University of Notre Dame - Dome Yearbook (Notre Dame, IN)

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Jim Mannion, Junior Class president and Miss Joan Dolan lead the Grand March. Charlie McCarthy, Jim Mannion, Bill Toohey and the Prom Quee ns. A close up shot of the maestro. Harry James does the regal honors.

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HE ' ROCK GLITTERED. Two powerful searchlights played over its front steps and transformed them into the entrance to a crystal palace. Once inside a smell of spring filled the air. Formal gowns of pale hues moved against a hackground of hlack and white coated prom goers. I Remember April was the theme, and it was aptly chosen. The warm spring air, the brilliant multi-colored streamers that swayed above, the park benches, the lamp posts and bird bath, and the ivy covered trellised entrance had transformed the Rockne Memorial into a park, a park on a warm April evening. Harry James and his famed sixteen-piece orchestra provided the musical backdrop. There was music for dancing and music for listening, with an occasional jam session featuring the famous James trumpet rides. Highlighting the evening was the crowning of the proms two queens, Miss Mitzi Bochm, of the University of Wisconsin and Miss Alice Kent, a senior at Children ' s Medical Center in Boston. Miss Bochn was the guest of Bill Toohey, while Miss Kent was escorted by Chuck McCarthy. These two men were the co-chairmen of the affair. Favors were distributed between 10:30 and 11:00 to eliminate any possible congestion. The description of the favors had been kept a well-guarded secret up until that moment. The mystery was finally unraveled when the small boxes disclosed lovely and serviceable compacts displaying the familiar Notre Dame monogram. An unprecedented success was the universal opinion On starlight roof. of the entire affair. The dance was handled smoothly and efficiently. Financial records were broken as the entire supply of tickets was sold within two or three days. The band itself was thoroughly enjoyable and the favorable weather made the evening complete. The men responsible for I Remember April were the various committee heads: tickets, John Moran and Tony Critelli; hotel reservations, Hank McCormack and Bill Gorman; car rental, Pat Nevill and Brian Duff; tux rental, Dave Lajoie and Bill Lewis; publicity, Jack Hynes and Ray Earls; entertainment, Jack Lambert and Bob Beh, and favors, Ed Goerner and Ernie Messini. An imposed shot in the Light-App

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Harry James and the Musicmakers play . . while Jim Jacobs, Jack Hynes, Jack Lambert and their dates dance . And then there were none. ' f I ' LL REMEMBER v APRIL