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

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Little weevil in my bread I think I just bit off your head. I see the place where you have bled The dough around it is all red. Well, that’s okay for now instead I know that you are really dead. I wonder if your name is Fred? C apt. Jerry Coffey, a prisoner of war during the Vietnam Conflict, spoke to students at Belleville East about his experiences in North Vietnam. He told us about how he and fellow P.O.W.’s kept faith in themselves, in each other, in America, and in God. In his speech, he advised us to also practice these aspects of faith in our everyday life. 16 Special Assemblies

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Philip Lombard (Dana Clark). Sir Lawrence Wargrave. (Jeff Bloomer), and Vera Clayth- orne (Deanna Schwarz) stand together. Dana Clark. Linda Shaffer, and Tracy Arnold powder up before the performance. This fall the Belleville East Theater Company put on the production of “Ten Little Indians.” The exciting Agatha Christie murder mystery was held Novem¬ ber 14. 15, and 16 at 7:30 every night in B-100. The technical crew members and the actors worked hard on this production. Most of the E.T.C. members started work¬ ing on the play immediately after the Freshman-Sophomore One Acts in late September, while others, like those in the props department, began working since school started. Once the actors received their parts, they began memorizing the script. Soon after, the cast started to perform scenes on the elaborate stage. The cast and crew spent long weeks working on the set. They spent five days a week, sometimes six, between the hours of 3:30 and 6:30. Rehearsals were imme¬ diately afterwards from 6:30 to 10:00. The crew consist of lights, sound, stage crew, props, costumes and make-up. All of these departments were under the su¬ pervision of Phil Evans, student technical director. The stage manager was Marsha Brofka and Allison Lauf was in charge of make-up, programs, and publicity. Be¬ hind the stage were Lowell Isom, Amy Jacobson, Katrina Jacobson, Ellen Jones, Shelly Kouchnerkavich, Christy McDade, Kim Nystrom, and Sean Sharp who were on stage crew. Peggy Clark, Amy Kinsella, Noelle Romaine, and Tracy Winkelman were also behind the scene with the props. In the costume depart¬ ment were Christy McDade and Kim Nys¬ trom. The sound technicians were Phil Ev¬ ans and Sean Sharp. Kim Albo, Phil Ev¬ ans, and Shelly Schomber were in back of the theater in charge of lights. Terri Taff was the house manager. Those on stage were Allen Miller, Linda Shaffer, Jim Giddens, Deanna Schwarz, Dana Clark, Scott Rhen, Ken Nesbit, Tom Milster, Tracy Arnold, Jeff Bloomer, and Alex McHugh. One technical crew member stated, “It was fun. When the performance day started closing in, we were getting wor¬ ried, but that passed. We really had some great times.” The Ten Little Indians 15

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SPECIAL ASSEMBLIES E ast students have experienced a wide variety of assemblies ranging from lectures to musical groups. On November 21, the student body as¬ sembled to listen to Captain Jerry Cof¬ fee’s message of inspiration. As a prison¬ er war, Captain Coffee recounted how he eventually overcame the miserable condi¬ tions in Vietnam by keeping faith in him¬ self, in his country, and in God. The S.I.U.C. Jazz Band gave a special performance in mid winter this year. They played a wide assortment of contempo¬ rary Jazz and Blues. All of the instrumen¬ tal music classes went to the Perfor¬ mance Center to see the concert. There were many fine solos by various mem¬ bers of the band including two solos by teachers. The band played with excellent clarity and sharpness in every note. One member of the audience commented, “Wow! These guys are great. On March 4, Social Studies students met in B 100 to listen to Yaron Valler and Zippi Brand. They were two Israeli stu¬ dents touring the United States telling stu¬ dents about Israel. Students had a chance to see slides of Israel and talk about life in Israel compared to life in the states. Students also got an opportunity to see how other countries view the U.S. “They were very interesting. They both had different opinions on everything. We had a chance to learn about Israel and the U.S. through teenagers ' eyes, ex¬ pressed senior Julie Madden. On March 18, the army sent a rock band named Spectra to entertain the stu¬ dents. The four man band played hits from such artists as Bon Jovi, Whitney Houston, and Huey Lewis. Selections in¬ cluded ‘Livin ' on a Prayer, ' ' Greatest Love,’ ‘Hip to be Square, ' and two origi¬ nal songs written by the keyboard player. It was a nice change,” stated junior Terri Taff, “this year the Army band played music we really liked. Special Assemblies 17