Manteca Union High School - Tower Yearbook (Manteca, CA)

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is XXX At the Christmas Program twelve students from the class in modern dancing presented a dance theme, Twelve Days of Christmas. E Standing: M. Breitenbucher, J. Lombardo, D. Fry, J. Brandow, G. Piccinini, B.K. Lauritson. Kneeling: A. Marchitelli, I. Dunbar, J. Valdez, C. Henry, C. Galt, P. Covington. Oddly enough, what we call modern dance is the oldest art in the world. This may seem strange to us until we realize that the medium that the dance uses is a basic and simple one - movement of the body. In the classes in modern dance students try to learn techniques that can be used to develop their own choreography. To choreograph is to create movements that have a particular meaning to the choreographer and that tell a story or express rhythmically an idea. The movements when finished and grouped into a pattern are accompanied usually by a rhythmic score. The pleasing picture above is just one example of the outcomes. To acquire the skills needed for public performance the girls must become thoroughly con- ditioned by an arduous program of special calisthenics for good muscle control. Other rhythmical activities offered in the girls' physical education program were social dance forms such as the two-step, the waltz, the samba, the rhumba, jitterbugging, and folk and Square dancing. X g X X .X 3 A V Qgg-i,g',, M, l. ,' X' ff-N ' X ' 'Q 1 X 4 5 f .A-s- . xr' 1. 1 l ff Nr y . l . we ,T -H uf ,. y f -X x Q T' '- x Ac, X-kfll cn- f ' - - M ' b..f' '---.Q N K,-. x.7e:f' c.. X X ' rl., X - A ' --'.-PL K N A .x S f A x 2 f - x ' , , B- . - ' ' ' 5 ' LA 77 X - ,-l. cb X.. ,l ,.l--Xc,.yc..cscc , .A .gh , .,,, . , 1 'x- '- c. -f Q s , , - I . ,, cv VY f I X . r ,....,s X r eeeee. sill. :cf-.gfssi. K - QA.. .g. 1 f X -. V- -cl 7 XZ ,..-- X 'X ' XX -?,k,,.Yvr4 f- 4 I - ,, X. I .,M...,, X 5 i I ,- f-ev - sf 'X-V? I ' xYc,. l'X,' X' x c, - xv -cr - - 1 bg ' xx ,q 1 o ' 'DMX' N fp ' nf fb QW,-gs, , N I lx K i .kk N-f e ',,, N' 4,-Lf N XA- Mr' r , ff' ' , ' ' '--. f A'rw ,xl f V, gl J A'-'Q xx x ' . 1 A .f x, 'r . H 1 x.,-' , 'bfx ' ix ,-. U cl, K .V

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1 f wx x 'Fable Tennis Standing: P. Jay, D. Fry, B. K Lauritson. Kneeling: N. Sine sio, I. Lombardo, A. Osterman, M. Costanzi. Table tennis and badminton were very popular. The highlight in these sports came when the girls traveled to Stockton to play against various schools at the new Franklin High School. Manteca came home with many more wins than losses. Badminton Standing: C. Adams, E. Simas. Kneeling: P. Jay, F. Webb, J. Strait, I. Valdez. 5 s

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Oakdale High School gave us a snappy assembly-program. Thejazz band played both boogie and sweet musicg the girls harmonized several popular numbers. However,the tumbling team brought down the house with their breathtaking stunts.