At Central, there’s a tradition of a student conceived and written production for the Spring Play. This year, Kaity spent many after school hours helping to write it, and her scene was the big finale (which we didn’t get on tape unfortunately, because there was no power to the balcony that night and the camcorder ran out of battery about halfway through). She does appear in other scenes though, as Valery, a preppy little rich girl who has a change of heart. Her work on the Spring Play is one of the reasons she was given the Chuck Holley Memorial Theatre Award for outstanding drama student.
Kaity receiving the Holley Theatre Award
In this first scene, taken from It’s the Economy, Stupid, Valery is a student in Mrs. (B)Loomis’ English class. Based on Kaity’s actual English teacher, most of the laughter you hear is from people in the audience who know her. She’s an institution at Central, and an incorrigible flirt (or possibly she just enjoys giving Brandon crap). The old gym is named after her (she taught gym before teaching English), and all of the kids just love her. Mrs. Loomis is one of the reasons Kaity was sad to leave junior high.
As always, you’ll need QuickTime to view the clip.
