Decatur Central High School - Hawkeye Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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Goldies Are Too Hot This year DC Swing Choir, the joldenaires, started off with a very young ind inexperienced group but overcame hese obstacles and grew to a 33 member ]roup. After four long years the Goldenaires vere accepted to participate in Bishop Leurs iontest. Director Susan Denney commented, ' This group has an excellent attitude. They vant to succeed and do all they can to iccomplish that. Hard work and dedication were the key vords to meeting goals this year. Some of rhe Goldenaire girls scream for Junior Kenny iummers as he sings Jingle Bell Boogie. ]oldenaires Row 1 — Melodie Prilliman, Andy Nicely, Jill .ay, Chad Jester, Crystal Keenan. Row 2 — William Burgess, .aura Emmert, Scott Taylor, Shawna Weiss, Eddie Savage, lena Southerland, Keith Goyer, Director Susan Denney. Row i — Chris Bell, Michael Dierdorf, Gena Mills, Kenny Fikes, (im Wheeler, Aaron Coates, Joy Rugg, Dewayne Ingram, Heather White. Row 4 — Andra Watson, Anthony Fitzpa- trick, Kim Isley, Billy Kulp, Jodi Brown, Craig Emmert, Tricia iollenbough, Kenny Summers, Krissi Taylor, Chris Fitzpa- rick, Bruce Moore. those goals included making top six at all contests and bringing home a first from Bishop Leurs. The Goldenaires also par- ticipated in a learning workshop at Zion- sviile. Junior Chris Fitzpatrick said, Although we started out with a real young group, we ' ve finally pulled together. I think that achievement was just as impor- tant as any contest. DCs show choir was always working to show that hard work and dedication will always help students rise above the rest. Goldenaires 23

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Jazz Band — Groovin ' Hard Rocking, Popping, Bopping The 1988 Jazz Connection experi- mented with different types of music this year. Not only did they play jazz, but also rock, ragtime, and classical jazz. Director David Marcotte said, I don ' t want to limit ourselves to one kind of music. In the spring. Jazz Connection ' 88 traveled to Nashville, Tennessee, to com- pete with bands around the country. Other performances and competitions in- cluded Union Station, Depauw University, and many community groups. Freshman Corrie Phelps commented, All the hard work is worth it when we bring home a first from a contest. Many afternoons were spent rehearsing for contests after school for as many as six hours. Andrew Bills explained, Life ' like the jazz band — the more you pu into it, the more you get out of it. Sophomore Andrew Bills practices on Christmas music. The Jazz Band performed at many con- certs as well as in contests. Sophomores David Chisham and Chad Jeste work on many difficult rhythms they encouc tered throughout the year. Row 1 — David Brenton, Lisa Naessens, Carl Saff, Tor Glaze, Andrew Bills. Row 2 — Doug Jones, Danr Hauger, Scott Wood, Lydio Cook, Director David Marcott Row 3 — Wanetto Norton, Jennifer Ferdinand, Jii Yates, Steve Day, David Chisham, Chad Jester, Corr Phelps, Chris Hopkins. 22 Jazz Bond

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Hillbillies Take DCs Stage by Storm The Dogpatch Dilemma . . . This year saw change in the way things were done in the Drama department. One of the changes involved the moving of the yeor ' s spring musical to the fall to allow the directors more time in working with a much larger cast. The year ' s production of 1 7 Abner was based on the lives and ad- ventures of the comic book hillbillies from the backwoods town of Dogpatch. In the musical, the beauty of the town, Daisy Mae, was after the boy she had always hoped to marry, Li ' l Abner. She was working to do just that on Saddie fiawkins Day, when the girls chased the boys they liked in o race, and if they caught them, they got to marry them! However, the gov- ernment had just declared Dogpatch unnecessary and had demanded that eve- ryone leave so the town could be used for a nuclear bomb testing site. All plans were halted, though, when it was discovered that the strengthening tonic which Li ' l Abner took every day could turn any man into a muscle man. Totol chaos happened throughout the Mommy Yokum (Heather White) shows that she is in charge of the Yokum Clan, much to Poppy ' s (Mark Schroeder) dismay. Morryin ' Sam (Kevin Sterrett) tries to prove to Dr. Finsdole (Tony Nelson) and the Government Man (Aaron Coates) that Dogpatch is necessary. musical when the country ' s own General Bullmoose tried every evil scheme he could devise to get the secret of the tonic and use it in order to rule the world. The musical made a big hit with eve- ryone. Opening night for Li ' l Abner was a sellout. On its second performance, it missed a sellout crowd by thirty seats. Another change that came about was the first-time co-directing of a production be- tween Drama Director, Kathleen Hollibaugh, and Choral Director, Susan Denney, with Senior Vicki fforrell as the Student Director. The cast and crews put in many long hours of work, but in the end it was all worth it. I feel Li ' l Abner went very well; we had a sellout and made a lot of money for the Drama Department. [ ' Abner was a big musical and everyone worked together as a unit. No single person made it work, it took everyone to bring it together, commented the Drama Director, Kathleen Hollibaugh. It all just went to show why Decotur was still rising above the rest. 24 Fall Ploy