Lake Central High School - Quiver Yearbook (St. John, IN)

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Students Participate in Turkey Trot Girls line up with their partners for the three- legged race. Winners were Maggie France, fresh¬ man, and Donna Heintz, sophomore Faculty members. Bill Demuth, Ken Bocken and }eff Pavolovich show signs of stress as they chal¬ lenged the senior guys to a game of tug of war. The day before Thanksgiving vacation students piled into the gym during their fifth hour class, to watch or attend the annual Turkey Trot, which is sponsored by the Letter Winners Club. The Turkey Trot consists of events such as the three-legged race, the wheel- barrell race, one mile race, 50 yard dash, and the hop sack race. Each event is di¬ vided into girls and guys competitions. There is also a competition for the fac¬ ulty members, and that is tug-of war. The men faculty challenge the senior guys, and the women faculty challenge the senior girls. For each person who wins, points are given for his or her class. The freshmen class achieved the most points and was awarded the school turkey leg. Two fellow freshmen feel the pain of defeat as they get tangled in the guys hop-sack race.

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Junior and Senior Girl Challenge 5 . Senior girls form one of their many huddles to plan what moves they should make next. Kathy Shawnashy may have someone hot on her trail, but she used her cheerleading spunk ' to score a senior touchdown. Although it was a cold November night, the junior and senior girls still chal¬ lenged each other to the eighth annual Powder Puff football game on the Kahler football field. The game is sponsored yearly by the Quill and Scroll Society. This is when the girls play touch foot¬ ball, and the guys are the cheerleaders. The L.C. legend still remains as the senior girls swept the junior girls off their feet with their 8-7 victory. Coaches this year for the girl ' s were Senior coach Mr. Jim Barber and Junior coach Mr. Bill Demuth. The outstanding referees for standing up to the girls were Mr. Fenters and Mr. Skorupa. Coaches Fenters and Skorupa take a time out be¬ fore they make a call. H»2i

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Eighty-six blending voices make up Lake Central ' s Concert Choir. Under the direction of Mr. Mike Lewis, this very se¬ lect group of sopranos, altos, tenors, and basses, and baritones, harmonize for five concerts a year plus many other performances. Christmas entertainment provided by the LC choirs this past holiday season in¬ cluded caroling in and around Southlake Mall, an hour-long live broadcast on ra¬ dio station WJOB, a television taping for WCAE, and a concert at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. The Concert Choir also entertained on March 10 at the Lake County Choral Fes¬ tival. Mr. Lewis and the students spent the entire day at Merrillville High School rehearsing with the other participating schools in the region. For the finale at the end of the concert, over 400 choir members combined to sing selections from Handel ' s Messiah and Latin and German songs from Carmina Burana . Another festival took place on May 6. The mixed choir traveled 4Vi hours by bus to Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. After lunch, the choir partici¬ pated in a clinic given by Mr. John Meadows, a Ball State music professor. Then competed against three other schools for a first place rating. One of the judges placed the LC choir first. After the contest, the choir took a guided tour of the campus. Spring brings other activities for the rapidly growing choral department. To recruit new freshmen, the choirs stage assemblies at Kahler and Grimmer Middle Schools and the parochial schools of the area. Mr. Lewis then trav¬ els to each of these schools and audi¬ tions incoming freshmen. They have to sing a few scales and try their hanJ, (or should I say voice) at sight reading. Nearly all freshmen are placed in the ju¬ nior Girl ' s or Boy ' s Choirs. Only a very select few are put into Concert Choir. Once again the madrigals capture the hearts of the audience with their rehendition of My Way . Girls Ensemble in their colorful pinafores charmed us with many delightful selections. These people were insurmental in bringing home over 100 medals in state and Nisbova competition.