1976

Our thanks to

CAROLE SAFLEY

Class of 1976 &
SHSAA President

for sponsoring the

1976

TAURUS

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Tbere $ thii need to be true to myielf
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I'm not fool enough to
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Homecoming festivities began on Friday, October 4, 1975

with a colorful parade including a swarm of studen ts dressed
as cartoon characters, emphasizing the theme, "Cartoons."
The mood was set with a cloudless blue sky and Indian sum-
mer temperatures.

Preparations for the pa rade began wee ks earlier and crowd s
of people watched an enthusiastic and polished prese ntation
by the South stude nts and teachers.

The Sou th banner and thre e bears led the parade which be-
gan on 24th an d "J" and continued throughout South Omaha's

business district. It ended in back of South on 23 rd street.

Student Council orga ni zed the parade, game, activities,
coronation and dance under the direction of Mr. Jim Meisen-
heimer.

G.A .A.'s float, " Speed Buggy' was awarded wilh
third place.

Marching Band promoted spirit

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Cheerleaders sell ball oons to promote The Varsity football players added to th e excitement of Home-
sp iri l. coming weekend by defeatin g the Fremont Tige rs.

The spectat ors showed signs of being pleased by the Homecoming Game spirits ran high as Sout_h de- .
Packer's performance .
feated Fremont on Friday, October 4 at Bergqu1 t Stadi-
um . The spectators went wild as Greg Ya~es ran ~he
length of the field to score a touchd own 111 the firs t sec-
onds of the game .

Excitement was obvious at half time when Home-
coming candidates were introduced and enterta in ment
was provided by the majore ttes, marchin g band, and
pomper e t tes.

South showed prid e and determination in the battle
for the 28 -1 4 victory ove r Fremont.

An added boost to sp irit this yea r was a caravan of
decorated ca rs which began at South and ended at
Bergq uist. After the ga me, many st ud ents helped deco-
rat e th e aud it or ium and gy m 31 Ofor Homecoming night.

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Homecoming Candidaf~s will agree t~s was a ~ery re-

warding and fulfilling experience. A lot of tm,e , patience and

money was spent on campaigning and preparing for the cere-
mony . Candidate Rita Plaza commented : "It made my senior

year something special to remember.'
During this week of campaigning, humor was evident in the

South High halls as many names on posters and handouts were
misspelled. Candidates were seen in the parade riding in con-
vertibles smiling and waving to the anxio us crowds of spec-

ta tors.
All in all, Ho mecoming was a beautiful and memorable ex-

perien ce and to those involved, no one could forget the Home-
coming of '75 . Not pictu re d: Calvin Jones.

Rita Plaza is active on Taurus and Kim Simpson is active on tennis and Donna Heinz is seni or class Presi-
Butch Galas is co-captain of Bob Briscoe is active on baseball.
wrestling. dent and John Piniarski's interest is
art.

Billie Kerwin was previously a pom- Mary Jo Barthelomew is active on
perete and Mike Mancuso a qua rter- sports and Jim Hemenway played
football.
back.

Nancy Steiner is a varsity cheerleader Bob Buglewicz is a consistent and Mary Jensen is active in sports and
and Dave Bunch a foo tball sta ndout. superb gymnast. Not pictured is Susie Gary Kubat's interests li e in music.
Baez .

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N. Steiner, C. Jones and M. Bar- Last yea r's King and Queen Oudious Lee It was a moment of shock and dis-
and Bobbi Bloemer crowned Butch Galas belief when Butch and Susie heard
thelomew served as Mr. and Misses and Susie Baez Homecoming Royalty for their names being called.
Co ngen iality . 1975. Pictured in the middle is Frank
Mad rigal, the Master of Ceremonies.

Left to right: R. Medran o, B. C. Vlassakis, F. Gahl, T. HelJwig, P.
Chandler, G. Baez, P. Fi li, P. Ras- Mosites, E. Dukich, D. Greenwald,
mussen and R. Pesek . T. Heinz and S. Orduna.

J. Mitti.meyer, M. Juarez, C. Feser, J. Kevin and John Merrill were the Home• Left to right: J. Fora!, R. Sherlock,
Johnson, K. Kottich, K. Crouch, coming Pages for the ceremony. J. Vasquez, M. Straley, B. Hergan-
and R. Barre tt. rader and A. Plaza .

