Minnetonka High School - Voyageur Yearbook (Excelsior, MN)

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Fact and Fantasy Combine in Play Production Minnetonka cast portrays characters of Wizard of Oz Drama Minnetonka music and drama departments combined efforts to produce two all-school plays during the year. The first production, Anne Frank, portrayed the problems a family faced while hidden in Nazi Germany. Mr. Ernest DeSantis was the faculty director and advised Fred Jacoby as Peter Van Dorn, Bruce Tammen, Mr. Frank, and Judd Mown and Kurt Johnson. Mr. Van Dorn and Mr. Dussel. Other members of the cast included Mrs. Frank played by Terri Huff and Mrs. Dorn played by Jill Angrist. Playing the lead roles in the Wizard ol Oz were Janie Headington as Dorothy, Jim Lord as the Cowardly Lion, Bruce Tatnmon. the brainless Scarecrow and Bill Johnson as the heartless Tinman. Mr. Ernest and Miss Mar-gert Berkland were co-directors of the play. The music director was Raymond Minkler. and student director. Sheldon Anderson. The technical crews worked hard on publicity, makeup, costumes, and properties, to produce the all school plays. These people together with the cast, directors and managers, brought to the stage an excellent combination of fact and fantasy. Friends and Iocs gather with Dorothy after a job well done 16

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Even though the Skippers fought hard, they lost to No. I Robbinsdalc, 20-0. The traditional “Snowball is enjoyed by Attendant Patty Lokken and Ken Foote. The official stops the play as center Mark Huber is injured. Peering through his long bangs, the drummer catches a glimpse of the large crowd. Alumni help Tonkans remember Way Back When . 15

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BOTTOM ROW. B. Hum. B. Wagner. P. Phelps. B Harney. SECOND ROW: M. McGregor, K. Pan ridge. S. Bccrhle, J. Nielsen. ROW THREE. C. Sampson, K. Manner. T. Huff.J. Hempie.C. Huff. BOTTOM ROW: S. Anderson, S. Pilbbury.J. August. T. Huff ROW TWO: K. Johanson. J. Mowry, S. Robb. B. Tammon, E. Huff.'J. Head-ington. F. Jacobs. 17 Janie Headingion poses as Dorothy, in Wizard of Oi.