Bishop Feehan High School - Flashback Yearbook (Attleboro, MA)

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Swaying to the Dance Royale are queen Ingrid Meszoely and dad. Still Daddy’s little girl, Sister Betty Doyle is waltzed around the dance floor by her admiring Dad. Line dancing at Freshman-Sophomore social are Sister Norma, Carla Battista, Valerie Wessman, Patricia Kirby and date. “One, two, three, one two, three, ouch! Wow! Waltzing is easy but it’s a little hard on your toes.” Girls learned how to jitterb ug and Hully- Gully, while Dads hustled and bumped during the annual Father- Daughter Dance, held on April twenty-eighth and twenty-ninth. The theme, “You Light Up My Life,” was very appropriate for celebrating the special relationship between father and daughter or daughters. Some fathers found their hands full escorting two or three of their progeny for the night. Mr. Gillis and Mr. Meszoely were especially proud as they saw their daughters, Mary Ellen and Ingrid, crowned queen for Friday and Saturday night respectively. Freshmen and Sophomores got a taste of the prom, enjoyed by their older classmates, during the Freshman-Sophomore Social held on A eighth. Dressed in semi- fur...als, underclassmen danced to the music of Mr. Dillon’s band, and the theme, “Nights in White Satin.” Dances became a part of living and growing. 29

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28 “, . .hop, hop, hop.” Kathleen Battersby leads the bunny hop as her father, Mary Wassil, Karen Witherell, Linda St. Hilaire and Mary Beckett follow. Dancing to “Daddy’s Little Girl” are Mr. Morrissey and Deborah, Mr. Schmidt and Debra, Mr. Lambert and Christine, Mr. Giansante and Lilliana. Reigning nervously over the Father-Daughter Dance are Mary Ellen Gillis and dad.

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30 ‘Tis the season to be jolly No snow, no carolling — there were only exams and deadlines. The burdens seemed endless as the auditorium slowly filled with 800 listless students. And then, united for a joyous advent celebration, Feehanites caught a spark of the festive spirit and glowed warmly like holiday hearth. The Most Reverend Bishop Daniel A. Cronin concelebrated the Christmas mass while the folk group, led by Sister Mary Evangela, showed true holiday colors with a harmonious “Gloria.” On Wednesday, the student body welcomed ‘‘Cobblestones”, a Christian band from Rumford, R.1. Members include senior Steven Preston and graduate Robert lacono. John Polce, leader of “Cobblestones”, shared a little of what he has experienced: “The world will chew you up and spit you out.” With this statement, the group played an appropriate song, “Jesus Is the Answer For the World Today.” By Thursday, minds had drifted home to the Christmas tree and beautifully wrapped presents. The Christmas assembly made the holiday celebrations complete. Juniors acquired a network overtone and produced their version of an Orkan Christmas, complete with space suit and Na-Nu, Na-Nu. The Sophomore Class’ rendition of Santa’s workshop exhibited the humanness that had finally reached the North Pole. This year, “Christmas in Music and Drama,” directed and conceived by Sister Marialyn Riley, had as its theme, “The Flesh and The Spirit.” The theme incorporated the idea that we are Struggling through flesh and blood, always hoping for one tiny glimpse of the Lord. We find that it is only in flesh that he is present to us. Sister Marialyn explained her approach: “Christ was really a dramatist who taught stories revolving around human interaction.” That is what drama is — human flesh — human, for the human. That is why he became man, but it is something we may never fully understand. Ringing in the holidays with, “March of the Toys” and, “The Christmas Song,” Mr. James Dillon conducts band members. Front row: Ray Boucher, Trisha Buzell, Lee Ann McKenna, Carolyn Keefe, Margaret Healy, Susan Wegerdt. Second row: David Doucette, Naomi Cappucino, Miss Petti, Debra Malley, Sr. Norma Mousseau, Daniel McGuire, Dori Gagne. Smiles and songs welcome students and faculty to joyful celebration of the Christmas Mass. Accompanied by Raymond Boucher are: Front row: Sharon Sawyer, Colleen Sheehy, Andree Fontaine, Monique Lareau, Kathy Cronin. Second row: Jeannine Langevin, Debra O’Donnell, Christine Lambert, Jennifer Wims. Back row: Joseph Motta, Peter Gorelczenko, John Motyl, and Joseph Castro. Folk Group Members Are: Front row: Karen Doyle, Kathleen Killion, Adele Paradis, Janet Wilson, Florence Riley, Jacqueline Ash, John Motyl, Susan lacono. Second row: Marianne Doran, Katherine Cronin, Monique Lareau, Jennifer Wims, Keren Bendiksen, Andrée Fontaine, Catherine Sheehy, Carolyn Keefe, Raymond Boucher, Mark Paradis, Nancy Doherty. Third row: Christine Lambert, Susan Bankert, Mary Hanafin, Sharon Sawyer, Peter Gorelczenko, Robert Bergh, Patricia Guillette, Yvonne Gunning, Barbara Swarr, Katherine LaPorte, Karen Killion, Karen Durand, Anne Riley, Jeannine Langevin, Sr. Evangela. Back row: Denise Flaherty, Deborah O’Donnell, Mary Sheehy, Michele DeRosa, Anne Moore, Joseph Castro, Lynn Fuller and Mary Anne Nelson.