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

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i mil Loyalty Week happened to fall on the week of Halloween. So. the Loyalty Week dance turned into a masquerade dance. It was spon¬ sored by the Student Council. The majority of the people dressed up. There were some original costumes. A lot of people wore things that they wore for the dress - up days. The best part of the evening was the costume contest. The chaperones of the dance acted as the judges. Everybody watched as people paraded their costumes. First place went to head nurse Martin Buechi. Second place was a tie between two ducks in navy suits, Christa Butts and Becky Oplt. and snowman. Gregg Augustine. Stephanie Vahle and Kara Hoffmann received third place. They were a bride and groom. There was an added prize this year. Mike Mueller, dressed in a gorilla costume, was Mr. Congenial¬ ity and the crowd’s favorite. All in all. fun was had by everyone. Some Senior guys taught some underclassmen a new danc e they invented. The Smurf.” It seemed to catch on pretty well. The dance was a great ending to a great week.

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it aii on At: f HOUSE Captain Shotover (Ken Nesbit) and Ellie Dunn (Marcy Welter) announce their surprise mar¬ riage to Mazzini Dunn (J.T. Cochran) and Lady Utterword (Lina Iturrian). Capturing the audience’s apathetic feelings and exploiting them to their limits was George Bernard Shaw’s master plan for this year’s fall play. The play possessed many intriguing qualities and a twisting plot that bewildered the theatre-goers. Mr. Brad Schmidt directed this year’s presentation, entitled Heartbreak House.” As the title implies, each character ex¬ perienced some type of heartbreak while staying at this house. The East Theatre Company presented the play Nov. 17, 18. and 19 in the East Performance Center. According to Mr. Schmidt, Shaw intended the play to be a satire about the upper class people living in Sussex, England, during World War I. Shaw expressed bitterness towards these people because they appeared to be concerned only with themselves and not with W.W.I. As the play begins, Shaw brings all of his characters togeth¬ er in the house of Captain Shotover, a retired seaman played by Ken Nesbit. Throughout the play, the characters are in¬ volved in complex love relationships from which they learn valuable lessons. Ken, a senior, starred in his eighth play at Belleville East. Ken claimed. Playing the role of Captain Shotover wasn’t one of the easiest jobs. The captain, a disillusioned 88 year old man, is a retired sea captain who runs his household like a ship. Ken commented on the theme of the play, stating, Society has to change if it wants to survive. Throughout the play, a young girl named Ellie Dunn, played by Marcy Welter, encounters several love relationships. Marcy, a sophomore, describes her character as a young, naive girl who learns the ways of Heartbreak House’,’’ which is also the ways of life. Heartbreak House” is Mr. Schmidt’s third consecutive fall play that he has directed at East. After working with the cast members after school and on Saturday mornings, Mr. Schmidt did not hesitate to say that Heartbreak House” was a tough play” that required a lot of time and hard work for all those involved. J