Griffith High School - Reflector Yearbook (Griffith, IN)

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Posing as two out of work musicians senior Sean Bishop as Joe and junior Mike Marsh as Jerry sing about the hard times and lack of jobs during the great depression. Swinging. Junior Karrie Reyome as Sweet Sue sings her heart out to the crowd about her hometown Chicago as the story of Sugar and the others un- folds. Sugar— 2 1 1 We could be close. Sugar Cane played by senior, Michele Johnston and Mike Marsh, junior, who plays a lady named Daphne find out they are very much alike. All right you guys, stick ' em up. Spats and his henchmen threaten the audi- ence with their in- struments before tearing the town apart searching for Joe and Jerry.

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Day massacre in Chicago. Realiz- ing they ' re wanted men and must leave town; they dress up like women and join an all-girl band headed for Florida. At this point Joe becomes Josephine and Jerry becomes Daphne. While in Florida Josephine (Joe) falls madly in love with the band ' s lead singer, Sugar, and an elderly millionaire, Sir Os- good Fielding, proposes to Daph- ne (Jerry). During one of the band ' s per- formances, Spats Palazzo, the gangster from Chicago, is able to put two and two together and re- alizes what Joe and Jerry have done. To escape the villian, Joe and Jerry, Osgood and Sugar all take off on Osgood ' s yacht. Now Josephine (Joe) reveals his true identity to Sugar and Daphne (Jer- ry) tells Osgood he is really a man. To this Osgood replies, Well, no- body ' s perfect. Mr. Spejewski said, Overall, the musical was probably the fun- niest one we ' ve done here. The acting was great, the dancing su- perb and the music fantastic. The scenery and costumes were excel- lent, as usual. Terri Winkler, sophomore, commented, I thought the play was funny. I enjoyed it a lot! Sean Bishop said, The play was a financial success. We made enough money to finance a spring show, which I will be directing. Doing it for Sugar. Looking lean and sexy, junior Mike Marsh as Daphne stands his ground against junior played by senior Sean Bishop, who wants to do it all for Sugar. Cover up. Senior Sean Bishop covers his head in hopes of not revealing to senior Michele Johnston, that he and Daphne are really men dis- guised as women. that if they didn ' t want to be there, or if they had an attitude problem, there was always someone who would be willing to replace them. Mr. Gerry Spejewski, director, said, The cast was young, but hard working, exciting and talent- ed. Sami Natzke, senior, stated, The actors and actresses did a great job! . The story revolved around two young men, Joe and Jerry, who ac- cidently witness the St. Valentine ' s a diets; Mt tQ) f Mt The cast for the fall musical. Su- gar, was not a typical cast. They were small in number, but as Sean Bishop, senior, said, Personally, I think this was one of the best casts we ' ve had in years. The cast was small and had a lot of unity. Lou Ann Spitz, senior, added, I ' d say everyone in the cast was pretty excited about the show. The cast was only thirty mem- bers, which is about half of a normal show. Every- one realized I 20— Sugar

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Royal Couple. Sophomores Tiffa- ny Griffee and Ken Herd share a slow dance in the spot- light after being named to the hon- or of prince and princess of Turna- bout 1986. While senior John Rogowski attempts to do the swim, Nelson Lick war, senior dons his necktie as a head- band, and joins Bry- an Barus senior in an imitation square dance. 122 — Turnabout Turnabout Court: Drew Gavrilos, Bri- an Kretz, Ken Herd, Pat Murdock, Craig Gall, Charlotte Krooswyk, Liane Patricks, Tiffany Griffee, Laura Mag- lish, Tammy Childers. May I have two i ju- nior Billy Stokes chooses a couple of drinks for him and his date while the band gets ready for another song. Hungry students are served cake and punch.