Central High School - O Book Yearbook (Omaha, NE)

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H Barnaby H The sprinq play, Barnaby, was presenTed by The senior class under The direcTion OT Mrs. Caroline Roio and STudenT Manager Robin Aronson, May 5-6. Barnaby is a sophisTicaTed TanTasy by RoberT and Lillian MasTers, based on The comic sTrip oT CroclceTT Johnson. Richard Lydiclc played The role OT Barnaby BaxTer. a young boy who wished Tor a Tairy godmoTher and insTead goT a pink-winged, cigar-smoking godTaTher, porTrayed by James Childe. l-larold Forbes played The parT oT Mr. BaxTer, and Peggy Bryans and Ardyce Gidley shared The role oT Mrs. BaxTer. OTher characTers in The play included a Triendly ghosT, a Tallcing dog and a leprechaun. The money Trom The producTion was used To help deTray senior expenses. CenTraliTes also presenTed Barnaby Tor The Junior -l'heaTer, April 26-May 3. John, dear' CanT you be more careful7

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ROW FOUR: Naughjrin, VanDevenTer, Douglas, Rxussell, Lundgren, BobbiTT, Nau, Goldenberg, ScoTT, Ressegieu, ForTmeyer, Beran, Young, Adams, WhiTe, Clark, Simpson, Graham.. ROW THREE: Damme, King. Mayer. D. Hill, HurwiTz, LeDioyT, J-ordan, Horky, Anding, Mann, BrenTlinger, Criser, Childe, Mullens, Farrell, Fried, Jancik, L. Hill. ROW TWO: Fellman, Harding, Olson, Forbes, Joyce Anderson, Barnes, PlaTT, Swanson, BrisTow, Gai Grossman, Karof, Gesman, Baird, Hansen, Bloch, G-enge, Fogel, Shapiro. ROW ONE: Bouganim, Mohler, Jamie- son, Frey, Cummings, Baysinger, Purviance, Judy Andersen, Bryans, Erwin, Svolopoulos, E. Andersen, Collins, J. Fowler, D. Fowler, Kingman. A Cappella Choir ln keeping wiTh The precedenT oT pasT years. The l96O-ol A Cappella Choir experienced a hec- Tic buT rewarding year. Under The compeTenT direc- Tion OT Mrs. Elsie l-lowe Jensen and The assisTance OT Mrs. Delma Barber, a mulTiTude oT acTiviTies allowed The choir To display iTs TalenTs. The major acTiviTy was The presenTaTion oT The opera, The Mikado, Dec. I6-l7, Musical solos wiTh The supporT oT a colorTul chorus were blended wiTh acTing TalenTs To produce a Tremendous suc- cess. All This was accomplished despiTe inTerTerence Trom lighT Tailures a-nd Tiremen. Five Tire Trucks were called To CenTral la Talse alarrnl. Firemen insisTed upon walking across The sTage wiTh all Their appa- raTus while rehearsal was in progress. UnTlusTered choir members didn'T drop a line or miss a noTe. WiTh li++le Time Tor a breaTher, The choir parTi- cipaTed in an Omaha Symphony OrchesTra concerT aT The Civic AudiTorium and a choral program aT Joslyn Museum. ln January choir members were an inTegral parT oT The All-Ciry Music FesTival. singing a med- ley oT Tunes Trom The Sound oT Music. The success oT The l96l Road Show was due in parT To The senior choir's superb inTerpreTaTion oT The Flower Drum Song. The Spring Music FesTival in May rounded ouT a well-balanced year. As seniors sang in Their lasT perTormance in The choir aT graduaTion, They realized ThaT They had become an imporTanT parT oT The long-sTand- ing A Cappella TradiTion. Junior Choir, larger This year Than usual, lenT valuable supporT To The senior choir in The music TesTivals. Trained wiTh evenTual promoTion in mind. Junior Choir members showed ThaT The success OT TuTure choral groups is assured. nes,