HAPPY DAZE

HAPPY DAZE - SYNOPSIS

Julien Thaddeus Springer (J.T. for short) tries to make it as an athlete and, even more importantly, he tries to make it as a person who might interest some girl - any girl! J.T.’s problems begin to upset his home life and his parents exile him to his room. There’s nothing in that room for him except a television set, and he begins watching “nostalgia” programs, set in what seems to him a much happier time. He becomes convinced that he’s a 1950s personality trapped in the body of a modern teenager. To escape the unhappiness of his real world, he creates a make-believe world - a town called Oakdale, in the 1950s - and in Oakdale he’s not a weirdo! In fact, he’s someone special. In a climactic scene, J.T. fights through his problem and comes back prepared to cope with the real world of today.

PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE - 11/17/08

The Happy Daze play was outstanding.  I was fortunate enough to see it Friday night and thoroughly enjoyed it.  Congratulations to our students; they did an outstanding job.  Thank you also to Debbi Santina and all of the parents who helped to make this happen!  I am so proud of our Willow Glen Rams!