Homestead High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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fn' 'w P1-' -'if -. f4fffX+6T i y ' f 1' Swingin' With Life SINGING THE RHYTHM OF LIFE for Swing Choir, juniors Michele Conte and Joann Iddie both have eyes on Mr. Otte for tempo change. SOME OF THE GUYS from Swing Choir look over their music and sing their own parts. ENJOYING THEMSELVES around the piano, fresh- man guys utilize their music reading ability. Chou-25

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Rhythm In The Bothtub! The rhythm of life is a powerful beat. Puts a tingle in your fingers and in your feet. Rhythm in the bathtub, rhythm in the street. The rhythm of life is a power- ful beat. A powerful beat within the school was the swingin' Swing Choir. You may have heard them singing this song while per- forming their own choreography. The Swing Choir, along with all of the other music ensembles, put on approximately 25 concerts during the year. Choir director Mr. Russell Otte felt the enthusiasm in the 91 choir members was great but the student body didn't under- JUNIOR JILL HEINZELMAN, senior Dewayne Wehl- ing and Mary Funk practice their music during 4th period choir class. stand the choir so they weren't enthusi- astic about it. Even though the enthusi- asm about choir was low within the stu- dent body the choirs were still swingin' with life. Madrigals and Swing went on choir tour through Plymouth, Crown Point, Lake Central and sang the National Anthem for a Cubs baseball game. A great honor. Right? Yes, it was and it was the reward that the choir members received for all of their hard work and extra time which they put into their music. CLAPPING OUT THE BEAT ofthe measure, director Russell Otte sings along with the boys in the choir. 24-Choir ? l' :- x.

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J'y Renounce! I give Up! This French is driving me nuts! The eleven different tenses and try- ing to finish a French scrapbook is defi- nitely a mind boggler. Does this sound familiar language stu- dents? All of this work involved in learn- ing a foreign language when English is hard enough, is it worth it? Spanish was the favorite of the 400 students involved in the foreign Ian- guage program. However only 10 of those were second year students. Over half of the language students dropped out after ther first year. One reason for this was that it took too much time for GOING OVER HIS German notes, senior John Stu- der finishes his assignment. ar x 5' ...l-' JUNIOR TOM DVVYER gets in a few minutes of stud- ying before his Latin quiz. , f WHILE SPANISH TEACHER Mrs. Mary Beth Frank- lin looks for a past assignment, junior Kem Bloom waits patiently. 26-Foreign Language one subject, and some just weren't inter- ested in continuing. Cooking was a big part of all of the for- eign language classes, however French class cooked the most. Various desserts and main dishes, such as French pizza and Ratatouille, tantalized the taste buds of the French chefs. A third year French student, junior Karen Brown, said, I found French an unforgettable experience, a nightmare from time to time, a beautiful dream and something bizarre and impossible for a foreigner to understand. IN MR. SAM BERTEL'S German I class, students prepare themselves for an exam with deep concen- tration. xl 3 i T