Valparaiso High School - Valenian Yearbook (Valparaiso, IN)

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In no uncertain terms. Shy Masterson (Steve Tracy) tells Nathan Detroit (Jim Moyer) that he will not make a $1,000 bet. houu feature mug and moll Choir members scoured local resale shops for double-breasted suits, wide-brimmed hats, and other garb of the 1940 ' s as VHS pro- duced its second annual summer musical Guys and Dolls on July 18 and 19, 1975. To compound the problem of hard-to-find cos- tumes, the show also required a number of diverse sets and several large production numbers. As rehearsals progressed the stage crew simultaneously built sets under the direction of Ned Schafer and Jane Rubke. The entire cast lent a hand in the contruction of such sets as two Broadway street scenes. Sgt. Brown ' s Salva- tion Army revival mission, and the inside of a downtown sewer where Nathan Detroit (Jim Moyer) was en- gaged in holding his crap game. The bulk of the choreography took place in the Hot Box Cafe scenes, where Miss Adelaide (Cindy Hurley) and her troupe of farmer- ettes bumped and grinded their way into the hearts of the audience. Director Mr. Bernard Butt and Wendy Reichard spent long hours and extra rehearsals working with the dancers to coordinate the movements of the seven girls. With cast, crew, and orchestra working in double rehearsals the last week before the perfor- mances, the facets of the show fell together into what the Vidette- Messenger termed a smash hit. Musical — 13

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An evening at the Hot Box provides Chicago hoods (Dave Clark, Carl Neis, and Mike Birky) with needed relaxation. As arch enemy Lieutenant Branningan (Dave Clark) approaches Benny Southstreet ( Jett Roscoe) and Nicely-Nicely Johnson (Carey Gear), Benny makes sport of him. Broadway redeemer Sarah Brown (Amy Ackerman) preaches against the evils of society on a New York street corner with help from Karen Fenzel. 12 — Musical

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Diver itg park dramatic appeal Line, line, line — what is my next line? Ugh, should have studied them last night. Wait til we get into the third act. Then I’ll really show my stupidity. Man, am I tired. Rehearsals after school, dress rehearsals at night, walking around in my sleep. And all those poor kids working on set design. The rock they built for Aladdin’’ really has added a lot to the pfay — and all those lights and costumes and the way they fixed up the magical cave. The little kids should love it. They get a kick out of colorful produc- tions and fairy-tale things like our evil magician. I remember last fall when we did “You Can’t Take It With You. Now that was work — a full-length comedy. It was really hard to stage. Sometimes it seemed like half the world was on stage and we were all talking at once. We had to worry about comic timing, too, and crazy, disconnected lines, and . . . Oh, crumb, I gotta go on stage again. Gotta get into character. Some character — I don ' t even know my lines. Stand up straight, dummy. Remember what mother’s always telling you. Well, here goes nothin’. A star is born . . . 14 — Drama After commanding the Genie of the Ring to send him to the prin- cess Adora (Jennifer Butt), Aladdin (Steve Gibson) plans to bring her and her castle back from Africa.