Wahoo High School - Thunderbird Yearbook (Wahoo, NE)

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School Play Huge Success In the two nights of “Calamity Jane’s” successful run, over 800 people came to view this colorful musical presented by VVahoo High’s drama department. Leann Torrens and Eric Johnson played the two lead characters, Calamity Jane and Wild Bill Hickock, respectively. “These two did an outstanding job of acting and singing the show into the hit it was,” commented Mr. Arp, head of the chorus production for the play. Twenty-nine students combined for the parts of the cast and chorus in this years school play. Many students were involved in the long hours of set making. The art classes and many others took time from usual class routine work to put together the sets. 18

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Drama Club Starts Thespians 4 Drama Club had a very busy year putting on one play and one musical. Both required large numbers of cast and crew members, many of whom became eligible for membership in the Thespian Charter which was started last year. The Drama Club members that were able to become Thespians were officially sworn in by Mead High School. The Drama Club had 20 members, the largest its been in years, while the Thespians Charter had 15 members. 1. Rene Welton, Jeanine Lindquist, Diane Albert, Marlys Olson, Leann Torrens, and Jay Rohman flock around Mr. Gadeken as he signs up Thespian Charter members. 2. Drama Club President Solveig Hansen presides over drama meeting. 3. Sponsor of Drama, Mr. Gadeken, starts Thespian Charter. 4. Initiation of Thespians members: Diane Albert, Eunice Miller, Casey Hengen, Lorna Skovgaard, Solveig Hansen, and Rob Christian. Not pictured: Jay Rohman. Kevin Bosely, Craig Gottschalk. Bill Peterson, Kim Davis and Annette Borreson. 17

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1. Jim Hoppe and Steve Prochaska greet one another before rehearsal. 2. Jay Rohman, Leigh Houfek, Phil Monson, Larry Laudenback, Craig Gottschalk, Carrie Hancock, and Leann Torrens, flock around Eunice Miller, (Katie Brown) in a scene from “Calamity Jane”. 3. Members from the stage crew paint scenery for play. 4. Lori Swoboda, Eric Johnson, Jim Chmelka, and Jay Rohman in the Golden Garter Saloon. 5. Cast and crew members take part in singing Deadwood Stage”. 6. Pit band members. Second row: Tammy Gerdts, Linda Little, Jim Martens, Becky Olson, Kim Matson. First row: Lynae Barry, Dave Herbner, Solveig Hansen, Casey Hengen. Meg Johnson, Tom Kennedy. 7. Crew members, Third row: Nancy Chmelka, Shelly McPeck, Debbie Zauss, Deb Schliefert, Colleen Lindgren, Jackie Hatten, Tammie Bod field, Leann Flick, Kim Reitmajer, Betty Jonas. Second row: Eric Dillow, Chris Hajek, Jim Lynch, Stanely Prochaska, Dan Kellner. First row: Keith Houfek, Kenneth Houfek, David Kellner, Bill Flick. 19