Valparaiso High School - Valenian Yearbook (Valparaiso, IN)

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Many have tried, yet few have succeeded In escaping paying the dreaded In- come Tax. Without intending to. Grandpa Martin Vanderhof, in You Can ' t Take It With You, managed to do so because the government thought he was dead. According to Drama Director Alice Noble, the comedy, You Can ' t Take It with You , presented by the VHS Drama Department on November 20, 21, had a worthwhile message. The moral of the play and the philosophy of the crazy, clown-like Vanderhof family was to take life slowly and focus on the important things in life. Life goes by too quickly and when you die, money is not so crucial, because after all, you can ' t take it with you, stated Ms. Nc ble. Ms. Noble explained that she hai intended doing a serious drama, bi she had many new people and neec ed to play with a larger cast. I chos this play because it ' s fun, easy, an has unique characters, remarked M Noble. In order to perfect their perfo AS OLGA (Jennifer Carmichael), escorted by Sycamore (Donna Garrett), and Essie Carmi- “I CHARGE YOU WITH Income Tax evasion! Kolenkhov (Andy Dix), makes a royal en- chael (Susan Roberts), who gives her an ad- accused Inspector Henderson (Mark Daniels) trance in the Carmichael home, she is wel- miring bow. of Grandpa Vanderhov (Brent Bennett), corned by Ed Carmichael (Fritz Eifrig). Penny 12 Fa« Production

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Vikettes, Flag Corps, and “B Band, Jeannie Vass was crowned queen and Laura Neis was named princess. Pep Club members sacrificed their beauty sleep to arrive at school at 8 a.m. Saturday to finish work on the “Grand Illusion , the theme for Satur- day night ' s dance. With music by the rock group Syrus, Pep Club Senior Vice-President Beth Lynch was dance chairperson. Even though it wasn ' t as important as how long Lady Diana ' s train was or how many people got up at 4 a.m. to watch the royal wedding. Homecom- ing week did capture the students ' at- tention at VHS. — Susan Risk THE 1961 HOMECOMING COURT — Gina Bu- chanan, Jane Poncher. Princess Laura Neis, Queen Jeannie Vass, Heidi Gebhardt. Dana Redman. SEARING THE CRISP October weather during one of Valparaiso ' s earliest Homecomings are Corrine Keene. Junior Vice President, sen- ior Nancy Vondran, Pep Club President who wait to crown the queen and princess.

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mance, numerous hours were devoted by the crew and 19 cast members in rehearsals and preparation for the play. It took 2 weeks to put up the set and over an hour to tear it down, added Ms. Noble. Eric Brant, a 1981 VHS graduate, designed and helped with make-up, which took nearly three hours for some characters. The cast also performed for Thomas POSING TOGETHER for the family portrait are: Front UPON RETURNING FROM the ballet, Alice Row: Gina Moore, Donna Garrett, Brent Bennett, and Susan Roberts. Back Row: Andy Dix, Mark Dan- iels, John Aardema, Dawn Wolfe, Kevin Luebke, Jennifer Carmichael, Jolene Zimmerman, Brian Thomson, Patty Furman, Kent Grelling, Fritz Eifrig, and Kelly Brant. TRANSFORMING FROM high school junior to a mid- dle-aged Russian to play Kolenkhov in the play You Can ' t Take It With You is Andy Dix. Sycamore (Patty Furman) and Tony Kirby (Kent Grelling) enjoy a midnight drink while the rest of the family is fast asleep. Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin Junior High Schools. Ms. Noble believed the cast improved their performance from their first presentation. Ms. Noble deemed the play a suc- cess, adding that, the cast did an ex- cellent job and had a lot of fun doing it. — Denise Marshall