Vincent Price Visits GHS
Mr. Vincent Price, famous
stage and screen actor visited Mr.
Parrish’s drama classes on the
morning of February 3, while in
Greensboro to participate in the
University Concert and Lecture
Series at UNC-G.
The visit was entirely unher
alded, being planned the evening
before. Because only the
administration, Mr. Parrish and
his classes, and a very few
teachers knew of Mr. Price’s
arrival at approximately 10:45
a.m., he was not met by a crowd.
He quietly entered the Theatre
Workshop, where approximately
one hundred and twenty of Mr.
Parrish’s students were waiting
to hear him speak.
Mr. Price began by saying, “I
am an energy crisis in myself.”
He explained that though he felt
his tour lyas enjoyable, he kept a
hectic schedule that had recently
taken him to some of the colder
areas of the country, such as
Maine.
Mr. Price classifies his career
as ‘‘hard climb” which began
forty-two years ago in England,
where he managed to get the part
of Prince Salvert in a small
production of Victoria Re^na. He
called it ‘‘an extraordinary
break” which led to playing in the
same play in America opposite
Helen Hayes. Mr. Price feels that
Helen Hayes is ‘‘absolutely
wonderful.”
From his first play with Helen
Hayes, Mr. Price continued on to
another which was a flop. His
decision to join Orson Welles in
the Mercury Theatre followed.
Vincent Price stresses that
most people associated with
movies come from ‘‘regular
towns”, not New York or
Hollywood. He believes that any
interested person should work
towards the goal of employment
in the theatre through school
drama departments like the one at
Grimsley.
Continuing, Mr. Price stated
that he had no favorite movie, but
that some movies were “fun” to
make and it is these that he
remembers. He had fun making
the Doctor Phibes horror spoofs.
Feeling that actors miss a great
deal of the process of creating
movies, he said, “The whole
technical end of making movies is
absolutely fascinating.”
From 1930 until 1965, Mr. Price
feels that there was a “great
ha
t
to
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and Bashar Rlzk [not pictured] all qualified for the T.V.
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Students Participate in Close-Up
This year,'Grimsley and other
area high schools throughout the
city will be participating in the
Close-Up program. The program
to be held the week of May 15-21,
offers students from all over the
country a chance to study our
national government.
The main goal of Close-Up is to
give interested students a chance
to go to Washington, D.C. to
learn first-hand about the
government and politics of our
nation. The four students from
Grimsley, who attend the
program, will have the chance to
examine the government by being
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involved in head-to-head discus
sions with the House and Seante
members, politicians, ambassa
dors, judges, and concerned
citizens. They will also learn how
the government adjusts to meet
new needs through seminars,
discussions and workshops.
Four students from Grimsley
will be selected to attend the
Close-Up Program in May. One of
the four students selected will
receive a scholarship which is
based on merit and family income
to cover all costs, while the other
three will pay $325 to cover all
their expenses.
The O’Henry Junior Service
Club has been selling valentines
as a service to the Grimsley
student body for Valentine’s Day.
All Valentines will be delivered
this morning during homeroom.
The Greensboro Youth Council
is sponsoring the Piedmont
Journalism Workshop Saturday,
February 26 at the Golden Eagle
Motor Inn in Greensboro.
A registration fee of three
dollars will be charged. There are
a hundred and seventy five places
availab’ ■ interested students
and te. Registration forms
are availaoie from GYC members
and they shoum oe mailed to the
Vhicent Price speaks to drama stndenU in Grimaley’s studio theatre.
[Photo by Scott Imbus]
period of movie making. During
that time he sung in a film
entitled “Up in Central Park”.
He also did some other singing in
his career. He stated that there
used to be up to 600 hundred
films availalile to choose from at
one time counting the 60 or 70
available today. He would see
about 90 films each year when he
was in college. He believes that
’’today the public is more
discerning” when it chooses a
film.
In relation to television,
Vincent Price said, “Television
has kind of Inked” and
“Americans love anything free.”
He praised the Roots presentation
and made it clear that there are
some good television programs.
