West Valley High School - Aurora Yearbook (Fairbanks, AK)

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The excellence of the 1980-81 Thespian club made advisor Gene DeWild's final year a memorable one. The club featured three first rate productions, Tilly the Teller , Camelot , and The Murder Room . Tilly the Tellern was an old fashioned melodrama that was performed during homecoming week. The play helped get students into the spirit of the homecoming game. The hero, played by Howard Morgan, wore a West Valley football jersey. The Thespian Clubfs next production was the classic musical Camelot . lt was a major success due to the fact that many choir members took roles. Lancelot fArun Sharmal, Arthur tLeif Thompsonl, Guenevere tAbbie Johnsonl were all choir members. The detailed backdrops, lavish costumes, and inspired performances signaled to all who watched, the hard work and time that was put into Camelot , The Murder Room was a murder mystery farce. It completed the wide range of plays that the West Valley Thespian Club is capable of producing. West's Thespian Club is good experience for those who plan to go further in their acting careers. For those who didn't wish to further their acting experience, it provided an opportunity for their personalities to surface, and it is these surfacing personalities that have made Gene DeWild,s Thespian Club a success. FROM MURDER TO MELODRAMA, THE THESPIANS OFFERED A WIDE VARIETY OF PLAYS 'r !s '1K-'11 Actress Kiana Thompson relays a message to Sonja Rosenberg in the melodrama Tilly the Teller . Anxiety clouds the faces of the cast of Camelot , as the play heightens to its climax. 58 THESPIANS

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Freshman Class: BACK ROW: Rep., Leslie Wien: Pres., Kathy Mahler: MIDDLE ROW: Treas., Kirsten Secor: Rep., Jim Button: Rep., Karen Stone: Rep., Kent Slaughter: Rep., Gretchen Kind: Rep., Tony Lee: Not Pictured: Sec., Tracy Conn: V-Pres., Kristine Banks. l-ff:-fe Council members Mike Wien and Mike Romick anxiously dig into the Giant Grinders as other workshop members await a hearty meal. Junior Class: TOP ROW: Treas., Kathy Stone: Pres., Delisa DeVargas: V-Pres., Mike Sims: Sec., Tamsin Stone. FRONT ROW: Rep., Randi Sole: Rep., Leslie Quakenbush: Rep., Tammy Barnett: Rep., Mike Wien: Rep., Jill Morris: Rep., Wendy Conn. STUDENT COUNCIL 57

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I M 1 HW M Q Tom Clark, and Arun Sharma. ROW: Kathy Witt, Shirley Hunter, Debbie Dinkel, Allison Young, Julie Howard, Kiana Thompson, Sonja Rosenberg, Abbie Johnson, Mayo, Alisa Katai, Ann Clark, MIDDLE ROW: Ruby Cogan, Wyan Danels, Martha Batchelor, Inga Espe, Tamia Guthrie, Marcia Caswell, Owen, Cathy Owen, BACK ROW: Heidi Koerfer, Kevin Karella, Mahla Strohmaier, Carl Triplehorn, Chris Young, Joe Lemay, Philip Pirie, Dinsmore, Justin Karella, Joe Schnell, Kathy Rhines, Howard Morgan, Advisor Mr. Gene DeWild, lndrek Burggraf, Kent Noble, David Amy'-an WM! QI rtraying the beautiful Queen Guenevere, Camelot members Leif Thompson and Abbie ble Johnson projects a distressed expression. Johnson gaze regally as the play proceeds. THESPIAN S 59