1975

Thanks to an
anonymous donor,
this book is dedicated

To the Memory of
All the South Teachers

We Have l.Dst

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Of the people in my past
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And though they never seem
to last very long . . .

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from places in my past ...

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Sometimes I can laugh and cry
and I can't remember why . . .

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But I still love those good ti•mes
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Homecoming

Parade spirits were not St uden t Council's noat was chose n as t he best noat in th e parade. " llang cm High" was the mo vie
theme chosen by council to capt ivate t he mood of the upcom ing gam e.
dampened despite the rainy weather.
At 3:15 the parade began at 25th and
"J" on October 12, 1974.

Preparation began weeks before
that, as floa ts and cars were decorated
and marching units were organizing.
South Omaha's business district was
the main ro ute so many people were
able to enjoy Sout h High's enthusiastic
presentation. The parade was led by
the ROTC, presenting the flag. Next
in line was Mr. Matsukis driving the
judges car. The three judges were : Mr.
Kirk from Kirk typewriter, Mr. Clark
from Arnold-Clark Photography, and
Miss Kriefels who is an art teacher.

The game was played at Berquist
stadium . South was defeated by the
Burke Bulldogs with a score of 22-1 4 .

Band marches to show t heir schoo l spirit by playing th e schoo l so ng. Judges decided which parade unit s were to
receive a wards.

A lot o f hard work
and t ime was put in
by students and
fa culty to make t he
parade a success.
Var io us clubs and
activities put a
great deal of effort
forward to present
their n oa ts in the
parade.

The pomperetts were chosen the best marching unit for th eir display of
group unit y.

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Varsity chc.:rlcad crs show the ir fine ma rching
ability by pro mo ting spirit d ur ing the paradt:.

Many differe nt themes of th e floats were
expressed for the game. This floa t was made
by the mem bers of t he band .

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Pa cker foot ba ll players show the ir pride d ur ing. Chuck Wees entered his car in the parade

the game. wit h the slogan, " RIP BURKE!".

Spirit sho ws in th e eyes o f t he J .V. cheer-
lead ers.

Ma ny d iffe ren t cars,
floa ts, marching
units a nd people
were invo lved in
the parade. The se-
nior d ass o ffi cers
en tered their cars
a nd they rode in
the car wit h a s ign
ident ify ing t he m-
selves.

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Homecoming Jo hn Babic a nd Th erese McG uir e, last year's king a nd qu ee n , relinquish ed thei.r crow ns to
Oudio us Lee and Bo bbi 13loe m e r.
Coronation washigh-

lighted by the re turn of 19 pas t kin gs
and queens from 1949 to 1973. Mas-
ter of Ceremoni es, Sam Willcoxon ,
presen ted them to the audi ence . " Re-
flecti ons" was the theme and the Am-
bassa dors se t the moo d by prese nting
a co llecti on of previ ous theme so ngs.
Followin g them, Tyrone Car te r and
Cherry Loftin sa ng the song "You
Make Me Feel Brand New" .

Mr. and Miss Congeniality were an-
noun ced and then there was complete
silence . Homecoming Royalties were
ann ounced· Diane Conatella present ed
the kin g's tro phy to Oudi ous Lee and
Bob Cameron present ed Bob bi Bloem-
er her quee n's bouquet.

Foll owing the Coronati on, a dance
was held in gym 3 10 to the music of
"Day Sta r" .

l Coo rdin a t o rs o f Ho m ecoming wer e : Sam Wi llcoxo n , m as -
ter of ce re mo ni es; Diane Co na t ella, la dy o ft he court ; and
Ca ndidates for ro yalties were, fro m left to right : Bill Ga rcia, Ma ry Ma nci lla , Do n Bob Cameron, preside nt of the co urt.
Skra di s, Karen Kilga rin , K.ri s Ha hn and Mike Burto n .

Pict ured abo ve are a few of the memb ers of th e roya l co urt. T hey are: Ange lo f-ili , f-o ur m o re m embers of the roya l co urt we re: Tim Jo hnso n ,
Debbie Laughtenba ugh , Ro bin Sherlo ck, Jul ie Beery an d Tim Meschede. Debbi Young , Susie Na th and J eff Bla ir. St ud e nt Co un cil
made up the royal court.

