Drama in the Junior High

Alta Loma Jr. high had some of the most distinctive band uniforms of any jr. high. They were these marvelous capes. They were red on the top and satin lined yellow gold under. They were heavy but magnificent at the same time. They were purchased from the proceeds of the annual spaghetti feed.

Drama was performed on a a series of platform tables set up in the all purpose room. Percy our speech and drama teacher put on two plays that I remember. Both were well attended. I was in the Christmas Carol. An adaptation of the the Charles Dickens number. I played the ghost from Christmas past. Touch my robe and ... etc. We had a great time with that. We also put on a melodrama play. Dad had put one on in the junior high for years as part of the fund raising carnival that occurred every fall. It was a wondrous thing with students coming in and playing different roles. Percy's was a different thing. It may have been billed as a fund raiser but I am not sure. It was in the multipurpose room. I was played the villain. It was wonderful. We had a trombone player chase me around the auditorium playing the William Tell overture. Our melodrama rented costumes from a costume rental agency in downtown San Francisco. It was big time fun.