Thurston High School - Yearling Yearbook (Springfield, OR)

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Li, DOLLY PLEADS HER case to the court while ERMAGARDE, SOPHOMORE DANELLE Law- all the witnesses listen attentively. son and Ambrose, sophomore Jay Leonard, ALMOST CAUGHT WHERE he wasn’t sup- posed to be, sophomore Kurt Swank makes a near escape from his boss. GIVING LAST MINUTE instructions before Dolly arrives, senior Mark Lee addresses his sar lamellae | its dance for much needed award money for their marriage, and the golden cup in a con- test.

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Dolly says hello to New Haven CORNELIUS, JUNIOR WARREN Schimmol- ler and Barnaby, sophomore Kurt Swank look humiliated as they are catching trouble from their boss. “The show must go on” was probably the inspiration that kept the cast of “Hello Dolly” going since it was the start of the flu season. Dolly Levi, portrayed by senior Sue Holt, started the play with a song announcing her profession as a match- maker. Senior Kent Snyder played Dol- ly’s victim as Horace Vandergelder. Other characters were Barnaby, sopho- more Kurt Swank; Cornelius, junior Warren Schimmoller; Mrs. Malloy, sen- ior Julie Greenwood; Minnie Fay, senior Sue Grimmer; Ambrose, sophomore Jay Leonard; Ermegard, sophomore Danelle Lawson and Ernestina was senior Kathy Burford. Burford was also choreogra- pher for the play. Ideas and designs for the settings of “Hello Dolly” came from the Enchanted Hills Playhouse in Syracuse. Mr. Gerald Isch, Mr. Charles Henke and Mr. Paul Milliman went to “Hello Dolly” there to get ideas for New Haven’s production. An approximate total of about 50 hours were put into the settings by Mr. Isch and talented students. Working with a strict budget, the stage crew had to be resourceful so they constructed the props mostly out of cardboard, can- vas stretched over wooden frames, paint and ingenuity. A lot of work also went into the musi- cal accompaniment which was directed by Mr. Paul Milliman. He selected peo- ple out of the concert and symphonic bands to perform for the occasion. Beginning after contest the selected band started rehearsals after school for two days out of the week and two nights after supper. The music for ‘‘Hello Dolly’ was ordered from the Tams-Whitmart Pub- lishing Company. The music contained many hard and difficult key changes. Two weeks before the play date the band then rehearsed with the full cast. After the performances were over Sat- urday Nov. 13, everyone involved with the production was invited to the South East YMCA for refreshments. The pool was also opened for use. When interviewed Mr. Milliman and Mr. Henke replied “I enjoyed working with them. They were all a great bunch of kids.” SINGING HER FAREWELL, senior Sue Holt nears the end of the play while portraying Dolly. 16 — Hello Dolly Ce ee

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PRACTICING DURING ACTIVITY period, senior Kent Snyder plays the drums for Swing Choir. Kent also played bass guitar for the vocal group. 18 — Students ON HALLOWEEN MANY seniors dressed up in home-made, borrowed or rented cos- tumes for the senior gag of the month. Ellen Wallace and Nancy Bergman clown it up at a party. Planning on Mondays what stu- dents are going to do on the follow- ing weekends tends to draw the mind away from school work. Many students this past year spent most of Mondays telling their friends about the date or party they attended the weekend before. On Wednesday students were drawn to the boy’s gym during open activity period, for class competi- tion. Mrs. Virginia Jones organized everything for the big events. Even the fearless faculty was involved. After weeks of successful class com- petition the juniors were in first with 24 points, the seniors in second with 23 points, faculty in third with 22 points, sophomores in fourth with 19 points and freshmen in last with 17 points. Left—STUDENTS AND PARENTS show their school spirit during Sectionals at the Memo- rial Coliseum. The Bulldogs lost to Carroll, despite the spiritual lift from the crowd. Right—DURING A FELLOWSHIP of Chris- tian Athletes meeting at his house, senior Mike Davis reads out of the Bible for his part of the meeting.