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Mr. and Mi ss Co ng cni:ilit y were John Mi ck• It was a happy mo ment fo r Oudio us and
e liuna s and Sheri Salerno. Jo hn said, "I was Bo bbi.
hap py to receive t he hon o r uf i\lr. Congeni-
a l and t hr o ugh that experience I met a nd
made m o re friends."

Members of the royal co urt were: Bill Sherman , Anita Plaza , Kathy
Schmeckpeper and T o ny Savich. Pages of the court were: Lad, Brian,
and Craig Nemecek, sons of teacher Lad Nemecek.

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Candidates for Homeco ming were : from left to right , To m Sch neider, Sheri Salerno,
Bonnie Plu ta, Sue Tarsikes, Tom Ko neck , Caro l Barnes and Jo hn l\·lickeliunas.

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Sue Paske, Tim Johnson and Jill J efferson st ick togethe r
while walking down the hall.

Sophomore T ony SaVJ.ch is busy working on a Student ~/A ..,
Council project.
f' ro nt row, left to right , arc Ca lvin McDonald , Llill Sherman , John Mickcliuna s,
Don Skradis and Ange lo f'i li. Seco nd row: T eri llcinz, Diane Conat ella, Kathy
Schmeckpeper, Julie Beery a nd Fra nk Gah l. Third row: Carrie Vlassakis , Susie
Nath, Debbie Lautenbaugh , Robin Sh erlock, Gayla Tweedy and Tim Me -
schcdc. On the pole, left o n up Prc dr.ig Ko pun, Jim Mitterrncicr , Sue l.lacz ,
Sonja Sayles, Chuck f'cscr , Debbie Yo ung, Anita Plaza, "B" Cameron a n d
Jeff Lllair. Lo ungi ng o n t he gra ss is Sponso r Mr. Ja m es Meisenheimer.

Student Council is alive and we ll in roOlll

3 18, under the supervision of Mr. James Meisenheimer. Council
consists of 32 members: six senio rs, eight juniors, ten sopho-
mores and two freshmen. Council is segmented into six commit -
tees, which are Welfare, Special, Publicity, Problems, Social and
Fund Raising. All the members are involved in activities such as
the canned food and toy drive , recycling paper drive , the annua l
tricycle race and volleyball game. Co uncil is primaril y concerned
with the wants and needs of the st udents and the school.

Council members are work•ing on t1ie hom ecom1·ng n eat in which .... -- ~·
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Soci al St udies teacher Mr. James Meise nheimer is spe nding his first
yc;ir :is Stude n t Cou nci l advisor.

This year's Counci l offic ers arc, left to right, Pres id ent Diane Cona tclla , Sccrctan'
De bbie Lau le nbaugh, Co rr es pond in g Sec re ta ry Carrie Vb ssa kis. Seco nd row: Pa r-
li amc nta ri:111 Don Skraclis, Vice President Angelo Fili a nd Treasur e r C hu ck Feser.

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Taurus Staff this year, worked hard On the trolley car al the Old Market, the Sports Section; Fi rst row, left to
right : Don Mickeliunas and Tom Koziol. Second row: Mike Zaporowski, Dan
to put together a traditional yearbook. Selling posters Walsh, Mike Trummcr and Marilyn Daso vie.
was chosen as a money-making project by Staff mem-
bers to help support the annual. A group of 28 met ev-
ery 4th Hour to design and produce their own pages.

Comments made by students about the past year
on Taurus Staff were: "The class is hard , frustrating,
time-consuming, but interesting," says senior Erin Brew-
er. Linda Sinkevich, also a senior, says, "Each day was a
new and exciting experience, and I loved every minute
of it until deadlines." "Even though we endured hard-
ships, it will all be worth it because of the finished
product," replied Don Mickeliunas. Everyone grew to be
good friends while working together throughout the
year. A team effort is really needed to get the job done.
Working for this cause proved to many people that a
job can be fun.

At Sydney Street Park is the Faculty Section, Front to back:
Coni Luczynski, Dave Smith, Linda Larson and Rosa Flowers.

