South Side High School - Totem Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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Bolton, iunlor, closes his eyes to he intensity of his performance as his unique vocal style. The Soul Revue cast grooves along with Robert Stinson, junior, as he thrills t e au- dience with his professionally trained voice and gracious dance. fphoto by Watters ' im sou' I The excitement built increasingly. Tension was all around. Then finally, the show of the year arrived. All talent was here to be found. f The Afro-American Club dedicated itself to putting on the Soul Revue, an annual stage production at South Side. The 1985 show was entitled The Glamorous Life. Carolyn Dowdell, senior, and Eric Green, junior,,were the lead t characters though all of the cast members played important roles. Karen Nichols, senior and president of the club, and senior Steve Tate, vice-president, spent their summer vacations writing the show. Nichols exclaimed, lt's really exciting seeing what we wrote go from paper to stage. lt really makes it all worth while! c The Soul Revue was presented on April 12 and 13. Dancing, g singing, modeling, rapping, and . numerous other talents beings performed. brought delight to most of the sell-out crowd Saturday night. Because of this, their show came across as a great success. Ms. Barbara Jean Davis, sponsor, was the real back-bone. behind the s operation. She kept the morales up when the cast members began having the inevitable pre-show jitters. Mama Davis , as the cast called her, commented, Putting on such shows is a lot of hard work, but once lt's over, one feels a great sense of accompIishment. The funds attained from the show were used to give graduating seniors scholarships to help further their educations. Every year, the money is used in the same manner. T g The camraderie among the club members is ineffable. The talent show is not only a means of T entertainment, but an expression of brotherhood. Thate replied, This is a tradition that should never be . broken. Soul Revue-17

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I 'ES' ' SIDE comes to South Side! -:VT ,,, V ' 1 S you see, love can overcome anything, Tony, junior Mike Rogers. Doc, Dan Nelson, listens disapprovingly to Tony's plan. fphoto by Singing, dancing and excitement can be translated into West Side Story. West Side Story was the first musical to be performed in South Side's auditorium in the past five years. This difficult musical about two star- crossed lovers was tackled by director Jed Freels, choreographer Dan Harth, vocal coach Christine Shafer, and band director David Streeter. Long nights were spent practicing, and getting ready for the opening night. Nervousness replaced fear and confidence replaced nervousness. Everyone went on stage and gave it his or her all. The cast included the Jets-Mike Rogers, Doug Rapp, Tom Manges, Scott Morris, David Hufford, Andre Hicks, Jeff Livensparger, Jesse Martinp and the Sharks-Jonathan Ashton, Eric Zimmerman, Weldon Townsend, Craig Chambers, Derek Ball, Sam Young, Paul Shaw, and Charles Keefer. The Shark girls included Amy Franciscotty, Susan Laker, Kim Plasterer, Wendy Blauvelt, Laquan Norman, Becky Clark, Julie Morris, Tammy Greider, and Jenny Rapp. The Jet girls were played by Holly Hunter, Tammy Smith, Benita Brewer, Becky Hewett, Gayle Miller, Shiela Miller, Angela Ottley, Rachel Hewett, and Melissa Livensparger. 625113 West Side Story 19