Cathedral High School - Pantherpix Yearbook (Springfield, MA)

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by Mr. Jean P. Beauregard. Mr. Dante Pilegi synchronized the music, and students John Buffum, Joan Flynn, James Kane and Susan Potkai wrote and coordinated the show. “Turn on that spot,’’ ‘‘Who’s got the hammer?” ‘Get ready to pull the curtain.’’ These phrases typified backstage during the year. The stage and lighting crew has worked the Senior Musical, ‘‘West Side Story,’’ the annual Minstrel Show, and several of the play production classes’ shows. Preparation for the shows started months before the performance with the planning of the stage, mikes, lighting, and special effects. Weeks of hard work followed as structures were built and lights adjusted until the show was presented. Mr. David Laux aided productions as faculty adviser for the lighting crew. Sr. Rachael and Miss Diane Guiliana, faculty advisers, worked with the stage crew on stage planning'and construction. 1 ‘Looking over a four leaf clover,” Mike Tunstall, Tim Rogers, Tom Shea, and John Shea sing their version of the old melody. 2 Portraying Oliver Hardy, Mark Klinker does a double take in re- sponse to a joke. 3 Strengthening a weak spot, Dan Geoffroy adjusts the lights. 4 Earphones ready, Dan Harrington waits for the cue to start a tape of the Senior Musical ‘‘West Side Story.” 5 A baffling look comes across the face of Michael Hurley, as Billy Hayes goes through his routine of “who's on first.’ 6 Whether working or relaxing, the stage crew is a close group, always together. 7 Henry Gagnon uses his head when it comes to fixing lights.

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Show salutes America; Stage Crew controls set ‘‘Americana”’ was the theme for the ‘76 Minstrel Show presented in the spring. Joseph DeMontigny acting as Ben Franklin posed the question “What is America,” illustrating the theme. Patricia Gagnon voiced a skeptical view in response to the question. Laurel and Hardy, Uncle Sam, two Vaudeville actors, and a hobo refuted the skeptical claims in turn. They then answered the question in their section of the show through the subthemes of comedy, entertainment, sentiment, and patriotism. All four classes participated in the show directed

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1 Members of the Jets gang perform their theme “Jet Song.’’ 2 NHS officers Anita Corridan, Mi- chael Noonan, Elizabeth Zadworney, Larry Bars- zewski, and Roseanne Natale process into the auditorium lob by for induction services. 3 NHS members Patricia Woodbury, Michele Plourde, Anita Corridan sort clothes ready to be packaged for the Appalachian Clothing Drive. 4 Parents re- view pros and cons of the Equal Rights Amend- ment at ERA Night, sponsored by NHS in conjunction with the Guidance Department. 5 Maria and Tony, played by Linda Bongiovanni and Dennis Duquette, embrace during their song “Tonight” in the balcony scene. 6 Precise harmo- ny highlights five distinct singing parts during the quintet. The cast attained this accomplishment aft- er ten weeks of diligent rehearsal. 7 Jets sing under the watchful eye of Mr. Russell Falvey. : 7 . To emphasize their commitment of N H S exe ae | Ses Se rVICe, service, the National Honor Society undertook numerous projects. With the Guidance Department, the Society spon- : f 2 sored an ERA Awareness Night at CHS Sen lOrs Der orm mM U S | Ca in October. Pros and cons of the con- troversial amendment were developed by key speakers and then discussed by the entire gathering during a coffee hour. NHS students organized a tribute to ‘64 CHS graduate Bill Danoff, who has reached stardom in the field of recording, when he came back to Springfield on November 9, to give a concert with John Denver. Represen- tatives of NHS presented Mr. Danoff,