West High School - Hesperian Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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Junior Dawn Fenskc prepare to dress fora band concert, carrying a uniform symbolic of West students' initiative and drive. Half of their total cost of over $7,000 was raised by students themselves. “The show must go on — and it docs, but the audience knows little of backstage tensions and final rehearsals. This tension is seen in Frannie Wicked's face before she goes on , Maturing students begin to give greater thought to themselves and the world about them. During an idle moment between numbers, siring base player Steve Goldman is deep in thoughts of his own. 8

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Many group at West contribute to the success of auditorium programs. The Stage Crew, not always given the credit it is due, pauses from its duties just long enough to be recorded on film. They arc Bruce Pierotti, Ward Rasmussen..Jerry I.akso, Wayne l.akso. Clinton Anderson. Kevin Mulvihill, Advisor Bob Hansen, and Dwayne Gray. 7 Talent is revealed in many different forms at West. Priscilla Bran-thaver superbly plays a French boarding school headmistress. Madame Dubonnet, in the senior class play.

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Enthusiasm is not always the predominant emotion in an athlete’s mind. Here, Greg I’ctrich's fate mirrors his disappointment in the turn of a game. As in the center of this shower of streamers, Westites arc together for a common purpose in school. But, just as the streamers fan out from the center, their lives lead out in all directions. During an idle moment before the second Homecoming program, the girls find solitude in the magic of an empty auditorium. 9