Lowell High School - Lowellian Yearbook (Lowell, IN)

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Awaiting the opening night of the Red Devil Review are cast members! (left to right) Pete Beckmann, Andy Amey, Jeralyn Smith, and Bob Hatch. Lights, camera, action, cries the busy stage crew of (left to right) Dennis Ba¬ ker, Bob Hatch, Bill Clark, and Tom And¬ erson. Linda Ruley (left) and Pat Markel remind their friends not to bring Lulu to the party. Please don t slit my throat, thinks Andy Amey as he gets a shave and music from barbers Jean Abraham, Mary Gunnerson, Cynthia Ogle, and Mary Fi¬ tzgerald. 19 The audience is enjoying breakfast with John (Nancy Milakovic) and Marsha (Melanie Taylor).

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Miss Bobetta Williams prepares to sing, It Was a Very Good Year. Accom¬ panying her are: (left to right) Guy Surprise, Pat Burnham, Dick Combs, Bill Ek, and Mike Burnham. Lowell ' s stage door opened once again to another all-school-show presentation. The Red Devil Revue. Actors and actresses performed before parents, fellow students, and faculty. Cast members included talented students and teachers. The Red Devil Revue was centered around a teenage night club being secretly scouted by the one and onlyT.B. Surprisingly enough, word slipped out and performers hastily prepared for the big opening night. ODening night disDlaved a varietv of humorous and serious acts. The entire cast, the fabulous mystery band, the hardworking directors (Cynthia Ogle and Carol Schultz), and the sponsor (Mr.Martin), helped to make the first Red Devil Revue a success.

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Andy Amey: Stage Manager Otw Tftwtt ’ Our Town was written by Thorton Wilder and is a dual surprise to all students and parents. It shows realism (every day life) without the use of any scenery. The setting of the story is a small town, Grovers Corners, New Hampshire. The time is the early 1900 ' s. The main character is the stage manager. He is a person who can easily move into the past, present, or future with just a tip of his hat or a puff of his pipe. The first act carries the viewer into the Gibb and Webb households. The audience is taken through an entire day in the life of these simple people. This act is entitled ’’Daily Life. ” The second act is ’’Love and Marriage.” This concerns itself with the love affair of George and Emily. The act ends with a beautiful wedding scene. The bride and groom each show anx¬ iety before the wedding, but abundant happiness follows. The final act leads the audience to a cemetery on the hill overlooking Grovers Corners. Em¬ ily enters and takes her place in the cemetery after her death at the age of twenty. The urge comes on and Emily goes once again into living. The situation was remorseful. Live people didn ' t really enjoy life while they lived it. With tears in her eyes, she returns to her grave and says her last words, Live people don’t understand, do they? Cynthia Ogle (Emily) hangs her head in shame after telling John Nichols (George) that he’s conceited.