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GRIMSLEY HIGH SCHOOL Greensboro, N.C. 27408 -
November 22, 1977
‘Kiss Me, Kate”
On Tap
This year Grimsley’s Drama
Department promises to be
superlative with the upcoming
production of “Kiss Me Kate”.
After the classic drama “Twelve
Angry People” was presented to
the public November 10, 11, and
12, everyone can expect excellent
results in the future.
“Twelve Angry People” is a
classic drama originally written
for an all female or all male cast.
Mainly, the story is a discussion
between twelve angry jurors who
try to find out what actually
happened in the murder trial of a
teenage boy who has been ac
cused of killing his father. Except
for one, all the jurors vote that the
boy is guilty. The entire product
ion takes place within a jurors’
room.
A senior at GHS, Jone Marshall
directed the show. Auditions for
parts in the play were open to the
entire student ^dy on October 1.
The cast consisted of the follow
ing students from the sophomore,
unior, and senior classes: Missey
Judging
Is Held
Earlier this fall, six service
clubs from Grimsley chose one
girl to represent their club in the
1977 Miss Christmas Seal Con
test. Qub members supported
their Miss Christmas Seal candi
date by collecting money from ara
youth. Martha Alspaugh, from
Exchangettes, was Grimsley’s
Finalist.
On November 9, at 4:15 in the
Alumnae House at UNC-G, a
formal judging was held for all 11
finalists from the 8 high schools
which were involved. JulieTrox-
ler. Page’s OHJ’s candidate, was
hosen Miss Christmas Seal of
1977.
In the final stage of the
ompetition the girls were judged
bn how well they could handle
ihemselves in front of an audi-
;nce. Part of the responsibility of
:he winner is that she will have to
nake several speeches at various
banquets.
Kate Brady. All of the actors and
actresses supplied their own cos
tumes.
Lisa Morton, who won best
actress award at the North Caro
lina Theatre Conference, will play
the title role in the first semester
musical of “Kiss Me Kate”. The
cast and crew will include over 75
students with such stars as: Tony
Luper, Connye Florance, and
Chuck King.
The show will be bringing
many bonuses, for example, the
award winning GHS Stage Band
will be playing music by Cole
Porter.
It is hoped that the musical
“Kiss Me Kate” will be one of
the biggest productions to hit the
Greensboro area.
The puppet troupe, from Pup
pet Mania, will be performing for
the children at the Kendall Center
on November 27. Mary Stowe, a
sophomore, will be in charge of
costuming. A professional dance
studio, Curtis Holt, will be chor
eographing the production. On
November 1, the Mime Troupe
was well received at Craven
elementary school.
The Theatre Workshop is be
ginning a set of one-act plays.
The Workshop is hoping to go on
tour with their plays to help raise
$5000 which is needed for a trip to
Kentucky. The total up to date is
approximately $2,500. All sub
groups of Playmasters, such as
the Mime and Puppet Troupes,
have agreed to donate all profits
toward this trip. Mr. Parrish’s
other classes have raised quite a
sum of money for the Kentucky
trip.
Martha Alspaugh, Grimsley’s
finalist for Miss Christmas Seal,
was sponsored by Exchangettes.
Grimsley Hosts ITM
The roles of the Interim man-
gement team (Fred Cundiff,
Chairman and Joe Brooks, Vice
Chairman) and the Interim Mana-
;ement Committee were dis-
ussed at the second Student
ehool Board Action Group meet-
ig November 7.
After introductions, Mr. Cun-
iff, who is also the Assistant
uperintendent for Administra-
on, explained how the IMT and
IMC are dealing with school
district issues and concerns until
a new superintendent is appoin
ted.
the IMT reports to the Board of
Education, which meets the third
Tuesday of every month at 7:30
p.m. in the Administrative Build
ing. Appointed by the Greensboro
City Council, the Board is a seven
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ENDING WITH
A 16-1 RECORD,
THE WHIRLIE
GIRLS HAVE
CAPTURED THE
STATE VOLLEY
BALL TITLE.
CONGRATULATIONS
ro COACH ADDISOF
AND THE TEAM!
SCHOOL SPEAKERS
Alumni Gives Insight
Charles Rucker, a Grimsley
alumnus, spoke to Mrs. Mana-
han’s Critical Analysis of Litera
ture classes Monday, October 24.
