Eastside HITT tours to Hoggetowne Middle School
Mar 29, 2013The Eastside High School HITT class worked incredibly hard for three weeks to put together a performance for Hoggetowne Middle School on March 14, 2013. The students created a series of scenes to show the effects of alcohol use, from physical and emotional to legal. Each group of students created a 3-part scene, the first part showing a group of people getting ready for a party, the second part showing them at the party, and the third part showing what happened after the party. The scenes were then pieced together by students and HITT instructors to create a short play. First, every beginning scene was shown, then everyone arrived at the same party and the middle scenes were shown. Finally, someone called the cops and the closing scenes were shown. HITT students shared the physical effects of drinking alcohol (alcohol poisoning, lack of inhibitions, binge drinking, puking, passing out, etc.), effects of driving (slowed reaction time, distracted, vehicle crashes, etc.) and the legal effects of under age drinking and driving while under the influence (fines, jail time, DUIs, interlock devices on cars, etc.). The 20 minute piece was packed full of information for the Hoggetowne students. The most important message that the Eastside students wanted to deliver was that of being safe and making smart decisions, especially since the tour happened right before spring break.
- Eastside students perform a scene about driving under the influence of alcohol and marijuana. In this scene the characters crash their car after swerving into oncoming traffic.
- Eastside students line up upstage in preperation for their performance at Hoggetowne Middle School
- Students perform their scene. Here they are getting ready for a spring break party where they plan on having alcohol.
- An Eastside student performs for Hoggetowne Middle
- Eastside peforms at Hoggetowne Middle School
- A group of Eastside students perform for Hoggetowne Middle
- A group of Eastside students perform for Hoggetowne Middle. In this scene one student tries to convince the other to not throw a party as it is sure to get out of control.
- A group of Eastside students perform for Hoggetowne Middle.
- A group of Eastside students perform for Hoggetowne Middle.
- A group of Eastside students perform for Hoggetowne Middle.
- In their scene a fight breaks out as the characters consume alcohol and lose their inhibitions
- Eastside students show the effects of alcohol poisoning in their scenes
- In this scene, characters flee the party, abandoning friends who are suffering from alcohol poisoning as the cops are called.
- In this scene characters debate who is sober enough to drive after they didn’t agree on who was DD.