Ames High School - Spirit Yearbook (Ames, IA)

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WORK OF ART. Wearing her haberdashery-inspired blouse and sweater, Sonja Powers examines art work by Chip Wass in the Ames High art gallery. The tuxedo look had great success, complete with the traditional bow ties and pinstripes and the newly added feminine ruffles. ¦ 1 = = , P! age, = RISING TREND. Ros North shows off a style from the sixties. Mini- skirts had a revival and became popular with many Ames High students. Fashion TAKIN’ IT EASY. Vernon Johnson, attired in the Country Gentle- man look, a classic style from England, relaxes in the fine arts wing. New fashions came from old Although latest fashion trends often appeared original, they were many times inspired by or borrowed from past styles. Returning fashions ranged from the prairie look complete with ruffles and lace to the mini-skirts of the 1960's. “I really liked the prairie clothes because they made me feel pretty, explained Amy Powers. Some ‘new’ styles were taken from the past, but still others were influenced by the mode of certain groups. These borrowed looks extended from sportswear and legwarmers from athletes and dancers to haberdashery borrowed from men. Classics had always been around, but many had been updat- ed. One example of this was the Country Gentleman look, classic menswear influenced by Chariots of Fire and Brideshead Revisited. Denise Cakerice worked at a local clothing store, so she had the opportunity to view the latest trends. “Clothing styles run in cycles. Something new you may have seen at our store might have been offered to your parents or grandpar- ents when they were our age. After all, wasn’t the present built on the past? CLASSIC COMBO. Jenny Ostrum displays one style of classic dress. While jeans were still popular, many students dressed up for a change of pace,

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--EX тЫ» — —— РРА ONE LITTLE INDIAN. One of the boys, Joey (Mike Pell), holds down the Indian (Tim Wilson) during re- hearsal of The Indian Wants The Bronx. The Indian had tried to get i | Y A awav when they were playing games BIBLICAL BEWILDER- MENT, Es е (Deena Knight) iS exas- perated after trving to explain to Adam that there 15 nothing wrong with a eniors gave five One Acts Five seniors kept tradition and directed plays tor the One Acts. Each year, a group of seniors got together with the drama director Mr. Wayne Hansen to plan and direct several one act plays. This year’s directors were Jim Duke, Debbie Dorfman, Dave Martin, Chip Wass, and Janet Fanslow. Duke directed Times Square, a play set in New York City, dealing with adults acting like children. There was some concern over the controversial characters. Leslie Sny- der, who played Laura Jean Lincoln, said that they easily overcame this problem. “We were able to tone down the implications, she commented. Debbie Dorfman directed INo Snakes in This Grass, a modern dav drama about Adam and Eve; the catch was that Eve was black. Dorfman said that the hardest part was trying to schedule pra tices. I was grumpy for four weeks, І | +$ . 1 but it was worth ıt, she Said. Dave Martin directed The Indian Wants the Bronx. It was about two boys in New York City who didn't know any better than to hassle an Indian who didn't speak English. Mike Pell, a sophomore who played one of the boys Said. “It was preat LO be able LO work with a student director instead of an adult.’ Chip Wass directed The Loveliest Afternoon, a short farce about a Sunday afternoon love affair. He commented, It was really nice because I had a very short play and a really small cast, and we got a lot done at every practice. Both actors did what | told them and it went really well. Janet Fanslow directed Who, d play that she wrote with the help о! Brian Weigel. |t dealt with d lonely man that tound happiness at ( hristmas. “The hardest part of the play was trying to keep it from becoming a comedy, she i 4 mmented.