Savannah High School - Savannual Yearbook (Savannah, MO)

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Fall Homecoming festivities began, with serious planning long before the actual game. Students and teachers worked hard weeks before to make homecoming a success. During Spirit Week, the entire school buzzed with activity. Students forgot their studies and busied themselves with decorating their lockers, the halls, bulletin boards and themselves. People were dressed appropriately according to that particular day. On Monday everyone dressed Hawaiian. Tuesday was Pajama Day; Wednesday was Tootsie Day; Thursday was Nursery Rhyme Day and Friday was the traditional Black and Gold Dayf, stated first semester student body president Tim Clark ,85. iiI thought Spirit Week was successful. More people dressed up this year than last year, comment- ed Trisha Tietz i86. ' Friday was also the day of the SHS Homecoming Parade. The streets of downtown Savannah were flooded with Savage Spirit as the Elizabeth Freudenthal t85 loves that old time rock-n-rolli'. Homecoming parade rolled into action. The day was cloudy, and the ground was wet and muddy, but the students and sponsors who had worked hard all week weren,t discouraged. Excitement flowed as fans gathered along the parade route to watch the parade. Charla Wamsley ,86 said of the parade, ttI thought it was too short, but I liked the floats? Weeks of planning and long hours of hard work culminated in an outstanding i84 Homecoming parade with the Junior class, winning the float competition. Gaylen Heckman ,86 stated, tiWe had fun when we worked, but we knew what had to be done? After the parade, the floats were dissembled and everyone prepared for the game. The Savages played football to the best of their abilities, but Trenton managed to slip by. Despite losing the game, this homecoming was truly a Mark Above the Rest! The excitement and spirit could still be felt at the dance as the students rocked and rolled to the music of MESA. At the stroke of midnight, students left with plea- sant memories of a happy, fun-filled homecoming week. - Amy Schwich- tenberg Chris Niewoehner ,86 shows off the juniors' first place float. They have won the float competition for the last three years. Fall Homecoming V 23

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Sherri Wampler ,86 and Jimmy Richey t86 rock to the music of MESA. Stacey Howard ,87, Sheri Carter ,87 and Jennifer Kincaid t87 put the finishing touches on the Sophomore float. Fall Homec began with seric before the actua and teachers wc before to make success. During Spiri school buzzed Students forgot busied themselve their lockers, t1 boards and them: dressed appropri that particular d ttOn Monday Hawaiian. Tues! Day; Wednesday Thursday was N1 and Friday wa; Black and Gold semester studen Tim Clark 85. ttI thought successful. More this year than las ed Trisha Tietz Friday was a SHS Homecomi streets of downto flooded with SaV Elizabeth Fr : time rock-n-r

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Portraying the kids 1n the play tiCheaper By the Dozen are Travis Ferguson 88, Rodney Smith 88, Jeff Holmes 88, Tricia Kelly ,87, Rhett Bowlin ,88, Chris McCoy l87, Sandi Gunderson 87, Eric Zahnd '87 and Sarah Bales i88. wher 5:15.! Dinner Theatre Nov. 9 Cd- H 2511 School Gymnasium Please makesziezogrzagiem by November 1 inner Theatre $6. 70 6 . 30 - ne 1'31 Admission $2.50 8:00 , more attention, A day in Autumn. The Gilbreth living room. The time e the twenties. This was the first scene in this year,s Dinner Theater performance ttCheaper by the Dozenfi The play, dramatized by Mr. Christopher Ser- gel and directed by Mrs. Kelley Stuck, was presented N ov. 9-10 in the SHS gymnasium. Stuck explained that a dinner theatre was organized ffto make it special since people tend to turn out more for performances in the fall? Eric Zahnd i87 commented, tiThe dinner brought in more viewers because it was a reasonable price and they enjoyed it. thhe money earned from admis- sions goes to pay for the sets, the food and any other expensesf, stated Stuck According to Stuck, the students were chosen by type casting. uThe people just fit the part. Also, I hear . them read and look for willingness to work? Over 200 hours went into this production, with 64 students par- ticipating in the cast and crews, according to Stuck. This year more faculty also participated. Mrs. Laura Beattie was in control of the art work; Mrs. Shirley Twombly was responsi- ble for costumes and makeup; Mrs. Kay Cameron was in charge of publicity and Mr. Lynn Durbin took charge of the technical crews. uWith more faculty personnel, it ran smoother because each crew got 8 commented Stuck. Chris Swanson i87 worked on a crew ftbecause Pm in SHS Players, and it was important. I wanted to see a good production? Kelly Klotz 87 stated that the highlight of the play was 8the end, when all the rehearsals paid off! Practice consisted of five weeks actual rehearsal time. After school for two hours was the time for practice for the first three weeks. From then on, it was from 6:30 - 9 p.m., and one all day rehearsal. During the first two weeks ttwe were blocking, where they tactorsl learn their places, set the stage picture and memorize lines. The third week we finish blocking, and lines should be memorized. The fourth and fifth week, we correct any problems and practice characteriza- tion? commented Stuck. Sarah Bales ,88 enjoyed the play because fit was a new experience for me; I really enjoyed the people in the cast? Describing the cast, Stuck com- mented, itThis was the best group ever. They were mostly younger students tfreshman and sophomorel so it was all new to them. I enjoyed working with them? Stuck sponsors the play because she enjoys it. 8185 good experience. Its a lot of work, but the close contact with the students is very rewarding? Stuck summed up ttCheaper by the Dozenii as fithe most rewarding show Pve ever donelli - Tammy Paxton German student, Al 1984 Dinner Theat1 Mom, Lisa meeting.