Roncalli High School - Lance Yearbook (Aberdeen, SD)

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24 Lance Speaks I AM YOUR YEARBOOK. Treat me kindly as I have already been through enough. Do you see the group at the right? How would you like them to handle your personal pages-every picture, every article, every headline? Let me tell you, at times it was touch and go. More than once I almost didn't get sent to California in time for my rendezvous with the printer. Of course, it wasn't always lack of staff communication that caused my near blankness. Forces beyond their control haunted the strange shaped room in the lower level of RHS. A mixup of colored and black white film was only the beginning of our picture disasters. A last minute attempt for girls tennis pictures that turned into very blank negatives ended in a very roof-raising discussion. But I almost met my Waterloo on my second date with the printer. A week before my postal engagement, my advisor was told that the company who took all my individual student pictures couldn't send them. My film was ruined; the pictures would have to be retaken. Well, that gives you the background for the staff picture at the right. Mrs. Janelle Klapperich, the only advisor who ever loved me, laid down and buried her head in a sheet, hoping never to see me again.

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Students Perform In Concerts Eight RHS students once again had the opportunity to take part in All-State Chorus. It was held in Rapid City on November 3-5. All-State members were chosen for their qualities of class participation, interest and musical abilities. They sang and socialized with over 950 high school students from all over the state. All-State members this year were: Nancy Caven and Jody Sanders, soprano; Linda Lindner and Brigid Steele, alto; Mike Miller and Rich Weron, bass; and Ted Streckfuss and Dan Zerr,tenor. Mr. John Poluka was the chorus director. The 16-member stage band practiced twice a week at 7:30 am. They participated in area contests and performed at the shopping mall and at the Homecoming coronation. Mr. Richard Orth was the band director. The choruses and bands each held a winter and spring concert. Music 23

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1. Sean McGee, Terrie Volk, Tony Mangan, Jean Engelhart, David Blando, Mary Schmitz, Lisa Beckel, Betsy Arend, Carol Costello, John Washenberger, Debbie Raymond and Linda Kingery investigate the nervous breakdown of Mrs. Klapperich, located under the sheet. 2. Jean Engelhart, co-editor of the LANCE, questions yearbook deadlines. 3. Mrs. Klapperich assists sports editor, David Blando, with his golf article. 4. John Washenberger, co-editor of the LANCE, reminds staff members that we all need an occasional break. 5. Debbie Raymond and Lisa Beckel, co- editors of the CAVALCADE, discuss the first publication. Lance Staff 25