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

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friendship from the puppeteer Jacquot (senior Mark Olbina). Lili ' s life isn ' t dimmed too much even by the hard driving carnival owner (senior Ted Pearson) nor by the animosity from Marco ' s partner Rosalie (sophomore Joanie Crowe). However, her world is complicated most by the other puppeteer, Paul (se- nior Jay Poindexter). He is an injured dancer who takes out his bitterness on everyone else, especially Lili. That bi- tterness, though, is only a front, be- cause he, too, needs love, and he, too, falls prey to Lili ' s hopefulness. So instead of a splashy bang for an end, the play closes quietly as Paul and Lili walk off together, arm in arm. Top left: As Paul, the bitter puppeteer, senior Jay Poindexter sings to Carrot Top, asking why people like the puppet but no one likes him. Above: A surprised Joanie Crowe, sophomore, reacts to junior Bruce Buckwalter whipping off the shirt of an unsuspecting Mark Robinson, ju- nior. In the background is the next victim, soph- omore Evelyn Greenland. Right: While the orchestra plays Love Makes the World Go Round, senior Jay Poindexter and Ann Eastridge, sophomore, walk off as the play closes.

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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.

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26 Above: This Atomic World was a traveling pro- gram sponsored by Purdue University. The lec- turer demonstrates several phenomena to students.