Appleton High School - Clarion Yearbook (Appleton, WI)

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Punchinellos Ann Brummund, Pat Jacob, Katie McMahon, lynn Doerflor, and Sue Bennett guide Gail Bergner and Rich Rothe As the dancing princess Zubbediya, Katie McMahon reveals her interpretive skills in Kismet with the help of Jackie Barlow. on their iourney in search of a new home and cathedral in the Christmas production, Boy with a Cort. Orchesis . . . 19

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BOTTOM ROW: P. Logan, D. Dafoe, L. Hanson, A. French, Tank, Au. Lappi, L. Besch, Brownell, P. Nichols, S. Nock, B. Klitzke. SECOND ROW: Hana, Gelbke, N. Dafoe, V. Schilling, V. Logan, Templin, Marg. Schultz, Lhost, Ju. Bassett, J. Winkel, Verbrick, C. Klitzke. THIRD ROW: Doertier, Spilman, P. Jacob, S. Ognie, Brummund, Hay, S. Bennett, Marten, Klapper, K. McMahon, D. Knapton, Justmann, Welsch. Creation, co-ordination, expression -Orchesis Harem girls Julie Bassett and Carol Marten entertain Haii in Kismet with a typical Arabian dance. Delicate leaps and graceful slides were com- mon techniques of dance interpretation this year as members of Orchesis rehearsed for a variety of programs. First on the agenda was the Christ- mas play, Boy With a Cart, which fittingly began and ended with the antics of bright, jingly punchinellos. Following this was the all-school musical, Kismet, where members became dancing princesses and veiled slave girls. Mr. Burroughs and Miss Raarup aided Orchesis members with choreography, interpretation, and costume de- sign for West Side Story. Staged for the Teach- ers' Convention, this well-known presentation ranged from violent gang fights to the slow, mel- ancholy moments ofthe tinal scene. Girls interested in interpretative dance were encouraged to attend four successive workshops acquainting them with the fundamentals of dance. Prospective members utilized their co-ordination and dance skills by presenting individual dance interpretations for their try-outs, which were iudged by a panel of officers, Katie McMahon, president, Alice French, vice-president, Sue Ben- nett, secretary, and Nancy Dafoe, treasurer.

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V--AI ' 'rt 7- Y A ...L Steyning townfolk listen in surprise and doubt as Cuthman reveals his plans for building a church. The Boy with a Cart You beast! Take that yoke off my boys' Ueff Spooner and Gary Meade, necks! raged Mrs. Fipps lConnie Mclntyrel. Based on a true story which occurred before the seventh century in England, The Boy with a Cart, AHS's Christmas play, directed by Mr. Schoeni, told the story of Cuthman, an ambitious farmhand who, having been rejected by the villagers of his homeland, iourneyed to another site, pulling his mother in a cart behind him. Inspired by God, he decided that the place where the cart's rope broke the second time would determine his new home. Reaching his new home, the devoted Cuthman later attempted to build a church, which was accomplished only by a mir- acle performed by the Lord Himself. The story, narrated by Gary Bruch, saw Richard Rothe in the leading role as Cuthman, and Gail Bergner as his mother. Other characters were Bess and Mildred, neighbors, portrayed by Anne Reetz and Kathy Downs, and Tawm's daughter and son-in-law, played by Lynn Dickinson and Greg Joseph. Tthe uniqueness of the play lay in the fact that it was entirely written in poetic form.