La Porte High School - El Pe Yearbook (La Porte, IN)

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26 On Friday, May 18, approximately two hundred couples drifted by starlight through a southern garden consisting of ivy-covered walls, magnolia blossoms, and Spanish moss. The auditorium stage, with its large white columns, represented the front of the mansion while the two entrances were flanked by large, flower-covered trellises. Other highlights included a wishing well scene and a formal dining room, which were both located in the basement of the Civic. The Proud Flesh provided the entertainment and when the couples tired of dancing, they travelled downstairs where several sophomores served them punch and cookies. At 10:30 p.m. junior class president Chip Jones presented Mr. Lowell Barker and Mr. Keith Piper with gifts in appreciation for all of their guidance and hard work throughout the year. After this acknowledge- ment, queen candidates anxiously awaited the student body's decision. Chip then placed a crown on Bobbi Grey's head, and presented her with a bouquet of roses. She and her escort, Ray Hammons, then stepped on to the dance floor for the traditional spotlight dance. At midnight, the promgoers were driven to the La Porte Theater where they saw the film. Frenzy. Upon their return, the couples were served a buffet dinner catered by Keims, lifted their chairs for door prizes, and danced through the early morning hours with music provided by The Americans, o group from Indianapolis.

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Although many weeks were spent by prom theme and decoration committees in careful planning, when it come down to the initial tosk of transforming the Gvic Auditorium into a Southern plantation, several Juniors were faced with a strenuous week and sparse sleeping hours. Under the leadership and direction of Lowell Barker, Keith Piper, Jane Droege, and Beth Whitted, students were encouraged to prepare carefully. With their constont drive and enthusiasm, four hundred stors were foiled and hung, magnolia blossoms were created, and other seemingly endless tasks were performed. Impossible as it seemed, by Tuesday when the crepe paper depicting walls of ivy was hung, the Southern garden began to look more and more realistic and the downstoirs was converted into a formal dining room with paneled wolls, chandeliers, a fire place, and long draping curtains. Juniors also encountered the problems of painting white over the predominately black Swing Choir backdrops, stringing stors too low, and centering the mansion's roof — they survived. After the completion of the Southern mansion backdrop late Friday afternoon. Juniors anxiously owaited the arrival of their peers to see how successful they had been in creating A Taste of Southern Romance. AND NEITHER, WAQ THE- FRO U 25

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