Notre Dame de Sion High School - Sionian Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

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Siouiau Success Outside School Mary Dennihan competed with many other student pianists to be chosen as the youth soloist this year. She has played in several concerts with the Kansas City Philharmonic Orchestra. Connie Lynn Ripperger's entry in the Biological division of the science fair won second prize, as well as an award for most outstanding in the field of pharmaceutical sciences. Sr. Eileen's National Guild piano students received the gold pin for five years of superior ratings in the National Guild Auditions. Counter clock-wise from upper left are: Cathie Dale, Denise Duensing, Bethie Duensing, Martha Kepes, Kathy Dolan, Elizabeth Duffy, Kathie Staggs and Tiberius Klausner, who presented the awards as guest of honor. 52

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Senior least T)ay: Unqualified Success The Senior Feast Day, one of the most important e- vents of the Senior year, opens with the presenta- tion of decorations by Notre Mhre. The Juniors play a large part in effect- ing the Feast Day by tak- ing the Seniors out to lunch, this year to Lea's Pizzeria, and preparing entertainment for them, usually including a pro- gram in the auditorium. In the jungle (the Senior Lounge), the Senior Feast Day was the occasion of several un- successful endeavors toward levitation. Boris and Natasha came to life in the audi- torium, thanks to Bettie Jo Kirsch and Mary Dennihan, who portrayed the famous cartoon characters in the Junior skit on the Senior Feast Day. Wide awake after their slumber party the night before, the Seniors pose on their Feast Day waiting for the Junior program to begin.

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Zke Show Mad to Qo On! Class Presidents Mary Ellen O’Leary, Debbie Leishman, Randa Stewart and Cathie Dale offer Sister Winifred congratulations while Dede Bascom looks on. An afternoon of festivities high- lighted by excerpts of Shakespear- ian plays marked the celebration of Sister Winifred’s feast day this year. The afternoon began with a rousing rendition of Brush Up Your Shakespeare by the faculty. Then each maison presented an ex- cerpt of a Shakespearian play. The girls from Maison Rouge portrayed characters in Taming of the Shrew. Maison Bleue presented its own adaptation of the frolicking Merry Wives of Windsor. Verte chose one of the dark comedies, The Merchant of Venice, and D’or presented the hilarious Mid- Summer Night's Dream. The presidents of the classes then offered congratulations and a spiritual bouquet to Sister on be- half of their classes. She also re- ceived a bouquet of red roses. On behalf of the whole school. Dede Bascom presented Sister with a statue of the Blessed Mother. Mrs. Poland, representing the faculty, offered Sister congratulations and gave her a transistor radio. Mrs. Poland presents Sister with a new transistor radio. Shown in a rollicking scene from Maison Rouge's Taming of the Shrew are 1. to r. (seated): Loretta Loftus, Jane Hughes and (standing) Becky Brown, Lucie Riederer, Julie Batrick. 53