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

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1. Albert (Bernie Killian) and Rosie (Dawn DeMarco) arrive in Sweet Apple. Ohio. 2. Conrad Birdie (Randy Black) appears before the crowd in Sweet Apple. 3. Albert and two girls (Laura Ken nedy and Rose Casteel) dance to •‘Put On A Happy Face.” 4. Albert lists all of Conrad's virtues to a local reporter (John Bennitt). 5. A group of love struck teen-aged girls perform the Conrad Birdie scream. 17

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' Bye Bye Btotfe’ ’ Becomes FcM t-fib Bye Bye Birdie” was the title of this year’s musical which opened November 17 with two other performances on Novem- ber 18and 19. The musical centered around Albert Peterson, (Bernie Killian) a manager for a rock star, and his girlfriend Rosie Alvarez (Dawn DeMarco). Rosie wanted Albert to give up his managing job and marry her. To help Albert earn enough money to pay Conrad Birdie (Randy Black) his share of their part- nership, Rosie dreamed up a plan to have Conrad give a sym- bolic last kiss to Kim MacAfee (Evie Thake) before he joined the Army. He would sing a song which would become a hit and earn a lot of money. But the scheme was complicated by Kim’s jealous boyfriend (Jeff McGee) and Albert’s domineer- ing mother (Susan Zickmund) who didn’t want Albert to marry Rosie. Director James Lampl and musical director Eddie Burk were largely responsible for the show's success. The orchestra and director Guy Foreman pro- vided the background music, and Robert Rhodes was the technical director. After the final performance on November 19, the cast pre- sented Mr. Burk with two birth- day cakes. When asked to give his age by the cast members, he declined.

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