Be Proud, Be South!

South High Foundation Newsletter Issue No. 71 Spring 2019

President’s message It has been a cold and icy winter. I am ready for spring and the many activities that are just around the corner: the pancake breakfast in April, the luncheon in May, the scholarship reception in May and the golf tournament in June. And that doesn’t include all the student activities that we can attend: theater, music and sporting events. And don’t forget Community Band performances. No one can say that nothing is happening at South! Get involved, attend a game, go to a performance, be proud that you are a Mona and Magdanz honored Tiger! And don’t forget the dedication of Prior to the first varsity girls' basketball game of the season, Lute Mona and Eric the athletic field on August 29, 2019! Magdanz were recognized for their accomplishments in the field of sports and their Judy Ayers ’66 dedication to South. Foundation President Luther (Lute) Mona was a civics and history teacher for 36 years with most of his teaching at South. He was the Assistant Basketball Coach for South in 1937 and became Head Coach in 1942. He continued to coach the Tigers for the next 31 years. He was also Assistant Football Coach (1938-1947), Head Golf Coach (1957-1970) and South Head Baseball Coach for many years. He passed away in 1985.

High Eric Magdanz graduated from South in 1959 and went on to study and play basketball Theater at the University of Minnesota. He taught health and physical education for Minneapolis Public Schools for 31 years with 17 of those years at South. He was presents Assistant Basketball Coach (1966-1972), Head Basketball Coach (1973-1982, Assistant Football Coach (1967-1982) and Badminton Coach for several years.

Dave Mona, Lute’s son, and Dave’s wife and Eric were present at the dedication of the Tiger Paws. Lute and Eric are very deserving of the Legacy Wall Tiger Paws! continued on page 5

Golf tourney moves to a Based on the works of Dr. Seuss and directed by Dudley Voigt. Friday, plan your reunion now

"Oh, the thinks you can think" when to coordinate your event Dr. Seuss' best-loved characters th collide and cavort in an unforgettable The South High Foundation is having its 24 Annual musical caper! Jim Bloom/Golf Tournament, Friday, June 21, 2019 at the Crystal Lake Golf Club in Lakeville, MN. Please Performs in the South High main note the event is changed from a Monday to Friday this year. Longtime Gold Sponsors, auditorium on Edward and Karayn (Kalland) March 14-16 The golf committee is reaching out to graduation Cunnington, Class of ’59, Bill at 7:00 p.m. with a Saturday matinee classes, local businesses and individuals for golfers, Cunnington ’60 and Mike Kalland ’65. at 2:00 p.m. Tickets are available at hole sponsorships, volunteers and prize donors who the door: adults $10 and students $8. continue to make the tournament a fundraising success for the Foundation. To date we continued on page 2 South High Foundation Newsletter Page 1 Pancake breakfast on schedule for April 28th The Friends of South High Foundation Newsletter The delicious aroma of pancakes will greet you as you come into the commons area of Published bi-annually as the official publication South on Sunday, April 28. From 8:00 A.M. to noon, pancakes, eggs and sausage will of the South High Alumni & Friends Editors: Judy Erickson Ayers ’66, Elmer Koch be available for a mere $10.00 for adults, $5.00 for kids 6-12 and kids 5 and under are ’54, Cheryl Ramirez ’70, Rosa Ramirez ’92, & free. As usual, tickets are available at the door. Marlys Schluck ’53

The response from last year’s addition of fruit, whipping cream, hot butter and syrup Printing: Minuteman Press of Richfield guarantees that they will return this year as well! You will also be able to purchase as Circulation 12,000 Phone 612-668-4344 many door prize tickets as you want in hopes of winning one of the dozens of prizes, tickets, or gift cards donated by individuals and local businesses! website: www.southhighfoundation.org

