Warren Central High School - Wigwam Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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COS Even though mmtalcea were made during perfor mances, oast members covered the mistakes weiLi As ticket sales were pushed l y east meml ers, Carouser risked Nslug the ia$ t musical for. Warren Amusing the carnival crowd with his juggling antics is senior Brian Hartman. With the past histray of some Warren musicals such as No, No Nannette which had high production costs, but low ticket sales, the cast and crew for Carousel were told to push ticket sales or Carousel could end up being the last musical presented for awhile. Opening on March 19 and continuing through March 21, Carousel required many long evening and weekend practices for the cast, crew and directors, which paid off with good attendance. Senior Kevin Patterson played Billy Bigelow, the brash barker for Mrs. MulUn ' s (senior Amy Pangbum) carousel. He falls in love with a young factory girl, Juhe Jordan, (senior Sheila Duffer). Singing and dancing the role of Carrie Pipperidge, Julie ' s best friend, was senior Heather McGee. Greg Ledford, also a senior, portrayed Enoch Snow, Carrie ' s fiancee and the sardine factory d reamer. Senior Anita Hall was Nettie Fowler, Julie ' s aunt, and sang the main tearjerker ol the show YouH Never Walk AIotc. Jigger Craigin, the woman-chasing, and all- round bad sailor who is partly responsible for the tragedy which happens to Billy, was played by senior Ted Green. One of the scariest and funniest happenings in Carousel was when Anita Hall, on the second night, got her lines to the song June Is Busting Out All Over switched around, and, because of this, she had to make up some verses. She even ended up dancing with the wrong men! I ' m just glad the I covered it up well and that nobody could really tell 1 mack some pretty big goofs. I ' m really glad the guys went along with me and pretended they knew what they were doing, said senior Anita Hall. Directing included Thom Feit as acting director, J. Ramsey Gibson as set designer and technical director. Ken Lewis as orchestra director, Kelly Butler as chore- graphcr, and Phillip Dunn as choral director.- By Heather Clark

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Seemingly bored with senior Amy Pangburn is senior Kevin Patterson as Heather McGee and Sheila Duffer bok on. A pleased Mr. Feit smiles at the huge success of the popular musical, Carousel . Foreign-exchange student Diana Bolanos gets into the act at this record breaking musical. Dancers, led by Heather McGee, perform among the large cast of near 150 members.

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The small crowd at the Pan Am festival did not fulfill hopeful expectations, but the musical performances, foods and dancers lifted spirits for the coming games. Brightly colored posters, streamers, pifiatas, and tissue paper flowers lined the walls and ceilings of the Warren Central cafeteria, foyer, and front hall. Distinctive Mexican music could be heard and the aroma of Mexican and Italian food could be smelled. A Mexican festival you might say. Actually, it was the Warren Pan Am Festival that was organized to get people involved and interested in the 1987 Pan American Games to be held Aug.7-23 in Indianapolis. Several events highlighted the festival on April 11. There was a bake-off, poster and pifiata contests, a fashion show by Paul Harris, an aerobic demonstration, bands, choirs, dancers, and several other things. Winners in the piflata contest were Stephanie Irwin, Neil Bagadiong, and Christy Billermann. Winners in the poster contest were Scott Smith, Steve Scruggs, and Nichole George. Booths lined the hal5 by the main office, and a few were in the c sleteria. Some of the i ' ems sold were gourme ' jckers, hard candy. Pari Am t-shirts, buttons, soccer balls, sun v rs, and other Paii ti items relating to cultural aspects of participating areas by clubs. The elementary and junior high students also participated by making murals and having art displays for each individual elementary school in the halls. Fourth grader Brianne Williams said she liked the Mexican dancers, their colorful costumes, and the choir groups the best Salvadori Escallopine, Pepe ' s, and the Royal Bakery provided food samples for those attending the festival. Amigo, the official mascot of the Games made a guest appearance around lunch time to promote the Am Games. According to Spanish teacher Mrs. Beih Wolff, the choirs drew the most people because the parents came. Miss Alice Pullin, foreign language chairman, was in charge of the event and felt that the program was quite successful. We were unhappy with the turn - out; we had hoped for more, Mrs. Wolff said. Most of the people who came were the parents of kids who had something in the festival. The feeling of those in the foreign language department was that it didn ' t reach as many as hoped. By Beth Toombs