Lowell High School - Lowellian Yearbook (Lowell, IN)

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Mrs. Ellis shows her school spirit on Western Day of Sectional Spirit Week. Spirit Week 21 The Sophomores put the Devils and themselves at the top to win second place in commons decoration. Pep session activities bring spirit filled students to their feet. IS ' AT THE TOP

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Spirit Weeks Spur Students’ Spunk The two spirit weeks, which occur the week before Homecoming and the first Sectional Basketball games, are special times at Lowell High School. During Homecoming Spirit Week, the cheerleaders sold tootsie pops, class links, and raffled off a Red Devil t-shirt and jersey. The Office Educa¬ tion Association contributed to the festivities by selling Homecoming mums and helium filled ballons which were released when the Devils scored their first touchdown. The whole school was involved as the Seniors decorated the Devil’s Commons; Ju¬ niors were responsible for the North Commons; color was added to the South Commons by the Sophomores, Karen Kersey and Karen Kaiser, captains of the girls ' basketball team, address the audience during Spirit Week activities. and the Freshmen were in charge of library decorations. Student partici¬ pation was evident during the dress- up days such as on Western Day, when students were dressed in cow¬ boy attire, and Red and Black Day, when red and black clothing was worn. At the end of Spirit Week, a pep session took place. The Junior Class, which earned the most points from the class links, dress-up days, and commons decorations, was awarded the spirit stick. Later in the year, sectional Spirit Week began with the cheerleaders selling links and tootsie pops once again, along with the traditional Dev¬ il derbies. The commons areas were again decorated, as well as the stu¬ dents, who wore the Devil derbies and the clothes for the various dress-up days. On the day of the first sectional game, another pep session took place in the main gym. Because the assem¬ bly was an all school event, the main gym was used to accomodate the stu¬ dents. For this Spirit Week, the spirit stick was awarded to both the Juniors and Seniors. All in all the two Spirit Weeks will be times to be easily re¬ membered in students’ lives. ra w ' The Juniors’ first place decorations threaten all opponents. 20 Spirit Week

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“Carnival” Comes to Town “Let them know that Schlagal’s Grand Imperial Cirque De Paris has come to town.” This is exactly what the 1981 cast of “Carnival” succeed¬ ed in doing on April 23, 24, and 25. The spring musical “Carnival”, di¬ rected by Mrs. Ciochina, reached new heights of success for the Lowell High Theatre Arts Department. Auditions were held at the end of February. Over eighty people tried out, the larg¬ est turnout ever. After many hours of hard decisions on Mrs. Ciochina’s and Mrs. Lorig’s part, fifty-three peo¬ ple were cast. The cast produced a show that will be remembered by many students, teachers and citizens of Lowell. For the first time, two of the three perfor¬ mances were sold out in advance and a few extra seats were added for the early arrivals, but some had to be turned away. The play was especially rewarding because of the large number of stu¬ dents involved and the interest that the student body displayed. The cast and “Bonnie” (Mrs. Ciochina’s dog. who appeared in the play) all had one common goal in mind, to do the very best possible, and have fun doing it. After the last performance, Mrs. Cio¬ china bid farewell to the Seniors, who will all be missed greatly. The theme song of Carnival is “Love Makes the World Go Round”. Through the weeks of practices and the thrill of performing for sold-out audiences, Mrs. Ciochina, Mrs. Lorig, the crews, and cast of “Carni¬ val” really found the meaning of that song to be true. George Schmelter plays the role of Paul, the man behind the puppets. Ella Mae Hoover takes the role of Lily, the innocent, naive young girl who learns about life at the “Carnival .