Peru High School - Narcissus Yearbook (Peru, IN)

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'Rio Rita' Cast Goes South of the Border Nothmgs sweeta than hm B111 For shee and R1ta Carol Kleplnger as they 1ng the tmale song RIO R1ta A Broadway musical stepped onto the Peru stage December ll and 12 and left students and towns- people humm1ng the hot numbers from R1o R1ta R10 R1ta had 11S sett1ng on the R1o Grande be tween Memco and Texas The Art Club made the cencry Tlce tory lS of a Texas ranger hm played by B111 For hee who 1S sent to lvlexlco to capture the Kmka Jou a lvlexlcon band1t hm talls 1n love w1th R1ta 1 erguson a n1ght club SIHQGF played by Carol Klep 1nger and Pat McNamara Then General Estaban the leader ot the MSXICGH bandxts and the real K1nka1ou played by Iohn Stegman and M1chael Dav1dson starts the trouble for hm becau e he too IS ln love Villlfl Rlta Whlle th1s heated afta1r IS happemng another contus1ng ep1sode 13 takmg place among two Amer 1can honeymooners Dolly Sm1th a ret1red cabaret dancer played by Peggy McCormack and Ch1ck Bean a r1s1ng young soap salesman played by Paul Pecen L1ke most operettas a happy end1ng closed the show but unhke prevtous 1nus1cals R1o R1ta had a great deal of d1alogue along w1th several dances by the T1gerettes and a ballet by Patr1c1a Qumce The hnale top represented the wedd1ng of hm B111 Forshe and Rlta Pat McNamara center From left to r1ght Paul Pecen Gene lackson Mart1n D1nsmore D1Ck Hoover Sam Gruwell lack Dav1dson lnger Wold and Bob Allbntten 1o1n IH the weddmg chorus Envxous Carmen Helen Wh1ttenberger b1ckers Wlth R1ta Carol Klepmger General Estaban M1ke Davldson stands helpless whxle Peggy Study Wanda Gearhart Mary Lou Thoennes Kay Lasater lean Ann MOTTIS Rhea Sumpter Ruth Schrader Nan Burw1ck and Nancy Thrush look on Honeymoomng on cr motorcycle may not be romant1c to loey Rousseau Nancy Sharpt Mary Keyes Ioyce Saunders or Carolyn Potter cabaret dancers but Dolly Peggy McCor mack and Ch1ck Paul Pecen seem to be enloylng 1t 28 1 , , 1 S 1 1 S , ' I I Y , . L . C I 4 I 'J IL I 1 . 7 . 1 , 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 s . , ' any ' pt fx X X F 1 I . ' - - - , ,X v 1 . . 6 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . . . . F ' A . . 11 1 l V A 1 x , ., HW A - - - X 1' Swv -- 1-X I I 1 lt ' 1 I 1, A. 1 , 1 1 , I I I ' . .

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