Illinois Valley Community College - Yearbook (Oglesby, IL)

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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

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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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fax .J ' A I 4 45 Y a ' B- 3 'J -A I . 1' A v V gr K A - I . 5 I I' I ff Y M' !3g,.. NN sl 44129 . if' . ,, :Ag Q I 'jf nv infix-'I ' I X E gn , A I - , A Ili' df 1 1,5 114223 .3 I if E ' Q34 I If ,.qr195p,., ll X ' A ,Q if 'iff f'rn . X Ellie -and Frank. score a hit with the .Tr0cadero's audiencelas they warble Goodby My Lady Love . Looking on as usual IS the omnx-present Cap'n Andy w1th the Same two adm.lrers. WINDY . . . 'STEVE . . . -PETE. . . QUEENIE ..... 'PARTHY ANN . . fcAP'N ANDY. . . 'ELLIE .... 'FRANK ....... 'RUBBER FACE . . . JULIE .......... GAYLORD RAVENAL VALLON ........ 'MAGNOLIA . . . JOE ........... 'IBACKWOODSMAN . . JEB .......... BARKER. . . -:EATIMA . . . OLD SPORT . . . LANDLADY. . . 'J. c. STUDENT Show Boat Cast . . . DAVE MCNEILLY . . . JERRY SWANSON ......BOB JACOBS . MARILOU PIVONSKI .. ...JUDY ORESAR . . . ALAN SPELICH . .JEANNIE HILL ...JERRYFALK MERRILL BIRGERSON . LINDA ESPENLAUB . . .JACK EELIKSIAK . . . . DAVID GISLER .BONNIE POTTHOEE . . . . . . .RALPH DIAL . . . MEREL MARINE . .VINCE BOYLE . . .BRIAN LEACH . . . RAE ZUKOWSKI . . . . . BILL MARTIN . . ALMETA KNUTSON 'ETHEL .......... DE ANN A STARKEY MOTHER SUPERIOR. . . ..... JUDY BRUNO KIM Cas a childl .... GUITAR PLAYER . . 'JAKE ......... MABEL .... 'DOORMAN . . . DRUNK .... DOLLY. . . 'SALLY . . . 'KIM ...... 'OLD LADY . . ACROBATS . . . . . DIANE JOHNSON . . . . BILL MARTIN . . JERRY STANLEY . . PHYLLIS GEDYE . . . JIM JASKOLSKI ......DONDWYER . . MARY ANN JAKSE . . . . VADA BENNETT MARCIA WOLTMANN . . .DEANNA STARKEY . . . ROYCE REMENIH LEE BRADY GEORGIA P EL KA Chorus and exnras composed of members of the Advanced Choir of the LaSalle Peru Township High School and the LaSalle-Peru-Oglesby junior College Choir. The director was Mr. Roy johnson. 5