Bay High School - Bay Blue Yearbook (Bay Village, OH)

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Christmas has many meanings, but to Bay High Students it's NO SCHOOL Since Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years were all crammed into a for- ty-day period, it was a won- der that the students didn't suffer from vacationitis, leth- argy. After students adjusted to sleeping until noon, they participated in the most popular holiday activity, visiting friends and family. Darren Ewing com- mented, My grandparents always come up and we have a family reunion. Some students had origi- nal holiday traditions. Kelli McMaugh related, Every Christmas I buy a new or- nament for my tree. It's a neat way to remember my childhood. There were those students who just enjoyed the holi- days for what they were, breaks from school and work. Kathy Carmody said, It is a time to relax and enjoy life and not worry about tests, themes, and grades. It's also a time to get festive. Since the weather in the area was warmer than usu- al, people had a wide variety of activities at hand. Melanie Gumushdjian stat- ed, I spent a lot of time outdoors just enjoying the beautiful weather. During the winter holi- days, 'twas the season to be jolly and just sit back and take it all in stride. AT VVALDENBOOKS IN GREAT NORTHERN. Karin Wahl and Kim Trask skim through a hook about basketball. Walden books. a popular store for buying Christmas gifts, carries over 2000 titles. - K. Foster IN ORDER TO RETRIEVE A PRESENT from under the tree. Kelli McMaugh moves her cat. Calico. As in years past. Kelli pur- chased gifts for all three of her S tealing the how Todd Gibson—Santa Claus HO, HO, HO! And were you a good little boy, Bob- by? bellowed the familiar face of St. Nick. After a closer look, the face grew more and more familiar. Lo and behold, it was senior Todd Gibson beneath all the fluff and pillows. For his Human Development class, Todd graciously vol- unteered his services to hand out gifts to local nursery school children. It was a fun experience, related Todd. I really enjoyed making the little kids smile. I guess that's why Christmas is so special, making people happy. As an amateur actor, Todd played a convincing Claus. I just had to ham it up and think back on all the Christ- mas specials like Rudolph, the Red-nosed Reindeer to get a characterization. It was really easy. Todd—steal- ing hearts. cats. Student Life

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. ..v:: INSIDE Cleveland’s Shakespeare Festival OUT From the page to the Stage Nickleby was THE RAGE ro be or not to be, that is the question. To be what? Well, if you were Rachel Dowling's father, you would be director of the Shake- speare Festival. Rachel herself was often in- volved in the theatre. I worked during the summer in Playboy of the Western World as an intern. She was also pro- duction assistant for Piaf, and appeared in Nicholas Nickleby. When Nicholas Nick- leby went to Chicago and Philadelphia, she went, too. 'T came to the U.S. to work in the theatre this summer. While seeking theatre arts as a profession, her chances were good. Her entire family was involved in theatre, including brother Cian, who worked on A Child's Christmas in Wales. Her mother is an actress and her father a director in Ireland. That's just something we've had to deal with, she explained. IN A SCENE from Dickens mas- terpiece “Nicholas Nickleby , Da- vid Purdham and Maggie Thatcher experience a tender moment. The play lasted over eight hours.

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Holidays in Bay INSIDE Christmas vacations OUT Bay may have been warm, but students headed for HOT SPOTS t was Christmas Eve. Faihilies were going to church, services, stringing popcorn, and roasting chest- nuts. Unfortunately, the temperature out- side was a warm 63°F, on Christmas Eve! This was quite a dis- appointment to any who anticipated a white Christmas. De- spite the warm wea- ther, some Bayites still flocked to vacation spots. Kim VanSyckle went on a Carribean cruise. Kim said, The customs on the island were very different. Another holiday tour- ist was Rachel Dow- ling. She went back to Ireland to visit her sis- ter and grandfather in her hometown of Dub- lin. She stayed there for three weeks going to discos and visiting friends and relatives. Rachel said, ''It was really nice to be back home again with all of my good friends and family. Even though some stu- dents decided to spend the holidays away, here in Bay, Christmas was a hot item. WHILE HIS PARENTS DINE OUT for Ihe evening, sophomore Regan Rickson decides to wrap as many of his Christmas presents as he can Regan has been wrapping presents since he was eight. WITH THE AID of a very high footstool, senior Stephanie Germain adds the finishing touches to her familv Christmas tree. Because of allergies, she has an artificial tree. K. Foster V - II IXnxhnu Holidays— 23 ON A VISIT BACK TO HER HOME country of Ireland. Rachel Dowling spends an evening with some of her good friends. Rachel stayed with her sister in Dublin.