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TRUE  TEST




                                     tlie show must go on



              'Despite  tfie           The  spring  musical  held  an  un-  enabled the cast to work even harder than
                                expected  surprise  for  this  year's  cast   it  ever  had  before.
                a6s ence        when  director Terry Peterson  suffered      "We  wan ted  the show to  be  great
                                from  a minor heart attack shortly before   for him ,"  junior Liz  Franke said.
               ofairector       open ing  night.                             "We  strived  to  rock  the  house!"
                  CJ'erry              "We like to                    senior Deborah Radloff said.
                                think, at the open-                                        The  cast  dedi-
             Peterson just      ing  of  a  play, that                                   cated  the  last  two
                                the  director  is                                        shows  to  Peterson
               6efore tfie      superflous,  but                                         who  sat  in the  front
             performanc e       that's  never  been                                      row , watching to see
                                tested  until  now,"
                                                                                         what  progress  had
               tfie  cast of    Peterson  said .                                         been  made  without
                                       Usually
                {r;osepfi   II   the  director  is  in-                                  him .
                                                                                            "I had to sit in  the
                                volved until  the  fi-                                   front  row  because
               maae tfie        nal  moment when                                         my  wife  wouldnt let
                 sfiow a        the  curtain lifts                                       me  sit in  the control
                                opening    night.                                        booth  where  I  usu-
                suc cess.       However, because                                         ally watch the shows
                                of    Peterson's                                         from,"   Peterson
             By Moll y Sharon   illness,co-director                                      said.
                                Cindy  Nabity  and                                          Overall the  show
                                the  show's  cast                                        was a great success
                                and  crew  were  left                                    due to the hard  work
                Senior Bri an Krogh,   alone to make final                               and dedication  of al l
              juni or Jeff Nathan, and   changes  and  per-                              involved even when
                 sophomore Audrey
             Bostrom prac ti ce a dance   fect last-minute details.   faced with  unusual circumstances.
                  step.  Nathan and     "Mrs.  Nabity  and  the  seniors     "When  everyone  has  done  their
             Bostrom pl ayed the parts   helped us out a lot.  Because of our good   job , the performers, the musicians, and the
              of Potiphar, a powerful   leadership,  we were able to carry on even   tech  people,  then  the  musical  will  go
              Egyptian offi cial and hi s   though  we  missed  Mr. P," junior Sarah   smoothly and be  a learning experience as
               wife and  Krogh played
             the part  of Joseph.  photo   Brown said .               this show certainly proved to be ," Peterson
                  by Erika Malison      Peterson's  absence  essentially   said .
                 Junior Mike Nickel
               poses as th e Pharoah in
               the fa mous Bible story.
                Ni ckel was dressed as
              Elvis and  sang an Elvis-
              style song, "Song of the
               King".  photo by Erika
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                                                             Seniors Allison Omer and
                                                               Bri an Krogh and juni or
                                                                  Sarah Brown sing
                                                              togeth er.  The story was
                                                              narrarated th rough song.
                                                               photo by Erika Marrson
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