Altus Senior High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Altus, OK)

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Night club entertainer Miss Adelaide portrayed by Ron- da Shepherd, sings and dances to Take Back Your Mink.” Ruyonland characters Kim Willis. James Dixon and Kelley Roudebush stroll down Broadway. Kim and Kelley also performed as night club dancers and James was a gambler. Life becomes difficult for Miss Sarah Brown, played by Kerrie Brinkman, when she falls in love with the gambler Sky Masterson. Another member of the Save a Soul Mis sion and Sarah’s grandfather Arvide Abernathy, played by Chuck Hansen, offers comfort as he sings “More I Cannot Wish You. 4(1-School Production 27

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uccess story 9n just jour short weeks hi “I’ve got my hat, pearls, neck band, leg garter, two bracelets and a waist band. I’m ready for the show,’’ said Elizabeth Lowell as she was about to go on in “Take Back Your Mink.” Dancers in the musical “Guys and Dolls” were responsible for all the parts of their costumes. “Because I was in two dances, it was especially hard for me to keep up with all the parts of my costumes,” said Vicky Bellizzi. A major part of the play was the crap shooters. “We all had to be pretty athletic in order to be a crap shooter dancer. In our main scene, there was a lot of tumbling,” said Wade Douthit. Concentration and making the most of rehearsals always contributed to a successful play. This year, that was the case all the more because it was put together in record-breaking time. Mr. Kenneth Cox, general director, said, “Besides producing a show that received much acclaim, we wound up putting everything together in just over a month.” But, once the tickets were printed, the show had to go on as scheduled. Whether or not it was a success had to be determined by those who went to see it. If the editorial that appeared in the Altus Times on the morning after the first perfor- mance was a gauge of the musical’s reception, then it had to be termed a smashing success. After losing a bet to Sky Masterson, Nathan Detroit and the craps shooters attend a midnight prayer meeting at the Save a Soul Mission. Richard Stevenson as Nicely Nice- ly Johnson gives testimony as he sings “Sit Down You’re Rockin’ the Boat.’’ Sinners can always be found on Broadway. Members of the Save a Soul Mission Band, Karen Smades, Shannon Herbert, Chuck Hansen and Kim Duffy sing of heaven’s delights in order to get sinners on the road to glory. As members of the gambler trio of Nicely Nicely Johnson, Benny Southstreet and Rusty Charlie. Richard Stevenson, Jason Armstrong and Tommy Brooks sing Fugue for Tinhorns’’ as the opening number. Jason Armstrong Being in the all school production was both interesting and fun. Although we did get a late start and did a lot of cramming, we pulled together in the end and produced, as some people called it, the best that has come out in a long time. The reason for that was because it was a fun musical. It had good songs that weren't those “ a- a” songs that people are accustomed to hearing in musicals. It also had a bunch of neat dances that were enjoyed immensely by the audience. In the end, we got to chalk up one more for Altus High. on

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With such a small mouth Trade Vaughan has trouble keeping the egg in her mouth much less telling Scott Wert which way to go in the blindfold and egg race. Nancy Hoyle and Greg Jones had even more trouble when the egg broke in Nancy’s mouth. Comfortable in the certainty that the seniors will come out the winners in the day’s games, the seniors enjoy the sun and wait for the announcement that they have won. Another victory for seniors is had as Brad Warren downs his quart of hot root beer in record time. Ron Maupin lends support as he watches to see how the juniors and sophomores are doing.