Board of Directors Interested in helping? Contact Judy Ayers ’66, President Barb Novotny Elmer Koch ’54, Vice President, Scholarships ([email protected]), Bob Rasmussen ’61, Secretary/Spiritwear Ruth Ann Eilers ’68, Treasurer Terry Feriancek Mike Feriancek ’71, Golf Tournament ([email protected]) or Don Sally Godfrey, Parent, Outside Grants Erickson Melvin Haagenson ’81 ([email protected]). We can Jerry Herby ’68 Judy Westby Jungwirth ’61, Luncheon Chair use helpers on Saturday from 9:00 Rodney Lossow, ’83/Parent/Staff to noon to set up and the day of the Michael Miller ’66 breakfast, including final cleanup. Nancy Rosenow ’76, SHF Grants Marlys Schluck ’53 Warren Schluck ’52, Wall of Honor The breakfast is one of the Alicia Skow, Parent fundraisers for the Foundation that Dick Westby ’52, Historian allows us to provide grants to the Office Manager various programs at South. Tom Klein Data Specialist Jerry Herby So bring your family, friends, classmates and come hungry for this great South High get-together. Football Help us make this a Field update big success! Mark your calendars now. Thursday, August 29 at 7:00: the official ‘unveiling’ of South’s renovated athletic Pictured at top: Terry Feriancek ’66, Rodney Lossow ’83, and Jim Curran. Bottom: Scrumpious field! South will play Breck in the first scrambled eggs, sausage and pancakes ready at the warming counter. football game of the season. Come and look at the changes and improvements of sponsors receive signage and we will the field. More importantly, come and Golf Tournament cheer on our Gallant Tigers! continued from page 1 provide recognition of them and prize donors at the dinner that evening as well have raised over $300,000.00 with this as publishing their names in the Help South, volunteer at a annual golf event. Funds go directly to Foundation Newsletter, which is Twins game this summer support grants to students and staff for a distributed to over 13,000 alumni and You can earn money to support your diverse number of activities and friends. favorite program at South by volunteering programs. at Twins games this summer. Please contact me or anyone on the The cost is $130.00 per person which committee. You can also look for our The South High Foundation is organizing table at the SHF Pancake Breakfast and volunteers to work concession stands at includes box lunch, range balls, golf cart, Twins games. Pick the home games that field/team events prizes, a great dinner Spring Alumni Luncheon. Please consider work for you. When you work a game and time to reminisce with friends. We starting your class reunion weekend by the Foundation or program you designate offer dinner only for any non-golfers at a participating in the annual golf at South receives a minimum of $700 if cost of $28.00. So be sure to bring your tournament. we have 10 people working a stand. Free spouse, a friend or alumni who would like training and Twins concessions uniform to join in the fun and support a great Mike Feriancek ’71, Golf Chair provided. Enjoy the fun atmosphere of cause. 952-440-4810 or email at Target Field and raise money for your [email protected] favorite South program or team. Golf hole sponsorships are noted at three For details and schedule, email Tom Klein: levels. Platinum - $1000 (includes golf Committee Members: [email protected] for four), Gold - $500 (includes golf for Tom Doble ’71, Roger Lee ’79, Let us know by March 6 so we can two) and Silver $150. All golf hole and Barb Smith Novotny ’83 include you.

