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

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Right Now! One of the many events that take place during the year at East, are assemblies. As¬ semblies are an East tradition and have been for many years. Assemblies are held at dif¬ ferent times throughout the year. There are many purposes for having assemblies. One of the most important is to get the student body “peppy” and excited about the particular sports game to come. This allows our Lancer teams to get self-confidence and lets them know that the whole student body is behind them 100%. Also, assemblies can act as learning events. A couple of examples are the “Pepsi Assembly” and the assembly on drugs. And, of course, we have our yearly Christmas assembly so Santa Claus can come to visit us. During are assemblies we are entertained by the Lancer bands and orchestra, by our choirs, by the cheerleaders, and the pom-pon girls always have a routine ready to get us going.

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Come Together The 10 Best Crowd Cheers: 1. SENIORS 2. JUNIORS 3. SOPHOMORES 4. FRESHMEN 5. TOGA! 6. BELLEVILLE EAST 7. IT JUST DOESNT MATTER 8. “JUNIOR FLOAT” 9. L-A-N-C-E-R-S 10. DOWN IN FRONT

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True Entertainment The Belleville East production of You Cun t Take It With You. by George Kaufman and Moss Hart, was one of the most successful ever to be performed at East. The three act corned) is centered around the Vanderhofs, a familv trying to survive in the ’30s, the years of the Great Depression. All of the action in this plav takes place inside the Vanderhof home. The large family features some unique members — Essie, an otuout-of-this-world ballerina; Boris Kolenhov, who occasionally comes over to “train Essie; Ed, who prints anything; Helga, the Swedish maid; Penny Sycamore, a writer who gives her work more credit than it de¬ serves; and finally, Paul Sycamore and Mr. De- Pinna, who manufacture fireworks. There is also Alice Sycamore, Penny’s daughter, who sticks out like a sore thumb: she is the only real “down to earth member of the family. The plav essentially covers the unique talents of each member of the family and the romance that begins to blossom between Alicee Syca¬ more and her beau, Anthony Kirby. Tony and Alice face many problems in their love lives.The magor problem is that Tony ' s parents aren’t accepting the Sycamores as well as Tony did. However, as all love stories go, the couple and their families find a “happy end¬ ing .