Stage Two
Girl's Parts Chosen
By Rick St a nek
Emily Phelps and Jo Goff, both
of Ashland, are two of the three
high school students selected for
parts in this spring's Stage Two
productions at the Angus Bow
mer Theatre. Diane Roberts, of
Medford, was the other girl
chosen.
Auditions were held January 4
to fill in three female parts in the
plays "Playboy of the Western
World" and "The Crucible".
About 3.V40 girls showed up after
school at the Angus Bowmer
Theatre.
First, the girls were asked to
perform various exercises so that
the people casting the parts could
see how well they moved on
stage. They were also asked to
scream to see how emotional they
could get.
from these exercise, six girls
were chosen from the large group
as possibilities. These were asked
to read some specific lines from
the plays involved. To judge
stage presence, the chosen six
also talked about their family in
front of an audience.
Emily and Jo both thought that
being involved in the Shake
speare Festival last season
helped them to get the parts this
year. They were both in "A
Midsummer Night's Dream" as
fairies: Jo as Marjoram and
Emily as Peaseblossom.
This season, Jo got the part of
Susanna Walrott, a Puritan girl
in "The Crucible", and Emily
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Jo Guff and Emily Phelps are shown being congratulated by
Neville Archambault upon hearing of their selection in Ashland's
Shakespearean Festival.
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High-Q is a quiz show for high
school students similar to that
College Bowl. Ashland will par
ticipate for the first time.
The four-member team con
sists of Dennis 1-eybold, Peggy
Haines, Bill Ellis and Larry
Taylor. Rosario De La Torre and
Debbie Marrs were named as
alternates.
Elimination Tests
Team members were chosen on
the basis of their scores on
qualifying tests. Eight students
made the first elimination. From
this group, the final four were
selected after a series of practice
sessions.
Television taping of the show
will take place in Portland some
Thursday in March and will be
broadcast the next Sunday,
according to team advisor Mr.
Don Vondracek.
If the Ashland team wins, it
may return up to two times, at
which point it would retire
undefeated.
High y may be seen on KGW,
cable TV, Sundays at 5:30.
will play the role of Maureen, an
Irish peasant girl, in "Playboy of
the Western World".
Taking part in the festival
requires a great amount of time
and effort. Rehearsals are
usually three days a week, not
counting fittings and special
calls, and they can last from one
to seven hours. The rehearsals
get longer as opening night
approaches.
During the last few weeks of
rehearsal and when there are
special student matinees, Emily
and Jo will take some time off
school. Actual performances will
run every four days.
When asked if it was all worth
it, Emily replied, "The exper
ience you gain and the people you
meet are well worth the time put
in . . . You learn a lot about the
plays and what goes into them,
and just a lot of the basic parts of
theatre".
Jo had this to say, "If you're
really into acting and enjoy it,
you don't seem to be trapped
down at the theatre . . . The
people are about as interesting as
the experience. They come from
all parts of the country and they
all have to learn to live together".
When the outdoor Shakes
spearean plays get under way,
Emily and Jo plan on trying out
for non-speaking parts as ladies
in waiting. They also hope to
dance on the green during the
outdoor season.
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Recreation
By Julie Harrison
The Ashland Community Ac
tion Center has added a youth
program to its many services.
The new program is directed
primarily toward high school
students and is made-up of three
phases.
The first phase, called Real
Friends, provides a "friend" to
students who need someone to
listen. This phase is similar to
Big Brother and Big Sister
programs. Since the Center is run
mainly by SOC volunteers, the
"friend" is usually an SOC
student.
SOC faculty members, doctors,
lawyers and other volunteers will
be available as advisors to the
youth program.
The second phase consists of a
tutoring program. The Center
would like to work with the high
school, having its volunteers
tutor high school students.
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The second Skate Board Dance, held Jan. 14, was huge success.
The band members are (I. to It) Todd Ragland. Dan Grey, Jeff
Rogers, Brent Bosworth, and Steve Clark.
Local Students
Schools Form Speaker Committee
Council of Southern Oregon
High Schools (CSOHS) is a new
committee that was set up for the
purpose of inviting well known
figures to speak in the Rogue
Valley, Grants Pass, Central
Point, Medford, Phoenix, and
Ashland representatives held a
meeting at the Pillars Coffee
house in Ashland several weeks
ago to start the organization.
