Ralston High develops musical in 1986 that sheds the light on importance of theater, arts in schools

"They wanted a lot of different elements in it. Things like censorship. They wanted statements on censorship, statements on philosophy, statements on goals. All of that," said one of the organizers.

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Ralston High wasn’t putting on a usual high school musical in 1986. The school was asked to develop a show about problems that American high school theater programs faced.”They wanted a lot of different elements in it. Things like censorship. They wanted statements on censorship, statements on philosophy, statements on goals. All of that,” said one of the organizers.So the students and staff got to writing, reworking the script over and over until they had the perfect musical.See the whole story in the video above.More from the KETV Archives:7 Nebraska City students and their teacher try to break record for hours spent playing cards in 2006″I was actually dealing the cards, and I started to fall asleep in the middle of dealing out cards,” one of the students said.UNO students play same 1-minute piece 840 times during 11.5 hourlong performance in 1984The project started at 8 a.m., and it was the Midwest premiere of “Vexations” by 19th century French composer Erik Satie.

OMAHA, Neb. —

Ralston High wasn’t putting on a usual high school musical in 1986.

The school was asked to develop a show about problems that American high school theater programs faced.

“They wanted a lot of different elements in it. Things like censorship. They wanted statements on censorship, statements on philosophy, statements on goals. All of that,” said one of the organizers.

So the students and staff got to writing, reworking the script over and over until they had the perfect musical.

See the whole story in the video above.

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7 Nebraska City students and their teacher try to break record for hours spent playing cards in 2006

“I was actually dealing the cards, and I started to fall asleep in the middle of dealing out cards,” one of the students said.

UNO students play same 1-minute piece 840 times during 11.5 hourlong performance in 1984

The project started at 8 a.m., and it was the Midwest premiere of “Vexations” by 19th century French composer Erik Satie.