Alliance High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Alliance, NE)

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Small Performing Groups The majorette trio is composed of Head Majorette Lisa Davis, Junior Nolene Roten, and Sophomore Majorette Susan Turgeon. The Choralettes, a select freshmen girls' choir, were also very fashionably attired in gray corduroys and pink polo tops. The girls performed a variety of music at contests and throughout the community and often added choreography or bells for special effects. The '83-84 Choralettes were Lori Jones, Sheri Jedlicka, Sam Gonzalez, Lori Frederich, Joanna Howell, Dena Hashman, Sharon Spahnle, RaShelle Wodke, Laura Schnell, Carol Donahoo, Jeni Dunovsky, Crissy Roby, Kim Taylor, Jeanette Bilstein, Stacy Brass, Brenna Barner, Jodi Morrison, Michelle Kamerzell, Tina Bauer, Debbie Manuel, and Kelly Stark. The flag girls show off their preppy-look . A large part of the majorettes' time was spent making up and practicing routines for contests, parades, and half-time shows at the football and basketball games. But the end result proved truly worthwhile, for the majorettes played an important role in leading the marching band and keeping spirits high at the games with high-stepping dance routines. The 10 member flag squad began working together soon after the girls were named in the spring and remained active throughout the year. During the summer they held car washes and garage sales to raise money for new outfits and camp at Hastings College. In the fall, they did routines at football games and marching contests where they received excellent comments. At basketball games they added more dancing to their half-time show delighting their audiences. Flag girls included Veronica Jesse, Michelle Black, Nancy Fowler, Vicki Clark, Rachel Schmer, Captain Linda Fairbanks, Terri Moss, Shellie Sutton, Jolene Brenner, and Co-Captain Katie Chouanard. The '83-'84 Choralettes prove to be a unique blend of select freshmen girls' voices. Majorettes Choralettes Flag Girls 21

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Focusing on Alliance High's Stage Band plays several jazz numbers at the talent show The Stage Band, besides their trip to Spearfish, performed at the Fall Talent Show, the band Christmas concert, the High Plains Concert at Chadron State College, and the District Music Contest. The band, under the direction of Dick Rischling, specialized in jazz, rock, and pop music for a change in mood after the larger concert band's traditional pieces. Stage band members consisted of Susan Turgeon, Tami Ushio, Ray Berry, Melody Pebley, Lisa Davis, Polly Abbott, Andrea Whipple, Chris Jesse, Monty Petrich, Vesta Curtiss, Ralph Gonzalez, Dion Renteria, Mike Schnell, Jim Graff, and Karl Knight. Swing Choir receives many requests to perform at various community functions and are also a popular attraction at concerts. The AHS Swing Choir, formerly known as Blue Persuasion, updated their look with the guys wearing black dress pants and vests with white shirts, and the girls in black dress pants and red blouses with black ties. They also kept their musical performances in tune with the times singing and dancing to songs by Alabama and other popular artists. The group, along with the stage band, sold crystalline ornaments to raise money for their trip to Spearfish, South Dakota, where they both participated in the Black Hills State College Music Contest. Swing choir members included Tina Wodke, Ron Batt, Vesta Curtiss, Tony Berry, Amanda Heitz, Jerry Shannon, Tami Ushio, Ralph Gonzalez, Rod Stark, Amy Green, Lisa Davis, Scott Abbott, Susan Stinnette, Eric Green, Polly Abbott, Ray Berry, Wendy Krause, Jeanne Sterner, Linda Pebley, and Jim Graff. 20 Swing Choir Stage Band

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 Our Town Opens the Eyes of Many THE PULITZER PRIZE PLAY “The first act shows a day in our town, stated the stage manager, as he greeted the audience. When the play first opened, the audience was taken inside the homes of the Webbs' and their neighbors, the Gibbs', during breakfast time. They were then carried throughout an entire day and had the chance to meet each member of the families and their friends. The second act dealt with love and marriage, when Emily Webb married George Gibbs. Right before the wedding, George and Emily had doubts and terrible fears about growing up. But their love was confirmed as George reassured Emily by claiming, “I love you, Emily, I need you. In the third act, the audience is led to the cemetery on the hill (four years have gone by) where many of the townspeople they had come to know so well had died and were patiently awaiting, not “judgment but greater understanding. Into their midst came Emily, a little timid at first and very wishful to go back and relive her life again. But she learned painfully how impossible and futile it was to return. Her past could not be relived. Living people, occupied with petty occupations and small thoughts know little of true joy or happiness. lust as Emily's last line implied, “They don't understand, do they? and Mrs. Gibbs' futile reply, No, they don't understand. Heather Redmon portrays the stage manager, a friendly guy seen continually throughout the play as different characters and often found conversing with the audience. Stage Manager.................................Heather Redmon Dr. and Mrs. Gibbs........Kris Kerr Linda Fairbanks Mr. and Mrs. Webb.........Joe Bowen Mandi Schnell Emily Webb................................Vicki Clark George Gibbs............................Jerry Shannon Wally Webb.......................................Matt Peterson Rebecca Gibbs..................................Rachel Schmer Howie Newsome and Professor Willard.....David Koester Joe and Si Crowell.........Vicki Jedlicka Rod Stark Simon Stimson.............................Brian Smith Mrs. Soames................................Lisa Davis Constable Warren.........................Todd Rehder Sam Craig.......................................Brian Hinton Joe Stoddard......................................Lee Overstreet Audience, baseball players, choir and townspeople: Mary McCreary, Tracy Overstreet, Katie Chouanard, Julie Gonzalez Nancy Fowler, Jill Moravek, Heather Brost, Jody Sampson, Jereen Goode, Vesta Curtiss. 22 Fall Play