Homecoming Ceremony is a display of tradition and the

renewed spirit of the Packers. This year's theme was "Till The

World Ends." The stage glittered in mint green, forest green
and pastel yellow. Tension mounted as the minutes ticked by

and fin ally the moment came . Crowned King and Queen of

1975 were Butch Galas and Susie Baez. A dance followed in

gym 3 10 and the music was provided by McNasty.

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Student Councilmembers accomplished many worthwhile Student Council Officers are bottom row, from left: Anita
Plaza, Parlimentarian; Susie Baez, Secretary and Robin Sher-
things throughout the year. The 32 member council consisted lock, Correspondence. Top row : Chuck Feser Vice-Presi-
of IO seniors, I Ojuniors l Osophomores and two freshman.
dent; Frank Gahl , President and Ray Barrett, Treasurer.
Student Council is clivided into six smaller committees which
are: Social, Problems, Welfare , Special, Publicity and Dance.

The council worked for the benefit of the students and the
teachers. They met with Dr. Owen Knutzen several times
throughout the year to cliscuss current probl ems, new plans and
many other topics. Council strived to improve the intersection
in front of South, as well as having new vending machines in-
stalled.

Other activities, coordinated by Student Council included
the Homecoming Parade and Dance, trike races pie-eatina con-
test, spirit week, dances and elections such as teacher of the year

and I:Jomecoming Ror~ty . They also e~ deavored to help com-
muruty members by vm trng old peoples homes, collecting food
for the poor at Thanksgiving and by promoting a toy drive at
Christmas.

Council members enjoyed this year on Council and had favor-
able comments about the time they spent working to ge ther
Jackie _Johnson c?mmertted 'As a sophomore, my first year on
Council was very interesting. I feel we accompli shed a lot and we

!imlearned to work together as a grou,p, rather than as inclividuals."
Mittermeier commented, It has been a very worth-
while year on Council. We were working more for the benefit
of the entire school, rather than for ourselves ."

Carrie Vlassakis fee ls, "Being a senior and having been on
Council for three yea rs I have experienced many different

groups of people at work. It has been a big growing experi-

ence for me . For people that aren't on Council, it's probably

hard for them to realize all that we do , but all the time spent
working on Council has been worth it."

Coti ncil sponsor, Mr. James Meisenheimer, Senior members seated from left are: Chu Cho Vazquez, Carrie Vlassakis, Donna Heinz,
commented, " Student Council reflects the Sus.ie Baez, Anita Plaza, Margot Juarez and Butch Galas. Standing are: Chuck Feser
Frank Gahl and Perry Fili .
good quality students of South High.

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Junior members a.re, front row : Grace Baez. Standing, from left: Ray Barrett, Mary Straley
Jimmy Mittermeier Patty Rasmussen, Rick Pesek, Robin Sherlock, Steve Orduna, Terri

Hei nz and Kevin Kotti ch.

Sophomore members sitting, from left , are: Tammy Hellwig, Jackie Johnson , Rachel Frank Gahl work on the Student Coun-
cil float which took third place.
Medrano, Kim ro uch and va Dukich. Standing are: Joe ForaJ, Barney Chandler, Pat
Mosites, Dale reenwnld and Bryan Herganrader. _5

Taurus Staffwas made ·up of 16 creative people who made Mr. James Faiman said , "I've enjoyed a most affec-
tionate and close-knit relationship with the staff
a large attempt to preserve the memories of the 197 5-1976 members."
schoo l year. Taurus is an unorthodox class in which the stu-
dents were allowed to "do their own thing" in producing the

book although sponsor Mr. James Faiman had final approval

of all work. Though the job may look easy, it was quite dif-

ficult filling the 200-page yearbook. The majority of the work

was done fourth period, but ma~y extra h_ou~s we_re spent

outside of class, taking, deve!~pmg and pnn tmg p1~tures,
creating page layouts and wr!tmg copy. ~uch public .
relations work was done se ttmg up appomtments for pictures
and in promoting t.he book. This year it was harder than usual

to produce a ?o.ok1 ~ecause the staff was up against many
mechanical difficult1es ... they never gave up because ~hey
had an obligation to represent the students of South High

School.

Kim Simpson was chairman o f the Junior Luke Flores served as the Kathy Schulte, a senior, worked on
activities section this year. Kim was Business Manager of the staff. the opening and closing pages of the
also editor of the school paper. yearbook.

Colleen Kaluza was chairma n of the Bev Cerone worked on the Senior
Faculty pages. Section along with the track and
fall play pages.

