Salesian Catholic High School - Saldet Yearbook (Detroit, MI)

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The six leads, Bill Valade, Sue Battani, Len Slazinski, lulie Schneider, Mike Pardy, and Pam Boney, are having a casual rehearsal on stage at Dominican High. These six put in a lot of time and hard Work to help make Pajama Game possible. Father Toner evaluates the progress of the dancers as they practice their routine. Dancing is no mean task as Paul Makar, Linda Petrol, Stan Kvvolek, Peggy Connolly, Chris Sutherland, Carol Forgash, and Tom Tupaj can easily affirm. lr fa gi 5 , 1w1,gf :4,a ,f. esfriflexwfi 5 4'5- S7:i?i7?fiffi1f L Father Toner and Sister Marie Timothy were the co-directors of the spring musical, Pajama Game. The play was based on the novel Seven-and-a-Half Cents by Richard Bissel. The music and lyrics were penned by Richard Adler and Ierry Ross. 77

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Salesian and Dominican combine again to produce the spring musical comedy, Pajama Game Many new friendships have begun, and old ones renewed as Salesian and Dominican High Schools joined to produce the musical Pajama Game. This was the second production be- tween the two schools. Reverend Ioseph Toner, O.S.F.S., and Sr. Marie Timothy, OP., were the co-directors. lVlr. Larry Egan directed the orchestra, made up of Notre Dame and Dominican students. The title of the play is somewhat deceivingg Pajama Game really refers to the pajama industry. The setting was in a factory. The plot concerns itself with labor-management problems. Labor had requested a 7M cent raiseg management denied this request. To complicate matters a bit more, the plant superintendent fell in love with the head of labor's grievance committee. The whole thing became quite interesting, Things worked out well, however, and the ending was a happy one. About seventy students were involved in the cast: twenty-four dancers and roughly thirty-five members in the singing chorus. The three male leads, played by Bill Valade, Mike Pardy, and Len Slazinski, were complemented by three female leads and a number of minor roles. With all this talent, Pajama Game was a sure success.

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Stephen Olejnik, entered in dramatic literature, read a selection from Mztrder in the Cathedral by T. S. Eliot. Steve is checking his script against that of the text to make sure that he made no- mistakes in copying. Salesian's multiple reading team, Michael Pardv Patrick Geraghty, Genesian readers, under the direction of Father Bradley, competed in four city-Wide Spf-38011 tOllI'I1E11T16I1tS , 1 7 John Dargis, Christopher Downey, VVilliam Haller, and David Hammerle, won fourth place at the Genesian competition at Marygrove College with a cutting from john B1'0wn's Body by Benet. Practicing for the upcoming Festival, Stephen Walker, entered in serious prose, reads the preface to The Anatomy of llleltznclaoly. Steve has earned a second and a third place in the Forensic tournaments. 1 ? X