Rockford East High School - Argus Yearbook (Rockford, IL)

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The Great Waltz Portray Schani fKei+l'w Sfolbergj and Resl lJoan Llndsfromj ihe ballei' Kafie Lanner lLaura Fosferl

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HILLBILLIES HIGHLIGHT HOEDOWN . . . All lump up and never come down . . . swing yer parfner 'round and 'roundf' Sfraw hafs and mafched shirfs were fhe pea piclcen'sf sfyle . . . levis swirled 'round as laughfer filled fhe cafeferia. The class of '59 parficipafed in fhe annual senior mixer. Class officers and commiffees decorafed fhe cafeferia in genuine counfry sfyle complefe wifh scarecrows and haysfaclqs . . . classmafes formed an hilarious band wifh wash boards, pans, ulceleles, and harmonicas . . . Clemenfine and ofher favorifes were sung lay Singin' Sal. Bare feef sfamped fo fhe music of The Larson Sisfers . . . energy seemed fo lasf forever . . . a few minufes of resf . . . fhen swing yer parfner down 'ro Kansas. The nexf morning . . . sore feef and blisfers pre- vailed . . . a lasfing memory is fhe mafching shirf fo be worn on fhe day when everyone else wears his Mixer shirf. a mounlain belle . . . Seniors Choose Hillbilly Hoedown As Theme For Mixer . . a genuine hillbilly band . . . , . , ,

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Llfe Of Johann Strauss . . . The curTain rises on The perTormance oT The GreaT WalTz, and Time is rolled baclc To The year l847 in Vienna. AusTria. The sTory involves The desire oT young STrauss To win his TaTher's approval . . . The love oT Schani Tor Resi . . . and The sTruggle oT choosing beTween love and a career. A ToTal oT I43 sTudenTs were members oT The casT. An eTTicienT sTage crew, elecTronics workers, lighTing crews, and prop commiTTee members combined Their eTTorTs in baclcsTage worlc. The C5reaT WalTz, one oT The largesT musical pro- ducTions in EasT l-ligh's. hisTory, was direcTed by Mr. Linden LundsTrom. DramaTic direcTor was Adeline l-loegbergq dance direcTor, lvliss lvlargueriTe Neu- meisTerq sTage manager, Mr. Russell Anderson. CAST Old Man Diclr SanTord Old Woman Linda SchueTTe Grefa AnneTTe Oman Mr. Ebeseder Ted BGTJCOX Bus Drivers Glen Larson, Gerry El4sTrom Leopold lpoldil Therese Ebeseder lResil Young STrauss lSchanil The Brides Their Bridegrooms CounTess Baranslcaia Mr. l-lirsch Old STrauss Wilhelm Doumayer Boris Dreschler l-larTlcopT Carl and l-lis KaTie Lanner WiTe John l'lunborg Joan LindsTrom KeiTh STolberg Beverly Palmer, AnneTTe Dahl Jim ElcloT, Barry NyquisT LyneTTe Carlson Eugene OrTon John Nordenberg Jim l'luls Bob BegTrup Harlan Johnson CurT Carlson Chris lv1onTalbano Fred Rogers, Colleen STahl La ura FosTer The wedding Mr. Ebeseder lTed Babcoxl and GreTa lAnn Omanl