Our Lady of Mercy School - Lore Yearbook (Detroit, MI)

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White Lace and Promises'' Theme of Anniversary Ball The annual Anniversary Ball, traditionally held during Christmas week, is an important event for most upperclassmen. Each year a theme contest is held to obtain a central idea for the dance to be based on. This year there were so many suggestions and of such range that nearly twenty of them were offered to juniors and seniors to select from. After a ballot vote, ‘‘White Lace and Promises,’”’ taken from a recent Carpenters song, was chosen. The ball was held on December 27, from 8:00 to 12:00 p.m. at the Mercy college ballroom — scene of last year’s dance. The music was provided by Don Palmer's orchestra and they proved again why they are so Often the choice for school events of special significance. The music ranged from classical to jazz to rock and all the numbers were conducive to dancing or just listening. As always, the dance was the subject of students’ conversation for days afterward, as each girl recalled the special evening again and again and again. Upper right: Colleen Cavanaugh and Micheal King. Lower left: Sen- ior Barb Valenti joins alumni Debbie Sackey, Barbara Demshuk, Colleen Kirchner and Suzie Watts. Lower right: This couple finds quiet conversation preferable to dancing.

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It My Friends Could See Me Now... ' ae Exciting. Fast moving. Gullible Charity Hope Valentine, dance hall hostess, gives her heart and money to the wrong men. She offers a tender, poignant and amusing yet lovable look at the misadventures of love. She dances, laughs and cries over the people she INneeis: Charity’s world is the very real domain of Time Square and all the people that pass through this world are as deceptively charming as any that ever crossed the stage. Charity’s loves can be Classified as the ‘ultra-chic continental,’’ ‘‘animal magnetism,’’ and the “impossible-to-believe-but-better-than-nothing’’ type of heroes. We are introduced to all the people in her world and be they her hard-core dance hall girl friends, the Central Park ‘‘strollers’’ or the YMCA “‘self-improvers’’ — they’re the people we've always wanted to meet but never seem to. We get our chance to through Charity. Upper left: Tim McCool and Bob Hoff lift Gayla Gregor high into the air. Lower left: Renee Roy, Jeanne Wisne, Karen Law, Pat Kolinski and Ruthann Logsdon as the dancing Faydenko girls. Middle right: Gayla Gregor and Joe Kolinski over cafe-style lunch. 121

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tice PDR My Heart Belongs to Daddy — Juniors Sponsor Annual Dance February 26 was a very special night for Mercy girls and their fathers. Once again the junior class sponsored the Father-Daughter dance. The annual essay contest was won by Pat Postula, a junior. From eight until eleven o’clock fathers led their daughters to the music of the Don Palmer Orchestra, watched skits put on in the gym, and learned a few interesting facts about some of the other fathers. For example, Mr. Hughes had to sixteen father-daughter dances before the 1972 one. The youngest father was Mr. Horvath, the oldest father was Mr. Orr. There were plenty of laughs and many fathers showed their dancing skills during the polkas and Mexican Hat dances. After the dance most fathers took their daughters out to a late dinner, the end to a perfect evening. The Father-Daughter dance was once more a SUCCESS. Above: Mr. Cavanaugh and Sheila Griffin. Middle left: Essay con- test winner Patrice Postula and her father. Lower left: Anne Erma- tinger and Peggy Malone (with a little help from their dads) take part in one of several comedy skits. 123