South High Foundation Newsletter Page 2 Thank yo to or Cotibutos from July 1, 2018-January 31, 2019 Caroline (Lindvig) Draves '62 Steven Larson '58 Gregory Shuster '64 Centuio Martin & Jody Duda '72 Nancy (Rasmussen) Lebo '52 Alicia Skow, Parent Sybille (Kauffman) Aaron '50 Edward & Patricia (Manoleff) Dyani Lee, Friend Donald Sovell, Staff Gregor Adriany, Friend Eibon '70 '70 Thomas & Linda Lincoln, Parent Robert Stein '56 Mina Adsit, Friend Lea Ann (Henkels) Eng '52 Karen Lindgren '64 Wayne & Dorraine (Whaley) Barbara (Burch) Anderson '54 Amelia (Johnson) & John Richard Lorenson '52 Stolson '50 '50 Earl Anderson '53 Engberg '53 Thad & Melinda Ludwiczak, Parent Marlyn & Bette (Berg) Roger Anderson '58 Sharon (Anderson) & Rob Ronald & Carol Anne (Jameson) Theisen '56 '56 Jennifer Athanases & Dale Englund '62 Madsen '59 '59 Bruce & Joan Theisen, Parent McCormick, Parent Marilyn (Jacobson) Engstrom '53 Susan McKinnell & Charles Robert & Barbara Thomasson '54 Rachel Bachman '91 Carol (Pieh) Estey '67 Campbell, Parent Richard & Darlene Thorud '52 William Badenhoff '64 Marjorie Fitzsimmons, Staff George Moline '49 Joan Threet, Staff Andrea Baker, Friend Roger Folta '66 Richard Mulkern '43 Darlene (Ochoada) & Dennis Gary Baker & Sarah Evert, Parent Mary (Hague) & Clyde Gates '52 Annalise (Mortensen) Munnich '94 Tomlinson '64 Jayne (Maxwell) Balzer '50 Mary (Prondzinski) & Bruce Robert Patterson '57 Julie Urban, Friend Harold & Dianne (Edridge) Gensmer '60 Bette Peltola '55 Pamela (Fredell) & Gerald Benson '50 '52 Craig Goneau '82 Margaret (Zabel) & John Perry '55 Van Heel '64 Wayne Benson, '57 James Gooden '52 Judith (Larson) & Ralph Pesonen '54 Siegel & Gloria (McAuliffe) Dave & Suzanne (Wigen) Boll '66 '66 Charles Hackett '50 Mary & Kenneth Peterson, Friend Varner '43 '46 Dale Braunschweig '56 David Hague '51 Leonard & Cheryl (Andersen) Douglas & Jan Vatne '50 Jane Breckenridge, Friend Kathleen (Dwyer) & Louis Ramirez '69 '70 Richard Vatne '46 Kathleen Briggs '71 Hastert '60 Lisa Ramirez, Staff Carol (Trembley) Vick '57 Audrey (Israelson) Brings '50 Stephen Hegarty, Parent Margaret & Peter Reed, Staff Virginia (Sutherland) Vining '43 Kristen Brown, Friend Eddy Henneman '59 Robert Reilly & Kristin Anderson, Betty Lou (Frolik) Viskocil '59 Nancy (Sramek) Burns '51 Nick Holden, Friend Parent Valentina Washchuk, Friend Richard & Barbara Chadwick '51 Joyce (Speckman) & Richard Donovan Robinson, Friend Donna (Hoyer) Weis '50 Dale & Sonya (Tossey) Jacobs '51 Rebecca (Renstrom) Rogers '66 James & Gail Westby '55 Clementson '68 '68 Mary Johnson, Friend Gretchen Rosenberg, Friend Bruce Wetternach '62 George Cruys '53 John & Lorraine (Yatckoske) Richard Sandhofer '54 Richard & Colleen (Meyers) Karayn (Kalland) Cunnington '59 Jones '61 '62 Terry Sateren, '61 Wicklund '58 '60 Angela Dhruvan & Daniel Bevelyn (Gervais) Keith '52 Robert Schuffenhauer, '59 Theresa (Elles) & John Wise '68 Stewart '87 '87 Robert Kladifko '53 Michael Schulz, Friend Robert Witte '40 Elaine (Davis) & Fred Dietrich '52 Carol (Roos) Knutson '68 Martin Segal '38 Michael Yurecko '65 Geraldine (Olson) Dittrich '60 Carter Lapoint '69 Berta (Wittles) Shapiro '50

