East Noble High School - Legend Yearbook (Kendallville, IN)

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Ray Freeman enjoys himself while rehearsing for the dance steps to Enjoy Yourself. Practices for the show were very time consuming as many of the students gave up their evenings to prepare for the final product. Yew dun stompted on mah aortah and mashed that suck ' r flat, sing Jon Jansen, Brian Cole and Bill Jackson (with guitar) in their ' hayseed ' skit. Variety Show created quite a fever for both of its Saturday night performances. One of the more humorous skits during Vari- ety Show was A Senior Girl is like a Melody. Prime cut, Freida Huelsenbeck, an East Noble cook, does a little advertising while being sere- naded around the stage. Variety Show 21

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We Could Tear The House DOWII Down Down Down Opening the theatrical season was the 1977 Variety Show entitled Enjoy Yourself. Starting the preparations for the show were the auditions held early in October. Rehearsals lasted for a little over two weeks before the production on October the 15th. The cast consisted of approximately 175 people including swing choirs, jazz ensemble, Knightettes and 11 faculty members. All shows have their problems and this one proved to be no different. There were many rehearsal conflicts especially with the band members who were practicing for the State Marching Contest to be held later in the month. Of course, band members weren ' t the only ones having difficulties as Mr. Al Huth, who portrayed Ms. Fillet Sole in the teachers ' skit, broke his (her?) bathing suit strap during the second performance. To the amazement of all the cast members and Mr. Craig Munk, Al Huth received his annual pie-in-the face during the show when the faculty caught him off guard. Even with these problems the show was a success as the first performance was sold out. 20 Variety Show

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From Animation to Reality . . . Although Peter Pan seemed to run rather smoothly, it did have a few lumps as Keith Napier unfortunately discovered. A poorly weighted fly line took Keith up about 15 feet in the air to hit his head on an air vent and plum- met back to the ground where Mike Taite broke his fall. Further problems arose when Peter Pan got off to a flying start, but novice Brenden Leitch didn ' t as he flew into a window pane instead of through the window. As the rehears- als continued his solo flights improved. Mishaps seemed to become the rule rather than the exception as Rose Yuska almost be- came burnt-out when she put on a really hot performance. One of the sparklers used as a bomb caught her crocodile ' s tail on fire and the backstage hands had to extinguish her flame. The Evening of Theatre show, Diary of Anne Frank, was postponed until after the spring musical. Rehearsals started in January for the production on March 17 and 18, but due to the coal strike it was rescheduled for May. Unlike Peter Pan, Anne Frank had a more serious overview as a 15 yr. old girl who was forced into seclusion for 2 yrs. She and 7 others hid out above an office building until the Nazis Sometimes you make me so-o-o mad, says Julie Uhl as she is portraying Anne Frank. Mike Taite, Mr. Van-Dann, just wants a little peace and quiet as he is furious with Anne ' s constant pestering. Here the entire cast of Anne Frank is celebrat- ing the festival of Hanukkah, a Jewish holi- day. During this scene they are discovered by a thief who intrudes upon their last refuge and later tells the Nazis of their location. Hanuk- kah, usually the most festive season of the Jewish calendar, is brightened by Anne ' s homemade gifts under such dismal surround- ings. 22 Anne Frank Peter Pan