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Pictured at the Old Mill Shopping Center is the Student Life Section, left to right: Deb- John Schweiger, left, and Tom Regner were this year's
bie Longo, Lynn Mruk, Sharon Gallegos and Linda Willis. photographers. Although Tom was not on the staff,
he printed pictures for the Taurus Staff.

When asked to comment on this year's staff, Mr. Jim Fai- Standing on a snowy hill is the Senior Section, left to right, Teri Kirkner, Bev Tejral
man replied, "They were hard-working and loud, but, in and Sue Yambor.
general, the yearbook will reflect their talents."

Standing on the fence at Brown Park is the Activities Section, left to right: Charlene
Hendricks, Cathy Beener, Rita Plaza, Cindy Grant, Mary Lou Balsano, Linda Sinkevich,
Erin Brewer and Anita Faraboni.

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Tooter was seen around school more

this year since twelve papers instead of the usual

nine were put out. This mean t a lot of extra work

for the staff, but they met their earlier deadlines

and the "Tooter" came out on time.

There are two "Tooter" classes, a beginning and

advanced class, composed of twenty-two and

nine tee n members, respectively. After three

months of learning about journalism, the begin-

ning class puts out their own paper without any

help from the advanced class. Mr. Rice feels that

"the fundamentals involving journalism and putting

out the school newspaper" are most important for

the beginning class to learn.

"Tooter" staffs main duties are to collect aml

write the news, layout pages, proofread the pages, first row, left to right arc: Dave McDowell , Kath y Hanus, Ro llie McCormic k, Kim
Simpson, St eve Jewel and Phil Rataski. Seco nd row a rc : Dave Smith, Con nie Landers,
and deliver the papers. Special posts on the Bunny Scigo, Theresa Whitcing, Sonya Alukonis, Lorraine Valla , Marga ret Vaca ,
Sally Minino and Caro lyn Ba rrio. Las t row arc : Jo hn Pijcwski, Peggy Sc rcfko a nd
"Tooter" are managing editor , news editor, sports Dan Walsh.

editor and ads manager. ·

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Mr. Mic hael Rice, besides teaching journalism, enjoys

hunting and coaching football and baseball.

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Sitting from left to right are: Tom fos ter, Khris Nigrin and Terry Long. Stand-
ing arc: Art Hanna, Cindy Swinarski, Rita Valla, Ondy Fritz and Angie Vin-
ski.

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Sea ted from left to right arc: Geraldine Shestak, Secretary; Thomas Koneck, Treasurer ; Jim
Blcasc, Vice-President and Dave McDowell, President.

Mr. Kahm , who teaches history, sponsored the Se-
nior Class Office rs.

Sitting in the front row is Ann Rasmussan;
kneeling in the second row are Steve Johnson
and Don Mickeliunas, and standing in the last
row are Leslie Dean and Bobbie Bloemer. Not
pictured is John Filipowicz.

Senior Class Officers for the first

time in many years, were elected in their junior year so they
could get an early start on all their duties for the coming year.
Dave McDowell was chosen as president , Jim Elease as vice-
president, Thomas Koneck as treasurer and Geraldine Shestak
as secretary. The girls' representatives.were Leslie Dean, Ann
Russmussen and Bobbie Bloomer. The boys' representatives
were Don Mickeliunas, John Filipowicz and Steve Johnson .

Raising money for the Senior Prom was the officers
hardest chore. They washed cars, sold bumper stickers and
held the annual skating party to raise most of the money .

A Junior/Senior Prom was voted on by the seniors early
in the fall. Because of the large vote against it , it was ruled
out. Prom was held at the Livestock Exchange Building.

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Steph Maloney Bonnie Pluta

Mrs. Howell 15pent a Jot of her spare time spon- Varsity Cheerleaders conquered Springfield, Missouri's
soring the squad. She commented, "This being
my first year, I had no idea the work that is NCA cheerleading camp last summer by returning with all superior ribbons and by
done by these girls. I have enjoyed working - bringing home a spirit stick. Daily competition won their ribbons, and their school
with them."
spirit and pride won them a spirit stick. They held car washes and bake sales so they
could attend the camp in early August.