Winston Cavert & Carol Witte, Dorothy (Williams) Hines '41 Rachel O'Toole '88 & Ann Special Giving Parent Brian & Judy (Peterson) Hoel '64 '64 Kakaliouras Alice M. O'Brien Foundation Carol Colloton '53 Robert & Marilyn (Anderson) Richard Palla '72 American Legion Post 234 Robert & Bernadine Dwinnell '61 Hovelson '47 '49 Ronald & Jane (Rasmussen) Diane Anderson, Friend Ruth Eilers '68 Brian & Karen (Osum) Joyce '61 '61 Petrich '65 '64 Owen Anderson, Friend Jerry Evans '47 Elmer Koch '54 Gerry & Sharon Proskin '64 Anonymous Michael Feriancek '71 Kopp Family Foundation Dale Sayre '57 John Arneson '41 Beverly (Wexler) Fink '50 Nancy & Rob Kosciolek, Parent The Herby & Scheffman Families Bridget (Curran) Axelson '93 Rosemary Frazel & Roger Howley, Michael & Laura LaFave, Parent Warren & Marlys (Lobeck) Michael & Judy (Erickson) Parent Karin Larson '56 Schluck '52 '53 Ayers '66 '66 Paul & Mary Freeman '61 Roger Lee '79 Wes & Linda Skoglund, Parent Maura Bartel '94 Richard & Janis Friedrichsen, Staff Carol (Hermann) Lobeck '58 Catherine Swope, Parent Elizabeth Brackett & Fred Olson, Jeffrey & Mary Frush, Parent Angus MacDonald '86 Lee (LaQuita Houk) Thorson '50 Parent Norman Gabrick '61 James McGraw '49 Cathryn Timmers, Friend John Brown '61 Carol (Wicklund) Gengenbach '60 Daniel & Mary Meyers '61 U.S. Bank Foundation Sheryl (Lossow) Burkhardt '76 Graco Elizabeth Munnich, Friend Timothy Wahlberg, Friend Eugene Capistrant '53 Charles Gramling '68 Lois Neville '43 David Williams, Friend David & Sandy Carlson '61 '61 Zondra (Smith) & Wally Gunnink '58 Barbara O'brien, Friend Evelyn (Griffith) Williams '01 Cathy & Kevin Carmody, Friend Mark Gustafson '75 Matthew Ocel '79 Kent & Barbara Hanson, Parent Robert & Joann Olson '60

Upgrades/remodeling Debate team competes to happen at South Four South High debators say goodby to the There will be no classes held at South California sunshine and return to our Minnesota this summer to allow workers to make winter wonderland with nine wins under their long needed changes at South. Old belts. Senior, Marie Stebbings along with lockers will be replaced with wider sophomores, Gabe Chang-Deutsch, Isra Hirsi lockers; sky lights will be added in the and Zigi Kaiser-Holt (pictured at right) commons (hurrah!); the air conditioning competed at the Cal Berkeley Invitational this will be upgraded; and the entrance on the February. Robert Ciborowski escorted and 32nd street will be remodeled (although coached the team (pictured at right) during this this might not happen until 2020). These invitational meet. improvements will provide a more comfortable space for students as well as Stebbings and Chang-Deutsch will go on to compete at the Tournament of staff! Champions in Kentucky, known as the “hardest tournament in the country.” South High Foundation Newsletter Page 3 ALUMNI NEWS Carl Lumbly, appears in hit TV show This Is Us South High 1969 South High alum Carl Lumbly guest-starred in the reunions February 19, 2019 episode of NBC’s This Is Us, which Class of 1954 — 65th reunion, Sunday, features the backstory of Beth (Susan Kelechi Watson). He August 4, 2019 at Bassett Creek South, played the part of now-late father to Beth, opposite 4-8 p.m. Contact: Judy Hargreaves Olsen Phylicia Rashad who took on the role of Beth’s mother. [email protected]

