Mishawaka High School - Miskodeed Yearbook (Mishawaka, IN)

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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.

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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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IS Danny Zuko and Sandra Dee, Jeff Hums and Susan Bundrant sing •■Summer Nights. They chose this song (re Urease because they enjoyed the music and liked the choreography. Before introducing the next act. Mr. McSorely entertains the audience while the performers set up. Mr. McSorely started the Talent Show four years ago for all those who didn ' t have time to be in the plays Jeff McDonough plays the synthe- sizer for his part in the All-Star Tal- ent Show. Jeff took lessons since September 1987 and thought this was a perfect chance to show off his newly learned skill. Just before it was my turn to perform, I de- cided to change my song so I fiad to rely on memory to get me through it, Jeff McDonough Because of conflicting schedules. Jeromy and didn ' t have much time to practice our routine so most of it was ad- ibbed. — Andc Long Just before the show, my sister got catsup all over my shirt. I was so frantic! I got evil of it off. but I smcllcd like cat- sup through my whole act. I — Dalona Hall TaJent Student Life 25