Woodbridge High School - Valhalla Yearbook (Woodbridge, VA)

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28 In the spotlight. Alan Reed hams it up performing a skit in Feiffer’s People. There were several monologues in the play. It goes like this ... Matt Holmes discusses a point with Mike Wilson in a performance of the Senior Class Play. The play ran for two nights and then was performed for the stu¬ dent body. Taking it easy. Warren Hoppe and Mike Marsilio relax as they practice one of their many skits. Numerous skits, a char¬ acteristic of the Junior Class Play, taxed the actors ingenuity and talent but w ere interesting and fun to do. it Life

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Excuses, Excuses, Excuses During the course of the school year, most students come in contact with the attendance office. There are as many reasons as excuses. These range from ingrown toenail operations to the death of a pet iguana. The old ways of beat¬ ing the system by forging passes and outfoxing the hall patrol are over. For technology by means of a time date machine” has modernized the system and has Stumped” the ingenuity of stu¬ dents. The machine stamps the date and time on each pass, thus limiting the chances of students forging passes. Though the system is not the best, Mr. Stump, Vice Principal in charge of the attendance office, realizes that the number of people being tardy to class has been reduced over the years.” This reduction of students being tardy has resulted in fewer classroom annoy¬ ances.” Unfortunately with the new system, comes new problems. The biggest problem is lack of personnel. There are not enough assistants avail¬ able to operate the attendance office efficiently. Mr. Stump wants everyone to follow policy” if not find a good excuse. File that under what? Andrea Fearce and Mrs. Hibberd file each unexcused tardy as it comes in. Mrs. Hibberd volun¬ teered her services due to the lack of personnel. Student Life

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• • • A Great Time Places were set, house and backstage lights were dropped, and reactively the audience grew quiet. The curtains opened and the limelight fell upon a surprisingly small twelve person cast. After five weeks of rehearsals the Junior Class Production of Feiffer’s People was under way. The pressure on Dan Fleshman’s shoulders was great. He was not only working with a rela¬ tively inexperienced cast, but was faced with the problem of raising a large sum of money so the Junior class could afford an out-of-school prom. If I had to do it over, the thing I would change would be the play. The one we did was just too Putting on the finishing touches. Phil Szenas perfects his make-up before curtain time of You Can ' t Take It With You. Make-up emphasized features such as the eyes and lips which otherwise would not be seen by the audience. by All sophisticated. However, we did what we set out to do. We made a lot of money. The play consisted of 30 humorous mini-skits about people as they are today, and often con¬ tained subject matter which varied between sophisticated and mature. The word mature was quickly changed to unacceptable when after opening night the play was cut from two hours and ten minutes, to one and one half hours. After the second performance it was again edited so it could be done for the school body. This action was not taken favorably by the actors. I think frustrating is the word for it. You study lines for five weeks and get everything just right and then half of them are cut out, well, you fed as though your efforts have been wasted,” added Bemie Smith. However, much good also came from the play. The twelve actors received a new experi¬ ence in drama, found a new field of interest and became good friends. The Senior Class play You Can’t Take It With You” was a traditional three act play, therefore, it was understood by more of the stu¬ dent body. It w ' as about a girl and her slightly whacky family. The girl falls in love and when her boyfriend ' s parents come to visit, all sorts of zany things go on. The play was a lot of fun to do,” reminisced cast member Matt Holmes. There were its ups and downs, like when Ms. Cherly Flory broke her leg and when Pam Jewette fell during the first performance and broke her arm. But all in all we had a great time.” Hey, how ya doin ' pal? says actor Bemie Smith as he greets Chuck Garber. In this skit of Fieffer’s People two old friends see each other and find out they have gone different ways.