Belleville Township High School East - Yearbook (Belleville, IL)

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CHILDREN’S PLAY EAST PUPPETEERS One of the oldest puppet shows m histo¬ ry and i favorite of all ages. Punch and Judy. was presented as this year’s chil¬ dren ' s play. The traveling group held performances on December 2 . December 9. and De¬ cember Hi. The planned schedule included Henry Raab. Franklin. Jefferson. Onion. Whiteside, and Roosevelt schools. The cast was small with only seven characters. Senior Keith Scharnnghausen was Punch and junior Melanie Applegate doubled as Judy. Punch ' s wife, and the Baby. Senior Jeff Rergmann also doubled as Pat and the Ghost. Senior Bryan De Vasher played Jack Ketch and the Devil and senior Michele LePere was the Prompter Mr. Isom was assisted by Klame Mei- denger. Mr James Moore advised the tech¬ nical crew and he selected Lendy and Wendy Sanford as student technical direc¬ tors. The puppets arc ' very elaborate in con¬ trast to the simple one-piece set. They were not rented. Instead. Mr. Isom and Klame spent many hours working on the details of the faces and clothing. A few interesting sound effects inter¬ rupted the show. Mark Kichenlaub played the electric piano. James Jones beat the drums, and Kim Neuner and Nancy An- genend played the flute. Gina Watson ad¬ ded flair by doing everything from sound¬ ing on wood blocks to cock-adoodle-do- mg. -by Martha Teagle 27