George Rogers Clark High School - Powder Horn Yearbook (Whiting, IN)

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Winter Concert Spotlights Contemporaries On January 22, 1964, the George Rogers Clark High School Senior Band presented the first of its two annual band concerts. Mr. Carlyle J. Snider, the conductor of this talented group of musicians, directed the band in a series of numbers which exhibited a variety of types of music. The Dixieland combo, consisting of Jon Fech, Tom Mullins, Dennis Burk, Tom Snider, Godfrey Jarabak, and Buzz Mad¬ sen, presented to the student-adult audience the “swinging” music of the 1930’s. This group orig¬ inated through frequent jam sessions in the band room during study halls or lunch hours. The entire band presented a Twentieth Century piece of music, “Prairie Overture” by Ward. For those who crave light music, the group played “No Strings” by Rogers and “Vincent Youmans Pantas”, a collection of contemporary, popular songs. To satisfy those who enjoy a number with a snappy, Latin beat, the musicians played “Beguine for Band” by Osser. Stimulating the folk music craze, the band performed a piece by Walters entitled “Hootenanny.” The audience responded with a vigorous round of applause on completion of the finale, “Russian Dances” by Barrymore. As a member of the Dixieland combo, Senior Tom Snider executes a jazz passage on his coronet during the Concert. Much hard work and rehears¬ ing goes into the band concert. Director Mr. Carlyle Snider conducts the group through their first number in prepara¬ tion for the coming event. 13

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Whiting Sub - juniors Present “Snowbound “Sub-Debbers” pause to chat with friends for a few moments during one of the breaks between dances. Seniors Donna Ogle and Jerry Poloncak pause a moment to catch a breath and have a few pictures taken. Sub-Junior officers Mary Ellen Kew and Karen McCutcheon dance with their dates around cheerful center of attraction, “Frosty the Snowman.” The annual Sub-Deb, or turnabout semi-formal, was held December 23 at Madura’s Danceland. Girls with their favorite guys danced to the music of Frankie Gry’s Quartette. The theme, “Snow¬ bound” was complimented by a fresh layer of new- fallen snow especially ordered for the dance. In the middle of the dimly-lit dance floor, surrounded by silver ball ornaments and crepe paper, stood “Frosty the Snowman” all “perked up” with bows and ornaments for Christmas. On a platform at one end of the floor was a flocked Christmas tree illuminated with rotating colored lights. Directly in front of this, the punch table glowed with float¬ ing candles. Beautiful semi-formals and formals added to the expression of festivity. Over one hundred twenty-five couples from Clark, Whiting, Noll, Morton, and Roosevelt attended the affair sponsored by the Whiting Sub-Juniors. The officers: Karen McCutcheon, president; Mel- by Treadway, vice-president; Mary Ellen Kew, treasurer; and Linda Hric, secretary and chairman of the dance, led the Grand March. A program was given to each girl as a memento of the occasion. 12

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CAST—FRONT ROW: B. Bugajski, J. Madsen, M. A. Poracky, K. Flaris. BACK ROW: J. Miller, R. Duhon, B. Harper, S. Harangody, D. Dijak, B. Leslie, A. J. Saliga, N. Cervone, R. Serafin, G. Gurevitz, P. Banik, H. Humphreys, M. Benko. Energy, Talent, Perseverence Combine to Tootie (Kathy Flaris) consoles her distressed mother (Mary Ann Poracky) when the family learns that they must leave St. Louis and move to New York. In November the glittering personalities of a rollicking St. Louis family came to life on the G.R.C. stage when seventeen members of the Junior Class and a patient director, Miss Jeani Knapp, presented the well-known story of Meet Me in St. Louis. Working along with the cast were two student di¬ rectors, Janet Macocha and Leonard Marcisz. The Smith children were well-known for their crazy antics in their St. Louis neighborhood. When Mr. and Mrs. Smith (Jim Madsen and Mary Ann Poracky) tell their family that they’re going to move to New York, the children’s antics become crazy no more. They have one purpose in mind— to remain in St. Louis. Rose (Barb Leslie), Ester (Nancy Cervone), and Lonnie (Bob Harper) try older teenage tactics to stay and see the opening of the World’s Fair. When their tactics fail, Agnes (Barb Bugajski) and Tootie (Kathy Flaris), the two younger Smith chil¬ dren, try their devilish luck. If Mr. Dodge (Gary Gurevitz) wasn’t getting his leg bitten by Tootie, the daring ten year old, Mr. Dodge and his sidekick, Mr. Duffy (Paul Banik) were being drenched by water bombs. With the last hearty handshake and the bursting of fireworks, the curtain fell, the stage lights dimmed, and the players were merely juniors again. 14