He also believes that there are
some good movies and that
movies have changed over the
years. Mr. Price said that
Taxidriver “terrified” him and
that he liked Marathon Man.
He added during the question
ing by drama students that too
much money is spent on films and
that the best films are simple. He
likes European films by artists
such as Fellini and is attracted to
the subtler humor of Europeans.
The topic of favorite leading
ladies caused Mr. Price to laugh.
He said he enjoyed working with
"sexy gals” such as Lana Turner
and Jane Russell.
Vincent Price spoke to students
for approximately forty minutes
before leaving in an old Valiant
for an appointment at UNC-G.
Vincent Price said he is
presently trying to change the
image that associated him with
horror films.
HighLife
Vol. LVI.
Grimsley High School, Greensboro, N.C. 27408
February 14, 1977
Original Play Big In Drama Departrrient
GYC office by February 16.
The program has various
activities for the students. A tour
of WFMY-TV and The Greens
boro Daily News will be offered to
those who are interested. There
will also be a well known speaker
who will hold a press conference
for the students.
The workshop will be divided
into two categories. The first one
is the newspaper in general. It
will be under the direction of
journalists from area newspapers.
Seminars and workshops on
topics ranging from General news
reporting to Society to layout will
be offered.
Continued on page 8
Grimsley High School’s drama
department will be traveling to
Queens University in Charlotte,
North Carolina for the Carolina
Dramatic Association on Feb-
bruary 25, where they will
present two plays.
One of the plays to be .put on is
an original by Mark McCracken
called Tomorrow Only Knows. It
was submitted to the Original
Piaywriting Contest of the
Carolina Dramatic Associaton,
and has been recommended by
the judges to oe produced by the
CDA.
The CDA is a st|^wide
organization of highpRhool
students who produce contributed
scripts at a district festival. These
Council
Holds
Dance
Plans for the upcoming Twirp
Dance highlight the latest
activities of the Executive
Council.
The Youth Recreation Council,
under the leadership of co-chair
persons Kemp Clendenin, Ruth
Katzenstein and Linda Simon, is
currently finalizing plans for the
dance, which has been scheduled
for this Saturday night, February
19. It has been decided that the
Twirp Dance will be held in the
cafeteria on campus. Sunny Day
will provide the music for the
dance which is to begin at 8:00
and end at 12 midnight. The' cost
of the dance per couple is $5.00.
The Grimsley Twirp Dance is
an annual activity of Grimsley. It
is planned to coincide with the
celebration of Valentine’s Day
each year.
are evaluated by a festival judge
and considered for the State
Drama Festival.
The second play to be produced
at the festival is a play by Edgar
Allen Poe entitled The Mask of
the Red Death.
Both Tomorrow Only Knows
and The Mask of the Red Death
will be done for Grimsley
students for several nights just
before they are taken to the
Association. The dates will be
announced at a later time.
Quill and Scroll
Inducts Journalists
Last Thursday, February 10,
the Grimsley Chapter of Quill and
Scroll inducted ten new members.
The induction ceremony took
place in the Media Center at 4
p.m., after which refreshments
were served.
Quill and Scroll, an interna
tional program, is a journalistic
honor society which recognizes
outstanding staff members of
Whirligig, the Grimsley year
book, and High Life, Grimsiey’s
monthly newspaper. The criteria
for acceptance into Quill and
Scroll is based on academic
record, quality of work, and
teacher recommendation. To be
considered for membership, a
student must have served on a
Grimsley publication for at least
two semesters.
The new inductees from High
Life are David Bulla, Lee Evans,
Hank Howard, Susan McGlam-
ery, and Billy Tsintzos. From
Whirligig, Quill and Scroll
inducted J.G. Dunning, Scott
Imbus, Wendy Liebling, Qgden
Spruill, and Amy Stapleton.
Carol Eddy, Debbie Stuart, Ruth
Rubin, Pete Neefus, Cathy
Perlman, and Laura Zuckerman
were inducted last year.
Membership in Quill and Scroll
entails various types of recogni
tion other than the honor
involved. All members receive a
pin, a certificate, and a montly
magazine.