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

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Jesse Martinez, 12, and friends take a break from school to talk and relax in the foyer. Students pleaded for lunch hours to forget scholastic pressures. Rob Noe, 12, and Tony Candiano, 12, engage in a messy watermelon fight. Of the 22 watermelons sliced, very few were actually eaten. AND ACTIVITIES With the first few days of class came the busy atmosphere of students organizing back-to-school activities. Many students found themselves back to the agony of taking notes, hurrying through homework, and sweating through tests. Warm weather was a definite plus. Stu¬ dents tried to catch the last glimpse of sum¬ mer before their dreaded class captivity. Afternoon water fights, fundraising car wash¬ es, and weekend watermelon parties all re¬ lieved the pressure of school. “The cheer¬ leaders all got together one time and cut up 22 watermelons,” said Shelley Fear, 11. “Then we laid them out on newspapers and had fun as the football players and us de¬ voured them all.” The classic back-to-the-books dance was held after the first football game. Some par- tied in toga outfits. Others were more relaxed and just tried to forget school. 20 Back-to-school R. Vavan “If only lunch hour (well 35 minutes, any¬ how) would get here!” was a repeating thought in the minds of most students. Lunch was a time for friends to get re-acquainted and take a short break from studies. Ariadna Fernandez, 9, said, “Lunch is okay. I’m usu¬ ally with a medium-sized crowd, and if we have time we stand around and talk in the foyer.” In the second week of school, everyone began to worry about a different problem- snakes! Baby snakes were found in study hall, lower E-hall, and in back of the theater. Some people even ventured to capture the little villains and smuggle them on the bus. Jim Becklenberg, 10, said, “I just saw a snake that was about 10 inches long. It was lying behind some equipment. I don’t know how it got there.” As Indian summer faded, students began to concentrate more on class. Clubs and cabi¬ nets re-organized with one general thought in mind —Homecoming. Spray-painting and gluing, cabinets made sure their float would be the best. Homecoming festivities came through with a blast. By Lisa Pasko With the beginning of school came the beginning of build¬ ing Homecoming floats. Milena Cappello, Kim Voris, and Vera Blesic work on the senior float.

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LET THE The music in Hair expressed the radical feelings of The Tribe. LCTG newcomer Dan Lackey sings about life as a Negro in the sixties. SHINE! The Lake Central Theatre Guild (LCTG) presented its Summer Season 16 with two very different plays—the hippie musical, Hair , and the British comedy, Noises Off. All the hard work and dedication put in by casts, crews, directors Paul and Angie Lowe and orchestra paid off with rave reviews from critics and audience members alike. Tracy Barsic, 11, remarked, “Hair and Noises Off were two of the funniest, most energetic shows I have ever saw.” Hair took audiences back in time to the late sixties, when flower-power ruled, and the Age of Aquarius came around. It was the story of The Tribe, a band of hippies that expressed their feelings and beliefs through music and conflicts with The Establishment. The Tribe meets up with young Claude Hooper Bukowski, played by LC graduate Ron Buche, who was just drafted by the Army. Claude stayed with them until he re¬ ported to Uncle Sam. During that time, Claude befriended Tribe leader George Berger, Pete Balciunas, and fell in love with college radical Sheila Franklin, Chris Gustis. Hair also featured the acting and singing de¬ but of science teacher Linda Casebolt, who played Berger’s mother and anthropologist Margaret Meade. In the end, Claude died in Vietnam, and The Tribe mourned him in song. Noises Off was completely different from Hair. Set in England, it involved a troupe of actors preparing a play called “Nothing On.” Between missed cues, flubbed lines and try¬ ing to find drunkard Selsdon Mowbary, played by “Doc” Kuhn, they managed to pull the show together and get it on the road. But in Act II, personal problems, jealousies and Murphy’s Law took effect backstage as the show started to fall apart while on tour. In Act III disaster struck. Absolutely everything went wrong, and the entire cast hated each other. The cast managed to survive their last performance, but had to scream at the stage manager Tim Allgood, Mark Weaver, 12, to turn the lights off at the end while on stage. Angie Lowe was very proud of both pro¬ ductions, especially Noises Off. Said Lowe, ”1 think it was by far the best straight show we ever did. The show was incredible!” By Karen Talarek In Noises Off mayhem and confusion between the actors nearly caused the destruction of their play. Pete Bal¬ ciunas and Valerie Wilson wonder what could possibly happen next. The cast was constantly yelling at each other in frustra¬ tion. Annie Geiger, as Brooke Ashton playing Vicki, wails her line angrily. Summer

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“Toga!” was the theme for the back-to-school dance Ed Welch, 12, and friends gather around to show off their different attire. A Pushckor Watermelon parties were enjoyed as a last chance to catch the summer sun. Suzanne Rose, 11. snacks on one of the many watermelons she cut up. Back-to-school meant back to the pain of taking tests But. students were consoled with the thought. “There’s 14 weeks left to the semester!” Back-to-school 21