Southeast High School - Shield Yearbook (Lincoln, NE)

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'lBye Bye Birdie a biggie Fall musical, based on Elvis, entertains large crowds he music of early rock 'n roll, stories of teenage romance and wails of worried parents were heard in the auditorium Dec. 2, 3, and 4 with the opening of the musical production of Bye Bye Birdie . The story dealt with an Elvis-Presley- like singer and teen idol named Con- rad Birdie joining the army and his manager Albert Peterson and secre tary Rose Alvarez setting up Birdie's last kiss to a fan on national television. The story followed Peterson's attempts to set up the kiss as quickly and smooth- ly as possible despite being faced with problems ranging from unco- operative parents to pressing reporters, Alvarez's attemps to get Peterson to Alvarez's attempts to get Peterson to marry her, and every teenager within sight's attempts to see Birdie in person. 'Bye Bye Birdie took place for a majority of the time in a small town named Sweetapple, Ohio where the chosen fan, Kim MacAffee lived. ber and ran from 7 to 9 p.m. on week- days and l to o p.m. on weekends. First emphasis was put on learning songs with acting rehearsal beginning about a week later. Senior Rosemary Malek who played Alvarez said We had a lot of long hours but knowing we did.n't have much time made them very productive. lt really came to- gether fast in the end: l was amazed! The musical featured rock 'n roll as was featured in the lQ5O's and was the first musical to be open to anyone in the school to try out ior. 'tlt was a fun show because of the timing, said senior Paul Dunn. The music was easy and fun to do. To play the background music for the singers was a small pit orchestra and piano accompanist. Orchestra member Tim Javorski commented l enjoyed being in the pit orchestra because it was something new, and l'd never played backup in a musical before. Cast reheasals began in early Novem- Fung..- F D U A I I ing' l.g' P 1' n' ' F 1 l..' 1 Q' AFTER LOSING HIS GIRLFRIEND to teen-idol Conrad Birdie, senior Kevin Cowan is surround- ed by concerned parents and friends. THE HUSBAND AND WIFE team of senior Deb Kuhn and senior Mike Rosileus dip to the dancing music of 'lBye, Bye Birdie . 22 Musical

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I' HOUSE fi Q 8 ' 11 L . f 7 'T SOME OP US H.AV'EN'T goi ii, some oi us do. Obviously Conrad Birdie, senior Greg Tubach, has it. Surrounded by beautiiul Coeds, Birdie puts on the charm. BACKSTAGE, HOURS OF ARTICULATE make up and costume preparation occur before open- ing night. ,,.,,,Q.Mf-Q'- J' .S ,,,..x ,,,.u- V,', ,V iw 437, , tj V J QW 'iw fm? ff fxf wi! , EAGER TEENY-BOPPERS await the arrival of music star Conrad Birdie. Musical 23