Morris Central High School - Morrisanian Yearbook (Morris, NY)

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NNIE, HIGH GET SCHOOL The date was May 22, 1987. Do you know where you were? Well, a group of people, mostly from MCS, spent a better part of the evening at SUCO. Why SUCO? It wasn’t because they were taking a night course or that they were doing research at Milne Library. No, these people were at Hunt Union Ballroom. The reason was the 1987 Prom, “Never Say Goodbye.” Prom night is a night filled with dressier clothes, cleaner cars, and an edge of excitement. Hunt Union was a location of class and charisma on this rainy Friday night. The entertainment for the evening was not a band as in years gone past but a disc jockey. Andy Pratt Enterprises provided the music and gave the prom an attitude. The attitude was that of finality since this was the last prom for seniors. The evening was happy with a touch of sadness. The King, Queen, and the Court; Ken Ballard, April Carroll, Rob Joy, Dean- na Lawton, Tracy Fortune, Wayne Valentine, Jennifer Lull, and Warren Kinney. A prom is never a prom without the cute kids dressed to fill the aspirations of years to come. Flower and Crown Bearers fill this bill: Jeremy Lawton, Danny Tracy, Alison Wilson, and Jennifer Lawton. The lead roles of the musical gave it a sound foundation, but it was the other characters that glued it together. Elissa Palmer, Chris Pickens, April Fiske, Rich Veres, and Amanda Spaulding are the “glue here. EVER PROM ’87 SAY GOODBYE A NIGHT TO REMEMBER Opening

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Teachers’ Show A Change of Pace! Last spring in April, the MCS staff and faculty joined together to put on a show titled “Morris Musical Madness”. On April 10 and 11, the teachers presented a selection of skits and songs to help raise money for the scholarship fund. Popular TV com- mercials became rather humorous skits when we saw Mr. Leahy and Mr. Stafford as Bartles and Jaymes or any number of women faculty members as California Raisins. In the end, there was a great deal of laugh- ter when Mr. Hess and Mr. Barden had a “car race” on the stage. Mrs. Shumway and Mrs. Zeiner prepare for their raisin number. Mrs. Kristofik shows the total effect of the garbage bag dressing gown. Part of the Jug Band: Mrs. Leonard, Mrs. Turnbull, Mrs. Skoglund, Mrs. Hopper, and Mrs. Dixson.

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YOUR GUN MUSICAL AN ENTERTAINING SUCCESS Karl VanZandt played a sharpshooting western entertainer. The normal spring concert for 1987 was replaced by a musical. A musical is quite different from a concert in that a musical has acting combined with the singing. Actually, it is more a singing play. “Annie, Get Your Gun” was the title of the high school chorus’ show. It starred Beth Lull as sharpshooting Annie Oakley and Karl VanZandt as the sharpshooting star of a traveling show. Karl played Frank Butler. Annie throws a twist into Frank’s swollen- headed attitude by beating him in a shooting match. She then becomes the co-star of the show. Frank has a problem sharing the spotlight with a woman. As an added conflict, Annie and Frank fall in love, but in the conflict of who is better with a gun, they almost lose each other. Of course, the play must end on a happy note; therefore, Frank and Annie get together. The musical was directed by Mrs. Herrick. Other leading roles were: Joe Gaiser as Charlie Davenport, Jenn Lull as Dolly Tate, and Pete Stafford as the western legend, Buffalo Bill. The musical was a pleasant change from the normal spring concert. Due to an increase in practice time needed, musicals have been avoided, but Mrs. Herrick decided that this was the year to do it. It turned out to be an entertaining success. Beth Lull played the female lead, and Mrs. Herrick was the leading organizer, director, and the person who held it all together. Winnie and Tommy, Lisa Waffle and Bryce Fred- erick, sing a duet in the musical. Opening y 5