Pike High School - Pikes Peek Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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Bottom: Music supplied by the pep band leads the student body into the gymnasium for the Sec- tional pep session. Bottom photo by Greg Shank line the gym. Spirit in its purest form feeds on winning and thrives on tall, string-bean players who have a strange affinity for round-netted hoops. Farmers of the crop are many; the coaches are well-versed in their trade. It dies every spring around March in an over-sized gym called Market Square Arena. Even from the moment of its death, the seeds are planted for the next year ' s harvest, and it springs up anew each November. It does not die easily, for it is an old tradition fol- lowed by both young and old. It is one vital form of spirit. It is Hoosier Hysteria.

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Below: Atop the shoulders of a willing friend at a t»asketball game, sophomore Carlene Brann raises a cheer from her perch above the crowd. Right: In the true spirit of Homecoming ' s 50 ' s day, sophomore Mark Bernhardt slicked back his hair and donned his shades. It ' s funny how people make word associations. Mention authority, and they ' ll say Mr. Schiavone. Bring up restrooms, and you ' ll hear smoking. And if you talk about spirit anywhere in Indiana, you ' ll get bas- ketball thrown right back at you. Obviously, spirit is not confined to basketball. It ' s found in plays, between classes, and in the band, to name a few. But take a look inside the gym on Friday or Saturday nights when the weather transforms your breath into a white, wispy cloud, and you ' ll see spirit abounding in excess. The Indiana climate is perfect, the hardwood soil is rich, and its roots stretch deep below the bleachers that

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large cast, big production num- bers and flashy costumes are the usual elements found in a musical. Carnival, the midwinter pro- duction, was no exception, and in ad- dition, it had live animals on stage and lights strung directly over the audience. But, Carnival did have something special— a serious, dramatic plot under all of those magic tricks and grease paint. It was the story of a naive, optimistic girl named Lili (sophomore Ann East- ridge) who travels to a carnival seeking employment after her father dies. Her naivity is catered to by Marco the Mag- nificent, the carnival ' s magician Qunior Bruce Buckwalter). She receives Right: During the song Cirque de Paris, the cast members performed various acrobatic tricks such as this pyramid, which is on the way down. Above: Lili. sophomore Ann Eastridge. who came from the town of Mira, shows Mark Olbina, se- nior, her watch that reads Mira, near Werpe. Right: The puppets Horrible Henry and Carrot Top try to comfort sophomore Ann Eastridge af- ter she made a shambles of Marco ' s magic act. PT iii.