTh and growing up. qwrrfren by C. Collinsj Ak,. , . MARTHA fkerf Norman, '85j finds our jusf what was goihg on during all of Those fnps Thaf George took while in Of17ce. rpnoro by L, Pnorg One Acfs 29

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HAIPIPY Ueno Beria, '86j expresses his love for Helene fnffany Prlckeff, '85j in Who Am I This Mme? rpnofo by s. Lylej DURING THE MUSICAL I?E VUE, Carla Collins, '85, sings Af Ihe BaIlef from I The Broadway show A Chorus Line. rpnoro by s. Lyieg W , IN I-IEIPE WE ARE Tracy Knufsen, '84, and Brad Moeller, '85, discover fhaf elsif! friendship, as well as love, is a very ,I ,,i,, I H imporfanf part of marriage, fsfaff pnoroy f f iiv oiaofiv ro swifch bodies in Mowers Day, Mrs, nfzgefaid so fAufumn Weinberg, '85j fries fo gel Mrs. Pierson fMegan Onken, '8-dj To join hands wlfh her. rphoro by s. Lylej 28 One Acts

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.,...-........----v V A nighT in heoven XX And The Golo King for 4984 is - The envelope pleose . . . John Beor! This wos one of The highIighTs of The Grond Golo held losT Jonuory in The cofeTerio. Grond Golo is o donce in which roles ore reversed ond The girl osks The guy To on evening ouT on The Town oll expenses poid. As To The cosT, Kim Pickering, '85, sold, I spenT o forTune on The dinner, preporoTions, ond donce, buT iT wos well worTh iT A NighT in Heoven wos The Theme of The donce, which wos sponsored by The Girls' AThleTic AssocioTion. Couples weoring Tuxedos ond formol dresses donced To The bond 'lSecond Chonce. Among The couples were The Golo King condidoTes, who were olso chosen by GAA members. Golo King John Beor wos selecTed by o voTe of girls oTTending The presenToTion oud. Runners-up were Greg Yokish, Tom Breck, Tim Iverson ond Bloir Eorly. OTher nominees were Poul Lemen, STeve Lor- enz, Seon Popich, ScoTT Teogue, Jeff Forley, Tim Keen- ey ond Chris Snyder. Mrs. RuTh Johnson, GAA odviser, commenTed, This yeor, ogoin, wos o big success. ln spiTe of o smoll group, The decoroTlons were creoTively scoTTered Through- ouT The cofeTerio ond holl- WC1y. QwrlTTen by D. Colliery 30 Grond Golo THE BAND SECOND CHANCE provides The music for The Grond Golo. rpnofo by D. Hooble0 JULIE SMEL TZER, '85, enjoys o dance with her dofe. Cphofo by D. Hooblerj