Sheila Stanek, a sen ior, worked with Jim Campbell worked to complete the Peggy Yambor was head o f Senior
choir and senior section pages. Section pages.
shop teachers and J.V. wres tlin g
pages.

Senior Bev Tejral served her second Tom Foster worked with Student Senior Rita Plaza served as head of
year on staff and was also head of Life pages. the Sports pages.
Student Life Section.

Yvonne Kirkner worke d with the Senior John Carney served as staff
faculty pages. photographer this year.

Steve Velez worked hard to comple te Senior Bonnie Rasmussen completed Nick Pantoja worked with the
the Varsity, J .V . and Reserve Football all the cheerleader's pages . school help to complete their pages

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Tooter Staff members were consistently busy this year Staff members, Rollie McCormick and Steve Jewell
work to complete the laying out and proofreading of
publishing l 2 issues of the paper. The staff consisted of 22 fourth page.
members wJ10 had been involved in JournaJ.ism for several
years. Deadlines were the biggest concern, as the members ful-

filled their main duties of collecting and writing news, laying
out and proofreading pages, writing headlines and delivering

the paper.
Each member of the staff had a responsibility to cover a

certain beat, which is an activity or club at South. Members
who have proven their ability and responsibility were assigned
special positions such as Page Editor, Ads Manager Corre-

spondence, Photographer and Bookkeeper.
At the semester, the beginning Journalism class joined the

advanced class in publishing the paper. This was the first year
that the beginning class was involved in putting out the paper

on a regular basis.
Editors were Sally Minino and Kim Simpson. Sally had

previously been Sports Editor and Kim had been Fea.tures

Editor.
Mr. Rice comme nted, "There were a number of talented

people on the staff and I've enjoyed working with them."

To_oter s_taffme1:1bers ~re, first row, from left: Angie Yinski, Julie Gegzna, Buni Besides teachin g Journalism and

S~1go,_Cmdy Swinarsk~ ~nd Peggy Seretyrn. Secon~ ro~v: Rita Valla, Cindy Fritz, English, Mr. Michael Rice enjoys
Kim S1mpso~, Sally Mmmo, Te~esa Whitemg, Chns N1grin, Anne Stark and Barb coaching football and basebal l. In
Trout . Standing are: Terry Barno , Mark Novotny, John Pijewski, Pat Merrill,
Tom Foster, Steve Jewell , Rolland McCormick and Luke Flores. his spare time he often ooes hunt-
ing and fishin g and love~ to be ut-
doors.

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Donna Heinz was elected as
the first female Senio r Class
Preside n t.

Senior Class Officers are, first row: Bonnie Rasmussen. Second row, from
left: Gary Kubat, Debi Schamel, ~ ave Bunch and ~ta Plaza. Third row:
Bob Faul k, Donna Heinz and Jamee Ko tlarz. No t pictured are: Chuck

Feser and Tim Johnson.

Senior Class Officers strived this year to put together a

great Pro m- one of the senio r's fo ndest memories. Ten seniors

were elected in the Spring of their junior year, after cam-

paigning for two weeks. The early election was held so the

officers could get an early start o n Prom plans.

Their main obligations were to plan Prom, raise money for

the fun ction and to coordinate the activity . During the winter,

the office rs held a skating party at the Skateland in Bellevue.
Prom is basically paid for by the ticket sales, but the fund is

reimbursed by the cap and gown fees.
Prom was held o n Wednesday, April 14. at the Peony Park

Ballroom. Travis provided the music. ". .

Spo nsor, Mr. David Kahm, comme1!,ted, I enJoyed working

with the o fficers thro ughout the ~ear. .

President of the senior class tlus year was_Do1!na Heinz;

Vice-President, Tim Johnson; Secretary, Janice Kotlarz; and

Treasurer, Bo b Faulk. Girls' R~presentatives \;ere Debi Scha-
mel, Bonnie Rasmussen and Ri ta Plaza. Boys Representatives
were Gary Kubat, Dave Bunch and Chuck Feser.

Senior Class Officer, Rita Plaza, commented, "I enjoyed

being a Senio r Class Officer because I like being with the other

officers. It was hard to make decisions about Prom that would
suit the enti re senior class. Everyone has different ideas and

Mr. David Kahm has sponso red the Senior Class taste, _so it is hard to please everyone. l think we did a pretty
Officers for several years. He teaches Sociology good JOb tho ugh , because we t ried to please the majority."

and Ethnic History. In his spare time he enj oys
swimming and spectator sports.

