Plymouth High School - Mayflower Yearbook (Plymouth, IN)

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Festive dances punctuated year with merriment, frolic Variety . . that's what PHS dances had plenty of. The informal ity of after- game football and basketball dances, sponsored by various organisations and clubs, give May to hilarity at the annual Student Council Sadie Hawkins Day dance and to elegance and formality at the Winter Formal conducted by Senior Sunshine. The ca felon urn appeared refined to Dogpatch, USA. or more exactly, a |unk- yard, as old wire, musty furniture, smelly washer and wood sat. unceremoniously dumped, in the town square. with Mr. Snyder in the role of the t»g leading lady. Sadie Hawkms. Marry in Sam issued li- censes of Matrimony and all girls lucky enough to trap an unsusoectmg male for The event devoured Moonshine ’ and do- nuts. Remembrances of antique lace and Grandmother's attic appeared to memory on December 4. when, despite the ram. the mood of Christmas. 1900 captured the visitors to the Winter Formal. A coxy fireside liwngroom glowed in the lobby while the cefetormm became a town of yesteryear complete with street lamps and a huge Christmas tree adorned with gingerbread and candy cants Prom time rolled around wnth Ajruors hosting Seniors at Shakrspeare’s Mid- summer n.ght's Dream. atantasyiand where bullfrogs sat besides look ng glass pools, and couples could stroll across a brook on a grassy bridge Flowers adorn- ed not only grit’ corsages, but table de- corations and mossy hedges as well. Rain dampened outside deoor. but spirits re- mained bright inside where promgoers danced to the strains of the Gremlins'' for the last fling of the year. Some cou- ples even attempted to brave the ele- ments at the Dunes. ABOVE Couprei Jmti Hcruclaw and Diana Dunfcar and Catfiy Mtirdir and Randy Murray fit r» i in with tha baauiiful decorations al lha annual Sadra Hawkins dares. LEFT Juniors Drbba Mapiw and Mika Me hear aryov tha courtyard scene at their first prom SfeOent Ufa-19

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Play, musical, variety show afforded audience enjoyment To Sigma chose at it autumn pity the comedy ANDROCLES ANO THE LION by Georg Bernard Shaw. The club than donad it rrtutl of presenting a children' pity and an adult play in favor of per formmg just one play to be enjoyed by both young and old alike. With Steve DJIt as the Lion and Doug Van Skyock as An dr odes, the audience witnessed a moralis- tic Story set in a jungle outs.de of Rome during the time of Julius Caesar's reign The advanced choir presented the re- nowned Broadway hit and movie, HEL- LO OOLLY. as their annual musical Cast members strugtfed to compete sets be fore the curtain went up to reveal a New York street In the Gay 90s. The main characters had costumes rented from a Chicago theatrical company while the Chorus adorned themselves with artdes from Grandmother's trunk or creatively handmade Cast member produced vwsa t r scenery in the inadequately meager ‘'auditorium surroundings as they switched scenes several time during the story as Mary Ann Noelier and Dawn Rin- ger shared leading lady roles of Dolly Gal- lager Levi. The theme of the annual Band Variety Show. Get Happy, 0J, showed a grum birng Archie Bunker-type with all types of musical entertainment from chorus and dance, to showboat, to a minstrel show, and a Broadway play being presented. Seemingly overnight, a giant stage and intricate limiting and sound system sprung out of the gym floor with students and sponsors laboring endlessly to compensate for substandard facilities. Risers tied w»th clothesline served for a floor, and stage craw stood precariously from scaffolds to hang spotlit from the gym ratters Once assembled, physical educa- tional classes went elsewhere or cancelled desses m inclement weather. An overture and script written by Director Richard Benefiei opened the show which pro- gressed through many phases of musical entertainment, including a striptease per- formed by the men of the bend and an Italian opera depicting troubles encount- ered In the operating room, reminiscent Of television madscal soap operas ABOVE Siat-ng he» case to the ivdgv. Dolly portrays a tmnm mana in Ma«o Oo»iy . LfPT Oova McLivar pripvn to ting hit Kilo Thraa Hundrad Pour »» in me Variety Show Studant L.1a 21