Best known for his television series, Lumbly played NYPD Class of 1968 — 50th Reunion, Detective Marcus Petrie on the CBS police drama Cagney Saturday, August 24, 2019 at the & Lacey in the 1980s and CIA Agent Marcus Dixon on the Bloomington Knights of Columbus Hall. ABC espionage drama Alias. Please email Wayne Walstrom [email protected] Lumbly’s impressive career in the movies includes or Chuck Hawkins [email protected] portraying the father to the first black diver in U.S. Navy include your name, email address, home history in Men of Honor. Other film credits include, address and cell phone number. Everybody’s All-American, How Stella Got Her Groove Back, South Central, Pacific Please reach out to all classmates about Heights, To Sleep With Anger, The Bedroom Window and Namibia: The Struggle for this reunion. Personal info will not be Liberation. He has performed on stage as well at the American Conservatory Theater, published with out written consent. San Francisco Playhouse, and Off-Broadway at the Romulus Linney Courtyard Theatre. For more information contact: Carol Roos Knutson 763-267-9860 or email: In a new movie, Doctor Sleep, coming to theaters in November of 2019, Lumbly has a [email protected]. pivotal part in the imaginative continuation of the Shining storyline by Warner Bros. He stars as Dick Halloran, the role originally played by Scatman Crothers in the 1980 movie. Class of 1969 — 50th Reunion, Saturday, September 28, 2019 4:00 Going back in time to the late 1960s at South High…Lumbly served as student council p.m. to 1:00 a.m. at the Richfield president, was an honor society member, played basketball, ran track and cross country American Legion. Contact: Lynn Wagner and will be remembered as “Best All-Around.” After high school he attended Macalester [email protected]. College, graduated with an English degree and found work as a journalist. While on a writing assignment about a local theatre he took an acting job, and worked for the Dudley Class of 1979 — 40th Reunion, Rigg’s Brave New Workshop for two years, making his entrance into show business. Saturday, July 6, 2019 at the Bloomington Knights of Columbus Hall from 5:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Dinner will be served at 6:30, entrees include beef Partnership teacher, Axelson, tips and salmon (subject to change) with lived life to the fullest nonalcoholic beverages and a cash bar available. Cost per person: $35 in Richard "Dick, Ax" Axelson, age 89, passed away advance or $40 at the door. Please submit peacefully in his home in St. Anthony Village on your reservation by Saturday, June 15, October 11, 2018 after a year-long battle with cancer. 2019 by mail. Make your check payable to: Renee Christensen, 1232 Little Sidnee A graduate of Edison High School, he went on to the Drive, Las Vegas, NV 89123. Include University of Minnesota earning an Associate of Arts your name (and maiden name), address, degree. He attended seminary, served in the Navy, number of attendees, and your email and taught English in the Peace Corps in Brazil, address so confirmation of receipt can be where he met his wife of 49 years, Irena Axelson. sent electronically. Contact: Renee Christensen 612-750-1928. Dick gave everything he had to teaching and making a difference in the lives of students. He started Class of 1989 — 30th Reunion, May teaching at Park Rapids High School (MN), but spent most of his career teaching in the 17-19, 2019. Classmates only on Friday Minneapolis Public Schools, retiring as a social studies teacher at the heart of the South night for drinks at a bar (location TBD). High School Partnership Program in 1995. The main event, a classmates and spouses/partners party, Saturday night, He lived his life tenaciously and unapologetically, with curiosity, laughter, joy, and will be at Brickmania, owned by purpose. He was a Christian, a teacher, a coach, a civic advocate, an activist, an classmate Daniel Siskind, located at 1620 instigator, a DEMOCRAT, a music-lover, a friend, a husband, a father, and a grandfather. Central Avenue NE, in Minneapolis. On Sunday we will have a family barbecue He is survived by his wife, Irena; their three children, Janio Axelson, Davi Axelson (location TBD). Contact: Peter Conroy (Bridget), and Nina Axelson (Don Huettl); grandchildren, Rayna, Calum, and Emma; 718-801-7563 or email his sister Jeanne Woodbury; his nieces and nephews; in-laws; and extended family. [email protected].

