Orland Park High School - Hi Lander Yearbook (Orland Park, IL)

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ROW Ig Mrs. Paulsen. I. Enblom, L. Jorgensen, D. Morlock, R. Creer, M, I-lolz. ROW 2: R. Farr, B. Borgo, B, Eierdam, R. Anderson, C. Hallgren, M. Senglin, C. Johnson, R. Farr, OPCA Q6 ffa Under the direction of Mrs. Paul- sen, the orchestra has been playin semi-classical music as well as folk and popular songs. The music room is really in full swing when orchestra and chorus get together once a week. Our first big production was the Christmas Musicale which we pre- sented on Dec. 21, 1952. We also played for numerous school functions and between acts of the Junior and Senior plays. The Music Appreciation class has had a very busy year. Most of their time has been spent listening to rec- ords from famous operettas, on which tests usually followed. Mrs. Paulsen has also furnished the class with books which produced some very interesting tests. One of the projects that the music class undertook was to make the scen- ery for their operetta. Everyone who took the course en- joyed it immensely and now probably have a greater interest in classical music. ROW I: I. Ludes, M. Nagel, D. Cooper, N. Orr. I. Tomlinson, ROW 211. Golias, S. Elliott, I. Vanek, E, Dull, A. Holz, K, Peterson, G. Kowalczyk.

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FIRST ROW: Mrs. Paulsen, J. Hoehs, D. Palmer, B. Collier, D. Morlock, E. Lehr, E. Granat, C. Larson, B. Schultz, C. Johnson, M, Holz. SECOND ROW: T. Schmidt, B. Schmilke, L. Jaeger, R. Cox, E. Vynalek, D. Anderson, S. Elliott, L. Beccue, S. Burris, C. Hallgren, M. Senglin, A, lehr, B. Nagel, V. Kats. THIRD ROW: M. Mansell, L. Garcia, D. Myrick, 1. Johnson, B. Eierdam, B. Voss, J. Enblom, G. Kramer, M. Cole, B. Brancato, I. Cooney, J. Towner, C. Ahnell, E. White, D. Hufker, I. Roth. CA OPUY5 The chorus group consists of forty members, at least fifty per cent of which are new. The chorus meets three times a week. Since the class period has been extended to an hour, Mrs. Paulsen incorporated in the class period a course in the fundamentals of music. At Christmas time, chorus presented a Twili ht Musicale which told the story of the lgativity in song and pantomime. Instead of presenting the program from the stage, the scene was placed in the middle of the g nasium floor with the audience seated,-Tn the bleachers and chairs. The scene was lighted by candles held by the high school and glrade school choruses seated in back of t e scene. A field trip was taken in March to see the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta, The Gondoliers, presented at the Lyon's Township High School in La Grange. The Music Department added another member to its family this year, namely the Boys' Chorus. This group was form- ed primarily b the boys from the Music Appreciation cliass whose interests went beyond the regular class room period. This group's picture appears below. ROW I: J. Vanek, D. Hopkins, S. Elliott, B. Roth, ROW 2: G. Kowalczyk, K. Peterson, J. Golias, A. Holz, D. Morlock.

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O lflI'll0I The lrmior Class of Consolidated High School District 230, presented I-lilarity House, a super farce comedy in 3 acts. The cast was: Doris Cooper--Isobel Jordan--a widow Doris Schuldt--Kathi Jordan--her I7 year old daughter Janet Towner--Betts Jordan--Isobel's I6 year old daughter Helen Schuldt--Lucinda Peck from Cabbage Neck, The Jordans maid. v Jake Ludes--Jeff Jordan--Uncle of Kathi and Betts Barbara LoBue--Dora Devine--Jeff's old sweetheart David Morlock--Buzz Bassett--Betts' boyfriend Gene Adams--Wally O'Shane--Kathi 's boyfriend no, I Kenneth Rauch--Stan Lawler--Kathi's boyfriend no. 2 Jere Vanek--Dixie Devine--son of Dora The story is of a certain Uncle Jeff, who believes he will drop soon with 350, ooo under his belt. He informs his nieces that he will leave it t0 them, providing they lengthen their frocks to their ankles, wear no make-up, stop jitterbugging, never appear in public in shorts or .nm cfs, fwfr, slacks, and have no dates until they are eighteen years old, They sadly agree, but when Unkv leaves for St. Louis to see a doctor, the girls ueciue to nave one final jazz session with the boys, Unky misses his bus and catches them in the act. T-his makes him decide to leave his money to his old sweet- heart's daughters, which don 't exist. The nieces, grief- stricken, decide to dress their boyfriends up as the Devine sisters and make they act simply hilarious and devilous, in hopes their Uncle won't disinherit them, But when Dora Devine shows up at the Jordan house with her son, whom Uncle Jeff thinks is a girl, she spoils everything and the kids are shown up, Uncle Jeff then decided to marry Dora, but when she hears Uncle Jeff isn't going to die after all, she shows her hand and trys to run away with Jeff 's money. Wally and Buzz save Unkies money and everything turns out just dandy. Uncle Jeff and Isobel get married and the girls are allowed to go out with the boys and wear the clothes they wish.