In Pictures: Aberdeen’s American School since the 1970s
Courtney Shaw, Kristy Hood and Kim Norwood, and Justin Lindlay take to Union Street to promote the school production of Grease at the Aberdeen Arts Centre
As the United States celebrated July 4th this week, we look through the archives at a slice of Americana in the north-east at the American School.
Now called the International School Aberdeen, the American School was established in 1972 in Cults at the site of a former hospital.
Pupils from the school would regularly bring the best of Broadway to the Granite City with performances of Grease, Guys and Dolls and That’s The Spirit being particular highlights.
The pictures below date back as far as 1975 when a delegation from the school were going to the Netherlands for a mini United Nations conference.
Did you go to the American School? What are your memories of it and the north-east?
1993 – Kevin Clem, Andrea Lyon and Mike Plimmer rehearsing Rockstars and Pinstripes, a musical set in the 1970s
1975 – Six pupils pose outside the American School before flying to the Netherlands for a mini United Nations conference
1992 – Sally Martin and Jayme Morris, both 5, in the kindergarden class at Aberdeen’s American school
1990 – Donny Berglund takes centre stage in the role of Sky Masterson during rehearsals for Guys and Dolls
1982 – Alan Smith, schools liaison assistant at the former Robert Gordon’s Institute of Technology, talks to pupils at the school
1988 – Pre-schoolers Lynsey Keener and Alison Schuler, both 3, play the parts of Martians at the international festival in Aberdeen
1982 – Basketball practice in the gymnasium, the school’s indigenous American mascot Bison is seen in the background
1989 – Casey Schneider stars as Danny in Grease, flanked by Courtney Shaw, Andrea Robert, Kim Norwood, Kristy Hood, Kayla Hood, Shelley McClellan, and Diane Jensson
1990 – Three soloists – Ryan Kern, 16, Mike Running 14, and Moe Plaisance, 15, – from the school’s Latin band practice before a concert tour of Spain
1992 – Mike Plimmer and Kevin Clem get ready for the opening of That’s the Spirit at the Northern College drama studio
Courtney Shaw, Kristy Hood and Kim Norwood, and Justin Lindlay take to Union Street to promote the school production of Grease at the Aberdeen Arts Centre
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In Pictures: Aberdeen’s American School since the 1970s
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