Southroads competition was no different. The Varsity squad competed in
semi-finals and the final day they took first place. South High students and sup-
porters were there to cheer them on.

This year's squad had a new sponsor, Mrs. Diane Howell, who was active last

year by sponsoring Packer Backer Red Section. She helped them by preparing pep

rallies, sports information nights, parents' nights for different sports, and things to
do for spirit week.

Jeannie Slezak, captain of the squad commented,"At first I thought the

responsibility of captain would be an impossible task, but with the help and coop-
eration of everyone, it was a great year."

Jackie, Jeannie Slezak's sister, returned for her Nancy Steiner
second year as mascot.

Julie Beery

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Jeannie Slezak Ondy Cole

Carrie Vlassakis Kris Hahn

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Cheerleading SP-IR-IT is Debby Schmacl Mary Straley
Bonnie Rassmussen Kris Weidermcier
what our 1974-75 Junior Varsity and Re-
serve cheerleaders have got. These girls have
a very hard and busy schedule, but they
never stop smiling and giving their support
for our teams. They are the backstop for our
Varsity cheerleaders and have supported
them all year long. The girls attend such
sports as football , girls and boys basketball,
wrestling, swimming, gymnastics, track, and
last , but not least, baseball. They have to at-
tend Varsity sports as well as their own.
With a schedule like that who has time for
anything else? There are eight Junior Var-
sity cheerleaders. Under the leadership of
Captain Carolee Dierking, the girls attended
summer camp at Springfield, Missouri. They
succeeded in winning the spirit stick , also
many ribbons including three superior rib-
bons. You can bet they were tired after that.
There are six Reserve cheerleaders·. This is
the girls first year on the squad and they
have a good one. Captain Robin Sherlock
works hard with the girls and the results
prove that.

Captain Carolee Dierking, " I hope next year's J.V. Teri Heinz Sue Braun
squad has as much fun and success that we have had."

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Debby Hebard Grace Baez

C:iptain Robin Sherlock, "Being captain has given me a lot of
things ; responsibility, hard work, a super nice squad, and al-
so a lot of good times to remember."

Peppy a nd vivacious Mrs. Rosalie Sheppard has completed her first year Tracy
sponsoring the Junior Varsity and Reserve teams. Mrs. Sheppard enjoys Berquest
working with the girls.

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Pomperets are a very active group. This year , they Clptain , Susie Nath, in her third year o n Po mperet s, fee ls that
this is a good sq uad , and e njoyed working with these gir ls. " II
were invited to perform at a parade going down 24t h Street in Oc- was a lo t of fun ," sa id Susie .
tober for Youth Day. A car wash by the squad was held to pay for
new jackets. Four times a week, these 18 girls met to practice and
perfect routines.

During the summer, the girls went to Missouri Valley College
to a porn-porn camp, where they learned new techniques. They
came home with the majority of first -place blue ribbons.

To be a South High Pomperet, a girl must be in Packer Back-
ers for one year and earn a certain number of points by going to
vario us sporting events. The Pomperets are required to go to these
athletic events: basketball, foot ball, wrestling, swimming and base-
ball.

Miss Judith Schneider, the French teacher, is in her sixth year
as sponsor. Her various jobs are coming lo the practices and playing
the music at basketball games.

Juniors fro m left to right , front row : Janice Kotlarz, Margo Juarez and Deo nne Naticchi-
oni. Second row: Nancy Pistello, Nancy Linso n and Rocky Davis. Third row: Annie Fo r-
a!, Carole Safely and Billie Kerwin.

Sophomores, Fro nt row, le ft to right : Pa m Manfre and Ta mm y Jo hnson.
Second row: Lori Sanford and Linda Krys.
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Seniors, Left to right: Ondy Bledsoe, Pam Schamp , Grace Akiens and Karen Kilgarin . Kar-
en is the oth er senior who is in her third year on th e squad .

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Symphonic Band is one of the

six bands at South High. There were abou t 67 members,
consisting of juniors and seniors students who have had
previous experience with music and instruments.

They put in many hours of hard work and prac-
ticing time to prepare for their spring festival , which was
held in May here at South High.

Most of the members that were in Symphonic
Band marched in the Homecoming Parade with the
Marching Ba nd .

