R Nelson Snider High School - Safari Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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Plain And Fancy Captivates Audience This year ' s musical, Plain and Fancy, captured the hearts of all Panthers. Take a group of talented high school students, terrific choreo- graphy, spirited songs and a director like Mr. Tucker, a Pit director like Mr. Seeger, a choreographer like Mr. Clauser and the singing direction of Mr. Nicholas, and you can ' t help producing an excellent musical. Plain and Fancy is about a high class New York couple, portrayed by Leslie Venderly and Andy Weissert, who go to an Amish community to sell property they have inherited from a distant relative. They encounter all the customs and beliefs of the Amish sect, while humorous as well as touching circumstances occur. Mitzi Schmidt portrays a young Amish girl who is in love with Dave Getzin, but because of her father ' s wishes (Carl Sargent), she is being forced to marry Dave ' s brother, played by Mark Maisonneuve. Since Plain and Fancy was not an extremely well known musical, the Fine Arts Department went all out for publicity by catching a slogan from one of the songs - You Can ' t Miss It. And, many of the Panthers took that advice and saw the musical. Plain and Fancy played to full crowds all three nights. I ROW 1: Mr. Jim Clauser, Kelly Pierce, Ed Schlictenmever. Ruth Teetor. Dave Getzin, Mitzi Schmidt, Carl Sargent, |amie Hall. Mark Maisonneuve, Leslie Venderly. Andy Weissert, Mr. Terry Tucker. ROW 2: Tracy Stephenson, Ann Seybolt. Karen Hall. Denise Schertz. Lori Leonard, Betsy Hill. Dawn Kneller. Kathy O ' Brian. Jenny Kent, |ane Lanier. Arlene Kennedy, Heidi Baurele. Dawn Fisher, ]anette Saferstein. |oe Dick, |im Griswold. ROW 3: Carolyn Warren, Glynis |ames. Laura Caroll, Rob Jones, Jill Johnson. Bill Maish, Karen Klee, Dan Palmer. Nadine Perkins, Tom Teel. Dave Willoughby. Donna Garvin, Mike Wiedenhoeft. Katy Dixon, Colleen Carlson. Karen Stanger. Kim Klee. ROW 4: Wade Riedinger, Al Bunch. Tim Martin, Sherri Schmidt. Miriam McClendon, Paul Krueger, Pete Barth, Stacia Wallace, John Spring.

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[t Was For Panthers! No problem getting manpower, all the students will participate, so it would only stand to reason that we ' ll get enough volunteers. Good, how about funds for this project? What about Dances, and Candy sales? Right! And I ' m sure the community will back the school 100%. Seven months later an idea conceived by a few Student Council members was born, and the student body loved it. A chance to experience three days of unique free form educational classes was nothing to sneeze at. So, from March 27 until March 29, it was, Good-bye Einstein, hello Jacques Cousteau, )ulia Childs, and John Travolta, etc. Something For Everyone

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LEFT: How it was when we were young , Mitzi Schmidt and Dave Getzin reflect on their childhood love in song. LOWER LEFT: Carl Sargent gives counseling to his daughter, Mitzi Schmidt before her wedding day. BELOW: Before a perfect performance, there ' s lots of practice. Here Andy Weissert and Jamie Hall rehearse with Dave Getzin.