Lanier High School - Viking Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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When tyles of the forties decorated the A-V room temporarily for another annual Kulvicki creation: VVhen,Radio was Ling. The students from the Individual nd Society classes spent hours of ehearsal and skit writing, producing and ntertaining and fun-filled show depicting we lifestyle around WW ll. The final product starred Luanne Pratt nd Steve O'Brien as sweethearts emporarily separated by the war. A live frank Sinatra concert, a world :hampionship boxing match between ack Dempsey and Gene Tunney, a USO how, a slumber party with its own black- iut, a live soap opera, preacher-on-the- ,oap-box supporting Penicillin, school 'ictory dance, and the ending congo line entertained other Lanier students all six meriods April 15, the day before Easter racation. Susan Morrison and Clifton Shirley :layed the witty parents of Lulu, uanne's character. Roger Benesch layed t'Ftogie-Dodgie, Lulu's Little rother who accompanied her boyfriend 'Stevie to the war. The show, which brought in over S100 n profit, was written, cast and 'polished in two weeks, which meant spending more time than classroom time fvorking on it. On their own time, students :vent searching for props and costumes from the forties, borrowing from next-door- neighbors, grandparents, and other relatives. What they learned through reliving he forties, they could never learn in a ook. By teaching each other, and hrough experience, they found out what it was like in the forties -the shortages, the sacrifices made for the war, and above all, how they enjoyed themselves. if ff.- ' is ,Vg During the USO Show, Flora Choate and Tricia Moore sing ln the Mood as the Andrew Sisters to entertain the army boys. Bottom left: After receiving a letter from her son Ftogie-Dod- gie, Susan Morrison counts the long days he's been gone with Clifton Shirley looking grateful for every day. Home from a school dance, Luanne Pratt is thrilled at Steve O'Brien's offer to let her wear his letter jacket. humanities show 105