Beverly Hills High School - Watchtower Yearbook (Beverly Hills, CA)

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Fall Big Activitie time S events The second annual Beverly High Gong Show attracted a surprisingly large crowd, considering the lack of publicity. The master of ceremonies was Henry Dersch, Social Studies teacher. The acts included three Un- known Singers, performing the theme song from the cartoon Speed Racer, a piano player, a stand-up comedian, an attempt to create a hu- man pyramid and the winners, Ben- jie Platt, Jeff Cohen and Jay Zim- 24 0 Fall Activities QQ,

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their talents to write the winning script. Star Wars was the theme used by the talented class of '79. Leading parts were held by Scott Rogers, Amy Ziering, James Pepper and Liz Guttman. The skit, written by Amy, James and Tod Winkler depicted the reign of the terrible', seniors, headed by their leader, Darth Sen- ior, Edan Epstein. The class of '80 used well known Christmas songs as their theme, changing the words around to de- scribe the troubles of newcomers to Beverly. Many sophomores worked together to write the lyrics. Win or lose, all the acts helped to welcome the freshman class to Be- Verly. l. Sophomores Jon Simons and Brian Hut berv sing about the first days ol' high school. rv 2. Adam Small advises Steve Sloane how to be a success at Beverly. 3. Seniors sing about the importance ol elegance at Beverly. 4. Seniors explain when you're ii senio youre more than supreme. Juniors Amy Ziering as princess l.ugi and James Pepper as Star Wars Vfllleon. 6. Ella Belzberg dances for the Junior Class. Hello Day ' 23

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merman singing I Owe a Lot to lowa Pot. Only the sound of scissors chopping away and blow dryers could be heard in room 300 one November day, as the hairstylists from Saks Fifth Ave- nue gave their brave student volun- teers new hairstyles. The activity was planned by Julie Harvey. Flip Reade, an internationally known mime, who does pantomimes and other skits which involve very controlled body movement, per- formed in the Little Theatre to a small crowd on his opening night. Due to the enthusiasm of the first nightls crowd, the performance drew a much larger crowd the second night. The highlight of Reade's show was a demonstration of the culmina- tion of 20 year's work to achieve the highest degree of muscle control. The Wrestle Sprouts sponsored the activity as a fund-raiser. l. Henjie Platt sings I Owe a Lot to Iowa Poi. 2. The Unknown Singers lC'ole Case. David Lawrence and Scott .lac-ohsl sing Speed Rac- er. -- Sl. Stand-up comedian Adam Small, tries Io beat the gong. 4. Flip Reade and his wife pertorm a skit. 5. Stylist creates a new hairstyle for -lulie Se- mel. 6. David Safran looks skeptical as he gets his haircut. 7. Flip Reade shows his talent. 8. Flip Reade highlights the show by demon- strating superior muscle control. TOYIBA M51 lime i Fall Activities ' 91