St Louis Park High School - Echowan Yearbook (St Louis Park, MN)

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Below: While rehearsing the number “Consider Yourself the cast offers their support to Oliver. Right: Oliver poses the question Where is Love after being sold to an undertaker. Below: Fagin instructs Oliver how to Pick a Pocket or Two .

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LIFE ft tte ifA a “Sojisut tPteetcvup SENIOR GROUP WORKS BEHIND THE SCENES LEFT; SENIOR BOARD Front Rom: C. Culp. Row 2: Dn. Bratland. C. B. Lipharl, J. Korenchen. D. S. I.iphart Row 3: S. Krueger, A. Blackmore. K. A. foliko. Row 4: T. Gohmann. K. Hansen. Row 5: D. Lin nr, advisor; L Kravetx. Below: Kathy Mollko and Leslie Kravels discuss which announcements they like best. “Who's meeting after school?” they queried when they heard the announcements. Many people didn't know who the Senior Board was; nevertheless, the group played an important role. “The Senior Board does things that otherwise would be left to teachers, parents, or individual students, if it got done at all,” stated Dave Linne, advisor. “Were you aware, for example, that the Board sends sympathy cards to the bereaved families of students?” Because of their obscurity, members sometimes felt overlooked. “I feel that people just expect us to do things like the all-night party and the graduation announcements,” said Senior Lori Oestreich. However, she and other members felt it to be a worthwhile experience. In the words of Kris Hanson, “It's a chance to do something for the whole class of ’83.” Left: Date Linne chuckles at the idea of alcohol at the all-night party. 23

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“TWIST” Left: The Artful Dodger (Dave Reynold ). Bill Syket (Chad Sedlacek), 1Nancy (Abbie Furmantky). Oliver (Mark l aidaj. Fagin (Jock Barnet), on ttage for the final curtain coll. “I just wanted to get up there and sing and dance right along with them, said an adult member of the audience. His comment summed up the quality of Park Drama Department's fall production. For despite the fact that the school's drama budget was cut over sixty percent, “Oliver, directed by Pete Peterson, was a stylish success. Based on the Dicken's novel, “Oliver had a cast of seventy, including senior high students, twenty 5th through 7th graders and five adults. Oliver (played by Mark Vaida. freshman) is the young orphan befriended by a London street urchin the Artful Dodger (Dave Reynolds, senior). Above: Nancy tingt of her tenteless devotion to Bill Sykes. Oliver gets involved with a gang of pickpockets led by Fagin (Jack Barnes, owner of the Park Bus Co.). Befriended by Nancy (Abbie Furmansky, junior), who is murdered for her kindness by Bill Sykes (Chad Sedlacek, senior), Oliver eventually finds his true family and happiness. The singers and dancers all contributed to the professional quality of the production. Furmansky's Nancy was warm and fullvoiced as she ranged from the boisterous “Oom-Pah-Pah to the poignant “As Long As He Needs Me. In numbers like “Pas De Deux” and “Consider Yourself' the energetic dancers sparked much applause, as did Mr. and Mrs. Sowerberry (seniors Megan Williams and John Vaida) in “That's Your Funeral.” At the close of the evening the delighted audience left truly believing, along with the cast, that “It’s a Fine Life”.