John Marshall High School - Rochord Yearbook (Rochester, MN)

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Above are seven of the operetta Dandies left to right: Leon Bushee, Dave Leach, Tom O'Shaughnessy, Dave Harms, Bob Adams, Mike Ryan and Roy Manning making a nuisance of themselves to Contrary Mary, Pat Pool. Also shown are Pat with Inspector Marma- duke played by Dave Kirkwood. Right, the Brown Bear, Mary Schuster,rises to attack the Spider, Selby Butt, as .lane and Alan sleep. Delightful Fantasy z1s,. bln m1. : .... ln the starting process of the production, many people felt Babes ln Toyland to be too childish because of the evidence of Mother Goose characters such as Red Riding- hood, Bo Peep, Simon, Bobby Shafto, etc. It proved to be much difterent, however. The delightful fantasy was enioyed by both adults and children. 47

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ll z 5 t I , ,sg X51 5 gf Q fri' t t ii? 1 if, ' Ei . l gl' 3 ig X 1 l S my , Much work was put into the operetta, Babes in Toyland, by Victor Herbert with the music, art and dramatics depart- ments making possible this whole wonderful pro- duction. Excitement pre- vailed behind the stage throughout the evening as the players put out their best performance for the adults. People were getting made up, there were costume changes and general scurrying about to be on time for cues. All in all it was a tremendously successful production. gms:-M There were many leads in the operetta. Each student did an excellent Iob with his own part. Shown above and at left are some of the main charactersg Tom Slocumb and Jett Komenda as Roderigo and Gon- zorgo, Bill McNit f and Joan Burrows as Alan and Jane, and Becky Love and Chuch Wolden as The Widow and Barnaby. Operetta ,.,. P. ,. l Q

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Big Nine Speech Festival Held ln Rochester Selby Butt, speech festival participant, grasps Sheldon Miller, also a speech festival participant, as he makes an attempt to slip away. This year Rochester played host to the annual Big Nine Speech Festival, which was held on March 2. Selby and Sheldon received a superior rating tor their humorous pantomimes. Other superior ratings were given to Lee Baihley, Judy Chisholm, Joan Dahnert, Carey Dubbert, Peter Ford, Sheri Lou Hansen, Arthur Inman, Tom Kingsbury, Brad Kline, Bill McConahey, Lori Purdue, and Sue Tschirley. Saturday Programs Highlight New Radio Club Grouped around the school mike are members ot the newly formed speech and radio club. Standing in the back row are Peter Ford, John Husband, Lee Baihley, Joyce Ritlinger, and Mr. Moeller, faculty advisor. ln the front row are Phyllis Nietz, Beth Ekstrum, Jane Farnham, and Jane Galloway. Officers ot the Club are as follows: Lee Baihley, president, Nancy Fahrman, vice-president, Beth Ekstrum, secretary and Tim Bair, treasurer.