Riverside High School - Torch Yearbook (Riverside, NJ)

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RHS Jcizz Ensemble Swings to Europecin Becir RHS was especially proud ro possess an award winning group of music 'ralenl', rhe Riverside Jazz Ensemble. Two music feachers, Mr. Anfhony Femiano and Mr. Edward Zeuner plus six srudenrs, l972 graduales Debbie Conda and Mark Calandrella. senior Paul Grae- beldinger, juniors Ed Grab and David Her- zer, and sophomore Larry Sabel lraveled fo 'rhe Anglo lnrernafional Music Eesrival held af Covenlry College in Covenrry, England during fhe monlh of Augusr. All, combined, rhe ensemble's musical inslrumenls included piano, barirone, fenor, and allo saxophones, 'rrumpet bass lrombone, and drums. Winning a 'rrophy and a plaque of meril for lheir efforrs, 'rhe jazz group cop- ped lirsl place honors in rhe compelirion. London, Paris, Bruges. and Belgium were also freared 'ro a performance by rhe falenied musicians who cerrainly deserve a lol of recognilion for being fine represenr- arives of RHS. Waifing for 'lheir bus, fhe Riverside High School Jazz Ensemble ralks abou? +he day's coming evenrs ar fhe Awards Concert which was held in The Merhodisl Cafhedral in Covenfry, England. During an imprompru concerf, fhe Riverside High School Jazz Ensemble performs upon requesr af fhe Leamingfon Spain, Leamingron, England. I4 Experiences

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Dazzling 'Cinderella' Enchcinfs 1962 Alumni S: Felicia lannuni and Bonnie Ann Borsuk smile and see-saw as They circle The Tield during The Homecom- ing halTTime TesTiviTies on The freshman TloaT, Old Woman in a Shoe. Wi+h floaT meeTings compleTed, voTes casT Tor The Homecoming Queen and her courT. and The l962 TooTball Team alumni reTurned To Riverside, sTudenTs and specTa- Tors enioyed The TesTiviTies of Homecoming Day l972. Based on The Theme, FanTasia, The senior TloaT, Cinderella, capTured TirsT place while The iuniors presenTed The Wiz- ard of Oz : The sophomores, Hansel and GreThel : and The Treshmen, The Old Lady in a Shoe. AT The annual Homecoming nighT dance, Mary Kelly was crowned Homecom- ing Queen, leading a courT of Denise MiTsch, 'FirsT runner-up: Nancy Savage, sec- ond runner-upp Connie WalTers, Third run- ner-up: and Jane CuTiTTa, TourTh runner-up. ln spiTe of individual and class vicTo- ries, The Ram TooTball Team posTed a deTeaT as The MooresTown Quakers downed River- side. l4-2. 1-.J Nancy Holmes, Mark ErlsTon, STeve Polino, Denise Cascarino, Chris Haar, and Bob Simpson porTray characTers on The winning senior TloaT, Cinderella Experiences

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if s lllllllfl WRX GOP parTy worker, sophomore Bruce HerbsT, aTTempTs To convince Mrs. Jean Bole To voTe Tor The Republican TickeT oT Nixon and Agnew in The November 7, l972 PresidenTial elecTion. 1 ,,f1' we-f T Q Senior Kafhy Bucher regisTers To voTe aT The Riverside Municipal Building wiTh The help of Mr. Michael Chiaccio as he poinTs ouT various quesTions which she musT answer in compleTion in order To become an oTTicial voler. 1972 Elections ExhclusT Energy ofCc1mpciigners Moclr elecfions, discussing The issues. and learning abouT The governrnenT were major school proiecTs during The elecTion monTh of November. Many hisTory classes wenT inTo greaT depThs, Trying noT only To decide who were The besT men Tor PresidenT and counTy seaTs, buT why. Several classes made posTers depicTing The elecToral college and some sTudenTs porTrayed The candidaTes Themselves. Some classes Took polls To decide which candidaTe The sTudenTs would have voTed Tor if They had had The opporTuniTy To voTe. ResulTs showed ThaT The maioriTy of The school Tavored PresidenT Nixon, Though some sTudenTs supporTed SenaTor George McGovern. 43 fig McGovern supporfer, Elaine Schosman, Telephones neighborhood voTers on November 7. Experiences I5