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Technical Crew ~====~

Stage Manager~=~

"Being Stage Manager
could be really stressfuL <.::====::::::z:il
but it was nice to be in
charge."

A. Seniors David Timm
and Melanie Holm play
the part of Ryan and
Sharpay Eva ns. Th e two
had their own song and
dance called "Bop to the
Top." B. The cheer-
leaders help the crowd
get pumped up and
in volved with the show.
The girls had their own
custom-made costumes.
photos by Kelsy Taylor

The High School Musical cast danced into the hearts of over 3,200 viewers.

When High School Musica l aired on telev ision, it beca me a Pi co de Ga ll o to get a fee ling for my character. Of course,
huge hi t. Th e show found success not only on the tube, but also I also practiced my music and ran through my lines and
on stage, which beca me obvious after eac h of the theater depart- the stage bl ocking."
ment's fo ur perfo rm ances of the show so ld out. Sop homore lan Swanson pl ayed the part of Rya n
Well over 100 hopeful thespians tried out for the show, but E va ns, one of the lea d characters. Neve r having sta rred
only 7 4 made th e cut. For the next few months, these students in a hi gh school production before, the experi ence was
met almost eve ryday after sc hool to bl ock sce nes, lea rn dance shocking.
moves, and practice so ngs. "Th e first time I went out on stage on opening ni ght
"Time co mmitment made being in the musica l ve ry difficul t. was amazing! I was rea ll y nervous beca use I kn ew th at we
Sometimes we would have to stay later than usual if we needed had so ld out, and eve ryone was anticipating an amaz ing_
show. But after I nail ed th e first so ng, I felt like I coul dn't
more practice. Even after rehea rsa l
a t Juni or Greg LeCieir mess up! It was definitely one of th e best memori es of m ~
was over, I needed to go home and
C
life," Swa nso n sa id.
practice to make sure th at I had
Backstage, junior Lexy Wong acted as Stage Ri ght
eve rything memorized for the next
Manage r.
day," freshman josh Temple sa id.
"In ord er for th e production to run smoothly, I had
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5 I Jock/Baker. When he discov- to be extremely organized. Although it took a couple of
playe d the part of Zeke-the
weeks to get all of the stage directi ons down and to get
my fl ow charts in ord er, in the end, everything ran smoothly,"
ered he got the part, LeCi eir
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Wong sa id.
After all the hard work, the musica l was a huge success and
danCe even ea rn ed a spot on th e evening news. Being ab le to bring a
movie to life in front of 900 peopl e for fo ur ni ghts in a row is
two choco-
not an easy thing to do, bu t th e cast pulled it togeth er and was
late ca kes
and fres h
able to amaze .
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