Bedford High School - Epic Yearbook (Bedford, OH)

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(Matt Burt. ChrisSchaefer) and sailors (Bob Riggleman, Doug Prior) Miss Haus. the director, said ' I was ex- tremely proud of all the cast and crew All their hard work really paid off. I overheard several people saying our production was better then the one at Carousel Dinner Theater, and they were professionals '

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 They think he's gangster number one, so they've made him their favor- ite son and that goes to show ANY- THING GOES These are lyrics from the title song of the spring play ANY- THING GOES written by Cole Porter, and produced by the Bedford Thearts Society Anything Goes , the 1985 spring musical premiered March 14, 15, and 16 here at B.H.S.. The cast was large, and worked very hard to pull together judging by their performances they worked together well The play takes place on a luxury liner, The S.S. American, which is making an Atlantic crossing from New York to England Among the passengers are the famous night club singer Reno Sweeney (Sheila Raider) who is in love with Sir Evelyn Oakleigh (Chuck Wolfe) who is engaged to miss Hope Harcort (Amy Collantes, Angela Banks) who is in love with a stowaway Billy Crocker (Sam Meredith) Sound confusing? It is' And to make matters worse two gang- sters are added, Moonface Martin (Mike Salvucci, Tony Rutledge) and his spacey Gun Mol, Bonnie (Rachel Spe- har) Reno's back up singers, the An- gels (Kim Burkle, Ellen Miller, Kelli Mas- seria, Tina Elek, Renee Hines, Yvonne Harris, Vickie Maji, Andrea Harris), and a drunk (Sean Smith) are among the other passengers The ship is piloted by the Captain (Paul Gerycz), two pursers

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Bedford students were able to share in new found school spirit thanks to the fine performance of the sports teams this year The Bedford Bearcat football team, reco- vering from a losing season last year, had a great season The Bearcats moved from last year's eighth place in Greater Cleveland Conference (G.C.C.) up to third place with a 7-3 record. Another outstanding athletic performance shown this year was by the swim team. The girls' swim team finished second in G.C.C with a record of 10-2, and the boys finished first with an 11-1 record. Also with an outstanding sea- son was the Bedford Cross Country team.The team finished second in the G.C.C.with a 10-1 record Because of these great team efforts, a surge of school spirit entered Bedford early in the year Attendance at pep rallies was increased, and attendance at sports events showed a dramatic increase During a televised basketball game against Ma- ple Heights, the number of fans attending the game was approximately two thou- sand. the largest turnout to a Bedford sports event in many years. A new director stepped into the Bedford Thearts so- ciety in 1984 Miss Karen Haus was sought after by the Bedford School Board prior to the 1984-1985 school year to fill the position left open when former thearts advisor, Mary Ann Costa left the school system Being an active theater person, and having directed her favor- ite musical comedy, Anything Goes”, as the major Thearts production of the year Miss Haus was appre- ciative that she could bring a musical back to the stage of B.H.S. which has not seen one in four years (the last being Music Man”). Students reacted differently to the coming of a new advisor. Many Seniors in the program felt sad about the leaving of Mrs. Costa, because they had close emotion- al ties with her The seniors added, .. . .but soon a group of new people will develop similar ties with Miss Haus, Like we shared with Mrs Costa. Other students felt that Miss Haus was placed by the school board into an unfair position These students also comented about the lack of support, financially, from the School board, the students gave an overall reaction of being elated at Miss Haus's appointment as advisor and felt that she would make a great leader that will help devolop thearts to a high degree Miss Haus hopes to continue as Thearts advisor and she believes that the group will have a bright future. She is hoping for more support from the School Board in the future . With more support we will have a fabu- lous group, and many audience raising performances.” The face of Bedford High School was changed for the 1984-85 school year A new door was constructed in the north east corner of the noth wing as an added safety feature in the case of a fire at Bedford. Fire Marshall Capt. Sponseller, of the Bedford Fire Department, told school officials that there was a safety problem in the north wing. Chief leffrey Duber said that evacuation of the north wing, if there was a fire, would have been very unsafe, and consequently, the Bedford School Board paid a contractor to build the new door. Students enjoyed the new door during the first three months of school, using it as a easy access to and from their busses. Unfortunately the cement rampleading to the door heaved during the winter months and it the rampshut. Again, the safety problem ecisted, until the spring of 1985, when the concrete ramp problem was corrected, giving students an easier and safer route to and from the building.