Northwest High School - Vanguard Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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Maria, played by Sandra Sprouse, pleads with the Mother Superior to be allowed to sing in the abbey. Thespians highlight year with 'Sound of Music' Smearing 25 pounds of wheat paste on scraps of paper to make a paper mache mountain, chanting rosaries, and stretching a bit to reach a dancing partner sound like three entirely abstract problems, but to cast and stage crew members of The Sound of Music, they were very much related. A smash Broadway musical and Academy Award winning film, The Sound of Music was present- ed March 14 and 15 with Sandra Sprouse and Lonny Huber in the lead roles of Maria and Captain Von Trapp. While petite Sandra and tall Lonny faced difficulties in danc- ing a Laendler folk dance, 26 girls patiently learned nuns' proper con- duct-walking, kneeling, crossing themselves, and chanting Latin. Four children from grade schools sang and acted in the musical, they already knew most of the songs be- fore rehearsals even started. During one song, the children, acting like the hands of a clock, got to hit each other on the head. They got a big kick out of that, Sandy remem- bered. Since Sandy alone wore 10 dif- ferent costumes, mothers, grand- mothers, and aunts rated sewing draftees. During practice, the Von Trapp family gathers with Maria, Sandra Sprouse, to escape a thun derstorm and sing The Lonely Goatherdf' 30

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Reigning over Vanguard Variety festivities are newly crowned King Brent lunkins and Queen Kate Griffin, seniors. Various talents blossom in first Vanguard Varieties Northwest pupils excel other than in the classroom, in athletics or in extra-curricular organizations. This was clearly demonstrated by 60 talented Pioneers who were spot- lighted in the Vanguard Varieties, student variety show presented for the first time, january 10, in the au- ditorium. An appreciative audience ap- plauded 13 V Squared acts fea- turing folk and pop singers, dancers, pianists, and skits by the junior and senior girls. Introducing the acts were Tim Campbell, junior, 29 and Suzie Huber, senior, who were master and mistress-of-ceremonies. Highlighting the evening was the crowning of the yearbook king and queen, Brent junkins and Kate Griffin of the senior class, during the intermission. They were crowned by lim Reed, senior, and julie Evans, junior, student direc- tors. Sponsoring the Varieties were Northwest's student publications. Proceeds aided the Vanguard and Telstar in meeting their annual budgets. Setting the show's tempo are Clan mem- bers Dave Mason and Dennis Duley.

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Lonnie Huber, senior, tries to hold a straight face while being made up for his role as Captain Von Trapp. Max Detweiler, played by David Schuster, junior, sings No Way to Stop lt to Von Trapp, Lon nie Huber, and Elsa Schureader, Mary Huber, sophomore. Leading her brothers and sisters in So Long, Farewell is Liesl as played by Debbie Baron, sophomore. 31