Bloom High School - Bloom Yearbook (Chicago Heights, IL)

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fAboveJ Geisha girls, Sue Keller, Nancee Schiever, and Fran Hitt, are day. Native villagers, played by various seniors, look on in awe and led in an oriental dance by Lotus Blossom in the newly-built Tea- interest. house ofthe August Moon for the celebration of Captain FiSby's birth- CLeftJ Colonel Purdy CDan Fowlerj reprimands Sakini for letting a pair ofhis shorts Hoat down the stream while he was washing them. CBelowJ Colonel Purdy cries in anguish when he sees the overloaded jeep as Ancient Lady QRosalie Savianoj stares back at him stubbornly.

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Senior Class brings rient to Bloom Bloomfs senior class of 1968 presented the comedy about the American occupation of Okinawa after World War II- Teahouse of the August Moon . The great success of the play is attributed to the hard work of every cast and crew member. Mrs. Cleo Fowler, di- rector, and Kathy Fields, student director, deserve spe- cial recognition for their efforts. Sam Pappalardo, as Sakini, Lon Helton, as Captain Fisby, and Maria Pe- trarca, as Lotus Blossom won the hearts of the audiences with their captivating performances. The story takes place on the island of Okinawa at the end of World War II. It doesnit take the American oc- cupation troops very long to discover that the native Okinawans have a mind of their own. The diiferent cul- tures of Okinawa and America clash and the result is hilarious. But as soon as the roar of laughter dies down, the real truths the play portrays are strikingly evident. The memory of a production such as Teahouse,' will long be held by those who participated in it. All the Bloom seniors who shared in the production of Tea- house of the August Moon will always remember the beautiful set designs, the live goat, and those immortal lines, Naka, Naka, suteska desnaln tLeftJ Sakini CS.am Pappalardoj explains to his audience the circum- stances surrounding the small Okinawan village of Tobiki. f QAbove5 After presenting Lotus Blossom Uvlaria Petrarcab as a gift, Sakini is informed by Captain Fisby CLon Heltonb of the customs of the Western World. fBelow5 Kathy Mumford, co-chairman, touches up Maria Petrarca's make up after the first act. For 'Teahousel new make up techniques had to be learned by the twenty members of the make-up crew. Linda Ruse was the other co-chairman.

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Festival of Pla s is 30 Jane Householder and Jeanne Prokop reminisce about the good old days in a scene from Save Me a Place at Forest Lawn. first-rate success Four one-act plays comprised the Bloom Festival of Plays, held on January 19 and 20. The four plays included The Leaderf, performed by the theatre classes at Prairie State College, under the direction of Mr. Richard Peter- son, The Bond Betweenf, presented by the Frosh-Soph Division, directed by Mrs. Barbara Paleschg and The Devil and Daniel Websterw and Save Me a Place at Forest Lawnj, presented by the Junior-Senior Division, under the direction of Mr. Joseph Zinkiewicz. fleftj Old Scratch, better known as the Devil was portrayed by Lowell Cockrum. Crightj The devil tells Daniel Webster, played by Mark Vine- gar, the facts one must face after selling his soul. f