Elwood Community High School - Crescent Yearbook (Elwood, IN)

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 Buck Sohn and His Music Makers set the mood for the Christmas atmosphere. Were Two Highlights of Snow flakes and fluffy formats set the scene for the first annual Thespian formal ball. Sponsored by Thespian Troop 58--newly formed this fall--the dance entitled Winter Wonderland was held on the night of December 20. The Country Club was decorated in the theme of The Night Before Christmas. while the dining Our Social Season area carried out the theme of Winter Wonderland. In keeping with the Christmas season, the entire club corresponded to the traditional color scheme of red and green. Punch and cookies were served while Buck Sohn and His Music Makers provided the music for the starry-eyed couples. Billowing skirts of net and chiffon and snow white dinner jackets dance to their favorite melodies. 19

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Crescent Queen, Ruthie Fettig, and her court, Carolyn Scott, Marjorie Hamilton, Ginny Hocker, Karen Dooley, Joyce Morris prepare to lead off the dance. Ice Palace” and Winter Wonderland” Silver snowflakes and sparkling white icicles set the mood for the Crescent Dance held on January 21. Even the frosty weather outside helped in creating a majestic ”Ice Palace.” Crescent Queen candidates had been elected by the civics classes and included Joyce Morris, Ruthie Fettig, Virginia Hocker, Carolyn Scott, Marjorie Hamilton, Karen Dooley. Pictures of the candidates were posted at the door, and students placed their votes when they arrived. Everyone waited in anxiousness as Joe Bilby crowned pretty Miss Ruthie Fettig as 1960 Crescent Queen. Soloist Winnie Shaw accompanied by the Varsitonians provided music for the dance. 18

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The beautiful decorations created a mood of ecstasy for the dancers. The Dreamland of Shangri-la created a Linda Green and Bob Leavell are served with punch and tiny oriental cakes. Oriental enchantment was borrowed from a mythical dream land as the juniors planned and created a Shangri-la for the Junior-Senior Prom. Many months of preparation were climaxed by a few nights of feverish labor and finally the exciting evening arrived. The enchanted couples filled the floor with billowing net skirts and snow white dinner jackets. The main room was draped in twilight blue. A huge lantern reflecting multi-colored lights illuminated the center of the floor and silken screens that concealed lights behind them afforded a soft glow from the side walls. Black oriental designs adorned the white panels that divided the screens as well as the blue and white covered ramps. The band was seated inside the framework of a pagoda while the queen's throne was a pale blue bridge that spanned an oriental garden. Pink and white was the color scheme carried out 20