Illinois Valley Community College - Yearbook (Oglesby, IL)

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Show Boat Steams to Huge Success f X l -Qwswia Q Above is the Cotton Blossom's happy family. Parthy Hawks lj udy Oresarj prepares to demonstrate forcibly on hapless Cap'n Andy CAl Spelichj her disapproval of the romantic goings-on between daughter Magnolia CBonnie Potthoffl and slick Gaylord Ravenal Hack Feliksiakl. The musical by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein H was presented on April 28, 29, and 30 in the Mattheissen Memorial Auditorium. ,W - .':j3,,,g. , yy, . 1 XY J 'I . . Magnolia wows 'em at Chicago's Trocadero to. the smiling' approval of Cap'n Andy, friends Mary Ann jakse and Vada Bennett and owner Jerry Stanley. The transfixed waiter is jim jaskolski. This scene gave the audience the immortal After the Ball . 5

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Dedication A happy part of the task of every educational institution worthy of the name is the nurturing of the inner man . Much of this responsibility for satisfying the students' desire for the finer things in life falls on the shoulders of the Fine Arts depart- ment. We at L-P-O are fortunate in possessing a department that need not take a hack seat to any among comparable Junior Colleges. Through the efforts of our faculty in Fine Arts, Mr. Roy Johnson in vocal music, Mr. Darryl Fetters in instrumental music, Mr. Edward Edwards in art, and Mrs, Myrna Evans in dramatics, each L-P-O student is enabled to take as much time in this field as his interest and talent allow. Through the Radio Club, Dramatic Club, Band, and art classes our students have outlets for their artistic cravings and abilities. The vocal music department in particular has shown to the public the fruit of interest and endeavor. Last year's Annie Get Your Gun was the springboard for an extra performance of this year's magnificent SbowBoat. Because of what these and the other Fine Arts areas have meant to L-P-O and our entire community, we gratefully dedicate to this department our 1960 Jaycee. Highlight of the first semester in I..-P-O's vocal music department is the annual Christmas concert. Below is the Junior College choir featured in the 1959 Concert. FIRST ROW: Vacla Bennett, Pearl Brennan, Sue Seymour, Becky Bly, Deanna Starkey, Judy Oresar, and Susie Eschenbaum. SECOND ROW: Mary Mersch, Marcia Woltmann, Jeannie Hill, Carolyn Cox, Eleanor Corrigan, Donna Trad, Evelyn Jereb, and Andrea Dzdk. THIRD ROW: Bob Jacobs, Jerry Swanson, Stan Boyer, Jim Bennett, Alan Spelich, and Jim Jaskolski. FOURTH ROW: Merrill Birgerson, Allen Flowers, Dave Morgan, Bob Smith, Dave Simkins, Gilbert Goy, and Merel Marine.

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Stage Hit Runs Unprecedented Extra Performance Two smash successes of the Columbian Exposition scene in this year's Show Boat were Dave Bennett and Rae Zukowski. Bennett performed acrobatic stunts with consummate artistry while Rae demonstrated for the gentlemen in the audience the terpsichorean art of the mystic East. Though billed as more or less extras these two troupers demon- strated along with a score of others that it takes people to make spectacle. The World's Fair scene, though rela- tively brief was done with polish enough to render it one of the hits of the show. Below, Ellie ij eannie llillj pleads with a couple of mountaineers QMerel Marine and Vince Boylej for the skin ofthe lov- able, albeir cowardly Frank. Uerry Falkj. Ellie and Frank were the comedy leads of the Cotton Blossom who lived up to advance billing. Ag,,,,g-M , fm, it F if lf i M?-QL