He spoke on his travels to Africa
and also on the importance of
literature. He graduated from
Grimsley in 1970.
Mr. Green, a graduate of Page
High School and former adverti
sing manager of the Page paper,
emphasized the importance of
attracting the merchant’s atten
tion. He told the students not to
hound the merchant, but to
continue trying to obtain the ad.
Mr. Green showed the students
several examples of advertising
layouts.
Mr. Irwin Smallwood, manag
ing editor of the Greensboro
papers recently spoke to Ms.
Sroog’s sixth and seventh periods
of journalism. He gave the class
tips on better newspaper manage
ment.
Mr. Smallwood, a graduate of
Grimsley High School and former
editor of High Life, explained to
the Journalism I-A class exaclty
what news is. Mr. Smallwood also
answered questions from the
class.
Mr. Hal Green, advertising
manager of both Greensboro
newspapers also spoke to Ms.
Sroog’s sixth and seventh period
journalism classes. He advised
both classes on the matter of
advertising.
Katherine Oakley, former stu
dent of Mrs. Hoffler in Advanced
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NEWS i^i^iErs:
• On Saturday, November 12,
students from Playmasters atten
ded a business meeting of the
Carolina Dramatic Association
which was held at UNC-G.
• Grimsley’s literary magazine,
IN FULL FLIGHT, is holding a
literary contest for all interested
Students. Students should submit
poems, short stories, photo
graphs and art work before
December 2. Cash prizes will be
awarded. Some entries will be
selected for publication in the
magazine. For further details
contact Mr. Smith in Smith in
room 207.
• The Mr. Turkey Competition, a
project sponsored by Student
Affairs, is well underway. Eddie
Swing, Tom Tarduogno, Harlan
Frye, David Young, John Span
gler, and Carl Winfield are com
petitors for the title of Mr. Turkey
1977. All of the money collected
will be given to the janitors to pay
for their Thanksgiving Dinner.
• On the evening of November
12, the judging of the Junior Miss
Pageant for North Carolina was
held in the Grimsley auditorium.
Girls from across the state com
peted for titles. Dianne Swan,
from Grimsley, did a tap dance
routine.
• The Greensboro Jaycees have
recently donated a new stage
floor to Grimsley which was
installed by some members of
Playmasters.
• The Board of Directors of the
Greensboro Jaycees has author
ized sponsorship of a downtown
holiday parade. Named the
Greensboro Holiday Parade, the
event will take place on Saturday,
November 26, 1977 at 2:00 p.m.
This year’s parade will begin at
the intersection of Elm and
Bellemeade Streets and will
march south on Elm Street. The
parade will terminate and dis
perse after passing the intersec
tion of Elm and Lee Streets.
A $200.00 cash prize will be
awarded to the best non-profes
sional float in the parade.
Composition, and daughter of
Mrs. John Oakley who presently
teaches French at Grimsley, lec
tured to Mrs. Hoffler’s Advanced
Composition class November 1,
on analysis of poetry. Miss Oak
ley is a 1977 honors graduate of
UNC-Chapel Hill, Phi Beta Kap
pa, and a non-recipient of a three
year teaching fellowship in Eng
lish for her Ph.D. at Princeton
University.
ROTC
Shows Off
The Grimsley ROTC has
recently won several positions in
a competition held in Tennessee.
■ They have also had coverage by
Channel 2 News.
Along with teams from Virgi
nia, South Carolina, Tennessee
and Georgia, Grimsley’s ROTC
drill teams put on quite a show.
All of the judging was done by
four Marines and one Army
colonel. Grimsley’s ROTC won
first place in the Male Armed
' Platoon Military Fancy Drill, and
the girls also won first place in the
Female Unarmed Squad Fancy
Drill. Wayne Johnson, a senior,
took first place in the Individual
Drill Routine (I.D.R.). Although
the Male Color Guard had not
performed in a competition be
fore, they took second place.
The competition, held in
Jonesboro, Tennessee, was open
to the public and drew an
audience of over 200.
Thursday night, November 10,
Channel 2 News had a segment of
it’s program on Grimsley’s ROTC
Drill Team. They showed the
highlights of the team’s silent
routine. They also informed the
Greensboro area on the different
activities ROTC is presently en
gaged in.