Mr. Albert ("Red") Travis worked along with the
band to get it all together.

Sympho ni c Band m e mbers pictured fro m left to right , fro nt row: Cynthia
Kole, Da vid Samso n, James T asic h and Pam ela Bart e k. Second row: Terry
Mo llncr, Diana Little. Ro b ert Styles. Rand y Villafu e rt e, Craig N iedbalski,
Vicki Whitake r , Juanita Thiles, La ura Mo rt, Debora Han na, C rystal Bowd e n,
Ruth Merrima n an<l Carol Rogcrs. Back row : Sylvester Jakopo vic, Larry 13cz-
d ck, John Gajewski, David Kesl ing, Clayton Craig, Steven f-o reman, Jo hn
Ha rt ung, Diane Snelling, C y nthia Littl e, Richard Gaspe r a nd C ha rles Nic ho l-
so n .

Mr. Albert "Red" Travis extends his music talent in other places
other than school activities. A few years ago, Mr. Travis started
a rock gro up that is popular among the city.

Symphonic Band members pictured fro m .left to right , fro nt Symphonic Band members pictured fro m left to right, front row: Francis
row : Doris Stand ley, John Young, Debra Lautc nbaugh , Willia m Madrigal, Sco tt Andresen , Ricky R osenthal, Carl Hobbs, David Kielio n a nd
Waszak, Karen Vajgert, Carol Hoban and Sandra Hunter. Back Joseph Brown . Second row: Mike Mallory, Carrie Vlassa kis, Kristin e Ha hn,
row: Richard Cai n, Robert Faulk, Glenn Moore, Michael Harless, Kimberly Ya rd , Susan f-ield s, Brenda Odom, Pamela Clayto n and Anne Sta rk.
Charles Scott, Joko Tasich a nd Michael Vajgert. Bac k row: Gary Kubat, Tyrone Carte r , Sheila Morris, James Blease, Ray
Go ld sberry, Kalinda Kirk, Mark Place k a nd Patty Barton. Not Pic tured are
Carol Jones, Michael Masilko, Do uglas Reed and Gera ld ine Shestak .

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Concert Band consists mostly of fresh-

man and sophomore students who ma rched in the home-
coming parade. Concert band looked fo rward to the spring
musical which was held in May . Their man y hours of prac-
tice and group harmony made the spring musical a success.

Mr. " Red" Travis led this band also. Mr. Travis enjoys
teaching and studying music. He can communicate his
knowledge with the music students in all the bands. He
plays the trumpet in his well-known band , "Travis", which
has played at almost all the school dances and in popular
clubs in Omaha.

Conce rt Band members pictured left to right, front ro w: Ro nald Corbett ,
Tho mas ~kmcnway, Ro nald J o hnson, Royce Johnson. Jo hn Wawrzynkic-
w icz, Steven Waszak, and Patrick Sho tkoski. S.:cond row: Pau l Marx , .
George Limon es, Juli<! Pcsak. Sharon Shanahan. Wesley Parker, Do rcas
Patterson, Evelyn Yo ung, Michelle Balaban and Jose fina Hernandez. Ba ck
ro w: Stcv.:11 Padilla, Calvi11 Munsinger, Mic hael Burns. Jeffrey Roclcnbarg-
cr, Mary Hawka , Mary Marx, James Drago n. Nancy Drago n. Michael Sto -
clo lka and Jerry Price.

Concert Band members pictured left to right, front row: Chloris
Vetick, Charks Odom and Joseph Alsman. Seco nd row: Debra
Borchman, Colleen Kaluza, Joan T o man , Rebecca Nelso n, Monica
Jurek, Marcella Hilger. Jayne Powers and Carol Schulze. Back row:
Timo thy Bazis, Pr.:drag Ko pun, Do n Micke liunas, Richard Sojka,
Danny Kurtzuba and James Walpus.

