Tuesday, November 9, 2021

Leif as Kenickie in Grease

It's been over thirteen and a half years since Leif departed this earth. What can one say that hasn't been said in all those years? And yet, as I go through all the old videos, photos, slides, and negatives, I find new images. I love to see them. I digitized our amateur video of the Antilles High School production of Grease in May 1992, in which he played Kenicke. I was surprised to see that we had some pretty good close-ups of him (that Sony camcorder had a great zoom lens) and I could grab screen shots of him, and am including three of them here. He surprised everyone, including us. No one, not his classmates (except those in the cast as they rehearsed), not us, knew he could act and sing until he got on stage. How I wish he had found a way to use that talent after this performance! He did play electric guitar, but I don't think I ever heard him sing again. He was 17 years old in these stage photos. The high school is located on Fort Buchanan in Puerto Rico.