Mexico High School - Mascot Yearbook (Mexico, MO)

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Audiences Clive M Fair Lad Standing vations Neither troubles with paper costumes nor break- ing backdrops stopped My Fair Lady , this year's musical, from receiving standing ovations twice dur- ing its three-night run. Mr. and Mrs. Gary Heyde co-directed MHS's budding actors, with Kathy O'Blennis aiding as a student director. john T. Clark assisted by Alan Snook, chairman of the construction crew, engi- neered the building of a miniature London for the background. Most ofthe My Fair Lady costumes, including the troublesome paper ones, were made for the first time at MHS by a costume committee headed by Gail Moore and Donna Shrader. Professor Higgins lPat VanHornl began the action of My Fair Lady by betting Colonel Pickering iPhil VanHornl that he could teach Eliza Doolittle tSally Seigfreidl, a poor Cockney flower girl, to speak English well enough to pass her off as a dutchess. After months of torture learning properf' English, she passed as royalty at the ball. Elated by their suc- cess, Col. Pickering and Prof. Higgins gave Eliza no credit for her work. In anger, she left Higgins who insisted he was happy to see that she had gone. In the end, Higgins realized he'd grown accustomed to her face. Rod Allen, Chester Trotter, Steve Leeper, Linda Snook, Mark Ward, Rhonda Reading, Terry Meek, lim Forbis, and Duane Duchesne played supporting roles. Eliza learns to use a handkerchief on any portion of your face that is moist. Professor Higgins ltop right! laps up the glory as Colonel Pickering sings you did it! fright! A-o-w-w-wi exclaims Eliza, picking up another coin thrown to her for a bunch of violets. Her friends Duane Duchesne, Terry Meek, and jim Forbis look over her shoulder. 30 Student Life

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1969 PEP SQUAD COURT: FROM LEFT, sophomore attendant jackie Spurrier, Roger Wilson, Queen Gail Moore, john Epple, junior attendant Debbie Lierheimer, and Alan Van Wyngarden. Student Life 29 l I , Enchanted Forest Creates the Mood for Annual Dance Surrounded by 10-foot trees, giant mushrooms, and mystical elves, 125 couples danced to the music of The Three Bears and a Gazelle at the annual Pep Squad dance on May 12. Highlighting the eve- ning, Gail Moore was crowned Miss Spirit with Debbie Lierheimer as junior attendant, and jackie Spurrier as sophomore attendant. As an added money-making project, Pep Squad sponsored their first Sadie Hawkins dance in November. Couples dressed like the inhabitants of Dog Patch. While they danced, they drank apple cider and enjoyed the special feature, the senior girls' jug band. Marryin' Sam, Chester Trotter, made his appearance to perform shot-gun weddings for all the unfortunate males who were caught. Mary Larson and Gary Smallwood enjoy a cup of apple cider at the Pep Squad's Sadie Hawkins dance.

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Colonel Pickering Ktop leftl expresses his confidence that Eliza will do fine at the ball. I have often walked down this street before . . sings Freddy, ltop rightj, pacing in front of Eliza's house. fbelowl Alfred Doolittle is consoled by his friends as the landlady tells him his daughter Eliza has moved, leaving all her personal belongings. Student Life 31