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Varsity Cheerleading have risen to the top again. After

a lot of hard work and practice they regained their title in

Southroads Competition as a First Place squad, only to share
the honor with Bellevue. Competition was tougher than ever,
with each competing squad setting their hearts on victory.
South competed in semi-finals on Tuesday, putting Burke in
their place, and preparing for the finals on Saturday. Enthu-
siasim and spirit ran high during the finals as loyal South sup-
porters backed the cheerleaders. The competitors were Bel-
levue, Gross and Bryan , and they were out to win the title
South had carried the previous year. South High Spirit came
through and the Southroads trophy is home again .

The squad attended Gustavus Adolphus College located in
St. Peter, Minnesota. Their many achievements included one
excellent ribbon, three superior ribbons, the spirit J tick, and
the honor of be1ng nominated for the Award of Excellence.
The original eight chosen to be varsity cheerleaders were
Carrie Vlassakis, Nancy Steiner, Bonnie Rasmussen , Carolee
Dierking Teri Heinz, Debi Schamel, Susie Baez and Robin
Sherlock. The squad has been upset with conflicts and prob-
lems. Mary Straley , previous junior varsity captain was moved
up to varsity and now six girls carry the responsibility of eight,
and carry it to the best of their ability.

Teri Heinz

Captain Carrie Vlassakis Debi Schamel

Robin Sherlock Na ncy Steiner Susie Baez

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Julie Bratetic

Tammy Hellwig ~ / _,

Captain Debbie Hebard Tracy Berquist

Grace Baez Cindy Landers

Junior Varsity Cheer/eading on their way to a success-

ful and memorable year gathering experie nce and a lot of
happy memories. The squad consists of three sophomores
and four juniors, eager to cheer the pack onto victory!

The J.V.'s also attended camp at Gu tavus Adolphu~ Col·
lege. They were about to ge t their fir t ta te of e.xhaust10n,
frustration and many new experiences as none of them had
attended camp before . For fo ur nights in a r<?W ther were
evaluated before a different judge to rate theH quality of per-
formance. They rece ived one u tsta nding ribbon, one _ex_cellent
ribbon , and two superior ribbons. Special awards consisting of
the Spirit Stick and the nomin ation for the Award of Excel-

lence were also well-dese rved. Along with the awards that
mean so much came the memorie and experiences of a life
time. Curfew was designated as 10 :00 p.m . but very few took

it seriously. Recreation after curfew consi ted of in ide water
fights, making h ot bu t tered popcorn , telling personal secrets
and planning for th e next day.

Plans we re not only mad for the next da but for the up·
coming mon ths . They were to be promi ing times fi lled with
n_1uch happin e sand personal enjoyment, contributing their

t!me and p_atience in return f r a feeling of inner self• atisfac-

t10n . A smile can be worth a thousand words and the smiles on
these girls are real and are a sto1y of their own.

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Rose Ann Dibelka

Eva Du kich

Jackie J ohnson Sharon McCutchen Lo ri Cummings

Re$erve Cheerleading_ conqueredthe true meaning of tl~e
South High Spirit! ~i~ht girls to ~e future sop~o mo_res, com mg
from Jr. Highs cons1stmg of No rris, Marrs, Indian Hills, and
South, devoted the ir ti me and patience to develop a supe rb
sophomore squad.

They were required to atten d all rese rve spo rting events in-
cluding football , wrestling and basketball . Their sched ul e also
included varsity events such as fo otball , basketba ll gym-

nastics wrestling, swimming, cross country, golf, and track.
SPfRJT is the key to a Packer VJ TORY and SPIRIT is

what cheerleading is all about. Pep ra llies are ca rried out

frequently to promote spirit in the student body. All three

squads shared the responsibility in selling "SOUTH" tee shir ts.
All cheerleade rs were put in lhe same se venth hour class

and it was for chee rl eading/urposes . Thjs was done to enable
al l three squads tel meet an work together at the same time.
Most of the official business was taken care of at th at time
soudcdhs aasnpdreanctdisc.e, mee tings, discussions, and numerous oth er

Under the leadership of captain Kim Crouch th e girls
worked l~ard ~d Lhe results proved that all the ~ffort was
worthwhJ)e. Kun Crouch com mented, " I th ink the whole
quad_ has benefited fro_m ea_ch other as we ll as chee rleadin g."

