Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: WEDNESDAY, May 26, 1993 TAG: 9305260073
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV4 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: PAUL DELLINGER STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: DUBLIN LENGTH: Short
"Mime is not my big thing. Acting is my big thing," she said.
She just thought that having students in her drama classes and in the Pulaski County High School Players do mime exercises would help them with their acting.
Mime is the use of gestures, actions and facial expressions rather than words to get ideas across. It dates back to ancient Greece and Rome as an art form.
So, under her direction, the students developed a one-hour mime repertoire a few years ago.
They gave a few public performances and the response was overwhelming.
What suddenly became the PCHS Players' mime troupe expanded its repertoire to 10 one-acts.
"They can literally do anything," Welsh said.
"In the past two years, it's really exploded."
And, despite her protestations, she is being called upon to teach mime workshops at theatrical gatherings.
She is learning that, at least in this case, silence can be golden.
The mimes troupe will perform several times during Pulaski's downtown Main Street celebration Saturday.
by CNB