Merrillville High School - Merrillvue Yearbook (Merrillville, IN)

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FTA Turned Tables at Turn-about Crystal Dreams was the theme of the annual Turn-about dance, held Janu- ary 24. FTA prepared the entire eve- ning by decorating the cafeteria, mak- ing favors, and providing refreshments and homemade pastries. Their spon- sor, Mrs. Calendar, along with her hus- band, acted as chaperons for the eve- ning. The band, Wet Sunday , entertained the girls and their dates at this annual girls ask guys dance. LEFT: Cathy Polaski and Bill Rathjen painsta- kingly search for their names on one of the favors. BELOW: Robin Kemp and her date leave the dance to finish enjoying the evening. 19

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Juniors displayed Most Spirit Spirit week returned this year after a one year absence which was due to construction in the halls. The spirit week class activities pertained to the class themes of 1950’s for soph- omores, Storybook Characters for ju- niors, and Wizard of Oz for seniors. Halls were decorated on Monday of spirit week. A student-faculty basket- ball game was played preceding purple and white day which saw the Pi- rate varsity win the conference cham- pionship. Juniors were declared win- ners of spirit week for displaying the most spirit during the week. The shop area became Geppetto ' s workshop in The senior hall was a yellow brick road which the the juniors hall during spirit week. pirates traveled to victory. m J. Mr. Yeoman lunges to prevent senior Marty Lipke from shooting as Mr. Nesper moves to keep Kurt Martin from getting up. The students won the re- newal of the student faculty game 32-19. Sharing the spirit of the juniors by dressing for mas, Heidi Kemperle, Cathy Curtis, Shirley the storybook characters theme are: Paula Mam- Tucker, and Lori Adams. 18

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Thespian Troupe Entertained with ‘‘That’s Entertainment” The Merrillville Thespian Troupe 1692 presented Revue ’76 That’s En- tertainment in two 3 hour showings. The wide variety of acts included pi- ano and vocal solos, duets, a pan- tomine, Our Gang Comedy scetches, and lots of other surprises. Thespian sponsor Mr. Morrow, as- sisted by student director Jim Waters, combined their creative ideas to make the show “better than ever.” Sheree Sarko, best described as “the delightful little Edith-Ann”, served as master of ceremonies for the eve- ning. She performed her hilarious an- tics from a swing built for her by the stagecraft class. The Our Gang traveling acting group performed skits from the Carol Burnet Show, winning the audience approval. Vocal solos were presented with Doug Zale and Mike Downey singing a duet, accompanied by their guitars. Julie Klaus demonstrated the art of cheating through her original pan- tomine. Piano selections were presented in ragtime and modern me- lodies. Song and dance routines also highlighted the show. guys (left to right) Terri Jiminez, Toni Jiminez, Pat Haymes, and Kathy Klepack sing along with Rich Rongers, a TV commerci al sponsor, points out to Sue Kujaca and Vanessa Brasich that they have been taped by a camera hidden in the jelly donuts. 20