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Show NEIGHBORS 8 Thursday, January 30, 1986 Teamwork, Patience, Discipline Are Byproducts Of Mask Project At Midvalley School by Sherma Lind Yeates Green Sheet Staff Writer MIDVALE. Not a muscle moved. Mouths were silent. Eyebrows did not raise or lower Eyes remained tightly closed. y Everyone in the fifth grade at listened and concentrated on what Glen Sacos, Jordan District Mid-valle- drama specialist, and their teachers, Pam Hardman, Mary Ann Deem,' Carol Dunfield and Cindy Barney, were saying. . It is a very special project for the 117 fifth grade students at Mid-valle- y. It is not a quick project. It takes time and patience and definitely lends to the learning process. The students are creating masks of their own faces out of surgical gauze which has plaster in it and consequently has the ability to mold to the shape of faces. mask. The students divided into teams. One person first placed the surgical gauze on his partner's face to create a mask and then they switched places so that everyone had a mask. "The student who is building the mask on his partner's face really has to listen and concentrate and The gauze strips are moistened in water and then placed on the face on top of the cold cream surface. It is necessary to put about five layers of gauze on the face to make the mask thick enough to hold the form, When students are done wrapping the only thing showing is the watch the director to avoid putting the gauze on eye brows, or on hair or on eyes or in front of nostrils," said Cindy Barney. "And the student who is under all that gauze really places trust in the person who is doing the wrapping," she exclaimed. First the students cut the gauze into strips and then they placed cold cream all over their faces and pulled hair back tight. If the gauze touches hair it may tear the hair. While the mask is being made the person underneath can not move his mouth or eyes or eyebrows. A simple move may crack or wrinkle the ! ..-. - .. nostrils. "The kids really looked like mummies," said Mrs. Barney. A lot of water is used to keep the surgical gauze from hardening too eyelashes-an- d soon. . . Then when the wrapping is completed, the wrapper of the mask only has to loosen the mask from the face of his friend by pulling around the sides because of the cold cream and the mask comes right off the face. When water is not applied to the surgical gauze it will harden quickly and thus retain the shape of the face. The masks dry completely in two days. V j ' After drying completely, the students trim the eyes and mouth and then begin to think about decorating them. This week the Midvalley students are working with Mr. Sacos and their teachers to design their own masks. to Mr. Sacos, the According students draw their own plan in order that they will know exactly how they want to proceed with completion of the masks. After going through the process of making the mask, no one would want to take the decorating lightly. "The masks are keepsakes," said Mr. Sacos. "Some of the students are framing theirs and they can have it all of their life." We saw one of the completed masks and it was beautiful and unusual and worthy of framing. What do some of the students use to complete their masks? Some use oatmeal or other grains, cereals or seeds. Others use rocks, ribbons, dried flowers, silk flowers, feathers. One boy told Mr. Sacos he planned to use aluminum and jewelry. Some have used broken egg shells. The one we saw relied on brilliant and vibrant paint. Paint is a medium . si most often used as well as glitter and gold and silver leaf. With this project the masks "can become whatever the students want them to be," said Mr. Sacos. "It teaches students that they can design anything and that they must be very careful. Watching the instructors and following directions is the only way to achieve success. Watching, listening and concentrating that's wRat it takes," says Mr. Sacos. "During this project there are no discipline problems." Everyone is too busy creating his masterpiece. "The project brings the students close to emotion and they find that they can express emotions freely in an art form and take a great deal of pride in their work," said Sacos. "It is one of the most creative projects I know." Midvalley students reported to Mr. Sacos that "their parents and neighbors were getting into the act and making masks." Principal LaMar Beckstead has been involved in every phase of the project. "He and the teachers have been careful and watchful and helpful," reports Mr. Sacos. 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Tickets, which are $3, may be purchased at the school before the performances or if tickets are still available they may be purchased at the door on the night of the performance. Brighton high is located '14' You Can Get The Care You V 'Ah, Wilderness' Due On Brighton High Stage Wilderness!, an American classical comedy by Eugene O'Neill, will be . Brighton high school's second production this year, announced drama director John Whiting and Glen L. Beere, principal. The play, which was produced on Braodway in 1933 and is "considered to be one of the finest plays in the world," will be presented Friday, Feb.; 7, and Monday and Tuesday, ' Feb. 10 and 11, at 7:30 p.m. NEAT Dial HELP - JM .T West., Frigidolr Whirlpool, G.E., ate. $16" Pulley $5 i INFINITE 10 FT. $6.95 4.95 You(getthatsamekiIHiofcareatHumanaMEDFIRST. Our doctors and sfc are here from 8am to 8pm, every day, to provide continuing care plus prompt treatment of sudden illness or injury Appuuiunem5 are necessary w see ine same pnysician. g a IUI ltd! SO See us for the care you're used to. At the hours you always wanted. I siriinrnrmn nu mtmDEKjnir asm Bring this coupon for 20 so vinos on first visit nr.HTinriTintK. at 2220 E. 7600 South. Those in1 for furterested may call ther information. Dramatist Eugene O'Neill takes home and the family circle, "life's choicest treasures, as subject for the Midvole, 6947 S. 900 i. Bountiful, 214 W. 1500 S. Taylorsville, S500 S. Redwood Rd. Orem, 1344 S. 800 E. West Jordan, 1549 W. 7000$. 943-277- Ogden, 447 12thSt. 'West Valley, 3390 $. S600 W. 'Holladay, 4675 S. Highland Dr. theme he develops in Ah, isdescribed as It tender, wishful, compassionate and a happy comedy which "reveals a hitherto unsuspected phase of America's leading and most famous playwright, O'Neill, according to Wilderness. 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