Wabash High School - Sycamore Yearbook (Wabash, IN)

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THE LAST CHEATER ' S WALTZ. Finally realizing that their spouses have never been un- faithful, Sgnarelle and company dance with Baroque elegance. TOUGH TURF. In the dark hall castle in Zob Improper, Dacron [Chris Mernitz) reveals his dastardly plan li dispose of Swashbuck Valpariso. P BIG CHILL. Marline (Lori Church), ■convinced that her husband Sganarelle (Tim Arnett) is having a liason, glares at him icilv. M ' rCif ' lu,,,.,. i ADMIT ONE POPCORN DRAMA r-l o

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LIVE! FROM WABASH! IT ' S SATURDAY NIGHT! HEART LIKE A WHEEL. Swashb nee upon a time in a ninety- minute satirical galaxy one thou- sand miles away, there lived a chubby Samuri Tailor who rip- ped seams out of shirts with a swipe of the sword, a foreign grill cook who was a whiz at serving up cheeseburgers and Pepsi (no Coke — cherry, classic, or otherwise), and a dutchy, Angela Davis afro- wearing little rascal named Buh- weet. The fate of Saturday Night Live may be uncertain due to cur- rent Nielson ratings, but here at WHS our own not-ready-for-prime- time players drew rave reviews from hometown critics. In November audiences were treated to a laughable parody on the classic fairy-tale — The Clumsy Custard Horror Show. The cast, dressed in medieval costumes, in- cluded a beautiful, spoiled princess (Michelle Hall], a dashing young prince with deadly fast feet (Mark Mattern). an evil villain (Chris Mer- nitz) with a dastardly plan to kidnap the princess, a lovable, dim-witted king (Al Plummer), and of course, the Clumsy Custard, squishy pet of the evil Dacron. Clumsy Custard evoked both planned laughter (through one line zingers such as, I feel like two thousand grasshoppers are doing a square dance in my underwear! and I am a Royal Knight and Prince Proper of Valthusia. Conquerer of the Alamites, the Balamites, the Cala mites, the Fungus people, and Ralph Epstein, who I punched out in the eighth grade for hiding my athletic supporter. ) as well as unplanned laughter, like when Sir Vival ' s (Steve Smith) sword broke in two and went flying across the stage. On February 12 and 13, nine young actors presented the French comedy SganareJie by Moliere in dinner-theatre form. SganarelJe revolved around an hilarious love- triangle. Martine (Lori Chuch) thinks her husband Sganarelle (Tim Arnett) is cheating on her (and vice versa), and Lelie (Matt Baucco) thinks his fiancee Celie (Chris Gackenheimer) is married to Sganarelle. In reality, no one is cheating on anyone. Both CJusmy Custard and SganareJJe provided young actors and actresses with an oppurtunity to show off their comic geniuses. 00 ADMIT ONE tH -. O FALL DRAMA

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o CO ZJ o o UP, DOWN, AND ALL AROUND WABASH HIGH WHO ' S YOUR IDOL? It ' s all because your mama don ' t dance and your daddy don ' t rock ' n roll. Most teens have lamented at one time or another that their parents just don ' t understand them; they simply aren ' t up with the times. WHS students were surveyed to find out who they admire most and surprisingly, the two groups of people teens looked up to the most were the ones that supposedly don ' t mesh well together: rock musicians and parents. Rock stars mentioned most often were Jim Morrison, The way he lived and thought was great, and he did it without caring at all what others thought, Bruce Springsteen, He became famous, not by chang- ing his style, but by proving that a blue collar American is something special, and John Lennon, I ad- mire John Lennon because he was a man dedicated to making a more peaceful world. Although rock stars won the poll by a small margin, students proved that a person doesn ' t have to be famous to be a terrific influence on their lives. Many people cited their mother, father, grandparents, aunt, brother, or cousin as the person they idolize most of all. Even in 1986, father still knows best. As one senior put it, He would do anything for his family and friends even if it put him in a difficult situa- tion. Mom is also a big influence on this sophomore, She ' s always there when I need her. She ' s like a friend and a parent in one. Another senior said he looked up to his older brother because he was a non-conformist. He ' s a rebel. He had to go through the same dif- ficulties that I am now. He can understand me, and I can relate to him. Movie stars, sports figures, and politicians tied for a distant third place as those most idolized. One junior admired Steve Alford, I.U. basketball player, for his Christian values. Mary Lou Retton was one sophomore ' s choice for most ad- mired. I admire her because she has a lot of spunk. Nothing gets her down. Who was the most admired politician? It wasn ' t Reagan or Abe Lincoln or George Washington. It was John F. Kennedy. One senior said, I admire Kennedy because of the social and political changes he made in less than two years in of- fice. Another senior said, He was very eloquent. I would like to be able to speak as well as he did. One senior expressed his love and ad- miration for Jesus Christ, I per- sonally believe he is the greatest man that has ever walked this earth. Most of those surveyed agreed that it was impossible to go through life without being influenced by role models. With the exception of a few gag answers like Ed Grimley and Elmer Fudd, it looks as though WHS students have some pretty strong role models to look up to (and some well thought out reasons for doing so). Now if Dad would just stop complaining about your Doors albums . . . How many times have you gone to listen to your favorite album and it sounds like your little brother or sister has written their name on it with a crayon? Well friends, don ' t fear because I have the perfect solu- tion. It is a revolutionary invention for the ultimate in sound, known as the compact disc player. It is the latest and most trendy stereo com- ponent to hit the market since thai turntable. They ' re available for ' home stereos, portable battery operated discmans ' , and, yes, even for the automobile. Nachamichi was the first com- pany to break ground on the com- pact disc player back in 1975, andc now nearly every stereo component manufacturer produces at least ones model. The discs themselves are; about one third of the size of anr album and are chrome in ap-i pearance, reflecting a spectrum of) colors. The sound of a disc is taken fromr the original master copy of anr album. ' Then arranged as a series of numbers, and then placed onto thef disc. There is a difference in discs,; though; old discs do not sound as! good as newer ones. The old albums; were analogically recorded on tape.i while newer albums are digitallys recorded. Some of the cleanest discs on thef market today are Dire Straits ' Brothers in Arms, Tom Petty ' s ' Southern Accents, Rush ' s Powen Windows, and Van Halen ' s 5150.) The only negative thing that can bef said about the compact disc revolu- tion is the price of the disc, whicM can range from $13 to $35. Discs are far superior to albums because they deliver superior sound and will sound as good teni ' years from now as they did the dayi you bought them. There is only one factory in the United States which produces the disc itself which is located in Terre Haute, Indiana; and I ironically, the first disc they pro- duced was Bruce Springsteen ' s Born in the U.S.A. We ' ve come a long way since the invention of the phonograph. Who knows, maybe someday something will even top the compact disc.