1972 - 1973

1. John Tanner, 2. Lenore Stevens, 3. Bill Caywood, 4. Dale Thompson, 5. Marlen Baege, 6. Tim Low, 7. Jim Lamont, 8. Joni Berman, 9. Leslee Carpenter, 10. John Manzari, 11. Rick Bradley, 12. Joe Watts, 13. Fred Altiere, 14. Ken Friedman, 15. Jonathan Beard, 16. Debbie Sullivan, 17. Bobbie John- son, 18. Marietta Malanoski, 19. Marilyn Kostolich, 20. Nancy Fox, 21. Eric Silvester, 22. Liz Foley, 23. Kathie Court, 24. Peggie Williams, 25. Marc Fisher, 26. Sue Datko, 27. Donna Schreiner, 28. Janelle Boisvert, 29. Bob Hallwig, 30. Betsy Skinner, 31. Nancy Ing, 32. Lori Clampitt, 33. Gwynne Nishino, 34. Mary McGowan, 35. Susie Edelson, 36. Sally Griffin, 37. Gilda Rubio, 38. Robin Chase, 39. Ron Coulson, 40. Janet Bochinski, 41. Joe Vrzalik, 42. Sara Hollcroft, 43. Gary Goldner, 44. Eric De Vos, 45. Leah Royce, 46. Georgia Cordill, 47. Katie Pratt, 48. Dave Brownlee, 49, Hugh Sale, 50. Al Murphy, 51. Kevin Bayly, 52. Barbara Le Blanc, 53. Soozie Eisen, 54. Bob Schwartz, 55. Phyllis Davis, 56. Mike Hardy, 57. Sally Westcott, 58. Aaron Johnson.

Not pictured: Joan Libby, Bill Newby.

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Officer Body

  • President: Dale Thompson

  • Vice President: Ken Friedman

  • Secretary: Nancy Fox

  • Treasurer: Kathie Court

  • Historian: Fred Altiere

Award Recipients

  • Best Female Trouper: Kathie Court

  • Best Male Trouper: Dale Thompson

  • Best Act: Chairs - Janelle Boisvert, Dale Thompson, and Bob Schwartz

Wowie Zowie Boink!

Sixty troupers, under the direction of Dr. George Kramer and his assistant, Joseph Murray, comprised the Gymkana Troupe for the year.

Seventeen years after Gymkana's Home Show entitled, "Cartoon Capers", the Troupe returned to the theme of comic strip characters and adventures with the theme, "Wowie Zowie Boink--A Kartoon Kaleidoscope".

"Since the turn of the century, comic strips have entertained people of all ages and types... Oddly enough there seems to be a comic character that is like virtually every person and fits almost every dream. Tonight you will come with the Gymkana Troupe on a trip through the comic strips. As you travel with us, watch these well known comic characters spring to life through the personalities of the acts that they fit and fantasize."

1973 Home Show Program

Starting with Superman on Vaulting and finishing with Mighty Mouse on the Trampoline, with seventeen other acts in between, the Troupe made a whirlwind tour of the comic world, then ended the show with a presentation of Statuary.

Noteworthy is the fact that Fred Altiere, a member of the Troupe and the one who drew the cover for the Home Show Program, was a cartoonist with his own series, "Scriblits", in the Diamondback.

Itinerary

  • Frederick Community College

  • Walter Johnson Junior High School

  • Laurel High School

  • Wildlake Middle School

  • Potomac High School

  • Shepherd College

  • Frederick Douglas High School

  • Prince George's Community College

  • Home Show