Being a cheerleader 1s a time consuming and strenuous
activity, as any reserve chee~lea~er ca~ ve rify. Being a chee r-
leader can chanie your ro\e m IJf~ . It 1s leadi ng a life of ex-
haustion, sore Limbs and tired voices, but any chee rleader will
tell you the self-satisfaction is worth it.

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Spirifmen is a newly developed organization designed in

order to develop a st ron ge r school spirit.
Qualifications for being a spirit man stands as follows: a

South High m ale student, an average acedemic student, and a
junior or senior interested in promoting spirit.

The boys ordered red and white striped sweaters simi lar to
those of the University of Nebraska at Lincoln's spiritmen.

Their uni fom1 consisted of jeans, a white shirt and the sweater.

Mrs. Rosalie Shepherd was the unit's spon sor. When she was
asked about the effective ness of the spiritmen she responded:
"We' re just getting off the ground but I think they 've added
a lot of spi ri t this year. I am really looking forward to next
year, anticipating the year will run smoothly and hoping these
boys' participation will stre ngthen the South High spirit and
pride."

Like the cheerleaders, their year was fu ll of schedules and
calendars. Their attendance was evident at varsity football
an d basketball games. On game days they were seen selling
ribbons to the student body.

The squad seems to be progressing and as time goes by they
are gaining se lf-confidence and strength as the unit continues
to strive for spir it and school pride.

From left to right: back row; Dave Austin, Mrs.
Shepard and Calvin Jones . Front row; Jim Vinson
and Clyde Prem.

From bottom to t op, left to right: Dave Austin,
Calvin Jones Tom F oster Russ Hrdy, Jay Barnes

and Chu Cho Vasquez.

,, From left to right: Russ Hrdy, Dave Austin, Chu Cho
Vasquez, Calvin Jones and Jay Barnes.

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Miss Judy Schneider has been the Miss Genger Riffel, assistant spon-
sponsor of pomperettes for seven years
and e nj oys working with the gi rls. so_r, said, ''I've enjoyed working with
with the Pomperettes this year. AJ-

togetlJer, it's been a very interesting
expenence.'

F!rst row left to righ t: Deonne_ N_aticcruo~i, Margo Juare~, Janice Kot_larz , Carole Safley, Annie Foral and Nancy
Pi stcll o. Second row: Joyce Wtlktn s, Kellie Murphy , Ma nta Alex , Lone Sanford , Pam Manfre Barb Moorman and

onnle avlovick. T hird row: J oA nne Toman , Kathy Hazard, Tammy Johnson and Kathy Kfoupa.

Janice Kotlarz co mmented : " Being captain has Pompereffes are 18 girls who promote spirit and instiU
bro ught me a lot of new expe riences. Althouth it's a
1ot of work, Jwouldn't have given it up for anything." pride in South Hi gh. Their respo nsibilities are varied and time
consuming as they perfom1 porn-porn or dance routin es during
half-time at the home varsity basketball and football games.
Alon g with the Packer Backers and Cheerleaders they promote

school spirit at all the athletic events. . .
When the pomperettes attended the M1ssoun Valley pom-

pom clinic in Marshall , Missouri last June they b_rought back a

majority of superior ribbon.s, an h_o norable mention awa~d
and were about five points away f:rom tl~e Grand ~hamp1on
Award. They won the best Ma rchrng Umt Award m the Home-
comin g Parade and ~ttended the BryaJ: Porn -ram Clin ic.

Miss Judy Schneide r commented: T he biggest challenoe of
Pomperettes,is_ try i_ng to _get 18 girls to work together as a team .
The sponsors Job 1s mamly O!le of supervisor and a t times
r~feree, but i•. 1s. the greatest fee ling in the world to watch the
gnls do a super JOb week after week in spite of all the little
probl~ms t h at alway~ come up. "

Pnor to t ryout~ girls are required to carry a "3" grade

average, be active Ill pep club and perform a pom-pom rou tine .

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Sophomore Band consists of mainly Junior and Senior

Class members. The class begins bright and early at 8: 10 every
morning. They play many different types of music ranging
from Beethoven's Symphony , Polka's to popular rock tunes.
Many of the students participate in the Marching Band. This
summer they were invited to march in the Shrine Bowl
festivities.

Pam Bartek was this years Drum Major. She practiced many
long hours gett in g the band ready for just one performance.
Assisting Pam was Brenda Od om. Brenda was the Student
Conductor for class and the basketball games.

