Wahoo High School - Thunderbird Yearbook (Wahoo, NE)

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Drama Club Starts Thespians 4 Drama Club had a very busy year putting on one play and one musical. Both required large numbers of cast and crew members, many of whom became eligible for membership in the Thespian Charter which was started last year. The Drama Club members that were able to become Thespians were officially sworn in by Mead High School. The Drama Club had 20 members, the largest its been in years, while the Thespians Charter had 15 members. 1. Rene Welton, Jeanine Lindquist, Diane Albert, Marlys Olson, Leann Torrens, and Jay Rohman flock around Mr. Gadeken as he signs up Thespian Charter members. 2. Drama Club President Solveig Hansen presides over drama meeting. 3. Sponsor of Drama, Mr. Gadeken, starts Thespian Charter. 4. Initiation of Thespians members: Diane Albert, Eunice Miller, Casey Hengen, Lorna Skovgaard, Solveig Hansen, and Rob Christian. Not pictured: Jay Rohman. Kevin Bosely, Craig Gottschalk. Bill Peterson, Kim Davis and Annette Borreson. 17

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Wahoo Orators Prove Excellent Although the Speech Team had little experience, they brought back one fair, two goods, and four excellents from conference. The ones who get credit for the excellents were Eric Dillow and Solveig Hansen for duet acting and Jay Rohman, Rene Welton, and Jeanine Lindquist for their speeches. At district the team received one good and six excellents, Again it was Eric Dillow and Solveig Hansen with duet acting and Annette Borreson, Jay Rohman, Mark Smith, Jeanine Lindquist, and Eric Dillow for their speeches. Jeanine Lindquist, Eric Dillow, and Mark Smith were three points from a trip to state. The One Act play actors got an excellent at both conference and district with “the Ugly Duckling.” 1. One Act players perform at district. 2. One Act cast from top: Unice Miller, Solveig Hansen, Annette Borreson, Rene Welton, Eric Dillow, Greg Graff, Jay Rohman, Kevin Bosley, Coach Gadeken. 3. Eric Dillow and Solveig Hansen practice duet acting. 4. Speech Team, back row from left: Coach Gadeken, Solveig Hansen, Rene Welton, Jeanine Lindquist, Eric Dillow, Mark Smith. Front row: Nancy Johnson, Annette Borreson, Casey Hengen, Jay Rohman. 16

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School Play Huge Success In the two nights of “Calamity Jane’s” successful run, over 800 people came to view this colorful musical presented by VVahoo High’s drama department. Leann Torrens and Eric Johnson played the two lead characters, Calamity Jane and Wild Bill Hickock, respectively. “These two did an outstanding job of acting and singing the show into the hit it was,” commented Mr. Arp, head of the chorus production for the play. Twenty-nine students combined for the parts of the cast and chorus in this years school play. Many students were involved in the long hours of set making. The art classes and many others took time from usual class routine work to put together the sets. 18