Cody High School - Comet Yearbook (Detroit, MI)

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Achoo! banolafancl affracfa olancing feena All the special holidays and seasons were celebrated at Cody with dances held in the gym. A lively band, colorful decorations and colored lights set the scene for the Snow Shuffle, Holiday Hop, Windy Whirl, Foreign Intrigue and many others. While the band takes a break, the dancers do also. They pause and refresh themselves with a Coke or 7-Up, while they chat with friends. QL, l x Like man, 'Swivel'! I don't dig the A quartet blended their voices in pleasant harmony to entertain dancers at one Cody dance. One hundred seventeen

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D fp ' II 1 0, 15 A It .Ji in-' ,D -v, . 4, Several Codyites gathered around the bandstand Redford, Cooley, and Cody students who at- to enjoy a popular rendition played by one of tended all seemed to agree that is was un- the two bands who performed at Fantasma. doubtedly the most successful dance of the year. Keeping in tune and in step to the beat of a national trend, Cody had its own bandstand, alternately sponsored once a month by the many clubs and organizations in cooperation with the Cody Parents Club. To appeal to everyone, each dance offered its own individual theme, which was centered around the season. Dressy, casual, disc jockey, and Sadie Hawkins dances all made up the regular program. An occasion for something special came at Homecoming, gradu- ation, and Christmas time. But whether the students came stag or drag, in casual or semi- formal dress, they always attended in large num- bers, flocking to Cody's gym to dance to the popular music of a band. One hundred sixteen Queen Kay Gragg and King Ken VanCamp,. along with the1r'c011rt, leaa' off one of the many dances at the Varsity Drag as students watch admiringly.

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There are few minutes in an amateur thespians busy life of work to sit and dream, but when they are found, reflection fades reality to a blur. Betsy Mitchell, as Pat Devine, hopefully performs her bouncy dance routine for Dr. Randall, played by Robert Morris, believing he is a producer. However, she discovers he is only her roommates father. One hundred eighteen Amateur thespians experience the thrill of the theatre as the curtain goes up on Cody's dramatic presentations. Each hopeful ingenue nervously anticipates the big moment when all the weeks of memorizing lines and rehearsing scenes will un- fold behind the footlights as a finished production. Now the last-minute cast conferences and care- fully outlined prompt book begin to pay off as each actor fits naturally into the general perform- ance routine, picking up his cues automatically. And with the realistic touch of stage make-up and costumes, the excitement of opening night captures the whole cast. Only when the curtain descended on the thrill- ing performances of both Stage Door and The Importance of Being Earnest, and the applause of a delighted audience rang in the ears of each performer, was there time to sit and reflect with tender sentiment on their evening's performance.