Loras College - Purgold Yearbook (Dubuque, IA)

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f w Jgf li ' n V (ft 0 V BY i i t c ■vSmu A The entire cast of Life ' s a Ball , onstage for the Grand Finale, swings through the closing number A Lot of Livin to Do comedy skit, “The Taxi” with Sneak Preview Director Leon Beck as the driver and Mike Blake, Jim Davis and Carol Pliner from Clarke as passengers. The second half opened with Ed Kittrel sing ing the driving folk song “High Flying Bird”. The Five of Us, from Mercy, including Alana Becker, Eileen Bisenius, Mary Jo Callahan, Rita Cahill, and Barb LeMay gave a moving performance of the folk song “Julianne”. The Five of Us were followed by Mike Cliff Schroeder and his brother Mike charm the Sneak Preview with a moving folk ballad, The Alpine Tunnel. Carol Pliner (Clarke), Leon Beck, (Front) Jim Davis, and Mike Blake regale the APO audience with a skit entitled The Taxi . Boozell and Mike Meirick and his twelve string guitar who sang “Mary Anne” and “For Lovin ' Me . A touch of Spain was added with Bob Chuilis guitar version of “Malaguena . Spain gave way to a night club atmosphere with Kit Kittrell singing “Down With Love” and “Too Long At The Fair. A most enjoyable evening was brought to a close with the entire cast assembled to sing the 66 Sneak Preview theme song “A Lot of Livin ' to Do .

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Nobody laughed when he sat dov n to play. Mike Reidy gave the audience a fine piano redition of One For My Baby , Peter Brown takes center stage of Life ' s a Ball for his interpretation of It Was a Very Good Year . Even emcees have hidden talents as shown by Mike Blake and Jim Davis who join together to give the Sneak Preview audience a bit of mugging during their running commentary on changes at Loras. A P O “Life’s a ball!” At least according to the theme of this year’s Sneak Preview. The cast, made up of people from Loras, Clarke and Mercy set the tone for the evening with the opening song A Lot of Livin’ To Do”. The show centered around two returning Loias- men and some of the experiences they had and some of the people they met during summer vacation. The show began with comments on some of the change s at Loras, an opportunity which emcees Mike Blake and Jim Davis exploited to its fullest extent. The mood of the show changed from the light to the serious and hack throughout tlu evening, hol¬ lowing Blake and Davis, brothers Cliff and Mike Schroeder sang a ballad “ The Alpine Tunnel. Clill Harder set the audience chuckling with his Canta¬ loupe Song.” The atmosphere switched to the blues as Mike Reidy tickled the ivories with his rendition o( One For My Baby”. Kay and the Burgu ndies, featming Kay Zobac from Clarke performed one of the e e- ning’s real crowd pleasers “The Girl From Ipanema . Pete Brown and his guitar formed a perfect team loi Rake and Hamblin Boy and ‘ It Was A ei Good Year”. The first hall ol the show closed with a

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Sweetheart Ball Queen Jean Tierney and her escort, Lorasman Jim Mottet, are presented to the entire dance crowd by Delta Sigma president Chuck Kaeding. SWEETHEART BALL It was only steps away from Loras to an enchant¬ ing European street for Lorasmen and their dates on February 5. For the annual Delta Sigma Sweetheart Ball, the Fieldhouse was redecorated to represent a European town square. Brightly colored awnings hung from the balcony to simulate sidewalk cafes complet¬ ed the illusion of a carefree night on the Continent. Lorasmen and their escorts danced until the be¬ witching hour to the music of I onv Marterie and his eight piece orchestra. Jean Tierney was crowned Queen of the Sweet¬ heart Ball by Delta Sigma President Chuck Kaeding after being chosen by a committee of Delta Sigma of¬ ficers. Miss Tierney was escorted by Senior Lorasman Jim Mottet. 26