Rossville High School - LARS Yearbook (Rossville, IN)

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Drama ’75 Creates Mime This year Drama ’75, comprised of the Dra- matics students, decided to try a mime produc- tion of James Thurber’s The Last Flower.” A mime production had never been performed at R.H.S. and it went over well. Drama students put two short weeks of hard, rushed, work and produced four exceptionally good cuttings for the school’s English classes to enjoy. Julie Jackson and Sieve Miller splendidly por- trayed two young lovers in a concentration camp in. I Never Saw Another Butterfly.” Where’s Felix?” question . Oscar while the gang predicts Felix’s fate in The Odd Couple.” The Last Flower,” choreographed by Dave Tis- low, screams out the horror of war to a disbelieving world. Grace snean at senile ol’ Herbert as he once again forgets Grace’s name in I’m Herbert” from You Know I Can't Hear You When The Water’s Running.” 17

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 Oh, Eddie9 You’re So Boss!” C’mon Louise, it’s a breeze. Put your saddles on and we'll boogie all night!” Tbe Sadie Hawkins danee went back to the 50’s this year and Rossville got a taste of tbe nostalgia craze that was sweeping the nation. Eddie and Louise were there and they were all boppin’ to Rock Around the Clock” and the Peppermint Twist” as were all tbe other greasers and their chicks. Ducktails, hoop skirts, sad- dles, midies, rolled-up jeans, and leather jackets all made the scene and as the mu- sic got soft and romantic and the lights were turned down low. Eddie and Louise realized they had it made in the shade”. W«w. what keen Diee! I'll be mutin' in style.’’ D.J. Jimmy Mark award Mike Dilling and Lugene Gaylor diee for being the best dancers. Bwigie down!’ Gary Kelly. Golleen Brenneman. Patty Robinson, and Diedra Reed boogie down to all that good ol roek and roll. Steve Melton and bis class jacket and Kim Shirk in her patch work midi try their luck at learning how to jitterbug. Gary Kelly and Brenda Rude dance cheek to cheek to Connie Francis’ Where The Boys Are’’ as Tina Kelly snickers at her brother. With Midies swaying and bodies swinging. Kim Shirk and Ava groove to the sounds of the- Pep- permint Twist.’’

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The Drama Department performed Jay Christopher's, fThe Nut Factory to the delight of a receptive audience. fNut Factory was the story of the madcap McNutt Halfway House run by three teen-age sisters. Baggy old Mrs. Cromwell and her snobby daughter. Olivia, plot to remove the sisters as operators of the house. Chris, one of the sisters, asks Barry, her football crazy boyfriend, to disguise himself as Dr. Fruedler—the missing psychiatrist. Everything falls apart in a roar of laughter as Claude—the lawyer, Herbie, Mr. and Mrs. Johnson, and the rest of the cast join in the excitement. Chistopher’s Nut Factory r A Scream!! Yeow!” yells Doug Rrovont as crabby ol Mrs. Johnson serve him his fish sandwich and ques- tions the use of his disguise. Scott Peterson, student director, and lisa Powell, props chairman, arrange a potted plant on the set before dress rehearsal. Members of the very essential make-up and cos- tume crews take a chatter break before the re- hearsal and Mr. Eiicr's pep talk. lamk into my crystal ball. Barry. I will show you many mysterious things. Janice, Lisa, and Karen plot to take Barry's pants.