High schools from the above
mentioned cities will write to
speakers from a suggested list.
Their letters will represent
CSOHS and will ask the chosen
figure to speak to the high schools
involved, whether the speaker
will talk to all high schools
gathered together or on separate
stops depends on the kind of
speaker. Local figures might
have time to speak individually,
while national known people may
only be obtained once, as a result
And Aid Center Opens
The third phase is called Rent-a-Friend.
Students can get jobs
shoveling snow, raking leaves,
moving lawns, etc. for senior
citizens. In addition, the Center
will find part-time or summer
jobs for juveniles.
Besides the new youth pro
gram, the center conducts adult
basic education classes, a refer
ral service and senior citizen
activities.
During the three years of its
existence, the Ashland Commun
Teens Chosen for Month of December
The Teens of the month of
December, 1971 were Dean
Fortmiller and Cindy Ragland.
They were choosen by the
Student Council for their untold
work in various activities. Fort
miller has helped with all SSS
planned activities. He also is a
student in Band and participated
in All-State Band this year.
Miss Ragland was choosen for
Ashland High School, Ashland, Ore.
of cost or time.
National political figures sug
gested were: Paul McCloskey,
Shirley Chisum, Eugene Mc
Carthy, George McGovern, Hen
ry Jackson, Richard Nixon, Dick
Gregory, Abby Hoffman, Jerry
Rubin, Black Panther Leaders,
and S.D.S. Leaders.
State figures were: Wayne
Morse, Clay Myers, Don Stathos,
Earl Bloomenhauer, Mark Hat
field, Bob Packwood, Tom Mc
Call. and John Dellenback.
Other well known people in
cluded: Ken Kesey, Bill Cosby,
Jerry Lewis, A. S. Neill, Ray
Bradbury, Eric Fromm, John
Lennon, Allen Watts, Jane Fon
da, Gay Liberation Representa
tives, Chicago and Santana.
The next meeting of CSOHS is
scheduled for January 16 at the
Pillars.
ity Action Council. This support,
however, is being phased out
because the federal government
has cut neighborhood centers out
of its budget. By October the
Center will be completely inde
pendent. The Center, located at 190 Oak
Street, runs its youth program
from 1:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. on
week days. For more information
call 482-2810.
Wrinkles should only indicate
where smiles have been.
her outstanding work with the
American Field Service. In
cluded was a talk on her trip to
Equador this summer to the
Spanish students.
The purpose of electing Teens
of the Month is to give credit
where it is due. It is for the people
that work behind the scenes, but
get little of the glory or
recognition.
Fri.. Jan. 21.
Clubs
AFS
The AFS members are still
looking for host families for
foreign exchange student for next
year. They are planning an AFS
exchange around the valley. It is
planned for March 27, but nothing
is final on the date. They will
have the AFS students from
around the valley come and talk
in the English classes. The last
week in February there is an AFS
exchange from the Bay area.
Host families will be needed for
that week also.
DRAMA
The Drama club will be in
charge of the entertainment at
the Interclub's dinner banquet.
Anyone interested in helping is
welcome.
FLAG GIKI..S
The Flag Girls have been
getting ready for their halftirne
performance at the Saturday
night game.
FBI.A
Members of FBLA will be
having a membership drive.
They will be talking to the
business classes.
HONOR SOCIETY
"In its continuing policy of
actively supporting the accepted
forces of inertia, the National
Honor Society (Alpha Chapter)
has done and is doing absolutely
nothing," said President Dennis
Ley bold.
GR
They will be having a meeting
in about two weeks. The day will
be announced. All girls are
welcome.
CHESS AIIS
Chess club came in first place
against seven other schools
Saturday, January 15. And are
now second place overall in high
school conference. The results
were: Bill Ellis 4-0. Arden
Stryker 4-0, Steve Parsons 3-0-1,
Mike Liggon 4-0, and Ray Bartley
3-0-1.
IRS
IRS is now getting ready for the
essay contest.
INTF.RC1.1B
Members of the Interclub
Council are getting ready for
their dinner banquet and talent
review, February 4.
INNOVATIONS
Innovations have just finished
painting the Reading Room.
SSS members will be starting a
book drive for the reading room
sometime next week.
SKATEBOARD
Skateboard club is now plan
ning for another snow party and
dance. They would like to thank
the student body for such a good
turn out at last Friday night's
dance.