South High Foundation Newsletter Page 4 Mona and Magdanz continued from page 1 Memoials from July 1, 2018-January 31, 2019 The next time you visit South High School for an event in the gymnasium, stop by the Legacy Wall. Lucy Aagaard 1905 Richard Erickson '52 Richard Lundgren '52 You will find many South High sport successes, Larry Alm '55 Lee Ferguson '52 Robert Lundgren '52 stats, and photos Tony Alm '62 Claire Hartley '36 Maureen Mashek, staff Leonard Anderson '52 Rod Hemstreet '44 John McMillan '53 and a couple new Maxine Arneson '41 Fern Hendricks '49 Russell Papenhausen Tiger Paws. Richard Axelson, staff Ina Hernandez '54 Harvey Peterson '46 Thomas Bonrud '70 Carol Jackson '56 Lillian Peterson '44 Teachers, Lute Judy Braunschweig '58 Gerald Kent Erla Polsfuss '45 Mona pictured at Lois Capistrant '53 Eleanor Kiscaden '39 David Rasmussen '49 bottom and Eric Cheryl Carpentier '71 Robert Kiscaden '40 Lori Rutten '76 Magdanz at right. Beverly Dahl '45 Linda Kjenstad '67 Maggie Schuffenhauer Dennis Dolan '59 Richard Kormanik, '59 Frank Draves '61 staff William Siegmann '61 Steven Eide '70 John Kripotos '49 Richard Erickson '45 Curtis Le Mair In Hoo Of Andrew Brackett '07 Conlon and Faye Carmody The Herby and Scheffman Families Brian Hoel '64 & Judy Hoel '64 —in honor of their 50th Wedding Anniversary Rachael Holt '92, Jacob Frush '02, Daniel Frush '05 Allen Ludvigson ’57 Janet Roman '58 George Schell, staff Sara Shriver '22 South High Class '49 South High Class '52 South High Class '58 South High Class '66

All Alumni Spring Luncheon Wednesday, May 8, 2019

Looking forward to SPRING! Menu Social Hour: 11 a.m. Lunch: Noon Turkey, mashed potatoes

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Phone______South High Foundation Newsletter Page 5 South takes first Tigers give back place at music Do you ever wonder what teenagers do in their free time these days? We find out listening contest that there are always service projects that South students find the time to participate Showcasing skills in active listening and critical analysis, the team of Gabe Ferguson, in. These are just two examples of how Aria Wanek and Will Danaher claimed first place at the regional Minnesota Music South students pay it forward throughout Listening Contest. The team's next stop will be the state competition held on February the school year: 1, 2019 at Augsburg University!

Tiger Boys Basketball (pictured above) give their all on and off the court. Coach Hyser and the team, donned in hairnets, volunteered at Feed My Starving Children during winter break. The food they packed was destined for Haiti.

Getting up early is hard thing to do when you're a teenager. But Gallant Tigers in the Gender Equity Collective (pictured below) did that and more! On a dreary December morning before classes started, they assembled holiday care packages for Peace Post women at a temporary housing location. Simpson Housing Services supports and advocates for people experiencing homelessness in the metro area. Sharing concerns and bringing hope Compassionate conversations at South in recent months have centered on student relationships with law enforcement. Uncomfortable? Yes. South’s school resource officer (SRO) Adam Chard participated and Assistant Principal, Isabel Rodriguez- Mendoza coordinated the workshop where more than two dozen students of color worked to repair their relationships with law enforcement through the arts and dialogue. The outcomes reflect positivity along with pain.

South students, working with a group of artists, created the Peace Post (pictured above) to reflect their struggles and experiences with law enforcement.

Efforts got the attention of the StarTribune and KSTP news. Thanks to them for shining a light on Gallant Tigers speaking their truth.

Chaudhry wins ThreeSixty scholarship

Each year high school seniors who are graduates of the ThreeSixty program, a summer journalism camp, compete for the ThreeSixty Scholar award—a full-tuition, four-year scholarship to study communication and journalism at the University of St. Thomas. South’s, Zekriah Chaudhry is experiencing his first year at St. Thomas after winning this prestigious award in 2018. After easing into college life the first semester, he plans to join TommieMedia, St. Thomas’ student-run news organization, and Muslim Student Association. “The education during my first semester at St. Thomas has been everything that I could have wanted,” Chaudhry said. “I have also appreciated the diligence of St. Thomas staff and faculty to try to make the campus feel welcoming to all students.” Chaudhry aspires to become a professional journalist and hopes to have nationally recognized work and a reputation as an honest and trustworthy journalist.

