Hunter Huss High School - Astron Yearbook (Gastonia, NC)

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The above picture shows Nancy in her talent ren¬ dition of “I Enjoy Be¬ ing a Girl”. Bev Pleases Audience With Mechanical Doll Dance sports events. Contestant No. 5 danced mechanically as she, Beverly Swanson, pleased the audience with her portrayal of a mechanical doll. Escorted by senior, Charlie Kenley, Bev competed in evening dress and street-dress competition, wearing a gown of white embroidered organza. Five feet seven inches tall, she possesses poise and beauty that betrayed any “butterflies” she may have solicited for the pageant. Bev’s extracurricular activities consist of participation in the Pep Club and Future Scientists of America. Nancy Portrays Typical Teenage Girl A living example of “I Enjoy Being a Girl,” Nancy Adams as Contestant No. 3 portrayed the typical teenage girl as she pantomimed the recording by Doris Day for the talent portion of the pageant. Nancy, dressed in a two-piece wool dress of tweed weave, featuring a sheath skirt and blouson waist, and later in a chiffon evening dress of peacock blue, with a sequinned bodice, received a warm reception from her audience as she walked the ramp. Nancy’s smile is familiar in the halls of FIuss, where she daily enters into school life, chatting with friends, circulat¬ ing the Hunter, and attending classes. In addition she may be seen in the familiar varsity cheerleader outfit at all Bev, in her expert mechanical motion, made herself an au¬ dience favorite with her dance, entitled, “The Mechanical Doll.” 147

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Camellia Introduces Western Pantomiming Eloise,” Connie was a delight to the pageant audience. Sophomore Connie Cannon Pantomimes 6 6T?1 ’ ?? Lloise Connie Cannon, Contestant No. 1 in the pageant, was an audience favorite with her interpretation of “Eloise.” Dressed as a six-year-old girl and licking a huge lollipop, Connie pantomimed the recording by Kay Thompson. Petite and vivacious, she wore a shift of yellow wool in street-dress competition and a peach satin floor-length evening gown, featuring an over jacket of glittering sequins. A jayvee cheerleader, she enters whole-heartedly in the Huss co-curricular and extracurricular activities. In addition she ranks high academically in the sophomore class. Song to Pageant The “Miss Huss Pageant” introduced to its audience Huss’s answer to the Annie Oakley of the early West—Miss Camellia Beauchamp, Contestant No. 2. Singing “You Can’t Get a Man with a Gun,” she was attired in the traditional western dress. A two-piece black and white checked ensemble was worn by Camellia in street-dress competition. Compet¬ ing in the evening-dress competition, she wore a floor-length dress of pink brocaded satin. A senior at Huss, Camellia is a commercial arts major and a clerical assistant for the ASTRON staff. Camellia in her Annie Oakley at¬ tire, forcefully de¬ clared to the view¬ ers that “You Can’t Get a Man with a Gun.” 146 I ■

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Jean Sings Well-Known Ballad “ People ” Jean Young, wearing a sheath of black velvet, approached the microphone with poise and sang the familiar ballad, “People,” for an audience of 1400 . Named second runner- up in the 1963-64 pageant, Jean used her contest experience well. In a dress of green-gold wool and in a robin egg blue gown, she rated approval from her receivers. Following journalistic interests, Jean gives her time and energies to both the Hunter and the Astron staffs. Also she is a member of the Huss choral group and treasurer of the F.T.A. In a formal gown of robin egg blue, Jean offered eve¬ ning-dress competi¬ tion well worth the judges’ considera¬ tion. Sandra Displays Talent at Piano In the talent competition Sandra Allen, Contestant No. 8, entertained a receptive audience as she described the plight of a pianist who only knew one song, “Three Blind Mice.” Playing this same song for a church service, funeral, school assembly, waltz, and modem dance, she made “the mice run with reverence, dignity, swiftness, and a beat.” Ap¬ pearing in a two piece suit of grey checked wool, and an evening gown of white and shocking pink satin with a bodice accented with frosted sequins, Sandra was escorted by Jimmy Price, Huss senior. A member of the Monitorial Council, Chorus, Pep Club, and F.T.A., Sandra finds life not only busy but interesting.