large performing groups, a winter play, a spring play, student directed one-act plays, showcase concerts for show choirs and jazz band, as well as the traditional large-group concerts each quarter. Every other year, MHS choirs partake in a music festival at Disney World over spring break. Pops and Varsity show choirs are auditioned ensembles who perform in the community throughout the course of the school year. Each require a combo band, made up of MHS students. Manhattan High also has dance and competition teams. The dance team performs at home football games, basketball games, and wrestling events, performing halftime routines as well as sidelines (at football games). The competition team, the elite division of dance team, holds tryouts every year. Competition then takes several routines to various regional competitions, including pom, hip-hop, jazz, novelty, solos, and duets. The competition team also performs halftime routines on its own at basketball games. Over the summer, the dance team attends Universal Dance Association (UDA) camp, where they perform various routines. Notable alumni 19th century: Samuel Williston, paleontologist (pre-1873) 19th century: Philip Fox, astronomer 1916: Clementine Paddleford, food critic and Al Jolley, NFL player 1923: Frank Morrison, 34th Governor of Nebraska 1924: Bert Pearson, NFL player 1926: Solon Kimball, anthropologist 1927: Fred Seaton, U.S. Senator, Secretary of the Interior 1930: Kenneth Davis, historian, winner of Francis Parkman Prize 1930: Joan Finney, 42nd Governor of Kansas 1939: David Gates, physicist, ecologist, pioneering climatologist 1939: Virginia Yapp Trotter, U.S. Assistant Secretary of Education 1949: Earl Woods, father of Tiger Woods 1952: Del Close, actor, comedian, one of the premier influences on modern improvisational theater 1952: Inger Stevens, actress 1954: Tom Oberheim, inventor of Oberheim synthesizer and DMX drum machine, which defined early hip-hop production 1961: Robert Woodruff, NASA physicist 1961: Samina Quraeshi, Pakistani-American artist, author and educator; National Endowment for the Arts Design Director (1994-1997) 1964: Bill Buzenberg, journalist, executive director of Center for Public Integrity, vice-president of news at NPR 1972: Dawayne Bailey, musician 1974: Gary Spani, member of College Football Hall of Fame and Kansas City Chiefs Hall of Fame 1977: Tim Jankovich, college basketball coach 1981: Deb Richard, former professional golfer 1982: Michael Kremer (graduated early in 1981), Nobel laureate, MacArthur Fellows Program "genius grant" recipient 1982: Anna Seaton, won bronze medal at 1992 Summer Olympics, member of America's Cup crew on the America3 1983: Craig Colbert, professional baseball player 1988: Brett Wallerstedt,