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Show T e e n E j; a in i n c r X On The The news page written by and for Not ami? 6HkhJ h'0 TT JL WeberDavis teens I a 13 rvpi , 776-495- 1 ! Phonat 6254214 Lakeside Review 3 uh Thursd.iy. Juno 12, 1907 niter TAGE YOURLAST iWant a witty weekend? Try improv troupe ! . By ANGIE DRIGGS . TX contnponoont here in (he world can you meet an ; Italian plumber with I big lips who enjoys plucking chickens in his spare time? Olf Broadway Theater's Improv Troupe, Quick Wits," is the only show where you can meet such an ! exotic character. ' Off Broadway Theater, 272 South - Main in Salt Lake City, puts on a performance guaranteed to make you ; laugh. Cast members, divided into two ! teams, challenge each other to various games to show their quick thinking. One game, called Props, consists of team members using 10 items from around the theater. The items are ; used in an unusual way and in an allotted time. Quick thinking and talented acting , leave the audience cheering while judges give the teams individual scores. The night's performance continues with other improv games. . The Quick Wits show is the perfect . time to get to know a date. Relaxing and fun, it allows the audience members to forget about their worries and to be entertained for a couple of hours. Gearfield teen Sara Carter, 18, said of ' a recent performance: I loved it! It wasn't just the normal theater. It was I went and laughed . really ; and had a good time." The improv group is especially great for those silent first dates. If your date only mumbles a few audible words the entire night, at least you can enjoy the ; show. Host Bob Bedore takes topics for the improv acts directly from the audience, and brings out the best - or the worst -from outspoken listeners. The wits, or actors, interact with the loud and boisterous crowd. If you are one of those willing to make show suggestions, watch out! Just because you think an impersonation of a big purple dinosaur might be funny, dont be surprised if a cast member disagrees. Remember, there is direct interaction! To give a last touch of talent to the show, the cast lines up on stage as a Quick Wits Choir. Singing about something off the tops of their heads, they keep the audience cheering for more. Teens who attend love the entertainers. Smiling, Amy Rasmussen, 18, from West Point, said, The show was great! It was well worth going. I want my friends to see it, too. Gaining in popularity, Quick Wits is currently one of the least expensive shows around. For just $5 you can see a performance that will keep you laughing for days. Quick Wits has now opened on both Friday and Saturday nights and starts at 10 p.m. The theater plans to run Quick Wits all summer. Grab your tickets early for this summer's Off Broadway performances. Youll enjoy the laughs and talented acting far above any movie! Angie Driggs will be a senior next year at Clearfield High School. Driggs is honing her .. 1- - Va ", head-to-he- ...L ad CH( light-hearte- d. . writing skills for TX. by working on the yearbook at her school. The V Bottom n nnn On a typical day in America, 2 million gallons of ice cream are produced. Graduates, its time for serious celebrating By UNDSAY LEININGER TX correspondent cool breeze rushes across the back of your neck. Your warm skin absorbs the sultry sunshine. Lazily you reach down and stir the sugar in your lemonade. Its summer. No books ... no teachers ... no school ... no plans ... no fun? No way! Youve graduated and finally youre on your senior trip! As the thousands of seniors in Utah graduate, many look forward to one last, great party with their friends. Its your last hurrah - your last chance to hang out with your friends A before you go your separate ways, says Benjamin T. Nelson, a recently-graduate- d senior at Bonneville High School. Dan Macias, also a recent graduate at Bonneville, agrees: I think senior trips are underrated. Theyre more important. Its more of a big deal. Many high school seniors cope with senioritis (noun - the state of being tired of school) by dreaming about their exciting summer adventures. So where do most seniors go? You name it. Many plan road trips to local places such as Lake Powell, Moab, Zion National Park, St. George, Bear Lake and Arizona. These locations are good if youre lacking in big bucks. Be prepared to dish out quite a few greenbacks, though - even two- - to four-hotrips to Lake Powell or Bear Lake can cost anywhere from $150 to $250. Food expenses can reach towering amounts, especially if you crave massive stores of potato chips and soda pop while you waterski through the glassy waters. Speaking of waterskiing, there are quite