Lowell High School - Lowellian Yearbook (Lowell, IN)

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$ • m Fanny (Chris Zugel) discusses her budding career with her best friend, Eddie Ryan (Tim Goldman). Mrs. Ciochina works on Scott Stegenga ' s hair during dress re¬ hearsal as crew member Lee Ann Parks looks on. Spring Musical 29

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his Girl is no Joke FUNNY GIRL hits the stage with Broadway glitz and glamour ights, make-up, chorus girls, orchestra music. Broadway? Almost. Actu¬ ally, it was the Lowell High produc¬ tion of the hit musical Funny Girl. The musical takes place during the concluding year s of the Roar¬ ing Twenties.” The heroine of the show, Fanny Brice (Chris Zugel) has to overcome many problems to be¬ come a star. Her best friend, Eddie Ryan (Tim Goldman), and her Mama (Andrea Mortimer) help Fanny be¬ come a Broadway star. With an aura of romance, Fanny falls deeply in love with the dashing and hand¬ some Nick Arnstien (Craig Robin¬ son). Fanny eventually marries her true love. Mrs. Ciochina, who directed the spring musical, commented, “The shows went great! There were a few bugs opening night, but it seemed to pull together. The individual charac¬ ters were outstanding.” The Pit Band, directed by Mr. Don Holt, provided the music for this min¬ iature Broadway production. Even after the lights dimmed and the cast bowed, the excitement from the 1987 spring musical pro¬ duction of Funny Girl lived on in the hearts of all who saw it. Tammy Kinsey

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Celebration and scandal, success and sorrow all made up the F rom the White House to PTL, 1987 seemed to be a year marked with scandal and controversy. Through¬ out the year, there have been peo¬ ple who have gained instant fame and fortune, and others who have lost everything. One of the lucky ones, Bruce Wil¬ lis, gained phenomenal success with his hit show “Moonlighting”. This year he also took his talents to the silver screen and MTV. Blind Date, a romantic comedy, was the name of his first hit movie. Willis also enjoyed rock-n-roll stardom as Bruno in his band BRUNO and the HEATHERS. Although Bruce Willis gained fa¬ vorable publicity in 1987, Gary Hart received politically destroying pub¬ licity and notoriety. Donna Rice, a former beauty contestant, was dis¬ covered to have had an alleged af¬ fair with Hart. The damaging public¬ ity Hart received prompted him to withdraw from the 1988 Presidential campaign. Another person whose career was destroyed because of an affair with a younger women was Jim Bakker. Jim was the head minister at PTL Headquarters. After his affair was publicized, he resigned from his ministry at PTL. However, he and his wife Tammy decided that they wanted PTL back. A struggle over control of PTL surfaced between the Bakkers and Jerry Falwell. The Contra Affair damaged and destroyed the careers of several top government officials. There have been several court trials and conferences to try to discover who was responsible and where the money went. This scandal weak¬ ened the credibility of the Reagan administration. Shocking, scandalous and notori¬ ous are adjectives that best de¬ scribe the year of 1987. Sandi Woodke 30 Faces of ' 87