Exira High School - Exiran Yearbook (Exira, IA)

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1) The King's wives end Tuptim (Monies Petersen) line up to begin their tale ot The Small House ot Uncle Thomas. 2) Mark Towne and Monica Petersen sing the beautiful song We Kiss In a Shadow. 3) Dee Hill ap- plies make-up to Curtis Larsen who played the Kralahome and Buddha. 4. Teresa Wolf. Stacy Hansen and others present the play Small House of Uncle Thomas to the king and his guests. 5) Janelle Wolf (Anna) teaches Chris Ruhl (the King) how to waltz. 6) Janelle and Chris prac- tice the prayer to Buddah scene helped out by the grade school children. Jackie Paulsen, director, added. It went real- ly well, and Chris and Janelle showed a lot of leadership. I think Michele showed the most im- provement. We really appreciated the grade school kids and Mrs. Ballou's help. Mr. Walker commented. I felt the play went very well. Chris and Janelle did a great job. I want to thank especially Mrs. Ballou. Miss Coun- tryman. Mrs. Thompson. Mrs. Leinen. and Mrs. Olinger. Everyone's cooperation helped make the play a success.” Janelle Wolf added. I think it went well despite my dress falling apart! So as the props are packed away, costumes and playbooks returned everyone awaits next year's play for their moment in the spotlight. LANDSMAND’S NATIONAL BANK Audubon and Kimballton Musical 19

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 The King and I — A Large Cast and a Success! It's a puzzlement” — what to write about the largest musical Exira has done since Jackie Paulsen and John Walker, directors have taught here. The musical was The King and I , a two-act musical by Rodgers and Hammerstein and was performed on November 5 and 6. The story was written many years ago and is based on the real life experiences of an English Schoolteacher (Janelle Wolf) who goes to educate the children of the King of Siam (Chris Ruhl) during the 1860's. After the king falls ill he finds a soft spot in his heart for the schoolteacher. Other main characters were Mark Jensen. Joe Muhr. Monica Petersen. Mark Towne. Michele Petersen and Derek Jacobsen. One rather unusual feature of the play was an Oriental ballet scene. Mr. Walker stated that much work had been put into the preparation of that particular scene, and complimented especially. Stacy Hansen. Shanna Wolf. Theresa Wolf and Jeff Wilkerson for their outstanding performance. This year was the first year there was grade school par- ticipation in a musical. There were twelve youngsters under the direction of Marlene Ballou. 3 18

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The Exira Vikings football team ended their season with a 5-4 record. The Vikings battled hard this fall for their winning season. I thought that this year's season was very successful, fun. and the kids played good football, and I really enjoyed it. Coach Tjaden stated. The Vikings started out the season with Panora-Linden. They traveled over there, anxiously awaiting the game. The Vikings fought hard in that game but lost 12-0. They also lost to Anita 14-6 that following week. The third game was against a long time rival. Manilla. The Vikings were very prepared for this name. They came out and blew away Manilla. 48-0. Scott Paulsen commented. The best part ol this season for me was when we came out and thrashed Manilla in revenge for all the other years they had beaten us. The fourth game was another big win for the Vikings. The Vikes came out and played good football beating Bridgewater-Fontanelle 34-6. The tilth game was against a tough Walnut team. The Vikings weren't playing very good football in the first halt, out came back in the last quarter and Deal Walnut 8-7. One of my most memorable moments this season was when we held Walnut inside the one and they had first and goal. We then marched the football back down the field in the last two minutes to win the game. stated Bruce Johnson. The sixth game was against Orient-Macksburg. It was Exira's Homecoming. Exira downed the Bulldogs 32-6. The seventh game was against ElkHorn-Kimbalton. The Vikings came out hop- ing for breaks to come their way. but they didn't get any. The mighty Oanes beat the Vikings 16-6. The eighth game was against Cunberland. undefeated in the conference. Exira come out and upset them 12-7. The ninth and last game was against Adair-Casey Bombers. Adair came out and capitalized on turnovers and walked away with the victory 12-8. There were seven football boys who made all-conference. They were Chris Ruhl. 2nd team quarterback: Jeff Andersen, honorable mention: dreg Hansen. 1st team backtield and 2nd team halfback: Oerek Jacobsen, honorable mention: Lonn Kilworth. 1st team center, special mention all state: Bart Peppers. 1st team noseguard. special mention all slate and first team in southwest Iowa: and Matt Hackwell. 2nd team offensive end. Coach Tjaden stated. It was very exciting that we got second in our con- ference after we were picked for last. We also nad seven super seniors. Walnut Game a Thriller