Concordia Lutheran High School - Luminarian Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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While finishing dinner, sopho- more Becky Gemmer offers more coffee to Dr. Gary Gotsch. For breakfast, at 1 a.m., the guests were served fritta, citrus sections, kuchen, and assorted pastries. M lore people were really impressed by the students than anyone else. The auc- tion was a tremen- dously great showcase in showing that young people are real- ly great too! — Director of Devel- opment, Dick Katt. m A H V Ka 1 — Kone jpfe v . 26. Auction

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Bicycles Built for Two described as a maple tree; or i all drama lets sap run amuck SAP: Sometimes defined in re- lation to maple trees, but also defined in terms of mushy romance. Sap and its various word forms (sappy, sappier or sap- piest) created scenes on and off the stage in Bicycles Built for Two. I had been encouraged to do a musical, but having never directed a musical before, I didn ' t want to try a major pro- duction, said Kusch. To break the monotony of each rehearsal and get the cast in a working mood, Kusch asked each person to come j up with an exercise. These ex- |ercises ranged from aerobics I to improvisational skits. The exercises relaxed the cast, and loosened them up. | They put them in a working :mood instead of being down |or tired, said Kusch. I think the warm-up exer- Icises made a difference be- cause they helped us forget about school and concentrate Ion drama, said senior Susie Schoenherr. Another unique aspect of the musical was the set, which •was designed and built by alumni Matt Kizer. The set was totally collaps- ible. It was based on imagina- tion, because it was sugges- tive of walls and doors, but they weren ' t real. During the play the audience was more interested with the characters, so the absence of much of a set wasn ' t a problem, Kusch said. A large part of the fun be- hind the scenes generated from the sappiness of parts of the play. The cast began to tease Kusch about the kissing and other mushy scenes. This developed into an inside joke, which culminated at the last performance when Kusch was presented with a sweatshirt printed with ' THE BIG SAP. ' Sometimes wher. .-. in the middle of a sappy line, we heard this chuckle from Mr. Kusch out in the middle of the audience — that would start the whole cast laughing, said senior Vicki Elliott. — Katie Wasson Reminiscing about their courtship days. Emmie and Roderick Lund- gran (seniors Val Keoun and Brian Hamer) serenade each olher with. Love ' s Old Swe 1 Seeking advice from the wisdom o( an older man. Clarence . man dunior Cory Wietfeldt) ques- tions Roderick a ' • od tor proposing to Rose iliotl) se ?rves a marr 7

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Trumpets inspire a Bavarian atmospher idders ease the budget 1 have 75 ... 75 ... 75 ... Do I hear 80 dollars? Going once, going twice, SOLD to the lady in the orange turry hat. This was the wailing cry of the local auctioneers Jon, Charles, and Robert Charleston at Concor- dia ' s fourth annual auction with this year ' s theme A BA- VARIAN CHRISTMAS. As the royal red carpet spread across the floor, Ger- man music flowed like a breeze through the air, and snowflakes glistened from above, the trumpets sounded the arrival of all 528 people as they strolled through a newly recreated Bavarian village in Germany, on December 4 and 5. Freshman runner Jeff Harper said, I thought they would have the auction in an old, smoky filled barn, with people wearing dirty clothes. The German exchange stu- dent Ulrike Lehmann, spoke to the guests about what she liked most in U.S.A. Ameri- cans were more sincere and open with their feelings than we were in Germany. Every- one made me feel so welcome here. This auction made me feel so neat because I felt like I was back in Germany, Leh- mann said. The twelve committees in- volved with the preparations started making decorations the day after the fall sports banquet, said general chair- man, Mrs. Pam Schmidt. Some of the main auction items included a trip to Mu- nich, Germany; seven mini-va- cations to Frankenmuth. Mich- igan; lunch with Senator Dan Quayle; basketballs signed by Indiana coaches Bob Knight, Gene Keady, and Digger Phelps; and a seven-day cruise. The chemistry lab donated a simple, ordinary balancing scale, which sold for $700. Two weeks before the auc- tion, a waiting list was used because of the early sell-out of tables. Invitations went out to former patrons in June, offer- ing a discount to early ticket buyers. Three extra tables were added this year, seating twenty-four more people. The auction made $126,551. including money for the $7550 chemistry lab. — Kelly Rhodes eit. Dan green be.: Speaking to the guer German exchange stuc her leel like she was bs • many L - 27,