Mr. Albert "Red" Travis teaches six band classes

along with having his own Rock Group, " Travis."
Mr. Travis enjoys listening to different sto ries told by
his students.

Seated on Floor- Left to Right: S. Padilla, R. Corbett, P. Kopun , J. Gajewski, R. Goldsbe rry , C. Odom , G. Vetick, M.
Stodolka, M. Loui_tt, and S. L a~g. Seated On Stage- Left to Right: E. Young, R. Styles, R. Epperson , J. Powers, C.
SchulzeJ...V. Sporcic, ~ - Vlassak1s, V. Whitake r, D. Hanna, J. Thiles, J. To man , G . Domenge, D. Borchman, P. Clayton,
and M. t'l a~ek: Stan dmg- Left to Rig~t: P . Bartek, S. J akopovic, G. Warner, R. Faulk, S. Andreson, J ack
Wawrzyn~ew1cz, S. Waszak, F . Madnga~, G. K.ubat, L. Bezdek, J . Brown , C. Kaluza, R. Johnson , J. Hartung, C.
Niedbalski, an~ B. Odom. Standing Behmd- Left to Right: C. Mussinge r, L. Modlin , J. Alsman, C. Hobbs , and J .
Walpus. Not Pictured : R . Bradford , D. Harless, L. Mort, R. Nelson, M. Vajge rt, an d C. Yard.

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Concert Bond participates in Marching Band and The

Spring Musical. The students practice everyday to bett er their
musical talents. Many of these students will be advan ced to
the Symphonic Band next year.

Mr. Travis also directs th.is band along with the five other
classes. Several students enjoy the class and fee l the hou r goes
by too fast.

First Row Left to Right: B. Odom, E. Young, P.
Bartek . Second Row, Left to Ri ght: R. Goldsberry ,
J . Pesek , V. Jakopovi c, G. Domenge, G. Kubat, V.
Kartchne r and S. Waszak.

Fron t row sea ted le ft to right: P. Shotkoski, B. Kilgarin , T. Dubas, J . Dailey , J. Martinez, T. Elder T. Hull and W.
Smo. llen. nd row kneeling on .floo r: C. R<;>lfson, M. ~ d ies, J. Hlarace k. 3rd row sitting on stage : M. Ju rek, J . Pesek , M.
Hazuka , D. Jacobson , V. Ka rtch11e r, T. Anspe , D. Smith, V. Welna, M. Hilger, P. Burns, R. Epperson, R. Walker, M.
Balaban, R. Mc!ri man and J . Johnson. 4th row kneeling on stage : J. Hartung, B. Baker, D. Mach , M. Chamberlin, J .
Velasq uez, W._Evans, A. omez, G. R~d_dan, J. Velasquez, K. Grap, G. H~nson , D. Gree nwald, G. Limones and R. Ju rek.
5th row standrn g: R. Weyant, G. VoleJmk, M. Comstock, ]. _Horton, T. D1xson, M. Burns an d Cynth ia Brown. 6th row
standing: G. Rech , P. Lyons, R. Wraggs and C. Stark. Not p1cture d: E. Dukich, J. Dvorsky, C. Grimmon d, M. Hemen -
way, M. Mealey, R. Ne lson and D. Harrell .

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Orchestra has worked very hard this year preparing for

the AU City Music Festival, which was held on February 7,
1976. The students worked many hard hours getting in tune
to make sure the audience would be a part of the show.

Music classes are very different from any other classes in
South High, they give the students the opportunity to forget
their troubles and soothe their minds.

Many different instruments such as oboes, flutes , violins,
violas, basses, baritones, saxaphones and clarinets, along with
many more are used in Orchestra.

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This was one of the favorite mottos of the bands in
1976.

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·/ Kneeling, left to right: A. Micek, D. Davis, J. Currie, and B. Odom.

,I Standing Row One, Left to Ri ght: J. Thiles, D. Hanna, P. Landon, S.
Graham, and V. Sporcic. Row Two, left to right: R. Corbett, C. Nied-
38 balski, S. Graham, M. Stark, V. Whitaker, J. Powere and J. Toman. Row
Three , left to right: R . Leyendecker, R. Goldsberry, G. Kuba t, V. Jako-

povic, an.dB. Styles. Row Four, left to right: D. Roge rs, J. Alsman, C.
Odom and G. Vetick. Not Pictured: L. Lass, B. Nelson , F . Robinson
and M. Vajgert.

