Marion High School - Cactus Yearbook (Marion, IN)

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CONVOCATIO DAYS were hzghlzghted by llpjnfr Lzffl - M. Lahcy doing hullcl for Variety Show. llfzpvr High! - Hollywood make-up artist deinonslrzning on N. Bimiau. I.o1ua'r High! - Mr. Hirsch crooning il lunc for hcnclil of new piano in Variety Show, Lower Left - Czmnel High School students giving il courtesy convo- cation. less

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Left - Mlhat? These are M. H. S. dancers! lielrm' - Art SlllllCS provided the colorful back-drops. Right- The Seniorettes harmonized on Singing in the Rain CACTUS FROLIC The Marion High students uncovered the smelling salts and revived vaudeville as a theme for the l95l Cactus Frolic, held at Memorial Coliseum, Friday, November 9, from 7:00 to 9:00. Mr. Albert New served as general chairman of the event and was ably assisted by Ted Hayden, Nila Fox, John Roush, Charles Drake, 'Ieanne Keyser, Doc', Wagner, Mr. Hirsch, Mrs. Renbarger, Mr. Polley, Mr. jones, Mr. Miller, and Mrs. Boxell. The Cactus Hi-lites of 1951 boasted .lay Long' acre as limcee and was opened with a band overture. As a special feature, the band also offered Night Beat , a modern descriptive novelty. After the Hucklebuck Boogie number which featured ten tap- dancers, a quartet of girls, the Seniorettes , ren- dered' Once in a While and ln the Evening by the Moonlight. Irish Bob Lohbauer sang The Same Ol' Shilalah and Macnamara's Band . Phil Ken- nedy, Don Hooker, and Dan Geist, paddled their canoes into the spotlight and presented Hawaiian liVar Chant , Five-Foot Two , and Sweet Georgia Brow n . ' ' After an exciting acrobatic routine admirably per- formed by Pat Adrianson, Maureen Lahey, and Betty lieclwell, the Advanced Chorus, under the direction Left - The Same Ol' Shillalah as delivered by Bob Lohbauer