Portage High School - Legend Yearbook (Portage, IN)

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tudents perform with much variety With the variety in a high school, comes a variety of activities. The air band contest and the variety show were two activities in which the students had the opportunity to show off their talents. The third annual Air Band contest was Mar. 11. Twelve groups participated in the event. There were four groups cho¬ sen to win and an additional complimen¬ tary prize winner. Ready For the World with seniors Kevin Banker, Marty Bertucci, Noel Cullen, Scott Pow¬ er and Jim Utley won the first place prize of $100. Second place went to The Cure , which was done by senior Tom Burke, juniors Heath Homann, Bob Jara- bek and Bob Shough, and sophomores Doug E. Greider and Stephanie Mar¬ shall. The second prize was $75. Also, Ky Badgley, Jerry Davison, Wal¬ ly Derifield, Tony Sebben and Mike Sweitzer received a third place prize of $50 imitating the group Def Leppard . The fourth place prize of $25 went LL Cool J with Dan Elkins, Robby Farin- elli and Drake Overturf. Sponsors, Mrs. Bonnie Albert and Mr. Joe Stevens, decided to award a non place finisher $15. Robert Palmer , consist¬ ing of Cassie Gouger, John Patellis, Julie Popp, Missy McGurren, Heather Sedan and Shelly Sobczak, won that special award. The audience voted for the groups they liked by writing their selections on their ticket stub. That year, for the first time, students were required to purchase tickets during school because no tickets were sold at the door. Tickets were $3. M imicking a song by the Beastie Boys are seniors Jerry Bryan and Larry Auskel. Another activity that attracted stu¬ dents was the variety show. The Thespi¬ ans sponsor this event every year. Acts from singing to dancing are performed at the variety show. The show was on Feb. 22. The variety show gives a number of students the chance to perform whatever they like. Some students performed skits and dances. Others played an instrument or dedicated a song. Senior Jennifer Dean explained that she was in Junior Miss and put on a skit. Later, Mr. Stevens said, I should have done that skit in the variety show. Dean did a skit on a commercial for detergent. Student Life

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cting as mayor, Kristy Nabhan, senior, participates in Student Gov¬ ernment Day. he community involves young¬ sters, not just high school students, such as the pupils of Jones School, who wave their flags in honor of the signing of the Constitution. uring the strike, many teachers, of all Portage public schools, were out for five school days to picket for their rights. Community Relations

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P erforming Human Toy by Ready For the World are Kevin Bank¬ er, Marty Bertucci, Jim Utley, Scott Power and Noel Cullen. They won first place at the Air Band contest. Air Band and Variety Show