West High School - Hesperian Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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Setting: A finishing school in the south of France, l ime: The Roaring Twenties. Plot: Polly, a young English girl, is enrolled in Mad'me Dubonnet's finishing school. Her millionaire father, widower Percival Browne, is afraid of profiteers attracted by his daughter’s money and has forbidden her to have a boyfriend. But the unhappy girl, who has no date for the masquerade ball, meets and falls in love with the messenger delivering her costume and invites him to be her date. Since her four girl friends all have lovers, she at last feels a part of the pre-ball excitement. Meanwhile, on a business trip in France, Mr. Browne visits the school and discovers the headmistress to be his old Marne. Kiki. After hilarious and sometimes heartbreaking antics, the climax is reached when Polly's date reveals himself to lie the son of a wealthy British lord. In a scries of “I do’s. all the girls and even Madame Dubonnet consent to marriage with their respective beaus. This was the senior class play of 1966, “The Boyfriend. Memories of laryngitis, hot tea, sucking on lemons, and missing sheet music, along with Mr. Hansen's statement, “You are all leading ladies on opening night, and roses, were what endeared the play to its cast and crew. These were the little things the audience never saw, but which created the warm spirit projected by the players. Maisie accepts Bobbv's invitation of “Won't You Charleston With Me. “The Boyfriend” Receives Standing Ovations

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Seeking an escape from the chaos, Rhoda Plant and Chuck I-ord discover a bird's-eye view of ihe dancing below First Halloween Dance Held At West West held its first Halloween Dance on October 28. The dance was also the first to have been managed entirely by sophomores, under the direction of the Student Council. The Boy’s Gym was imaginatively decorated with large, glowing pumpkins peering out of corners and orange and black streamers hanging like cobwebs from the ceiling. Amid the music of “Nobody’s Children , the Great Pumpkin made his appearance. A roar of laughter greeted the invalingof Mr. Kielty in his disguise. Special entertainment was provided by the West High Steppers who danced the Charleston in authentic costumes. 21

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To the dismay of Alphonse. Bobby. Pierre, and Marcel. Maisie believes There's Safety In Numbers' After Two Brilliant Performances THE CAST Polly Browne ..................... Linda Webster Tony Brockhurst .............. Kristian Sorenson Pcrcival Browne............... Harlan Saperstein Madame Dubonnet .............Priscilla Branthaver Lady Brockhurst ...................Honnay Chinn Lord Brockhurst............... 13. Harry Fellman Maisie........................... Rhoda Planta Dulcie............................ Sharon Cronin Nancy........ .... ............... Nathie Clark Faye ...........................Joanne Peterson Marcel ..............................Marc Rusoff Pierre ............................. Jack Grcin Alphonse Andy Marcus Bobby................ ........ Bruce Herrmann Hortense......... . ...........Sharon Fineberg Carnival Dancers................Betsey Whit beck Barb Clarke Director and Choreographer .. Mr. Robert Hansen Assistant Choreographer....... Betsey Whitbeck Student Directors........................... Barb Clarke Charles Lord Tony asks Polly Will you kivs me good-bye? Polly replies 23