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Everything old becomes new again Congrats to girls’ What Swing Night basketball team means to South by B. Fei, Staff Writer South continued its run of success against excerpts from January 22, 2019 Minneapolis North in mid-January, surviving a late surge from the Polars to Bright lights coloring the drab secure a 62-59 home victory. The win commons. Tasteful delicacies lining the keeps the Tigers (11-5, 7-0) undefeated in lunch tables, served by none other than the Minneapolis City Conference while alumni, parents, and faculty. Shiny extending their lead in the standings to marbles and flower petals strewn across two games. the tables draped in red. Students from every part of the school—from the shy Photo by B. Fei Earlier in the season, Solana Cushing freshman exploring South High’s social events to the outgoing senior who’s (pictured holding the basketball) scored attended them all—dance tirelessly in their fanciest attire. Performers—from jazz band her 1000th point in a heart-stopping, nail- musicians to company dancers—fill every corner of the commons with the undying biter against Concordia Academy. Tigers passion for swing. lost, 59-57, but it was Cushing who forced the game into overtime with a 3 Once a year, we have the pleasure of hosting and attending Swing Night. From the pointer in the final 4 seconds! profound talents comprising the music department to the invaluable joy of students, parents, and teachers alike who attend, Swing Night is one of many cherished traditions at South High. “Swing Night is all about social dancing, a special night where we can dance to live music and older music,” South senior Sydney Miller explained. The tradition of Swing Night seems timeless, the surprising truth is that Swing Night is no older than the seniors who will walk the stage this year. “The first Swing Night happened my freshman year,” senior Natashia Otiso said. Miller and Otiso both attended Swing Night every year since its inception, both a part of the performance this year. Before we had Swing Night, we had a Singer’s Showcase,” said Otiso. Over time, the Singer’s Showcase grew to be bigger and better. Eventually, nearly every corner of the music and dance departments joined together to form what we know now as Swing Night. Although only a South tradition for four years, the dance has quickly found home within the musicians, who learn and perform classic jazz pieces; the dancers, who carry on the timeless traditions of swing dance; the administration and technical crew, who maintain the dance every year without fault; and, of course, South High, whose remarkable attendance every year is an indisputable reminder of the unbreakable bonds that comprise our school.

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Events Calendar

South High Foundation meetings at South High, second Tuesday at 6:30 p.m.

April 28 — Pancake Breakfast

May 7 — Foundation Annual Meeting 7:00 p.m. South media center May 8 — All Alumni Spring Luncheon

May 29 — Scholarship Reception Calling all alumni, June 21 — Jim Bloom/South High Foundation Golf Tournament families and friends to the Pancake Breakfast South High Theater and Dance 7 p.m. Tickets: Adults $10 Students $8 The annual breakfast, sponsored March 14-16 — Seussical by the Foundation is planned for May 22-24 — Steel Magnolias a senior project, performs in the April 28, 2019 Skybox Theater See page two for full details May — Spring Dance Performance date TBD

Spring Band Concerts 7 p.m. Tickets: Adults $5 Students $3 March 21 — Tour Benefit/Montage Concert Chamber Orchestra, Jazz Ensemble I, Pop Singers, Varsity Choir, Wind Ensemble April 23 (7:30) — South Community Band & Jazz Band May 7 — String Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra May 9 — Concert Choir, Bass Choir, Treble Choir & Varsity Choir May 16 Beginning Band, Concert Band, Symphonic Band & Wind Ensemble May 20— Jazz Ensemble I & II, Pop South claims Twin Cities title Singers TBD — Community Band & Jazz Band Tiger wrestlers are crowned Twin Cities Champs following a 62-15 win against St. Paul Como in mid February. We wish them good luck as they go on to the districts!

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