Monroe High School - M Book Yearbook (Monroe, WI)

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Highlights Performances

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Music Man's Seventy-Six Trombones Seventy-si trombones led the big parade to four performances of The Music Man. The cast, orchestra, and directors, Miss Delores Feldt, Mrs. Launa Carter, and Ms. Candice Dexheimer, received a fitting reward for all of their efforts by the many standing ovations. The plot revolved around Professor Harold Hill (Dan Barrett), a con-man who posed as a traveling salesman. He would travel from town to town selling band instruments and supposedly organizing boys' bands. He would then leave town before getting caught w ith his scheme. The curtain opened on the train to River City, Harold's next stop. There he met opposition with Marian Paroo (Mary Seward), the librarian, and Mayor Shinn (Tim Pinnow'), who suspected his phony gimmick. The plot thickened as the school board continuously pestered Harold for his credentials. But Harold cleverly diverted their attention by turning them into a singing quartet. Harold also avoided any possible trouble with the snooty townswomen by encouraging them to participate in Del Sarte dancing, featuring the Grecian Urns. All-the-w'hile, Harold was pursuing Marian, who ironically was falling in love with him despite her suspicion. The climax occurred when Charlie Cowell (Alfred Cerbins), also a traveling salesman, exposed Harold's fraud just prior to the Ice Cream Sociable where the boys' band was going to supposedly play. The townspeople were infuriated and went to hunt Harold down to get their money back. In Harold's defense, Marian tried to explain all the good that Harold contributed to River City. Then just as it appeared that all was lost for Harold, his supposed boys' band marched into the town meeting to save his hide. One of the high school's own English teachers, Mr. Dan Prueher, made a special appearance at one of the performances as the former Harold Hill in Parker High School's production of The Music Man. He was warmly received as he led the chorus in another stanza of Seventy-Six Trombones. CLOCKWISE, UPPER LEFT: M. Seward and D. Barrett pose as the happy couple. Passengers on the train during their rhythmic dialogue. The transformed school board in their barber shop attire. The cast, THIRD ROW: P. Deignan, T. Lehmann, P. Creamer. J. Weidman, M. Seward, D. Barrett, A. Hurl-bert, A. Cerbins, T. Pinnow, S. Hennager, ). Barrett, G. Krattiger, B. Wiesen-berg, D. jones. SECOND ROW': S. McGraw, |. Milestone, C. Legler, L. Szyma-nek, S. Ableman, M. Bregenzer. FRONT ROW': S. Ellsworth, D. Beam, B. Brunner, M. Kundert, |. DePrez. K. Hallblade, C. Weidman, A. Smythe, T. Northcutt, V. Eiserman. Harold listens defiantly as Charlie threatens to reveal him. Dancers, FRONT ROW: D. Schwarzenberger, E. Ogden, M. Jaramillo, G. Krattiger. Back stage crew: T. Deignan, P. Witwer, P. Heinzelman, A. Frie-driches, |. Ott. The townswomen practice their Grecian Urn routine. Orchestra: A. Stauffacher, J. Blum. A. Jew. SECOND ROW': A. Hannes, H. Wulf, |. Blanc, D. Reinking, M. Elmer. THIRD ROW: |. McElhaney, M. Jensen, T. Schilt, T. Carpenter, R. Sievert, R. Vogel. J. Borowitz, C. Blanc, D. Bartlet, B. Holtman.

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Romance and Magic Combine to Create a Midsummer-night-a time for lovers, a time for fairies, a time for absolute confusion. The action of “A Midsummer Night's Dream suspended reality, and, amidst the confusion, one discovered that perhaps it was the imagination itself that caused the suspension of reality. The play began on solid earth, but once the moon came up, the woods near Athens became the fairies domain. Full of magic and laughter, the play had three different plot lines. One involved two couples entwined in a love triangle. Demetrius (John Kopp) and Lysander (Kent Abbey) both wanted Hermia (Chris Vance), while Helena (Mary Seward) loved Demetrius. Because of the intervention of the fairies, the triangle changed, and both men fell frantically in love with Helena. It took more intervention to straighten the couples out. The second plot had an argument between Titania (Julie Weidman) and Oberon (Bob Maddix), the king and queen of the fairies. To force her to do his bidding, Oberon put a spell on Titania, making her fall in love with the next living creature seen upon awakening. What she saw was Bottom (Alfred Cerbins), a common laborer who was practicing a play in the forest and who had been changed into an ass by Puck (Kris Bohren), Oberon's mischievous page. Bottom was involved in the third plot line; the casting, rehearsing, and performance of the comical tragedy of Py-ramus (Alfred Cerbins) and Thisbe (Bob Krahenbuhl) for the wedding day of Theseus, the King of Athens (Dave Place) and Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazon (Kris Falk). Performances were given three nights in the Lecture Hall rather than in the junior high auditorium as done in years before. CLOCKWISE, UPPER LEFT: Kris Bohren watches as Julie Weidman falls in love with Alfred Cerbins. The cast, FRONT ROW: J. Weidman, C. Weidman, A. Scott, K. Bohren, R. Anderson, M. Seward, L. Neuenschwander. SECOND ROW: M. Allen, J. Smith, B. Maddix. T. Mulhall. t. MaCardle, K. Falk, C. Vance, S. Hennager, T. Lehmann. THIRD ROW: ). Sulzer, J. Ott, K. Abbey, |. Kopp, A. Cerbins, D. Jones, D. Place, T. Santiago. B. Krahenbuhl. The directors. Brad Holtman and Candice Dexheimer, prepare for rehearsal. Sue Hennager, Dave Place. Kris Falk and Renee Anderson strike a classic pose. Bob Maddix with his friends: Annette Scott, Janet Smith, Julie Weidman, Lisa McArdle, and Mary Allen. Lu Neuenschwander, Dan Jones, Alfred Cerbins, Tim Lehmann, Bob Krahenbuhl and Tom Muhall rehearse their play in the woods. Kris Bohren and Bob Maddix smile after a performance. John Kopp and Kent Abbey struggle over Chris Vance as Mary Seward begs for John's love. 14