Concert Band members pictured left to right, front row : Caro l Rolfson, Kansas City, Missouri was visited by six Omaha
Stephanie Lang, and Patricia Burns. Second row: Gay le Warner, Anthony South students las t summer. They were the Packer
Hilario, Marcia Mclics, Valerie Kartchner , Lyd ia Halverson, Tama ra Majorettes who went down there to show off their
Boyles, and Gabrielle Domcngc . Back row: G regory Dragon, Ricky Jurek, talents in baton twirling and fire twirling. The
Brad Kilgarin, Clayton Craig and Ronald Bradford. Conce rt Band mem- majorettes entertain the spectators at home football and
bers not pictured: Kathy Daniel, Douglas Harless, Mildred Lovitt, L1rry basketball games. They performed to some of the popu-
Modlin, Kathlee n Prososki, Christophe r Yard and Me linda Moc kcrman. lar songs out. All the majorettes have to belong to the
concert band and Mr. Albert "Red" Travis is their spon-
Majo rettes from le ft to rig ht a rc: Monica Jure k, Michell e Balaban, head sor. Majorettes helped promote school spirit and pride.
majore tt e Ju lie Pese k , and Mary 1-lazuka. They worked along side the cheerleaders and pomperets.
They marched in the homecoming parade.

Julie Pesek, who has been a majorette for t hrce
years has the experience and talent for bei ng head
majorette.

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Some of the more active students prepare for the busy class day. Students

play classics from the late 40's and S0's. •

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Bill Waszak leans back as he enjoys the smooth and mellow music
played by Frank Madrigal.

Stage Band pictured above: Patty Barton, Vesty Jakopovic, Randy Villa- Mr. Albert Travis stops to take a break from the class, as one or his
fuerte, Kris Hahn, Ron Bradford, Brenda Odom and Mark Placek. Stand- students tells exciting episodes of his weekend.
ing, left to right: John Young, Charles Scott, Jim Blease, Mike Vajgert,
Joe Tasich, Gary Kubat, Gayle Wanner, Llnda Kirk, Jeff Lucas and
Charles Nicholson. Standing, rear: Ray Goldsberry, Don Bloomquist,
Mary Stark and Eric Van Fleet. Not pictured: Bill Waszak, Steve Waszak
and Frank Madrigal.

Stage Band gives 24 students

a chance to c hange from everyday boring
classroom fatigue to an hour in Carnegie
Hall. Mr. Albert Travis is the active instruc-
tor of Stage Band. Class is assembled each
day during sixth hour. This class is given for
students with extra time and the desire to
play a musical instrument. Students in Band
play an active roll in Sound-Off, since its
first beginning six years ago. Although Band
does not perform in All.City Musical Festival,
Mr. Tarvis hopes to organize a Stage Band
Festival, which all Omaha High Schools will
enter. Band Festival will be conducted like
All.City Musical Festival.

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Orchestra crea tes mo ments to remember for students ..~

in A-1 25 , fo urth ho ur . They arc given many opportunities to enjoy the . m (,· --------=-.

music o f Mr. Albert T ravis and 36 st udents which comprise Orchestra

class. Orchestra has a va riety of musical inst ruments ra nging fro m the ,-~~=..-'·\-.. :~-
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small and delicate vio lin to a bulky bass. Mr. Travis enjoys his time •. - •,.'

spent with stud ents here at South. as he is celeb rat ing his 10th yea r. '

Besides participating in All-City Music Fest ival. Orchestra played a ~-·-~

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Making a mo ve in t he righ t direct io n is Carol Jones as she
prepares for an hou r o f mellow music in Mr. Travis's Orches-
tra class.

Pictured abo ve left to right : T erry Estabroo k, Kathleen Ha nus, G eraldine Shestak '.
and John Hrdy. Seco nd row : David Rogers, Susa n G raham , Debo ra Hanna and
Patty Ba rto n. Third row: Mare n Vajgert, Kimberly Yard , Cynt hia Little, Diana
Little, Lyd ia Ha lverso n and Kathryn McAuliffc. Fo urt h row: Michael Dytrych,
Joe Alsman, Ja mes T asic h, Rob ert Styles and Christina Go mez. f'ifth row: Joe
Tasich , Carol Jones, Terry Mo llner, Brenda Odo m a nd Eric Va nFleet. Standing,
rear : Julia Hull , Jeffery Lucas, Cynthia Kole, Ray Gold sb erry, Micheal Masilko ,
Mary Stark and Pa t Lando n. No t pict un:d : Ron Corbett , Prcdrag Kopun, Michea l
Vajgert , \Vesley Parke r and Melinda Mocker man .

