Merrillville High School - Merrillvue Yearbook (Merrillville, IN)

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76 Turnabout celebrated a football victory Dr. Hill and Mrs. Callendar hand out door prizes to )ohn Rudovich and his date Karen Certa take a the dance participants. break between dances. Erin Redman and Bill Hebert move around the |im Waters and Lynn Metcalf show their enjoyment cafeteria dance floor. of the evening. Starlight Fantasy was chosen by the FTA as the theme of the annual Turn- About Dance. The dance, held Decem- ber 4th, was turned into a victory cele- bration to honor the state-champion football team. Decorations, favors and refreshments provided by the FTA pertained to the football season. Special programs were made up that included a picture of the entire team. The pictures of couples were taken with the state championship football trophy. Mrs. Callendar chap- eroned the evening ' s festivities. The band Snapper, kept the girls and their dates entertained with modern sounds of rock music. As the celebrants moved out into the wintery evening, the dance came to a victorious end. Tom Beck and Sue Kapitan dance to the sounds of the band at Turnabout.

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One of the twenty-two buses which escorted the Pirates to Indianapolis arrives back at school after the victory. The 1976 football team was responsible for creating quite a bit of excitement in the school and community. The possibility of even getting into the state championship playoffs had Merrillville on their own cloud. A caravan of buses and cars from the town went to Valparaiso to see our Pirates win the sectional title 35-14. The whole town was in a state of pandamonium. Signs were draped across Broadway, Co Big Pirates. For the first time in years our community united in a gala celebration for a chance to win a state title. Thousands attended the semi-state against St. Joe. The Pi- rates demoralized the Indians 21-0, and everyone was high as a kite. Students and adults packed the gymnasium to send off the Pirates to Indianapolis to play in the state finals against Cathedral. Two long lines of twenty-two buses and many cars filled with adults and students headed for Indianapolis escorted by the Merrillville Police. While on 1-65 many signs were seen hung from construction sites and businesses. The whole region was behind Merrillville. When we won the state title over Cathedral, complete chaos broke out. A group of Seniors mangled the goal posts. Hundreds gathered in the school parking lot in the wee hours of the night to greet the state champs. A parade followed Sat- urday morning and a school holiday followed the next week. The state title was a team effort, the team of some twenty five thousand citizens of Merrillville, Indiana. The pep band helped add to the Pirates ' spirit at the many football pep ses- sions working up to the championship game. Coach Haupt and co-captions Kelly Keough and Woody Melcher show their happiness after receiving the state championship trophy as they prepare to bring the spirit of victory home to Merrillville. Great enthusiasm sent many rolls of paper onto the gym floor and the Pirate football team to victory in Indianapolis. In order to bolster spirit, two signs were strung across Merrillville streets, one on Broadway and one in the parking lot. Great enthusiasm grew with football fortunes

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Junior-Senior Play Involved Audience in Verdict In the second school theatrical pro- duction, the open-ended mystery Night of lanuary 16 was presented by the ju- nior and senior classes. Taking place in a courtroom, the play involved the au- dience by having 12 members of the viewers act as jury each of the three eve- nings of the performance. Another twist added by Director joe Morrow was a contest to see who could pick the jury ' s verdict correctly each evening, with the winner having the price of his ticket re- turned. Each of the three evenings, the facts were presented, the jury deliber- ated, and the verdict was announced for Karen Andre the main character, played by Kim Bade, who was accused of mur- dering her boss-lover. The verdict not- withstanding, no one ever really told whodunit. Cast District Attorney Flint Defense Attorney Stevens Karen Andre Nancy Lee Faulkner judge Heath Mr. Whitfield Larry Regan Magda Swenson Siqurd jungquist Officer Sweeney Van Fleet Mrs. Hutchins jane Chandler Roberta VanRensselear Dr. Kirkland Officer T.V. Reporter Prison Matron Secretary (Flint) Secretary (Stevens) Clerk Bailiff Court Attendant Cameraman Cameraman Officer Court Reporter Director Student Director Terry Stanton Doug Zale Kim Bade juiie Klaus Mark Reinhart Ed Mitro Dale Tucker Belinda Boswell Mike Carniello Steve Foremski Mark Wilkins Lisa Reinhart Nina Dermenjian Lynn Vagnone Mike Nommenson Rick jelesky jo Ellen Tombers Raetta Harper Sue Holderman Lynn Metcalf Michael Hemmes Gordon Garnet joe Hamang Dan Lee jeff Holeman Scott Mellinger Marge Balunda joseph Morrow Vanessa Brasich The cast of the junior-senior play Night of January 16 poses on and around the courtroom set. The viewer-involved play ended with the same verdict each of the three evenings. The Honorable Judge Mark Reinhart deliberates over the (acts of the case. News reporter Jo Ellen Tombers listens to the case before presenting her story to the viewing public. 18 Junior-Senior Play