Glenbrook South High School - Etruscan Yearbook (Glenview, IL)

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A Step Back In Time Brings 50's To GBS When constructing a puz- zle, a piece will sometimes 'fall into place, making the picture more clear. The piece to this years 50's day was envolve- ment and as the day went on the picture of 50's day became clearer and clearer. One of the main highlights was the 50's day assembly. The assembly was based on American Bandstand. Mike DiBenedetto acted as Dick Clark and the audience acted as judges for the contestants who danced the jitterbug. Songs from Grease were the main melodies sung during the contest and the rest of the assembly. The winners of the contest were Charlette Laystrom and John Shiappacasse. Runners- up were Marty Morgan and Chris Andrews. I think this was the best Junior Patti johnson sings Hopelessly Devoted To You at the 50's day assembly. Dean Menegas, joe Daab, Steve Levitan, and Ed Dingman sing a number from Grease . 36!50 s Day 50's day in two years, said Mr. David Smith, head of this year's 50's day. There was a lot of participation from kids. 50's day was like two years ago where any student could be on that stage. Girls wore skirts with felt poodles on them and bobby socks and boys wore sweaters and beanies. The costumes were original, said Karen Greenberg, sophomore. I en- joyed dressing up. The par- ticipation wasn't as strong as last year, but overall it was pretty good. To top it all off, there was a 50's day sock-hop. Students danced to the music of they 50's. By the end of the day, the puzzle was completed, the picture was very clear that GBS enjoyed living in the 50's for a day.

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V-Show Draws Record Crowds , lenbrook South held its fourth annual variety show. It was per- ' formed in front of a total of 3,447 people and received standing ovations nightly. The largest crowd ever, 1,450 people attended the Saturday night per- formance. Director Ken Monckton felt that the performers in the Variety Show were comparable to any professional company around. The show was titled Out of This World and was performed on February 22, 23, and 24. The stage was set with a huge space ship and other extra terrestri- al objects designed and constructed by Steve janicki. It began with the landing of the space ship on stage and ended with a musical dance number from the Broadway musi- cal A Chorus Line. In between, there were beings such as Cone Heads and Martians. One of the acts was Stairway to Paradise, performed by Jim Karaho- lios and Molly Walsh. Being a singer dancer in the variety show for the past three years has been an exciting exper- ience for me, said senior Molly Walsh. Ten members of the GBS conference championship football team combined to amuse the audience with their rendi- tion of Steve Martin's King Tut. Joe Daab and Steve Levitan evoked a great deal of audience response with their portrayal of the Blues Brothers, performing Flip, Flop and Fly and Soul Man . The Blues Brothers charac- ters were created by Dan Ackroyd and john Belushi of NBC's Saturday Night Live. Daab and Levitan were so success- ful with their act that they were invited to perform it at the Old Orchard Coun- try Club. Backing up most of the numbers were the singer-dancers and the jazz band, conducted by Pam Weir. The dance numbers were choreographed by Brian Lynch from Gus Georgorinos Dance Stu- dio. ,Ms rr-If CSM' Dan Porter, Rich Ladd, Blake Ruddle and Victor Schmidt display their masculinity in their number King Tut . Bill Greene and james Berner inter- rogate Cone Heads Doug Sanders, Scott Gibson and Debbie Greenberg, in a scene from the Variety Show. 38fVar1ety Show ,,,,,,.W,,3g5. is ,,,. .g5,g55f,,,r,,.,v.,eifrf,