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First Choir is a class of 79 people har-

monizing to the tunes of yesterday and today. Directed by
Mr. Roland Hindrichs, First Choir is a refreshing break
from the tedium of teachers , tests and homework.

Working as a group is very important to singing in
choir. It develops one's musical ability . All members of
choir find satisfaction in what they are doing. Senior Rick
Contreras said "It was a very memorable experience that
has played a key role in my high school years at South."

During the year First Choir performed at Open
House, Christmas Vespers, All City Music Festival and the
Spring Concert.

Being in Oioir offers you an opportunity to improve your music appre-
ciation and to enjoy an hour away from the routine class work .

First Choir meets every day during fourth hour.

First Oioir members are, First row, left to right: Pamela Schamp, Diana Vickers, Sharon Weathers, Jennifer Tessin, Beth Westbrook, Ro-
berta Fast, Lydia Flores, Bridget Vandervort, JoAnn Hajek, Carol Swoboda and Karen Larkin. Second row: Gloria Knuth, Debbie Suck,
Susan Eich, LuAnn Stretsbery, Vicki Adams, Cynthia Bledsoe, Kelli Flowers, Joleen Janousek, Kim Simpson, Christy Carlson, and Cynthia
Safranek. Third row: Jonathan Nieman , Rodney Mead, Richard Contreras, James Hemenway, Frank Sousa, William Buras, Kenneth Chlupa-
cek, and Jerry I-Iluchoweckyj. Fourth row : Edward Karnik, Randall Kelley, Keith Marx, Richard Jackson, David McDowell, Jeffrey Gosch
and Jay Urban.

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Mr. Roland Hinrichs has been a teacher at South for the past 21
years. This year he was appointed as Director for the All City Music
Festival.

First Choir members are, Front row, left to right: Jill Jefferson, Julie Hoffman, Theresa Markise, Susan Paske, Susan Tarsikes, Susan
Fields, Patricia Ksiazek, Sally Minino, Oirole Safley and Miriam Hubbell. Second row: Lesley Dean, Patricia Beck, Ann Fora!, Connie
Dixon, Roberta Noah, JoAnn Fox , Susan DeWitt, Llnda Grisinger, Deborah Dennell, Kathleen Divoky, Susan Povondra and Connie
Elliott. Third row: Cluis Amato, Dale Hanson, Phillip Avery, David Samson, Robert Pedersen, John Jurgensen, Tommy Brun, Michael
Brandt. Fourth row: Peter Plechas, Steven Johnson, Richard Brown, James Beam, Timothy Johnson, Russel Whitmarsh, James 0lbertz,
Donald Schlayer and Keith Osburn. Not Pictured : Leslie Fisher and Robert 0nik.

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Second Choir is an essential pa rt of the

music program at South. Tt is composed of the sop homore
class music students. From Second Choir you could ad -
vance into First Choir or First Girls Choir. Mr. Hinrichs
eva luates and decides what potential a st udent ha s. He fee ls
that there is much promising talent in the gro up this yea r.
Second Choir performed at Christmas Vespers, Spring Con-
cert, and AU-City Music Festiva l.

Mr. Ro la nd Hinrichs di rects both Seco nd Cho ir a nd r-ir st C ho ir. He
ha s bee n al South for 2 1 yi.:Jr. He ha s many hobb ies, a nd alo ng
with h.is wife he enjoys collec t ing an tiques .