Stage Band this year has been very busy . The band --

played in Open House and the Spring Concert along with ~

many otl1er welcoming festivities. J~
Sound Off play ed an important part in life of Stage Band,
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it was held on February 8,9, 10.
The Studen ts played many of the " Big Band" tunes. They

also transform their own music when necessary.

Mark Placek, Bob Styles and Vesty Jakopovic enjoy
playing solo parts in Stage Band .

Seated fr m left to right: J. Camey R. Goldsberry, and M. McGeorge. Standing, left to right: D. Harless , B.
Odom, J. Walpus J. Waw rzy nkiewicz, J. Alsman, L. Bezdek, S. Waszak, G. Kubat , B. Styles and V.
Jakopovic.

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'

Mr. Roland Hinrichs ret urn ed fo r his t wenty-secon d year. He -~

has attended ten different schools and colleges and h as re- Mrs . Caro lyn Larsen enj oys talkin g and laughin g wi th
the st uden ts.
ceive d his Maste rs degree from the University of No rthern

Colo rado at Greeley .

Row one, left to eigh t: Anne Stark Beth Wes tbrook , Sue Eich , Je nny Tessin , Debbie Suck, Ly di a Flo res , Do n na _
Kantanavicius, Kelli Flowe rs, Lori Myers, and Theresa Lenczowski. Row two, left to right : Wand a Schl ayer, Chns Carl-
son, Barb Cooper , Marjorie Andrews, Ka rin Joh nston,., Jeannie Kantanavicius, Barb Du ff, Kat h y Kope rski , Debb_ie
Nekola , Vicki Adams and Sue £?wigh t_. Row three, le rt to right : Tim Holl an d , Russ Marclu ard t, Jack Smi t h ,_ Leshe
Fisher, J~ff Hood, Gersh_wm Bn~s1 Jim Hemenway and Jin:i Vinson . Row fo u r, le ft to ngh t : Jeff Gosch , Bill
Napravruk, B111 Buras , Vmcen l Mi nister , Ken Culupace k, Clin t Gard, Dave Pad illa and Steve Mcfn tosch .

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First Choir is made up of seventy-nine students con-

sisting of sopranos, altos tenors and basses. The class meets
every fourth hour to sing old and new tu nes remembered
by aU.

During the year the choir 1_11embe~s parti~ipate in :
Christmas Ves pers , The All City Music Festival O_pen .
House, The Spring Concert and Commencement Exercises.
Many of the students are involved in the Spring Musical
also.

A se nior class memb er, Sue Povondra, when as ked what
First Choir means to her, replied , "First Choir has given me
the opportunity to increase my voca l ability and le~rn.the
basic steps of di scipline needed to achieve any goal in life_."

Annie Fora!, also a senior commented about her feelings
toward the class in this way: " 1 real.Jy enjoyed the class
everyone was super friendly but most of all it was an EX-
PERlENCE! "

Row one left to rig:ht: Grace Baez, Pa tty Taylor, Cathy Mendiola, Pam King, Theresa Markise, Karen Larkin, Barb
Moorman, Dottie Prodywu~, nnie Fora I and Kat~y Martincik. Ro:¥ two left to right: Margaret Currie, Patty Ksiazek,
Teresa ooley, athy 81 nk1 , Be ky . handler Beltn1a West, Debbie Dennell, Sally Minino. Mary Jo Bartholomew

Patty Nieman .and Sue Povon ra. Row three left_ to_ n~t: Ray Barrett , Doug Harless Randy Contreras, Jerry .

HJuchoweckyJ John Grothe John Jur$ense!1 V1rg1l Lis , Tom Brun_ and Clayton Bacome. Row four left to nght: Dan
Badders, Dennis Knowlt n terry Barno Rich Jackson, George Tas1ch, Dave Swirczek , Tim John on and Mike Brandt.

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Second Choir consists of 44 students that meet everyday

6th hour under the direction of Mr. Roland Hinrichs. The stu-
dents have many opportunities to expand their musical abili-
ties. Throughout the year members are involved in practicing
for the Christmas Vespers program, All-City Music Festival,
Spring Concert and for the first time, a Bicentennial program .

Earlier in the year, Mr. Hinrichs stated, "The students this
year are showing promise ; they have Jots of talent and ability
to make a fine choir."

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Mr. Hinrichs pauses fo r a snapshot.

