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

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Mr. MacLAREN, played by Bill Johnson, talks with Fiona, Jain Lee Wright, about Jean ' s approaching marriage. Scottish lad Joel Hamilton and lassie Judy Shake strike a pose during a traditional highland dance. Look over there ' says Steve Crockett as he and Dave Chap- man, portraying lost New Yorkers, discover Brigadoon. Mystic Scotland captures Amid the whirl of colorful plaid kilts, gay High- land flings, and lilting Scottish brogues, the Golden Singers, assisted by the Orchestra, brought the fan- tasy of a tiny Scottish village to Ripple in their pro- duction of Lerner and Loewe ' s Broadway musical. Brigadoon, December 8 and 10. This year the new stage facilities made it possible for the Golden Sing- ers to break from the traditional operetta to pre- sent a Broadway musical. Many hours spent learning songs, memorizing lines, and blocking scenes, were climaxed by the two presentations of the musical which starred Jain Lee Wright and Steve Grockett. Gene Poston, music di- rector; Mrs. Rosalee Hofmann, production and pub- licity manager; and Miss Ruth Bertsch, dramatics, directed the production. Staging, sets, and lighting handled by Virgel Clark and Ferd Brumblay, and sound directed by Paul Brown added to the realism of the production.

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(amisoree queen Anne Fox grins up at Broad Ripple ' s most valuable foot- hall player, Dave Meek. Homecoming and dances spark social scene Rotc sponsors and their dates lead the traditional grand inarch which highlights the Military Ball. 1 :

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As flirtatious meg, Ann Hobson teases Allan Miller while Bob Fowler and Dave Smith cast admiring glances. Old mr. lundie, the Scottish schoolmaster played by Ken Bierman, tells Bob Billeisen, and Jane Hargitt, two of the townspeople, the story of the miracle of Brigadoon. imagination of Ripplites ' Jeannie ' s packin ' up sing the Golden Singer girls enthusiastically preparing a chest lor die Scottish bride at rehearsal.