Lakeview High School - Log Yearbook (Battle Creek, MI)

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Seninr Flag unit Bram Undounted by the last minute mad flurry of graduating activities, this year's in- vincible seniors found time not only to stage the annual Senior Prom in an unusual and unforgettable manner, but also to revive the long dead tradition of a Senior Play by producing Our Town. On the night of May 27th, the drab walls of the school gym underwent a meta- morphosis and emerged glittering with beautiful butterflies of all descriptions. From the back of the Comical Caterpillar, cokes were served to the thirsty throng. Scattered throughout the room, his butterfly friends demurely fluttered their false eyelashes at the couples dreamily dancing. lt looked to me as though the seniors turned out nearly en masse to enjoy this, their last party together. Five nights later the graduating class once again came into the lime light- this time with their exceptional performance of Thornton Wilder's Our Town. Unusual in that it is done entirely without scenery or stage properties, Our Town proved a great success and was well worth the efforts of the cast. The story deals primarily with two families, the Gibbses and the Webbs, and their lives in the small town of Grover's Corners, New Hampshire. ln the three acts, young Emily Webb and George Gibbs grow up from school chil- dren until they are finally husband and wife. In childbirth, Emily dies, joining many of her old friends who have gone before her to the high old cemetery hill overlooking the town. As l said, the play is done sans scenery and props, but with the help of the clever pantomiming on the part of the cast, the sound effects, and the descriptions of Grover's Corners which are given throughout the play by the stage manager, the audience was easily able to follow the story. V All counted there were about 25 members in the cast, to say nothing of the choir, the dead people, and extras, the stage and lighting crews, the make-up, cos- tume, advertising committees. Each worked hard and long to achieve the final out- come. I haven't the room, to name all of the actors here, but the main ones were: Stage Manager ----- Lowell Genebach Mr. Webb - Mrs. Webb - Emily Webb Wally Webb Dr. Gibbs - Mrs. Gibbs George Gibbs - Rebecca Gibbs Si Newsome - Constable Warren Sam Craig - Mrs. Soames Joe Stoddard Simon Stimson - Duke Tanzola Patricia Watrous - Judy Reaser - Fred Vanderlip - Bob Gaskill - Petrea Andersen - Danny Miller - Yvonne Olds - Gerald Sellers Duane Cunningham - Harold Aurand - Aileen Thayer - Carl Lang - Kendall Wilcox Page Nineteen

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