West High School - Shaheen Yearbook (Davenport, IA)

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TI-IE NERD The exciTing comedy HThe Nerd debuTed on VVesT High's sTage for The firsT Time in Iowa in March. The sTory is abouT William CubberT Csenior Denny Hermanp, an archiTecT who had been injured in VieTnam. CubberT's wife had been saved by onoTher soldier named Rick STeodman. On CubberT's 3ATh birThddy, his girl- friend Tansy McGinnis Csenior Amy Brownj and besT friend Axel Hammond Cjunior Robb Kerryj Throw him a birThdoy porTy. Only his boss, Warlock Waldgrave Qsoph- omore Al Womblej, his wife Clelia Ciunior Tricia STevensj, and Their eighT year old son Thor Qleff Bonksy come To his oorTy. lvlid-way Through The parTy, Rick STeadmon Qiunior David Heiderkenj arrives. CubberT's sovior Turns ouT To be a real nerd! T'The Nerd is a comedy bosed on The mishaps of CubberT and STeadman. The producfion was on exTreme success for noT only The ocTors and The Techni- cions, buT also The new comedy. Seniors Amy Brown as Tansy McGinnis and Denny Herman as Vlfiiium Cubberf Junior David Heidgerken porfraying The Nerd, Q. J st' 5, i A .RY ABO VE' THE CAST of The Nerd prepare fo begin a rehearsal. LEFT: THE ENTIRE casi worked hard To make every de faii perfect - gr Q 5 . iqig :Fai fi i' C If XX T N I , XPLAY ii

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fi il, , is LefT: A TypicoiDoyin Dog Porch U,S.A,. Below: Wendy Buzzeii, '88, gives Jim Sfein, '89, c piece of her mind r A Tl H ii,i y 'z l I '- . f' lr- .L r , My f.i 52 f i s , eiii . T' fi 1 rf ,, , -A fi' W 3 M , A a iy, , 5 4 7 f S , N, l ,, ,M , , Wi? f f f is , i ii so El NK TE wap.-hir Jenny Sprague, '89, Hnishes ner solo piece as Moonbedm MCS wine, The firsT weekend in Novem- ber broughT exciTemenT To WesT High's STdge. Li'l Abner hod opened iT's doors To enThu- siosTic oudiences. The cdsT ond crews hod been working hdrd since The beginning of school, ond dll ThdT work shone Through. Ddisy lvlde, pldyed by Siephdnie Phelps, '89, loves Abner Yokum, pldyed by Mike Tonner, '90, ond They live in DogpoTch, U.S.A. wiTh The resT of Their lozy hillbilly friends. The Town is poceful unTil They ore chosen The mosT unnecessdry pldce in The U,S.A, Their Town is selecTed for The TesTing siTe of on dTom bomb. ln o mod sedrch for some- Thing necessory, iT is discovered ThdT Mommy Yokum's Cployed By Wendy Buzzell, '88j Yokum- berry Tonic is d mirdcle working body builder. Abner ond sighT husbonds ore senT To Woshing- Ton for TesTing. UnforTundTely The TesTs were cldimed os foi- lures, because The gorgeous muscle men hove losT dll sexuol inTeresT. The Town is once ogoin doomed unTil They redlized ThdT They hdve d NdTiondl Shrine. The Town is soved, Doisy morries Abner, ond everyone lives hdppily ever ofTer. MUSICAL V' E N I

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The a Cappella Choir. lvlusic-R-Us 1 X V ,al ,. .. xv r 1 T , K T Y' 1 if 1, if T f X 1, T W, . f 2 y . I , . . 3 ., fi f f 6 Y. A Music 'R Us was The Theme of The T988 varieTy show. And iT was. From large vocal groups To small percussion acTs, WesT High STudenTs proved Their TalenT once again To crowded TheaTres. IT all began wiTh a Cappella, Then moved on To many oTh- er acTs. Vocal solos were sung by Jenny Sprague, Ann Kelso, and Amy Brown. Some of The special acTs were per- formed by oTher groups. Eric Becker, Robb Kerry, Terry MacVey, and Jim Stein per- formed a 50's song, as well as Kim Kurfenbach, Stephanie . fr 4 'TQ . l , Phelps and Lori Sharar. Betsy Schmieder and Eric Becker performed a vocal dueT, and Alys Snyder had a baTon solo. Shawn Lafrenz, Matt McCullough, Tony Teague, and MaTT Morrow performed a leg-slapping-clapping rou- Tlne. Show choir performed, as well as The dance and show bands. The aCappella Choir closed The show wiTh The TradiTional 'TBaTTle Hymn of The Republic, as anofher performance came To an end. SHOW CHOIR PERFOIPMS affer receiving a D1'vfsianI rafing. VARIETY SHOW