Mater Dei High School - Hi Lights Yearbook (Evansville, IN)

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D The stage was set before a crowd of 700 roar- ing people. My heart jumped into my throat as the music started playing. Decked out in a black shirt and jeans, I bounded toward center stage for my part in the air guitar contest. But wait!! The music that was playing was not mine. The contest directors had played the wrong side of my tape. I went back to explain that the song that was playing was not the one I was to perform to. After several min- utes — which seemed like hours — I set off once again for center stage. After tuning up my air guitar, I play- ed to Rock and Roll by Led Zep- plin. Although I did not win, I had a really good time just being in the competition. The Greater Evansville Air Guitar Contest was held at the Rock Pit, a new center featuring live bands for area teens. The contest started Feb- ruary 20 and ran for five weeks with the winner of the contest receiving a $1,300 stereo. Junior Angie Beckham attended the finals for the air guitar contest. I really enjoyed it. It was a lot of fun and the whole idea of the contest was a good one, she commented. Playing an air guitar involved get- ting up and acting like you were playing a real guitar. In fact, many people have probably played an air guitar without even knowing it. The air guitar craze became pop- ular through the cartoon Funky. The cartoon, which appeared daily in the Evansville Courier, ran a series featuring teenagers Funky Winker- bean and his friend Crazy in an air guitar contest. Four MD seniors brought the idea of air guitars home and started their own air band. Dion Seiler, Jeff Mar- tin, Scott Schenk, and John Kohl jammed down on their air instru- ments whenever they were together. I can ' t really remember how we started the air band. We would be driving around and hear a song and just start playing to it, Dion remembered. Although Dion ' s band will proba- bly not become millionaires, they probably won ' t worry about it. After all, why would anyone want to fret over an air guitar? — Tina Boarman 96 JAMMIN ' DOWN: Senior Tina Boarman en- tered the air guitar contest at the Rock Pit in early March. She entered it because it looked like a lot of fun. (Photos by Geoff Coates) DONT FRET ABOUT IT: Playing an air guitar is not unfamiliar to senior Dion Seiler. Dion plays lead air guitar in an air band with four other MD seniors. (Photos by Rob Zigenfus)

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WARMING UP THE CROWD: Senior Scott Altman. also the Editorial Editor, took on another job at the Journalism Banquet. Scott was chairperson and is pictured here welcoming the crowd. (Photo by Geoff Coates) INCOGNITO: Seniors Lori Whelan and Angie Groucho Hertel read the comic section with sophomore Rob Zigenfus on the bus to the Journal- ism workshop at Indiana University. (Photo by Alan Burdette) OSMOSIS: Something can be said for the process of diffusion, but someone should tell junior Mary Schenk that it doesn ' t work with yearbook stories. (Photo by Alan Burdette) KEEPING HIS COOL: Larry Schapker, the only senior member of the photography staff, shows his winning smile at the Journalism Banquet, while Mrs. Stratman pokes some harmless fun at him. (Photo by Greg Bourdeau) SURPRISEI Senior Kevin Dick gives junior Brooke Heathcotte a live surprise birthday cake on her birthday. Both departments of journalism took time out to celbrate staff birthdays. (Photo by Alan Bur- dette)