Bloomington High School South, The Gothic, 1999, Page 14

Description:	chartJhowing excitement,members of S.O.S. sing anddance to Summer Nights in thefirst act of Grease. The grouppresented the show the first threeSaturdays in November.Iunior Lynn Hazeltine andsenior Abigail Leonard actout a scene in Theatre Souths SteelMagnolias. In this scene, Leonardscharacter, Truvy, was interviewingHazeltines character, Annelle, fora job.PHOTO COURTESY OF DANNY ONEILLonev^ccy5.0.5. presents the 50s musical GreaseQuotesCollectedbyJeffCarter0 Spread Design bvstudenf lifeLauren HumesWhat was the most fun part ofGrease?Simply, all the memoriesthat were made. It was anexperience that can neverbe taken away from me/sophomore Clint Richardsonsaid.What was it like to be the lead-character as a sophomore?I was a little nervous at firstbecause I had never had abig part before. But witheach rehearsal I felt moreand more comfortable outthere, and the rest of the casthelped me a lot, sophomoreAdam Strauser said.Wlmt was the best thing aboutGrease?Everything was great aboutit from being with myfriends to practicing toperforming and singing. Ihad the best time/ juniorTiffany Kraese said.What was your bestperformance?The second performancebecause something usuallygoes wrong, but this year wehad a great performance/junior Ryan Masters said.Describe a funny moment behindthe scenes.One time Rick Jesseph hid inthe Greased Lightningcarduring the whole drive-inmovie scene. He was justsitting down, and the maincharacters in the scene didntknow he was there. It was sofunny, sophomore Giff Reedsaid.Wiiat did you do to get readybefore each show?Everyone would take acandle and light it from thesame big candle. Then wedget in a big circle and saywhat we had on our mind.All this helped us focusand bond, the essentialparts of having a goodperformance/ sophomoreGalia Arad said.How did you prepare forperformances and rehearsals?We did a lot of warm-upactivities. Wed lie downbefore rehearsals and try toclear our minds of negativeenergy and take deep breaths.All of this would help us torelax, junior Lynn Hazeltinesaid.What was the most enjoyablepart of the production?Spending time with theother cast members has beenvery enjoyable. We were allfriends before, but nowwe have become veryclose/ junior Mandy Smithsaid.What was the best performance?Definitely the Saturdayperformance. In the firstperformance we had a lot ofmistakes, and then onSaturday we had the bestperformance weve everdone, freshman LizzHershey said.What was the hardest obstacle toovercome?We had a lot of troublelearning the lines. Wedeveloped our characterswell, but the lines were justhard because there were somany subject changes/junior Kristin Demming saidWhat was it like to be theassistant director?1 enjoyed it. Ive doneabout everything else intheater, and I thought itwould be fun to trydirecting. I was able to helppeople with their lines andother things. The only hardpart was that I didnt knowhow much leeway I had withthe cast in the beginning,junior Brenton McQuearysaid.Hoio did Mrs. Rademacher helpout with the play?Shes just a wonderfulteacher. She helps us getour creative input in,while at the same time keepsus in line, junior LinaMorris said.
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