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MN's drama department gave themselves two 1997 Variety Show Participants
Hosts--Jon Hickerson & Andria Jones
nights to be wild and crazy and honor their False Hope--Adam Rosenthal, Dan Harbeck, Cam eron Harrisc
outstanding participants: The Drammy Matt Wisecarver -" Decision", "Where Were You"
Awards and the Variety Show. Dave Mcivor & Kendra Mullins-- "Suddenly Sey mour"
Humor Prevails BeckySmith --" Riverboat Shuffle"
Sarah Brown--" A.nyt hi ng But Lonely"
Alyson Wendel--Korea n Fan Dance
Becca Lenhoff and Gila Drazen Brass Nectet --De nnis McNulty, Marie Maly, Matt McMullen, Ryan Cehl, Dave
Mcivor, Kara Andrus, Andy Kloekner, Michael Shald, Jeff
And the winner is ... Henning--"Summertim e"
The Variety Show and the Drammy Awards pro- Sarah Farrell--Original Composition
vided an outlet for members of the MN Drama department jennifer Parker--"So Alive"
to stop entertaining others and begin entertaining them- MarieMaly--"Wis hingYou Were Somehow Here Again"
selves. The Debutantes--Allison Orner, Beth Nauman, Mandl Conne--
Sparkling with talent and the wit of two sets of "Boogie Woogie Bugle Bo y"
hosts , both evenings showcased MN's ability and recog- ]ulietLiu--"Unexpected Song"
nized their theatrical prowess. Decent--G rant Lovelace, Kyle Muller, Dave Milan--" ! Cot Rhythm"
Although some of the hosts' introductions were Brimstone--Doug Taylor, justin Hill, }effHennings--"Manticore"
called "cheesy" or "corny," they still amused the audience Audrey Bostrom--"For Once ln My Life"
Lis anne Barnes & Becky Smith--"Te ll Me On A. Sunday"
and kept them laughing through tense moments. According Emily Balcetis & Phil Cernin--"Forever ln Love"
to junior Variety Show host Andria Jones, weeks of hard Katherine Burton--"Yo u Must Love Me"
work and preparation paid off. AfroputyS --Elizabeth Franke & Jennifer Parker--"Creat Cosh Almighty"
"We spent a couple of afternoons on cheesy and Chad Reade--"S he's Cot A. Way"
corny ideas but still received a genuinely positive response TheMategranos--Diana&DebraMategrano--"Sisters"
from the audience," Jones said. The ]onstones--A.ndy Pane, TJ Kiernan, Rob Anaya, Sid Hutfles --"Rock and Roll
"It was hectic organizing the i.utroductions for Obscurity"
everyone," senior Dramrny host Jennifer Parker said .
On the other side of the coin, both Drammy hosts
also became award-winners during their stint on the MN
stage. Being part of both sides of the evening was a
viewpoint that held many new experiences.
"Winning the Excellence in Theatre award was a
chance to reflect on the hard work that I put into the
performances and all the people who helped me get there,"
senior Drammy host Chad Reade said.
Regardless of th e event, on two Monday nights in
May, students came to the auditorium and left with a feeling
of accomplishment and satisfaction. r

1997 Dram my Winners
Hosts--Jennifer Parker and Chad Reade
Excellence in Theatre--Chad Reade I Pat Turner
lead Actor--Jon Hickerson I Chad Reade
lead Actress--Lisanne Barnes I Mandi Connell
Supporting Actor--Nick Bandemer I Kit Cough
Suppo-rting Actress--Allison Orner I Cheera Pieper Many award
presenters tried to m;
Featured Actor--Kit Cough I Andy Pane their presentation bot
Featured Actress--Betsy lwansky I Kendra Mullins humorous and
Minor Actor--Mike Mobley I Mike Nickel memorable. Senior
Dave Mcivor and juni
Minor Actress--Chrissy Cacioppo I Amy Pettinger Jason Bresley and Br
Danceline--Amy Buell I Lori Shanahan Krogh take this idea t
Production Chief--Kendra Mullins I Jennifer Parker its fullest extent by
Stage Crew--Becky Allen I Erin Vest dressing up as
members of the
SetCrew--KitCough I Pat Turner danceline to present t
Musician--Dennis McNulty I Allison Orner Best Dancer award to
sophomore Amy Buel
and senior Lori
One of the longest-standing traditions and most- Shanahan. photo by
awaited moments of the Drammy Awards was the Jolene Willamson
announcement of the upcoming year's shows.
Seniors Lisanne Barnes and Jon Hickerson present
a song from the spring musical for the 1997-98
214 school year, "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor
Student Life Dreamcoat." photo by Jolene Williamson