West High School - Shaheen Yearbook (Davenport, IA)

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I I I Pippin WesT High dove inTo The magical misTs of music once more wiTh iTs producfion of The musical Pippin. IT was a greaT show, said Jeno BerTa, casT member, and Took a loT of Time and work To puT Togefher, buT iT was worTh iT. I learned a loT from The direcTor and The oTher per- formers. Nearly TOO persons were involved in producing The musical, which dealT wiTh The Trials ThaT young Prince Pippin CTom Walljasper, 'SAQ had in Trying To find his place in life. Leading Player CGerald Baugh, '85Q guided Pippin as he Tried The life of war, women, governmenT and family. Pippin was chosen because, as direcTor Mike CervanTes puT iT, IT was a conTemporory, wiTh upbeaT musical ThaT dealT wiTh youTh, and I liked The Theme. lvlr. CervanTes said The biggesT problem he faced was ThaT 'lwe could noT geT The musical To 'click' aT leasT one good Time before if was shown To The public. The play was presenTed as a dinner TheaTre for Three of iTs five perfor- mances. Mr. CervanTes' commenfed on The success of The play: PIT finally came off as a compleTe producfiong 75 percenT of The casT hadn'T been seen on sTage before. He received many complimenTs on The choreography and The profes- sional air ThaT The play projecT- ed. Pippin can surely be marked down in The WesT High annals of successful musicals. qwriTTen by B. G-reenwalTj PIPPIN C TOM WALLJASPER, 'B-dj is fempfed info The life of pleasure by dancer Jill Accord, '85. gpnoro by s Lyreg MR. MIKE CERVANTES, direcfor, goes over The scrrpf wifh cas? members. lf Took eighf weeks of work To produce PIPPIN. rpnoro by P. Janizj Pippin 25

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V-,,,.,,.,j,, YXXIIJI SCENES OF CHl?lSTMAS: Left, Student Senate made Christmas a time for sharing by holding a dinner for senior citizens in the West High cafeteria. fphoto by we Judkihsj Middle and Right, A brightly decorated Northpark Mall helped put shoppers into the Christ- mas spirit, while eager children whi- spered to Santa that they wanted CareBears and Cabbage Patch Dolls. rpnoros by G. Lambdlnj g,5gi5wgs,,:,ff f , , sqm 5, ,,,,, ' j ' H H W N,,,l,e, mdlc, SHIMMERING TINSEL and blinking lights adorn this tree inside a Northpark store. fphota by G, Lambaing AT THE CHRISTMAS AUD, Dr. Paul Johnson, associate principal, acyusts the microphone for the student quartet - Mike Guertsen, '85,' Tom Walyasper, '84' Brad Moeller, '85, and Matt Wilcox, '8-4. fphoto by J. Masatj 26 Christmas