Madison East High School - Tower Tales Yearbook (Madison, WI)

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Pageant Night 1 IQS7 Oklahoma , the theme of this year's annual pageant by the East High band November l, featured the melodies from the popular Broadway play of the same name. Led by drum major, john Ahrens, the band marched out in a drizzling mist Saturday night onto a slightly muddy field to go through with the traditional festivities. The week before a drenching downpour forced band director Robert XVoollen to postpone pageant night. Oh, Wliat A Beautiful lXlorning was the first number played, as the band spread out in a sem-circle to give the il- lusion of a brilliant sun coming up over the horizon. The band's next formation included two huge eutwined hearts pierced with Cupid's arrow, which set the mood for People XVill Say VVe're ln Love. Oklahoma couldn't be complete without a surrey. The spoked wheels turned slowly and the fringe of bl-we and yellow crepe paper iluttered in the breeze as our surrey made its way across the Held to the tune of The Surrey with the Fringe in Top. Our final salute to OKLAHOMA was the formation pictured below. Then the band swung into the East High Pep song which brought to a close the 1957 Pageant. Our Alma Mater. Th e letters of the familiar EAST are formed by the band at the end of the half-time exhibitions. The color guard leads the band in the pre-game march. -9-

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Myrna Hanson, a gay flapper, and Ron Brede- son shout the Purgolders on to victory in the Roaring Twenitiesu style. Lynn Johnson, Betty Anderson, and Anne Mc- Cormick carioature East's stu-dents just before the game, 1958 style. Skits Spark Pep Rallies VVe've got the old East side Pep could be heard at every pep and this year, as Easts students sang out encouragement to their athletic, teams. livery Friday, at East, before a weekend basketball or football game, the students gather to cheer their team on. to victory. This custom, which has become almost a, tradition, was carried on with rousing good spirits this year. The cheerleaders in their purple and gold led the enthusiasts in the Pep Song, in yells and chants, and in the Alma Mater. For more variety in many of the pep auds the cheerleaders put on skits. Pictured on this page is one of the most enjoyable skits. The football boys took part in this skit which represented East's rooters in the decades from the 20,5 to the present. East's students heard Coach Mueller, during the football season, or Coach Belisle, during the basketball season, discuss the opponents' abilities and East's chance for victory. Often the remarks of the captains brought the greatest applause or' laughter. Probably one of the best remembered pep auds took place just before the basketball team left for the State Tournament. The students did a terriffic job of cheering and gave the boys a real send-off. Three days later, who can ever forget it? - the boys brought home nothing less than the STATE CHAMPIQN- SHIP! Demonstrating that East backed her team even during the depression, the black thirties , are getty Anderson, Lynn Johnson, and Dave eisig. -g....

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Rollie Willan and Virginia Holmes, the 1957 king and queen. of homecoming, pose for a royal portrait. The grand march, one of the many memor- able highlights o:E the evening, was led by: Lynn Johnson, Bob Herrick, Dick Pfanku, Betty Q1-1'Fe 't. Vireinia Holmes .and Rollie Willan. Homecoming Purgo:lder's Promenade was the title of the 1957 homecoming dance held in the Crystal' Ball- room of the Loraine Hotel on November Z. Bob Arden's band provided the music for the couples who danced from 10 RM. to l A. M. at the event sponsored by the East Side Youth Mayor's Council, Miniature football characters and cardboard silhouettes depicting football scenes, together with pennants from all the Big Eight Conference schools, decorated the ballroom. Virginia Holmes was named queen and her date, Rollie W'illan, was named king after Vir- ginia's name was drawn from the name box by Tom Vander Mfuelen, East Side Youth Mayor, during intermission. He crowned her with a garland of purple and white chrysanthemums. The ceremony was climaxed by the grand march, led by the king and queen and a court of two other couples.