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

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Julie Uhl, portraying princess Tiger Lily, looks disgusted as she is captured by Smee the pirate (Owen McClelland). Both Julie and Owen are active members in Drama Club and Thespians. Junior Lynda Rhodes, portraying Wendy Darling, gets into a fairy tale as one of the little lost boys (Peggy Leiter) smiles with excitement. Motherless, the lost boys look to Wendy Darling to tuck them in bed and tell bedtime stories. Anne Frank Peter Pan 23

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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

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' But, Mama The original date for the seventh annual Dinner Theatre was Febru- ary 4 and 5, but it wasn ' t actually performed until a month and a half later. The reason for the six weeks cancelation was due to a 3 week set back because of snow and then an- other 3 weeks because of the energy crisis. Needless to say, neither the performers or director ran out of en- ergy because on March 18 and 19 the East Noble production Gypsy was held. The Dinner Theatre was the only play that was strickly done by the Thespian members. All the food was catered by these members them- selves, and the main dish was paid for by the Thespian funds. Just like Mama Rose would say, Things look swell. In spite of the delay things certainly did look swell. Mr. Craig Munk was proud that the kids never lost their interest in the play. Newsboys Cheri Rules, Cheryl Rhea, Paula Fredericks, Baby Louise (Annette Butler) Jenny Leitch and Laura Bruce sing their ren- dition of Stars and Stripes Forever. This was just one of the acts that sent Baby Louise and Baby June on their career. Rose (Lisa Reasoner) sings to Herbie (Ray Freeman) and tells him how much she needs him. This was Lisa ' s second lead in the Dinner Theatre. Last year she portrayed Minnie Marx in the play Minnie ' s Boys. 24 Dinner Theatre