Vol 24 issue 7

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Maine Township High School South

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December 4,1987

Two Four the Show now showing As many of you are wondering what you are getting for Christmas this year, the drama department is bustling about with the excitement of VShow in the air. After months of brainstorming, piracticing, lost voices, practicing , planning, and more practicing, the show has finally become a reality. Everything from singing to dancing to comedy is what makes V-Show what it is. Dressing up in sometimes crazy costumes, doing mostly crazy and mostly talented things you will find Freshman to Seniors, Bandies to Hawkettes, and Drama freaks to Jocks paying in sweat but most af all laughter to make the show work. The V-Show staff was already getting things organized for this, Maine South's 24th V-Show, in January. Of course, they were working on last year's V-Show until December so they do not get a moment's rest. This year, the staff has even more to do. Because Mr. Martello, the director of V-Show went in the hospital at the beginning of "V-Show season," things got off to a rough start. Tryouts were tajjed for Mr. Martello to see later, when the staff went out to his house in Marengo for the weekly meetings. As a result, the show got rolling about two weeks late, but the extra effort on everyone's part pulled it through. To give you an idea just how much fim V-Show is, I will take you through everything that would happen to you, from try-outs to the final show, if you were indeed a V-show-ite. Just think VShow...you are now entering the V-Show zone.... You and some friends are sitting around one Saturday afternoon wondering what to do for a VShow act this year. Brainstorming begins. Literally hundreds of ideas come and go, finally the "perfect" one coming to you. Planning it out, you all agree to meet every Saturday and practice for three hours, although about two hours and forty-five minutes of each of these turn into weekly gossip sessions. Try-outs come, and V-Show staff seem to enjoy it. Tryouts are probably the most stressful part of V-Show. After try-outs, that all-important day comes— the list of which acts made it. Many acts that worked hard to be ready for tryouts may leam that it didn't pay off. But that's part of what makes Maine South's V-Show what it is. The best of the best. OK, great. Your act made it. Now what? More practice. What the all-knowing V-Show staff didn't like about your tryouts, they change. That God-like figure you see, Mr. Martello, or as he is fondly known throught the department, 'M', has the final say on everything. It may be the day before opening night, but if your act stinks, you

won't be in the show. Your act is perfected. The week before V-Show has arrived. You made it through all-day rehearsal and everything is ready to go, right? Wrong! The week of Monday, November 30, you will be at school from 8:00 AM to approximately 10:00 PM. This fun-filled time is known as V-Show week, or "Hell Week" as it is so blimtly put by sophomore director Chans Runnels. This is when you find out who your real friends are. Finally, after going through the show what feels like 18 billion times, it is opening night. Thursday, December 3. If you walk through the halls during this momentous event, you will see pwople hugging, crying, laughing, and, of course, practicing. All 400 or so cast, crew, and staff members gather in a circle, put their hands on top of one another's and yell, "One, two, three, BREAK!" Then the hugging and wishes of "Break a leg" (performers are very superstitious—saying "good luck" may cast a spell for which the only antidote is standing on yoiu: head and singing "Give My Regards to Broadway"), which is sometimes shortened to

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Brad Richter "takes five" during a recent rehearsal with the V-Show Stage Band.

Commendation winners announced

1987 letter of Commendation winners include (front row, top to bottom) Edward Kinsella, Nicole Beredimas, Jenny Skomasa, Katie O'Connor, Jenine Smith, Kelly Schaefer, Samantha Malten, Patricia Tseng, Kavita Sabnani. Back row, top to bottom—Marc Sernel, Jay Pinto, Anna Choi,Mary Buckley, Jake Crampton, Joanne Hwang, Maura Scott. Dr. Thomas Cachur, Principal, meets to offer congratulations in the Maine South library.


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