Willard High School - Chief Yearbook (Willard, OH)

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‘Oklahoma!1 Sells Out klahoma!” passed all previous thespian attendance records with two full houses. Part of the reason for the sellout may be due to the two Saturday performances, held one week apart. This change from the usual Friday-Saturday combination was caused by the prolonged football sea- son. The scripts arrived late because of a U.P.S. strike, cutting play prac- tice to only three weeks. In this short time the set was built, lines memorized, costumes sewn, dances choreographed, and lights aligned. Although juniors and seniors had most parts, a sopho- more played the female lead. Barb Sullivan, as Laurie, showed unusual talent for a second year thespian. Rehearsals, though strenuous due to the three week deadline, were light- ened by humor. In particular, during one rehearsal, a chorus member slugged another and a rumble began Racing to stop the fight, Mr. Ziegel- hofer darted through the maze of chairs in the orchestra pit, only to blush when discovering the fight was staged for that scene. ABOVE FAR LEFT: Mikki Grit, as Aunt Eller, auctions picnic baskets at a box social. ABOVE LEFT: Perry Warren portrays Jud as he sings of his lonely room and his love for Laurie. LEFT: Rhonda Moore and Leona Dallas, as Laurie and Curly, enact Laurie's daydream in the ballet, while the other dancers freeze in a tableau. Fall Musical 23

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ABOVE: The various expressions of Larry Snipes as the Persian peddler. ABOVE RIGHT: Mr. Carnes, played by Dan Elinlinger. coaxes the peddler, portrayed by Larry Snipes, into courting his daughter. RIGHT: The constant bickering between the farmers and the cowmen piqued in a knock- down-drag-out fight. 22 Fall Musical

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‘Hello, Dollies!’ M elinda and Melissa Ferrell, identi- cal twins, shared the title role of Dolly. By changing places both between and within the scenes, the girls intrigued and confused the audience, and energized the already lively character of Dolly Gallagher Levi, matchmaker. The story is set in Yonkers, New York, where Horace Vandergelder owns a hay and feed store. He calls on Dolly to find him a suitable second wife, since he knows, “It Takes A Woman, ’ to run a household, and she knows how to arrange anything, especially marriages and lives. Dolly is also called on by Ambrose Kemper, a painter, to interfere in his relation- ship with Horace, who refuses permis- sion for him to marry his niece, Ermen- garde. Dolly intercedes in these affairs, but with plans of her own, namely, catching Horace for herself. She suc- ceeds, and on the way matches up two othei couples: Cornelius Hackl and Barnaby Tucker, Horaces underpaid clerks, with Irene Molloy, owner of a hat shop, and her faithful employee, Minnie Fav. BELOW: Dolly lies lo Horace of the scandalous rumors surrounding the death of Mrs. Molloy's hushand. BOTTOM: Dolly informs the towns- people of New York of her many occupations, including rehoning corsets and reducing vari- cose veins. 24 Spring Musical