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

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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

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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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Dolphin Club Tells Tumbleweed Tales . . . DANA ALFREDSQN QUEEN DEBE SPAULDIN6 SALLY SINGER ihe opening of 'lhe show l'he announcemenl' Dolphin members selecfed a wesfern fheme for fhis year's show, Tumbleweed Tales. lvlasfer of Cere- monies Tom Boyer opened each of fhe fhree perform- ances by infroducing fhe Queen candidafes, Dana Alfredson, Sally Singer, and Debe Spaulding. A new mefhod of vofing was inaugurafed fhis year as class- mafes chose fhe fhree finalisfs, and each nighf members of fhe audience casf vofes for fheir favorife. Af fhe final performance, John Whife, Dolphin presidenf, crowned Debe Spaulding Queen. Dorado and Dolphin members combined fo perform fhree ballef numbers, and varsify swim feam members displayed fhe skills fhaf won fhe Big Eighf swimming championship for Easf. The show closed wifh fhe beaufiful, fradifional candlelighf ceremony.