Leo High School - Oracle Yearbook (Leo, IN)

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Accepting giffs from his new citizens. Captain Fisby doesn ' t reoiize they have greater gifts in mind — honor, love, re- spect, and tradition. Playing the role of the converted psy- chiastrist, senior John Overmyer made au- diences laugh each night with his wry ex- pressions and range of mannerism. Being a gift to Captain Fisby and playing the role of the geisha girl Lotus Blossom, Tracy Busch gave oil her lines in Japanese. Tom Brewer, tlie hurried Captain Fisby, and Tom Baker, the practical wise inter- preter, lead a large cast of effective ac- tors. Teahouse — Lifestyles (

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May an August Moon Fill Your Cup. . . . August Moon, little older, little wiser ... as viewed by tl-ie Orientals in Teahouse. In the fall, the Leo Drama Club presented The Teahouse of the August Moon, the satire on WWII and America ' s plan to Democra- tize it ' s enemies. John Patrick ' s comedy about a bungling cap- tain enriching a small Oriental vil- lage with American principles of majority rule, capitalism, and free choice, pleased young and old audiences alike. The humor was often enlighten- ing. The author wanted to remind us all that perhaps there is more than one way to approach the realistics of life. A large cast show, Teahouse saw some new faces in leading roles. Both senior Tom Brewer and sophomore Tom Baker shared honors as leading actors. Tracy Busch and Samantho lemma, along with John Overmyer and Wiley Kite, rounded out a strong cost supported by a large num- ber of hard-working sophomores and juniors. ' Jack Overmyer added a little something extra to the play with his funny expressions and humor, said Don Osborn. All members of the cast who played Orientals had to learn Au- thentic Japanese. The sets and lighting were ef- fective — there was even a real army jeep and goat on stage — the costumes were authentic, and the production good. Again, the Leo Drama Club gave us an- other creditable experience in live theatre. — Jerry Elton Stover e Lifestyles — Teahouse )

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Music and Movie Video Mania Strike The video craze took over Leo as noticing before or since, and any free time most students Inad v os spent sitting in front of tine television v atching the latest videos and movies. Instead of students trading vid- eo games such as Pac-man and Frogger, tliey were renting and passing around taped movies they hod on cassettes. Music videos and video taped movies became very popular last year, taking over video games. Some television stations such as MTV were total music networks. MTV-music television was on the air 24 hours a day, seven days a week. MTV included music videos from all areas, the latest music news, special concerts, and the MTV exclusives each hour. Even though only a small por- tion of the students received the MTV station many students still kept up with the music videos by watching certain shows that had videos on them such as Friday Night Videos. ' Tm glad I have MTV so I can keep up on the latest videos, said Mitch Delogrange, one of the students who had MTV. The videos seemed to play a large part on the record scene as well. Many experts on the music scene commented about the fact that if the video of the song wasn ' t good or popular, the song would probably not moke It on the charts. Many movie videos didn ' t come out until a year after the movie was in the theaters. I don ' t mind waiting awhile for a good movie to come out on a cassette because it only costs about $4.00 to rent a movie for a weekend, but if I were to take a date to a movie it would cost about twice as much to see the movie just once, said senior, Dan Osborn. — Missy Sutton — Michael Witt ,28 Lifestyles — Video )