Valparaiso High School - Valenian Yearbook (Valparaiso, IN)

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LEFT : After tackling the phrase the rain in Spain, Eliza Doolittle (Martha Clendenin) and Henry Higgins (Steve Tracy) tango in triumph. BELOW: Staid and sober Col. Pickering (Joe Larr) breaks away from his image to join in Eliza ' s jubila- tion. BELOW LEFT: In early morning the cockney peasants of Covent Gardens warm themselves over open flames.

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0 t E o Take an illiterate Cockney flower girl, add a crusty British phonetics teacher plus a little bit o ' luck and presto! My Fair Lady. Unfortunately, it wasn ' t quite that simple. There was a myriad of problems that had to be worked out before the choir ' s version of Lerner Loewe ' s beloved musical could be presented. Plagued by a rash of absenteeism be- cause of after-school jobs and other commit- ments, rehearsals were stormy as director Bernard Butt and cast members fought to prepare for opening night. Besides the major problem of attendance, details took up a lot of time. Lighting, 18 scene changes and music were practiced re- peatedly. Judy Snodgrass and Judi Zoss spent three weeks making costumes. Carole McDonald ' s crew worked during choir hour, after school and on weekends constructing and painting the set. The musical ' s outcome was in doubt with some cast members still using scripts the day before dress rehearsal. Mr. Butt said the reason it was successful was because there were two big parts that carry the show and those two people (Steve Tracy and Martha Clendenin) worked real hard. Also the pride of the kids backstage, the unsung heroes, was contagious. My Fair Lady proved to be a slight financial success, also. 1224 people saw the play on November 16, 17, and 18 in the auditorium. After paying rental to Tams- Witmark Music Library, Inc. for scripts and music; costume rental, and expenditures for costumes, sets, and programs, the choir made a profit of $37. ABOVE: Bill Reichard tries his luck with Kerry Aszman as Brad Keller and Terry Grindlay watch skeptically. RIGHT: Playboy Freddy Eynsford Hill (Ed Bertholet) expresses his devotion, serenading Eliza with On the Street Where You Live. 10

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Actors present courtroom play Neither Perry Mason nor Owen Marshall could have outdone the Drama Club ' s per- formances of Ayn Rand ' s Night of January 16th. The play centered around the trial of Kar- en Andre (Marva Ungurait), accused of mur- dering her ex-employer, Bjorn Faulkner. Two crucial witnesses, Faulkner ' s widow and her father (Sarah Matern and John Kurman), were missing at the beginning of the trial. They appeared after it was in progress, weakening Defense Attorney Keith Wet- more ' s attempts to prove Karen ' s innocence. Although Prosecuting Attorney Julie Bibler logically and vehemently solicited a guilty verdict from the jury selected from the au- dience, Karen Andre was found innocent on October 26 and guilty on October 27. Discussing the drama, Marva Ungurait said there was no more difficulty involved in per- forming in a serious play as opposed to the comedies Drama Club has presented in pre- vious years: You still have to stay in char- acter. A more casual program was a humorous reading which Keith Wetmore, Mary Beth Waldschmidt, and Sarah Matern presented to the Women ' s Club. ABOVE RIGHT : Arriving in court in time to strengthen prosecuting attorney Julie Bibler’s case are Faulkner ' s widow and father-in-law, Sarah Ma- tern and John Kurman. BELOW: Drama students and performers Marty Gehring, Bonnie Foldesy, and Bonnie Brown, make up before productions. 12