West High School - Shaheen Yearbook (Davenport, IA)

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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

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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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ChariTy Week During IasT year's ChdriTy Week The NaTional Kidney FoundaTion was rec- ognized. A peT ducTion was held on De- cember 3. A ToTaI of S845 was raised when a male and female sTudenT frorn each grade was aucTioned off. Several organizaTions parTicipaTed in The annu- al evenT. A represenTaTive fron The NaTionai Kidney FoundoTion encouraged sTu- denTs To become a kidney donor and also warned sTudenTs on The dangers of kidney disease. Non-perishable food iTerns were coIIecTed by sTudenT senoTe for The KIiKfLujack Food Drive, Showing Their winning TaienT aT The ChdriTy Week assembly was The win- ning band STagefrighT. Also showing promising poTenTiaI was The Blues BroThers. Larry Gajeski, senior class presidenT said, We knew we could do iT, we jusT had To prove iT To everybody eIse. His band received The winning cheer from The audience. Sfagefrigh T! Shawn Lafrenz, Carlos Guiferrez, Jeff Blielz, Larry Gajeski, K enlyn Williams, and Paula Alex- ander were The winners of The arr band conTesT. ,sky Mr. Means and Ms. Erenberger aucTion off This year's chariTy peTs, N I N CHARITY WEEK