Me mb ers of Second Choir are, First row, left to right : Michelle Antoniak, Kathleen Koperski, Deborah Ackles, Barbara Duff, Lori Myers ,
Theresa Lenczowski, Mary Hunt, Catherine O'Leary, Pa tricia Taylor, Pamela King , Rebecca Chand ler, Deborah Meredith, T eresa Coo ley,
Pamela Manfre, Wanda Schlayer and Pa tric ia Nieman. Second row: Gerardette Baughman , Grace Baez, Deborah Neko la, Denise Jo rdon,
fames Vinson, Michael Spenceri, William Jones, Georg e Tasich, Raymo nd Barrett, Douglas Harless, Robert Ha rri s, Bradley Sm it h, T a mela
Bradberry, Catherine Mendio la, Susan Elsasse r and Belinda West. Third row: Debo rah Givens, Anne Sta rk , Jaan Ta lsma, T ammy Ho lubar,
Randy Contreras, Carl Bea ler, Michael Bogenreif, Timothy Holland , Jeffrey Hood, David Swirczek, Thomas Delea, Virgil Liss, Catheri ne
Benkis, Kathryn Ma rt incik, Dorothy Prodywus, Joan ne Cha loupka and Robin Sherlock.
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First Girls Choir consists of

junior ;ind senior gi rls. Directed by Mr. Vigo Carlson ,
choi r spends their tim e and energy singi ng 3 or 4 part
treb le chora I music. Giris Choir was formed basically
to keep First Choir balanced , because there were too
many girls.

During the yea r First Gir ls Choir performed at
Christmas Vespers and Spri ng Concert. An ensemble
was fo rmed to participate in Sound Off.

Juniors Debbie Lenhoff and Vi cky Hensley find Mr. Viggo Carlson has been teaching at
Cho ir a tim e to e njoy.
Sout h fo r seven years. His hobbies are
raising trop ical fis h and co llecting mu sic
boxes.

Members of First Girls Choir are , F irst row, left to right : Debb ra Harrison, Becky Grob , Ho ll y Napora, Vicky Hensley, Mary Larson, Donna
Hlucke weckyj , Mellanie Ro se, Genevi eve Kaasch, Jean ne LaBreyere , Ma rgret Currie , Melody Munsinger, Denise Wohlfarth , Bonnie L10k-
ford, Julia Zia ta, Susa n Duff a nd Diana Vace k. Seco nd row: Che ryl Jed li cka , Cy nt hia Orso , Debbr,1 Masca rcllo , Mar ie Nied zwieck i, Va lerie
Snider, Ca th y Ho luba r, Luann Mathews, Danutc Ka ntanavicius, Susa n Dwight , Sophia Mo njarez, Pen ny Sullivan , Debbie Bessie, Ca llinda
Smelcer, Tena Johnso n , Barbara Moorma n a nd Kelley Ch lupacek . Third ro w: Ela in e Le nhoff, Kristine Ha hn , Debbie Lenhoff, Victo ria Nie-
man, Pa meh1 f o ley, Ba rbara Po lking, Mary Jenkins, Cynthia Maack , Sandra Hun te r, Lillian Rapaich, Bitrbara Coope r, Kare n Poo le, Dorind a
Dea n, Kat hy Poo le, Ma ry Ba rtholo1ilew, Na ncy Pistillo , Beverly Wirth a nd Z etta Dillard.

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Ambassadors are the diplomats of South

High. They spre·act l i,e good will and the fine name of not only
the music department but also of the school.

With 20 talented members in the group, the Ambassa-
dors traveled to such places as Douglas County Hospital,
Wheeler Presbyterian Church , Haven House and the Ramada
Inn, where they displayed their talented voices.

Having the theme song of " Let Me Entertain Yo u", the
Ambassadors proved th.is as they kept the audience captivated
with the success of their program.

Mr. Roland Hinrichs who is in his I3th year of directing
the Ambassadors will also direct All-City Music Festiva l in the
spring this year. Mr. Hinrichs is also busy with ~is First and
_Second Choir classes.

Mr. Ro land Hinrichs is shown here direct ing the Amba ssadors at Wheel-
er Memorial Presbyter ian Church.

Carrying their vocal portfo lios are clockwise: James Hemenway, Richard Contreras, Jay Urban , Peter Plcchas, Steven Jo hnso n , Tim-
othy Johnso n, Richard Brown , Phillip Avery, Rob ert Pedersen and Da ve Samson. Standing next to James Hem enway is Carol Swo-
boda and next to Dave Samson is Theresa Mar kise. The girls arc clockw ise: JuAnn Haje k , Bridget Vand ervort , Sharo n Weat hers, Di-
ana Vickers, Kathleen Divo ky , Jill Jefferso n, Susan f'ields and Ju lie Ho ffman .

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