Valparaiso High School - Valenian Yearbook (Valparaiso, IN)

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AFTER A DARING LEAP, Mike Rouse, of the Sky- dive Indiana Club, surprises the crowd and pa- rade participants by landing among the floats and bands of the parade, USING FOUR GRILLS and many volunteers, the annual FCA booth grilled over 800 hamburgers CLEMENTS’ AUTO-ELECTRIC Service employees to earn a profit of $1400. The Popcorn Festival dance down the streets as the Muppets. has become FCA ' s biggest fund-raiser. greeting children during the Popcorn Parade.

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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

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Practice leads t© p©ppm 8 POPCORN KING Orville Redenbacher reappeared for AS THE FESTIVITIES drew to a close, the the Third Annual Popcorn Festival. This year ' s festival, downtown streets were left with the rem- themed Popcorn and Music, was directed by Art Ma- nants of an action-packed day. lasto. @©d time Motivated by city pride and two years of success, the Greater Valpar- aiso Chamber of Commerce made the third annual Popcorn Festival, held Saturday September 19, an unprec- edented success. The 1981 Popcorn Festival was the best ever, stated 1981 Popcorn Festi- val Chairman Arthur S. Malasto. He at- tributed the success of the Music and Popcorn fest to experience. The third time around people felt comfort- able and knew what to do, he ex- plained. With approximately 7,000 people in- volved in planning, the GVCC en- larged the fest to a 12-block area lined with 45 food booths and over 300 craft booths. Before the actual festival, many events prepared the town for a pop- pin ' good time . A Popcorn Prelude fashion show kicked off the 1981 fest. In July, a Popcorn Queen and amateur talent acts were selected. A day long Grecian Fest took place the Saturday before the main festival inside a large tent erected on the cor- ner of Washington and Jefferson streets. Many pre-festival events were held in the circus tent. The GVCC thought the large tent would add to the festival and help the downtown activities, said Malasto. That Sunday there was a Pretty Baby Contest and ice cream social, where Brown ' s popcorn ice cream de- buted. Monday and Tuesday ' s activi- ties in the tent were devoted to agri- cultural, industrial, and educational dis- plays, while Valparaiso merchants of- fered popcorn specials Wednes- day. Radio stations WLJE and WAKE served BBQ chicken the following evening. Friday night was Orville ' s night, and many people involved in the festival planning attended an awards dinner. Sunny skies and 80 degree tempera- tures encouraged slightly over 1,000 to participate in the early morning Pop- corn Panic Fun Run and nearly 400 in the Popcorn Pedal Bike Race. Due to over 200 entries, the parade lasted a little longer than two hours, but most of the 85,000 people attend- ing the fest, fortified themselves with elephant ears and hamburgers sold in booths by local groups and various VHS organizations, and of course, free popcorn was availalbe. — Laura Meyer 15 Popcorn Festival