Polytechnic High School - Parrot Yearbook (Fort Worth, TX)

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PSYCHEDELIC painting of posters is one way that Chuck Harvey gets ready for the Follies. VOCALIST Pamela Jones received a warm wel- come with her performance of More. IN THE skit of Henry and Maxine, Linda Baker looks anxiously for Tony Santaumauro. FLOWER children, such as Barbara Cleveland were an impressive ad- dition to this year ' s production of the Follies. 28

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Sensational Studies. Service ■YOU ' LL BE SORRY, Sergeant Matthew Lindsey tells West Point appointee. Gene Crouch, of the rigors of Army life. No-Doz and Tirend constituted the major por- tions of drain on the budgets of several enter- prising students in 1967-1968, as they vied for special awards. Danny Allie was chosen as Poly ' s representa- tive to Boy ' s State in Austin, while Shelia Beard won the appointnient to Girl ' s State. Cindy Brooks, last year ' s representative to Girl ' s State, is return- ing this year, in answer to a request that she serve as a counselor to the current representatives. Monterrey. Mexico, will be Karen Crook ' s home for six weeks this summer while she uses the $150 scholarshi]) that she Avon through her excel- lence in Spanish. Gene Crouch will, however, be travelling in a completely different direction in August, as he journeys to West Point. New York, to report at the military academy. Four students were named as members of Who ' s Who in Ainerican High Schools as a result of their academic achievements and their scores on the Scholastic Aptitude Test. Each of these stu- dents was either a finalist or holder of a letter of commendation in the National Merit Scholarship competition. Spring was the season for service awards to be presented. Kay Newell won the Altrusa Award, and Dixie Hensley, the DAR Citizenship Award. YOUR BILL was due three weeks ago. D. E. Award winner, Barbara Erisman, phones a cus- tomer at her desk in Edison ' s Credit Department. DID YOUR mother really heat you as a child? Kay Newell, Altrusa Award winner, analyzes Coach James Brewer. Her proposed career, psychology, was chosen with an eye for service. U 5 27

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Follies Stimulate New Talent From the opening of the first act until the cur- tain of the finale, the 700 people who attended the 1968 production of the Poly Follies viewed the mod- ern musical entertainment directed by Mr. James Plumlee. and presented by Poly students. Participants in the Follies auditioned their im- aginative acts during extra hours after school. Per- formers concentrated on a psychedelic setting. Open- ing the Follies with That Entertainment. ' the stage band, directed by Mr. Carlton Lancaster, pre- sented the lively background for various acts. Spark to the show was added by the erratic slap- stick of Linda Baker and Tony Santaumauro with their humorous portrayal of Maxine and Henry. Pattv Rivers, umbrella in hand, presented her comi- cal version of Tiptoe Through the Tulips. Among the Can Can dancers, quartets, solos, and folk singers appeared the duet consisting of Julie Smith and Susan Allen of Everman High School. They inspired many with the ballad, Jet Plane. Terry Casburn sang Going Out of My Head and Sonny Wynne performed with Theme from the Valley of the Dolls. David Tyson dipped into the chivalric past with the score of Man of la Mancha, contrasting mod with the ancient. EEK! THERE ' S a mouse! Patty Rivers dances the Charleston during the second act of the Follies. TRAMPS ARE in this year with Buddy Hodges. Cindy Hub- bard, Terry ' Casburn, and Vicki Rizzo ' s act of Side by Side. CUSTOMARY SONGS of Julie Smith and Susan Allen from Everman High School are Never Hurt a Fly and Jet Plane. 29