1985 Miracle Yearbook

'Mockingbird Moves Audience H ey Kim, what are you doing tonight?' I asked. "Oh, I've got to go to ploy rehearsal. To- night we're doing the court scene," yelled Kim Fry. To Kill a Mockingbird was o moving ploy presented during the fall and directed by Mrs. Rebecca Baker. As I sat in the background watching students tryout, practice, and finally perform, I sow written words come olive. Mrs. Baker saw how important the message of this play was and, therefore, fear accompanied her excitement in directing the play. In a small town in Alabama during the de- pression-ridden years, there lived a family named Finch. They believed in truth and hon- esty; unfortunately,they seemed to be a rarity amongst the others in their area. The many losses Arricus Finch suffered, however, were blighted by one staggering victory: he was able to go to sleep or night knowing he had dealt truthfully. His neighbor said it simply,"We trust him to do right." Let Carlo Ritchie, who played the lead char- acter of Scout, explain the play in her words: "Hey!Don't you remember me?I'm Jean Lou- ise Finch, but most everyone calls me Scout. "This will only rake a minute. I gotta tell you about what happened to me! Come sir over here on the porch. "Me,an'Arricus, an'Jem,on' nearly every- one in Moycomb got to pay a visit to Cedarville College so we could tell them a story 'bout us! Got any gum? "Well, anyway,the story was about some- thing that really happened to Jem,on' Arricus, an' me this summer.Jem an' me got to meet Dill, on' he wanted to make Boo Rodley come our! "Tom Robinson got in some real bad trouble and Arricus — what? Oh, he's my father — had to defend him at a real trial and every- thing. 'Some people made a lot of fun of me and Jem cause our father was defendin' a Negro, but wejus' held our heads high and acted like gentlemen. "Boo Rodley started leavin' things in the knothole. We didn't know who it was or first, but when we were attacked by that terrible Mr. Ewell, it was Boo who saved us! "And we sure learned some pretty impor- tant things. Arricus turned our to be the best father ever. He shot al Tim just when we were beginning to think he was too old to do anything. He taught us how to step in other people's shoes, too. Jem stepped in Mrs. Du- bose's; I stepped in Boo Radley's; Arricus? I think he was rryin' to step in every shoe in Maycomb! "Hey. What's the matter? Hey! Are you listening to me? Yeah, I guess it's getting pretty late and Cal will be wanrin' me to get washed for supper. "I sure hope we get to see the people of Cedarville again sometime. You know they were real nice." By Carl Rirchie Brenda James 32 Fall Play Arricus(Lonnie Cooper)givessomefatherly advice to Scour Jem (Steve Banning) pounds on Boo Radley's door. (Carla Ritchie)as they sit on the porch outside their home. Elena Michael narrates the play as on older Jean-Louise.