Rogers High School - RYB Yearbook (Michigan City, IN)

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Mrs. Slater playing “the Queen” in The Breakfast Club? Miss Benz singing as Madonna? Mr. McMillan as Rambo? Where did these wild ideas come from? They were part of Mr. Looten’s repertoire as emcee for Bits-nPieces, the annual student talent show. The actual performances weren’t quite as wild as Mr. Lootens’s pictured, but they were, nonetheless, entertaining. There was piano, electric guitar, and saxophone playing, a band, a skit, magic tricks, rapping, but most of all, there was singing. The many excellent performances by seniors showed that Rogers will be losing a lot of talent to graduation. Shea Roper and Brian Nietzel, who have both participated in Bits-n-Pieces each of their years at Rogers, did their rendition of “Separate Lives”. Also, Nietzel and Byron Hurt, another active participant in Bits-n- Pieces for four years, sang Ebony and Ivory”. Another talented senior, Ron Riley, teamed up with junior, Steve Vinson to play a saxophone duet. The talent wasn’t all from seniors, though. Kim Withrow and Jenny Zummak, both sophomores, did an original skit, The Prom Date”, Kevin Beckner, freshman, sang “God Bless the U.S.A.” in celebration of the Statue of Liberty’s 100th birthday, and Mike Bootcheck, freshman, showed the audience his magical qualities by performing a few “slight of hand” tricks. So, although many talented seniors are leaving, there are many talented underclassmen to take their place and the tradition of quality of Bits-n-Pieces will go on. -Lori Scott Mr. Lootens carries on his 14 year tradition of emceeing for Bits-NPieces with his entertaining jokes and comments. During the origional skit. The Prom Date. Jenny Zummak and Kimberly Withrow dance to Mr. Sandman. Bits-N-Pieces 29

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Lisa Merriweather. freshman, and Byron Hurt, senior, gave the audience an opportunity to share their world by singing Share My World.” At the grand finale of Bits-N-Pieces all the performers congregated on the stage to the beat of Flay and Bay. Magic between the different acts was provided by the talented freshman Mike Bootcheck. For the third year in a row. Ron Riley delighted the audience with his saxophone playing. 28 Student Life

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Senior Mark Zummak sweettalks his date while Steve Foss prefers the aggressive approach. She’s gonna pick me. I know it.” says senior Dave Dabagia while Karen Bailey decides who she’ll dance with next. Seniors Dan West and Lisa Pliskey show off their dancing skills. Senior Dan Schaumann pokes fun at sophomore Amy Russell's prom attire. 30 Prom