Scotch Plains Fanwood High School - Culmen Yearbook (Scotch Plains, NJ)

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X ,, mznsfzm fi - -wi.. 'Y' ' .1 . kfy. f A W: Q- K 5 ef 1 ' 1 fe m-.igiif ' sw W H, K W F David Fey and Keith Guillame practice their .lolly Green Giant routine for the talent show. Gymnastics Just for Fun Free exercise, tumbling, individual and group routines were areas explored by the Gymnastics Club participants. This co-ed club met on Friday afternoons under Miss Patricia Zizlsperger's guidance. Apparatus used by the members included the mats, the side horse, vaulting horse, balance beam, even and uneven parallel bars and the trampoline. Miss Zizlsperger stressed experimentation on all the apparatus by club gymnasts. Participants helped each other learn new skills and perfect old ones as well. The club's main concern was that members have fun while they improve their physical fitness. Aleda Kovacs and Bonnie Brien lose control of their hands. Express Yourself The Modern Dance Group at SPFHS provided girls with an opportunity to increase their understanding and skill in expressing themselves through dance. Members were selected in the fall based on the display of the following techniques: flexibility, agility, coordination, and poise. Sponsored by the G.A.C. and supervised by Miss A. Lynette Birkins, the Monday nights rehearsals taught the girls to convey their ideas clearly and to choreograph entire works as well as individual pieces. The year reached its apex when the girls shared their skills with a live audience in recital.

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Follow the Leader Leaders Club, the honor society of the girls' Physi- cal Education Department, fulfilled many services in schoo-l, while enioying outside activities this year. Whatever the season, there were proiects and daily duties to perform. In fall, the girls sold Tootsie Rolls to raise funds, and a float was entered in the Home- coming parade. Winter brought ski trips and excur- sions to see professional basketball and hockey games. In spring, leaders were busied with the initiation of new members and the annual awards dessert at which an outstanding leader was presented a 5100.00 scholarship. However, the club was not purely social. Three times weekly leaders aided gym teachers in class as referees, skill demonstrators and spotters, or they lightened the office work load. Through social and functional activities members of Leaders Club experienced the advantages and the responsibilities involved with a position of leadership. Jill Schottinger demonstrates gymnastics tor Back-to-School Night. G. A. C. Offered Sporting Chance Promoting participation in girls' varsity and intramural sports was the main function of this year's Girls' Athletic Council.. The sports offered covered a diversified range of activities. Al- though most sports were for girls, co-ed intramu- rals included bowling, gymnastics and modern dance. Guided by Miss Patricia Zizlesperger, Miss Lynette Birkins and president Lynn DeFiore, the club experienced a successful year with their charm sale in December and a candy sale in late spring. The year terminated with the traditional Awards Dessert in June which honored the par- ticipants in various sports, and their Banquet also in June, at which the new officers were announced. Leader Carol Siursen demonstrates on the un even parallels during class. ml G.A.C. members are a jolly group. Kathi Suto, Bobbi Kalish. s

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Concert Choir Displayed Vocal Versatility Musical interpretation by use of the voice, clearly defines a choir. Training and blending 140 of these voices to create a sound of fullness and sensitivity was the purpose of Concert Choir. Proving its versatility,tConcert Choir per- formed at the Christmas and Spring Concerts, singing selections that varied from Beetho- ven's Halleluiah from the Mt. of Olives to Joni Mitchell's Both Sides Now and ex- cerpts from Sigmund Romberg's The Student Prince. and the choir sings on and on and on. A Cappella Faced Musical Challenge Tryouts for A Cappella Choir were held in the early spring of last year, testing vocalists in musicianship, intonation and diction. The forty-seven voices selected and directed by Mr. Robert Brown faced the challenge of performing difficult and intri- cate selections. Meeting three times a week, A Cappella members learned the importance of concentrated effort and practice in pre- paring for performances at the Christmas and Spring Concerts. Lawson Gunn and Frank Murano serenade the choir Concert Choir on stage for the Christmas Concert.