Broad Ripple High School - Riparian Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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Mr. Roger Riley explained stage facilities to stu- Ja . ai-, Janice Kuhn, Debbie Dodson, Barbara dent Ripples directors, Ruth Ann Cornish, Tony Barrick, Jean Ann Riley, and Ellen Mahin. Cooperider, Randy Walti, Ann Bradford, Lynne Sheila Johnston and the Rocketaires, Bill Lathouse, Ken Bland, Lynne Jaggar, and Don Penington, en- tertained theater-goers in Lullaby of Broadway. Brutus, Bill Allen, captured the attention of Cal- purnia, Barbara Gradison, from Caesar, Fred Genck, in Exit Caesar. 15

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Ripples Acts Were ' Best Ever ' This Year Tom Abbett inspected Ann Bowman ' ; repairs to Jackie James ' costume. Originality! Talent! Tunes! All done superlatively : best . . . best . . . best. That ' s a nine-word review of the Ripples of ' 56. On March 22, 23, and 24 the Auditorium stage was transformed into a wonderland with the aid of grease paint, costumes, music, and actors. Farmyard Follies, written by Debbie Dod- son and Janice Kuhn, took place on Old Mac- Donald ' s farm, complete with animals. Ingredients for chocolate chip cookies, emerging from a large oven and represented in chorus lines, were featured in Cookie Capers, written by Barbara Barrick and Jean Ann Riley. This act began with a cus- tomer requesting these cookies for her tea party. A modern interpretation of the assassination of Caesar set the theme for Exit Caesar, written by Ann Bradford, Tony Cooperider, and Ruth Ann Cornish. The premiere of a big Hollywood production was the background for Lullaby of Broad- way, written by Lynne Jaggar, Ellen Mahin, Marilyn Mattox, and Randy Walti. From barnyards to Rome and back to Holly- wood — it was truly a superlative show. bic illtKMluCcd ( ' to City Cousin Moi ' Old MacDdii ■y Cousin Mouse , Charlene Trees, Shaion Ileiny provided the spice for bakers, IJojier Cuoley, Dave Smith, and Steve Woerner, in Cookie Capers. 14

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Entertainment Plus — By Plus Entertainers Music and drama are important parts of any high school program — and superlatively so at Ripple. The Music Department presented special Christmas and Easter programs fea- turing the traditional music of both seasons. The music students performed in two operet- tas, Down In The Valley, featuring Sharon Murphy and Eric Stephens, and Trial By Jury, starring Randy Walti and Diane Lowry. In January the National Thespians staged The Night of January 16, the trial of a secretary for her boss ' s murder. n 1 l Stage and sound crews developed the special effects which made the presentations most realistic. Lynn Jaggar, Steve Wann, and Judge Randy Walti listened as Diane Lowry pleaded her case in Trial By Jury. Jim Crosbie conferred with Tom Donlon as Sharon Mur- phy day-dreamed in Down In the Valley.