Valparaiso High School - Valenian Yearbook (Valparaiso, IN)

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20 April Antics INTERMISSION SIZZLES AS Mark Seeley ploys Vonno to Derek Nicoleffo ' s Latino contestant in their porody of The Wheel of Fortune. Seeley provided the loughs while Ni- coletto song Vonno. Spin Me o Letter. ' NIELSON ' S RATINGS DON’T opply to Eosy Money, ' the Dromo Club ' s onnuol April Antics ’ show, but singers Cotherine Periolot, Mott Douhon, Andy Dray, and Dee- dee Voller give the term live television new meoning os they perform the opening oct.

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SLEIGH DELLS RING os Santo (Mr. Sid Reggie) ond his helper (Mr. Skip Bird) join In the Chrlstmos spirit by bond- ing out condy cones to sophomores Corrie Burrell and Jeff Zrodlowsky. KING OF HEARTS condidores ond their V-Teen escorts In- clude Scott Spruitenberg. Ron! Sier, Ellen McQuIllon. Jeff Anselm, Suzonne Lorguro, King Jeff Doxe. Prince Steven Mueller, Corol Costo, Penny Ryon, and Joson Mock. The ottending children ore John Broderick ond Dreonn Kepler. Christmas King of Hearts 19

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Easy money inspires comedy antics Dy Pete Speckhord Never has q gome show been this unusual. It surpassed Wheel of Fortune, The Doting Game,” ond Let ' s Make A Deal. It was, as the promotional posters promised, o gome show to end all gome shows. With Easy Money os its theme, the 1986 April Antics show hod students laughing all week long. Scott Newsome was absolutely hilarious. He made a perfect cheesy gome show host,” senior Ken Toylor said. The excitement storted the week before the shows, with Easy Money promotional trivio questions read over the onnouncements third hour. Prizes were given to students who turned in the correct answers to the bookstore before the end of the doy. Through this promotion, students learned such globally relevent facts as: VHS had a NIPSCO bill for Jonuory in excess of $17,000, there were over 17,000 books in the librory, the combined years of teaching experience among the VHS faculty is 11,000, and one female faculty member once was a cheerleader at Kouts High School in Kouts, Indiana. We wanted to do something different. We felt that if we could generate some interest before-hand, it would help to moke the show a success. I guess it worked because we received more compliments on the show this yeor than we ever have before, Director Alice Gambel said. It didn ' t hurt that Scotty (Newsome) was fantastic, either, she added. I loved it. At first I didn ' t even want to go because other years it didn ' t seem interesting, but this year I had a really good time, senior Jason Telschow soid. As Biff Baxter, the host of the show Easy Money, Scott Newsome received o taste of the game show life. Now that I ' ve found an area of expertise, I may as well make a career of it, he joked. There is no question in my mind thot this year is a turning point. Years ago, everyone looked forword to April Antics, but in recent years the enthusiasm has sort of cooled. Now I think we ' re headed back in the right direction, Gambel said. HOST DIFF BAXTER (Scoff Newsome) and announcer Skip Jockson (Ken Toylor) prepore confesfonf Dexfer (Paul Kroeger) for his fosks, which included facing hungry pif bulls and Senior Cifizens ' Day af Cosfas. POLYESTER MAKES A fashion sfafemenf far Andy Droy. who piays o nerdy sewoge engineer compering on o gome show far eosy money. He described his shoffered dreoms by singing T Losf On Jeopordy. SWEETHEARTS AND SIRENS olike compered in fhe Moring Gome. eoch frying ro oursing fhe orher. Amie Chorison delivers Never on Sunday ' while Carissa Cosbon pre- pares fo sing Somewhere fhof ' s Green. April Antics 21