Second Choir members are, Front row, left to right : T. Mead, T . Hurlbutt , D. Pate, B. Safley , l. Monjarez, T. Schonert,

A. Falcon, ~- Hunter_, S. Lokey, P. Santi, L. Jordan , s. Cook and D. Bera. Second row: S. Padilla, K. Rockwell, J.

Clark, N. Gnce, L. Kixmiller, A. Walker, D. Hoffman, R. Hanson, M. Galvan , D. Poole, M. Gernandt, A. Sloger, D.

Foley and E. K_aasch. Third :ow: M. Bogenreif, G. Kendall , F. Minio, w. Eich, L. Valencia, M. Jenkins, S. Hudson, S.

Bealer, R. Harns, E. Buglew1c2, J . Jones, R. Brown, J. Nekola and J. Haase.

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First Bir/s Choir is a class made up of junior and

senior girls. Directed by Mr. Viggo Carlson, the class spends

much of their time preparing for the various different ac-

tivities during the year. The choir pe rforms at such things
as the Christmas Vespers and the All-City Music Festival.

Mr. Carlson commented, "Even though the choi r is
smaller this year, they are a well-balanced and enthusiastic
group."

The girls rest before class begins. Mr. Carlson spends many hard-
working hours with the girls.

The girls pictured above mee t every 5t h hour for choi r pract ice . They sing such songs as "In the Highland, "Oh Holy
ight" "A Joyous Christmas Carole," "Click go the Sheers," and " Shambala." When asked to comment about the

class , Buni Scigo, an active member stated "We've worked hard all year and have put on fine performances. " The mem-
bers of First Girls Choir are, Front row, left to right: Deborah Lenhoff, Vickie Hensley, Susan Siedlik, Barbara Trout,
Terri Risinger , Kathleen Hazard , Marlene Novotny, Lynn Ignowski , Karen Stanley, Laura Dailey , Tammy Bradberry
and Marie Schaffer. Second row : Chery l Jedlicka Buni Scigo Clauctia Bleach Ruth Burdette, Deborah Ackles, Valeria
Alba , Gerardette Baughman Rebecca Burns, Gay'le Shipley, Denise Wohl(arth,_ Tena Johnso~ Kathleen Prososki, Lu
Ann Luba sh Deborah Hebard and Dora Covos. Third row: Kinberly Luttig, Michelle Antoniak , Karma Hunt , Brenda
Brand , Ann e tt: Tarnap ls~ _P~mela Foley , Barbara Polki.ng, Tammy Holubar, Acra Cooper, Cathleen McGuire, Cindy
Wilcox, ynth1s Maach Vlfg1ma Struz, Kelly Ch.lupacek, Lynne Boldt and Rhonda Zeleny .

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Amhossodorsare comprised of 19 talented people who
spread the good will and fine name of both the music depart-

ment and of the entire school. To be an Ambassado r, a stu-

dent must be enrolled in First Choir and audition in the Spring

of his or her junior year.

The Ambassadors usually average 35 to 50 performances

per year. They travel to such places as The New Tower Motel,

Wheeler Presbyterian Church, Peony Park, Plattsmouth Lions

Club and The First Federal in Lincoln, for their many per-

formances.

To work to the top of their potential, the Ambassadors

practiced seventh period every day and whenever extra work

was needed, at 7:20 in the morning. Credit is not given fo r the

class, but a grade is.

The group generally sang show t unes at their performances.

This year their opening theme was, "Another Op'nin, Another

Show." Their closing theme was " Time Is My Friend," a Julie

Andrews number. . Being an Ambassador is much more than just si ng-
ing... the music has to be studied and polished.

In his 13 th year of sponsoring the
Ambassadors, Mr. Hinrichs feels, " l
have hoped they got a real benefit o ut

of performing for such dive rse groups
of people. They put in a lo t of -:,vorl<
but they had lots of fun and enJ oyed
working as well as performing.'

Girls from top to bottom are : Wanda Schlay~r, Donna Kantanavicius,_Jenny ~.. ..,;.........
T iessen Debbie Suck, Beth Westbrook, Dottle Prodywus, Karen Larkm,
Theresa Markise, Pam King and Pat!Y ~aylor. Guys fron:i top to bot_tom are:
Dave Swirczek, Jerry HluchoweckyJ, Jim Hemenway, Bill Burras, Tun
Holland , Mike Brand t, Tim Johnson, Tom Brun , Ray Barrett and Randy

Con treras.

Ambassador, Theresa Markise, feels, " The time and
effort is well worth the satisfaction you receive. I've
also learned what responsibility really is."

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