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On stage at international conference

Play earns superstar billing

P r a c tic e ... P ra c tic e . ..P ra c ti five y ears and th o u g h t th e y W hen th is p rod u ctio n was
ce... A com m on w o rd h eard co n sisten tly did good p e rfo rm ­ ta k e n to M uncie (including set,
a m o n g th e “ Je s u s C h r is t ances. ca st, costu m es, m ake-up, and
S u p e rsta r” cast, w h o logged A t th e co n v en tio n th e Play t r a n s p o r t a tio n ), P a rk h u rst
about 161 hours of p ra ctice , ac­ P ro d u c tio n class p e rfo rm e d said he estim ated th e to ta l cost
co rd in g to J a c k P a rk h u rs t, “ C a ts ” f o r th e o p e n in g a t ab o u t $ 15,000. The money
d ram a in s tru c to r. cerem on ies and “ Jesu s C h rist f o r th is p la y w as raised
S u p e rsta r” fo r th e ir big p ro ­ e n t ir e ly b y th e Play
W h at w as all th is p ra c tic e d u c tio n . T h e y d id “ C a ts ” P ro d u ctio n class, none of it was
for? It w as fo r a tr ip to M uncie, because th e y w ere asked to do given to th e m by th e school
In d ian a, Ju n e 2 3 -Ju ly 1 w h ere th a t. A nd th e reason w h y th e y d is tric t. It w as raised by doing
th e R alston Play P ro d u ctio n chose “ S u p e rsta r” is because it vario u s fun d raisers such as car
class p erform ed a t th e In te rn a ­ had n ever been done before, i t ’s w ash es, g a rag e sales, candy
tio n a l T h e a te r C on feren ce. v ery d ifficu lt, and R alston is sales, raffles, a v a rie ty show,
one of tw o schools th a t are te a c h in g c h o re o g ra p h y , a
Sponsored by th e In te rn a ­ capable of doing it. The reason b r e a k d a n c e w o rk s h o p and
tio n al Thespian Society, th is is w h y it is so d iffic u lt is because house and fence p ain tin g. They
a conference w h ere high schools it is a ro ck op era w h ich in ­ h ave been doing one kin d of a
from around th e w o rld com e, cludes one h o u r and 40 m inu tes fu n d r a is e r o r a n o th e r
but only five schools get to be of d an cin g and singing. It also co n s ta n tly fo r a y ear.
fe a tu re d p e rfo rm e rs a t th is is te ch n ica lly d iffic u lt. W hile
co n v en tio n . So th a t m akes it a m ost p ro d u ctio n s h ave ab ou t N ow th e q u estion is, will
big h o n o r to p erfo rm th e re . fiv e people w o rk in g lig h ts, th e y be able to pu ll off such a
A c c o rd in g to P a r k h u r s t, so u n d a n d s p e c ia l e f f e c ts , d iffic u lt p lay? P a rk h u rst said,
R alston w as chosen to p erfo rm “ S u p e r s ta r ” h as 12 p eo p le “ T hey h ave th e ta le n t if their
b e ca u se th e c o n v e n tio n ’s w o rk in g th e m . a ttitu d e s are th e r e .”
selectio n co m m itte e had been
w a tch in g R alston fo r th e past

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