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

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Fired up and ready to cheer, sophomore Mike Alt stirs up some spirit 9 — spirit The Raiders let off a little steam at the bonfire

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 Hey, now that's a fire! The flames blaze higher and higher and so does the Raider spirit. What's going on back there, ? one freshman asks an- other. I don't know, man. I think one of the mad scientists upstairs has built a bomb to blow up the school. I'm going to tell Mr. A. Moments later a loud intercom comes on full blast. It's Mr. A. This is rumor control. No, there is not an attack of foreigners loaded with atomic bombs in the back of the school, nor is that the new smoking area. It's a bonfire! Come on! Get out there and help celebrate ... ah ... celebrate ... celebrate everything! Go yell and scream and cheer and go CRAZY!!! Mr. A. excitedly invites all students to join the party. But we'll have no daredevils. Anyone who touches that fire gets a three day vacation in the in- house room. So the freshmen decide, Hey, let's go check it out. The band is playing the fight song as the cheerleaders fire up the crowd. The football team is doing their thing to psych them- selves up for the big game. Mr. Lange introduces all the mem- bers of the fall sports teams. Par- ents and fans grow closer and closer to the fire. The spirit's hap- penin' here at Rogers. Catch it! Catch it! -Lori Grams- The cheerleaders strut their stuff to the fight song as the firemen anxiously await to extinguish the fired-up crowd. Now that's a fire! , exclaims Mr.Kent Lange as he fires up the crowd at the bonfire 8 — spirit

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Anything Goes! Friday night. The curtain opens. The audience hushes as the music begins and the lights go down. No one knows what to expect because tonight — Anything Goes ! The play begins aboard the U.S.S. American ocean liner, where the ar- ranged marriage of Sir Evelyn and Hope Horcourt is to take place. Evelyn and Hope, however, don't love each other, which becomes quite obvious when Billy, Hope's old flame, stows away on the cruise to win her back, posing as such characters as Public En- emy No. 1, George Bernard Shaw and a Chinese gambler. Billy runs into his old pal, former evangelist turned sultry night club star, Reno Sweeney who preoccupies” Sir Evelyn while Billy tries to find Hope. If this isn't confusing enough, Moonface Martin, Public En- emy No. 13, and his sidekick Bonnie Mrs Horcourt (Kym Hoover) smells something fishy going on as Bitty (Mike Alt) and Hope (Erica Wagner) putt a scam on her Is this the new Wang Chung? wonders Moon (Mark Crag) and the Purser (Bob Sicko) as Ching and Ling (Janet Botinger) and (Kim Withrow) board the ship Reno Sweeney (Mary Koselke) and her Angels (Haytey Edinger. Amy Russell. Molly Roper, and Cathy Drzewiecki) mingle with their fellow passengers student life help out Billy and Reno while working their way up the ladder of criminal suc- cess. All of these sordid schemes lead to a turn of hilarious events in the end. This year's cast faced many obsta- cles but they managed to pull togeth- er to put on one of the most successful musicals ever. Perhaps the reason for their success had something to do with the fact that Anything Goes made it's debut on Broadway exactly 52 years ago on November 21. the same night as this year's performance.. The good luck seemed to have rubbed off quite well. As for the cost, what did they have to say about themselves? It was great! Since I've only worked on Stage Crew before, it was like looking out on the other side. I couldn't hdve made it through without the help of the rest of the cast and crew!, remarked sopho- more Mike Alt about his debut. When asked what his most memora- ble moment was, Kevin Beckner an- swered, Standing out on stage in my flowered bikini underwear duing dress rehearsal! Probdbly the toughest part about being in the musical was having to sac- rifice some of life's sacred moments. What was one of the biggest sacri- fices? “Sleep!!! , according to Wendy Seifert. Even though Saturday mornings, grades, and lots of sleep were given up. all the hard work poid off with a smosh performance. “Anything Goes proved to be another wonderful rea- son to celebrate. -Cathy Drzewiecki -Amy Russell