Mishawaka High School - Miskodeed Yearbook (Mishawaka, IN)

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Mr. Barringer (Troy Comstock) poses a question to fellow teacher Miss Barrett (Laura Musser) concerning a troubled student, Alice Blake (Stephanie Wezeman). Alice committed suicide because of her crush on Mr Barringer. Joe Ferone-(Damon Sinkovics) au- thoritatively rebels against all rules restricting him to Class. As one of the mam conflicts of the play. Miss Barrett found herself reaching out to this student. At dress rehearsal student director Scott Suver positions the actors on stage. Blocking, as it was called, took up a lot of rehearsal time. CAST QUOTES It had its ups and downs, — Mr. McSorcly It was great playing Joe Ferone since he was so cool. It made me feel important to be the lead - Damon Sinkovics My favorite part of the play was when the principal, George Ver- ongos, was yelling at me. The look on his face made me laugh — Laura Musser I liked my character because I played an au- thoritative person like those at MHS. - George Verongos I felt like 1 was playing my mother. — Rose- mary Ernst (Mrs. Ernst is a Biology teacher here at MHS.) Staircase Student Life 23

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Good Ratings Are Given For Up The Down taircase 9? The all-school play Up The Down Staircase hit close to home for most students by relat- ing to school. The main purpose of the play was to portray actual classroom life. Sylvia Barrett (Laura Musser) was the ' rookie ' teach- er struggling to keep up with all the paperwork and still make an impression upon her students. Miss Barrett ' s biggest obstacle was trying to reach a rebellious student, Joe Ferone (Damon Sinkovics). This was an actual- ity in many classrooms this year. Tribulations teachers faced in- cluding stress from administra- tors and keeping up with a heavy flow of paperwork, Miss Barrett also experienced in this true-to-life play. According to many people, the funniest part of the play was when Matt Newland and Amy JoJo conspired together back stage to adlib their own bit of humor into one of the scenes. Amy started bothering Matt and he decided to get her away by pulling a knife on her. This went over well with the audi- ence. Many exceptional acting abili- ties were shown in Up The Down Staircase. Several of the actors and actresses were expe- rienced in stage performance and pulled together to make the play a great success. by Jennifer Swanberg Co-Editor-in-Chief Mrs. Finch (Michelle Baker) instructs the faculty with the daily announce- ments. Mrs. Finch appeared frequently throughout the play adding bits of information to the plot- Nervously awaiting the completion of his make up by Kara Hamilton, Edward Williams (Matt Newland) prepares for opening night The ap- plication of his make up took ap- proximately 45 minutes. 22 Staircase Student Life The cast of Up The Down Staircase is proud of their excellent performance. There were 70 persons involved in the production of the play, including cast and crew.

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EHmi Students Bring Out Their Best In The Show Of !«:» alent The 1987 All-Star Talent Show was held December 2nd in the MHS auditorium. Amy Thornton led the ranks by performing a piano solo to the song Memories. Jeff McDonough played the synthesizer to the song Flashdance. Then it was time for a lesson in Tae Kwon Do, a popular form of Karate, taught by Jeromy Wolford and Ande Long. For a grand finale to their act, Jer- omy thrilled the audience by breaking three stacked boards with his foot. Riding onto stage, Denny Correll and Andy Varga amazed the audience with their free-style bike exhibition. Per- forming stunts that took hours of practice, Denny and Andy looked like professionals. Rachael Bealor and Bob- bie Stanage took the stage and performed a lip-sine routine to the song Point Of No Return. Next up was a group of ener- getic seniors who reinacted the song Summer Nights from the hit movie Grease. Performing to the song Great Balls of Fire, Stormie Van Hoecke and Dalona Hall also did a lip-sine dance routine. To end the show, Mrs. Jan Jagerman, English teacher at MHS, sang an inspiring song, New Lives For Old. by Jennifer Swanberg Co-Editor-In-Chief Andy Varga executes a pedal picker, a stunt that tool him a week and a half to learn, Andy free-styled most every day and found the talent show a great place to display his talent- Dancing to the song Great Balls Of Fire. Dalona Hall performs a lip- sinc routine with her partner Stor- mie Van Hoecke. 24 Talent Student Life Jeromy Wolford, a second degree black belt, smashes three one-inch boards held by David Jansson, Sloan Spears, and Ande Long for the finale to their act.