Golden Valley High School - Viking Yearbook (Golden Valley, MN)

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expressions of artistry PENNY PLASS AND JOY ANDERSEN, gourmet for science in the Advanced Home Economics class, put the finishing touches bn an edible project, a chocolate cake. TROMBONISTS John Bockman and Steve Sahly are reaching for seventh position while practicing the climax of Moussorgsky's Great Gate of Kiev. 10

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expressions of competition DEBATE TAKES CONCENTRATION. Argumentators Mary Giebenhain, Marnie Mallbarg. and Judy Koch listen attentively while Lailia Mitchell explains a new point of their current subject. ONE DOWN. TWO TO GO? Paul Enghauser seems to be out of the running in this test of typing spoed. Still going strong are Jeff Ericson and Jeff McLeod. 9

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This was the year capacity audiences across the United States thrilled to the music and dance of the Russian and Polish state ballet companies. At Golden Valley this year the Valleyettes, a modern dance group, was formed under the direction of Mrs. Frances Finch, physical education instructor. Mr. William Anderson, Mrs. Bernette Engquist, and Mrs. Finch directed the combined elementary and high schools of the district in a Christmas pageant spectacular, aided by the high school's 44-member band and 90-member choir. This was the year Leonard Langley, after accumulating 32 national awards, was given second place honors in the National Accordion Olympics, the most demanding accordion contest in the United States. As a combined effort the shop boys built a complete. scaled model of a contemporary home designed by Steve Lanak. The home economics girls expressed their creativity through culinary masterpieces and well-set tables. Seven senior girls, including accompanist Mary Johnson, formed a sextet this year. Tri-Tones Joy Andersen, Judie Carlson, Jean Ericson. Mary Fisher, Sandy Greenfield, and Kathy Wilson sang at many school affairs. A junior high group deftly constructed assorted papier mache figures. Screaming students reported one of the reptiles winked, but Mr. David Baker, art director, biting his fingernails, offered no credence to the rumors. An advanced art class project, the colorful mosaic clock on the east wall of the foyer, was constructed with the aid of funds presented by the first graduating class. Art is sometimes a demanding thing, agreed Valley Viewer editors Lowell Gomsrud and Janice Latsha, as they racked their brains while attempting to find the perfect words for headlines in the six issues published this year. Senior Karen Johnston has been practicing artistry on ice for the past nine years, winning several medals in contests and skating in annual shows. Drama is art. A successfully interpreted play, such as the tale of the Ten Little Indians, may leave the viewer with just as vivid an impression as received from a painting by Picasso, who this year began work on an illustration of biblical history to be unveiled in 1962. Golden Valley flourished with artistry, from the basic structure of the school and its curriculum to the cry of a cat at the Beatnik Dance. Move over on the bongos, man, I gotta express myself. IN A PENSIVE MOOD, Ari I student Sharon Kulen-kamp sketches a Valley landscape from a point west of the high school.