John A Johnson High School - Maroon Yearbook (St Paul, MN)

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on October 12 caps four days of activity Above: Prefsecond halt pep talk spursthegregarious gridmen to the second half of demolishing the Murray Pilots. Coach Mr. Peter Saievic Otters encouragement to the whiteeclad Govies who sported a 26-O half-time lead at Central stadium. Lett: Dancing to the music ot the Dynamics are seniors Nancy Wood and Tom Bonne. They were among the 600 who par- ticipated in the last event ofthe T968 Homecoming week. In the background are juniors Cindy Tholen, Terry Bergh, and Patti Nowicki. The dance was held inthe gym. 25

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Rogers and Hammerstem's SOUND OF MUSIC When you read you begin with ABC, when you sing you begin with Do Re Me. This was iust one of the lyrics which filled the Johnson auditorium as the A Choir and Madrigals presented Rogers and Hammer- steins' THE SOUND OF MUSIC. The Broadway musical laid in Austria early in T938 pertains to Maria, an uninhibited mountain girl who is studying to become a nun, Because she is having difficulty adiusting to Abbey life, Maria is sentby the Mother Abbess into the world asa test to see if she is ready to take her vows. Maria is to report to Captain Von Trapp, a proud Austrian, to be the governess of his seven motherless children. The girl's personality captures the childrens' hearts and also the Captain's. This year the operetta was presented on two week- ends, March 7, 8, and lil, l5. Crowds of 900 per night proved the idea sound. A matinee on March 6 in the morning gave the troupe of llO a chance to polish their performance. Far Left: Just stoop a little, gestures Max lScot Johnsonl. He and Elsa, fEmily Schmidtl, the Coptain's fiancee, are trying to convince patriotic Von Trapp fBrian Johnsonl that it is better to acquire the Nazis for friends than enemies. Left: lf you love this man it desn't mean you love God less, advises the Mother Abbess lKathy ParrishltoMariafCarol Grune- waldl. Maria, trying to find her true vocation in life seeks aid from the head of the convent. Bottom: Singing their last song in Austria are the Von Trapps. After the concert they flee to the conventwhere the family with the aid of Mother Abbess, escapes over the Swiss Alps. Their flight is clue to the Nazi invasion of Austria.