Assumption High School - Assumption Yearbook (Davenport, IA)

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 ... or how organizations add- ed that extra touch to that nor- mal grind to make a year that was definitely out of the ordi- nary. Say, did you catch the production of Annie that the drama department put on in the Spring? ''Are you kidding? My mom made me watch the movie when I was seven years old. I don't need that kid's stuff. Boy, did you miss out. We're talkin' Broadway comes to W. Central Park! I'll bet you didn't know about all the other organizations that were around either. Well, I saw the Knight Kompany dancers at one of the basketball games, they're pretty hard to forget, and I think I heard about a student council or some- thing. Let me enlighten you a bit. Organizations were the spice of life in the school year. Did you know that the French and German clubs sent students to those respective countries over the summer? Debate and mock trial were there for those who enjoyed expand- ing the mind. Musically inclined? The chorus, jazz band and concert band gave performances that should have been held in Carnegie Hall. Am I getting through? Yeah, I'm impressed! I guess I just missed the boat on all this organization action. These groups were really cool, just outstanding! 22

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Secret switches There were many factors that went into a smooth play production. Transi- tions from scene to scene, actors and actresses knowing their lines and light and sound synchroniza- tion didn't happen by accident. Many of the responsibilities of overseeing the play from begin- ning to end went to Student Direc- tor Kathy Neuberger. Serving as student director en- compassed many tasks. I was ba- sically a 'gopher,' Kathy ex- plained. ''During practices I took notes for Mr. Watson. I prompted the actors when they got stuck on lines and gave offstage cues such as actor's entrances, telephones ringing and light cues. It was a lot of work. Although I never had to study lines like the actors did, I end- ed up knowing the whole play just from the practices. Like all direc- tors, Kathy was sometimes forced to be the disciplinarian. The only real problems happened when no- body knew their lines at some of the practices. I was the one who ended up yelling at them. Despite her experience, Kathy said her fu- ture is definitely not in directing. Oh no, she laughed. It was fun, but I wouldn't want to make a ca- reer out of it. The suspenseful ending of the fall production Catch Me If You Can was so secret that even auditioning cast members weren't allowed to read the entire script. Within the 360 minute produc- tion, presented October 25 and 26, the actual murderer let alone the fact of murder was not revealed until the final minute. That left 359 minutes of suspenseful and ironic switches on switches on switches. One switch involved the reappear- ance of honeymooning Elizabeth Corban (Tresa Willich '87) as Daniel Corban's (John Resnick '87) wife, but he claimed she wasn't his missing wife at all. So the question arose — was she missing, or wasn't she? Supposedly, Elizabeth had changed her mind about being angry with her husband and sought refuge at a church with Fr. Kelleher (Pete Sirna '87). Corban had reported her disappearance to Inspector Levine (Bob Burr '88). The only witness in town to have seen the real Mrs. Corban was Cyndi (Mary Howell '87), an elderly Jewish lady who owned a sandwich shop. But switch — Cyndi was accidental- ly stabbed. Switch again — the owners of the honeymoon cottage, Mr. and Mrs. Everett Parker (Greg Mueller '90, and Sophia Thomas '88) eventually identi- fied the woman as the real Mrs. Cor- ban — not an imposter. Then another switch, and another — but one had to see it to believe it!