James Madison Memorial High School - Olympian Yearbook (Madison, WI)

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...L-.. Q! or l .1-J' ' ' April 25 and 26 of 1974, the James Madison Memorial Dance Club presented their annual spring dance concert. There was a great variety of dances with Memorial High School students as well as alumni. The audience reaction proved to the participants that modern dance has now become one of major art forms in the liberal arts field to- day. The show proved such a success that three ofthe dances went to State. Jane Mendenhall and Karen Paape won an award at State for their dance The Blood ofthe Lamb fUpper Rightl. Roxanne Thompto also won an award a State tNot Pictured Herel. Chris Waggoner exe- cutes a beautiful pose during herjazz dance tLower Rightj. The experimental group shows a part of The Broken Chain tUpper Lefth. Whole Milk was the title ofthe dance done by Dave Fey and Mary Petrilla. Under the direction of Ms. Maas the performance was a great success. 31

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As happens every year at about the same time. students start to wish away the snow and hope for spring. Each year Easter comes. but for the first year at Memorial the Easter Bunny made a visit to the school. Above you see Mrs. Becker accompanied by Memorial's own bunny and her basket. During Easter vacation students occupied their time by camping. studying. or laying out tbelieve it or notl. and some were even lucky enough to get some sun in Florida. When students returned to school after vacation 30 XX xl M , L 5 .. L-YL -3 -1-.H , , -a .xi -,fQ.'..-Q' -.-f'Ag,.gw,,, ,E K W , .. . , . . -' ' H up aj .11,jg'i.' ,'. paw. , 5' 1 , :ff i :.:'f2 J. l'f'miwf ' wiswi .. .v'f'a9f'f-g.'QZ?5?'.5fg,a-ffgrg-1' , V . if rf ilffrlfn' 5,-, 'J 519' . fi' -E, , ' 'h 'i'f f K V 'nv 5 fa- 3, ' ' K- V 15 , , ff., 3 , M t pr' ,ff g 4. V' 7.53 lj T :Y H ' rg-f, VJ xv., by ,M-T36 K ,yi .r .2 X ' ti ' ,. a .A A . they found their wishes had come true. spring was here. and Spring Fever hit. The courtyards were crowded with students sunbathing, playing with frisbees, and some- times catching up on sleep. Instead ofgoing to the cafete- ria to eat. everyone went to the courtyards. The camera caught Patti Gardner and Karen Schwaiger trying to get a tan tlvliddle. Lefty. The beautiful weather lasted a couple ofweeks, then the cold returned once again. and the stu- dents found themselves wishing spring would return.

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l This year the drama club ofJ.M.M. presented Music Man , and it was a smashing success. Under the direction of Ms. Hatch and her co-director Mary Bartlett, the cast fupper lefty gave a sensational performance each night. Playing the lead roles were Lowell lnhorn along with Mis- sy McNeely. Missy is shown here with Terry Cefalu play- ing the part of her mother fupper rightl. One of the High- lights of the performance was the barbershop quartet 32 Music Man flower rightj, Jon Gochberg, Mike Ash, Steve Harrison, and Dave Fey. Being one ofthe smallest kids in the school has its advantages, especially for Craig Webb who played the librarian's brother. Terri Thompson shows her sur- prise when shy Craig Webb sings The Wells Fargo Wagon flower lefty I am sure that most who saw The Music Man would agree with me that it wasjust a great play.