a few things to do if youre planning a trip somewhere in Utah. Shooting the rapids is a popular activity for seniors in Canyonlands, Flaming Gorge and the Colorado River near the red rocks of Moab. If explorer youre an outdoor-lovin- g ur and youd like to take a stroll through Utah's gorgeous natural wonders, Zion National Park or Bryce National Park are good choices. However, if checking out rocks and cacti is not for you, try St. George or Lake Powell. Lake Powell is a great place to pick up chicks and get a nice leather tan, according to Dave Sonntag, a Bonneville High School student. Lake Powell and Bear Lake are also great sites for waterskiing, boating, g, cliff-divin- g, mountain-bikin- g, or just swimming, about anything that sounds See TRIPS6 stone-skippin- g, Teen finds graduation hasnt really sunk in yet By MELANIE GARFIELD TX correspondent A behind-the-scen- es look during graduation night was not a sight to be envied. Students clad in long, colored robes scurried about, trying to make certain their caps or honor cords were on correctly. The graduates-to-b- e wrung their hands in anticipation, nervously chatting with their neighbors about their fears, believing something would go wrong; that their voices would crack during a speech, or that they would trip as they received their diploma. But their fears were unsubstantiated. After sitting through a long and uneventful ceremony, trying not to fall asleep as the announcers read off more than 400 graduates names, the graduates hastily threw their gowns into waiting receptacles and ran off to find friends and family for proverbial picture-takin- g sessions. Most of the graduates went out to dinner with their parents, then rejoined their friends for a night on the town. But even with all this supposed fanfare and celebration, the reality of graduation did not readily sink in for me or my friends. Hours after the graduation ceremony, huddled around a warm campfire in North Fork, time seemed at a standstill. My friends and I discussed graduation and our apathy toward the ceremony that had just taken place. Maybe we expected some cataclysmic event, some feeling of momentous change, complete with trumpets and waving banners, but instead our transition into the real world hit us with a dull and unenthusiastic thud, making us ask, Was that it? Maybe we should have known not to have expected much from graduation; one of my friends likened graduation night to turning the magical sweet 16, or the freedom-givin- g 18 ... it was a nice event, but nothing really drastic. My friends and I sat around and pondered the future, asking each individual in turn what he or she would be doing, school or careerwise. We discovered that we were all going to college, however the majority of us were pretty ambiguous about what we were going to do after college. Out in the open, underneath dark skies, my friends and I knew that some long-awaite- change had occurred, but we could not fully process the reality that we had completed one of the first big stages in our lives - mandatory education. We reminisced about legendary stories from elementary school through high school, trying to make everyone laugh and trying to momentarily forget that our lives and relationships would never be the same again. This would be the last night our friendships would remain as they had been in high school. Summer, work and college would eventually rip us all apart, even if we did wish and try to maintain our friendships. For the first time, we realized that everyone would be embarking on their own journeys, fulfilling their own dreams and ambitions. The thought of no longer having the security blanket of high school to hide behind or to baby us almost seems quite intimidating. Even though a high school graduation may seem boring and unnecessary, it is an important event because it encourages you to think about your place in the world. It helps renew friendships with old friends, and it signifies that finally, after four long years in high school, its all over. Driving home early in the morning from the campsite, tired but serene, my friends and I watched kids as they trudged underneath cloudy skies to their respective schools. We viewed them solemnly, each of us contemplating in our hearts the fact that we should never have to align ourselves with school children again. After a moment of silence, we smiled. Now that high school is over with, we realize its tune to move on to bigger and better things. Melanie Garfield, t ho graduated last week from Roy High School, was valedictorian. Melanie describes herself as a fan of underground music. She enjoys reading and writing satire and social and political commentarv. |