Beall High School - Mountaineer Yearbook (Frostburg, MD)

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the end of Eye of the Tiger. Stephanie Davies smiles at the pep rally crowd. Stephanie used knives as well as three batons to thrill crowds during halftime performances. c V- hcerlcadcrs had asked the junior class to decorate the store windows on Main Street. In Mary Carol’s window, Michelle Skidmore hangs Too many years B. W. has won. L Skidmore During the Homecoming parade held in Cumberland, the cheerleaders show their spirit throwing suckers and hard tack to the fans who lined the streets. Led by Grand Marshal Daniel J. Polk of Frostburg, the parade drew the largest crowd ever. ’lAJhat next? 24

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Performing without working lights? Drested in red and white. Kenny Wilson sings Willie Nelson's number one hit. Al- ways On My Mind. Kenny won third place in the talent show and a $10 award. even acts with seven lights. A far cry from no Talent Show at all. With the prospect of assemblies being cancelled, the student body had adjusted to forego- ing the auditorium. But Student Council President Brian Davis got a brainstorm and persuaded Principal Preaskorn to let him clear out the old school’s first floor hall and main lob- by. It took Brian and class- mate Matt Ritchey all day to get the building in shape. At 2:00 students from Eckhart arrived by bus. Ju- nior high participants Sonya Metz and Becky Hyde, ner- vous before the entire stu- dent body, sang The Impos- sible Dream. Two gymnastic acts cart- wheeled across the stage. Freshmen Dawn Barmoy and Amy Shupe performed to Get Lucky, and Kim An- derson tumbled to She-Bop. The darkness on stage didn’t bother Kristen Hann or Nikki Ringler. Blinking lights around their heads added a special contrast to the darkness. Clad in white pants and a red and black western shirt, third place winner Kenny Wilson sang Willie Nelson’s Always on My Mind. With the introduction, “You can see them perform- ing at halftime,” Stephanie and Tara Davies twirled their light sticks. One of Tara’s baton ends failed to light until the very end when she dropped it. Students viewed a football game, a baseball game, and a flat tire during the perfor- mance of break dancers Al- len and Bryan Harper. The “Papa Fresh and King Tut” duo broke away with first place and a standing ovation. After the show ended, Mr. James Thompson announced over the P.A. “Thanks Stu- dent Council. Thanks, Brian. And pat one another on the back; it was a success!” 'T'alent show 23

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During sixth period advanced biol- ogy. Spartan Nerd Lori Brown has her blood pressure taken. Lori was one of the few students who participated in Spirit Week. Winners for each dress-up day won Snickers at Friday’s pep rally. V, ictims of the pic contest. Ray Baer and Dave Unnonc get their kicks out of watching Belles Captain Randi Swan- son get her “just desserts.” In addition to Ray. Dave, and Randi. Captain Shar- on Merling and Co-Captain Lee Ann Kenney earned pics-in-thc-facc. | L Skidmore B Payne HOMECOMING that you’ll never believe Ambiguous feeling permeated the main campus. Homecoming week, held to boost the team before ic highly-touted BW-Beall tme, lacked the usual en- msiasm Soccer Coach Leonard itchey’s soccer team had ist upset regular season lamps Mt. Savage and by )ing so, they advanced to le state semi-finals. “A lot of people were talk- g about the unfairness. To : excited about a football am that was 2-7 when our iccer team was District hamp. That’s the team we lould have been cheering on.” Cheerleaders did their best to motivate an apathetic stu- dent body. They tried to orga- nize the days to dress up, but besides the cheerleaders, only six or seven others dressed up during the week. And to top it all off, the Belles had their own dress code. Election Day also broke the week. The student body only had four days to partici- pate in activities. At the pep rally, prizes were given to the best dressed for each day. Lori Brown won for Monday’s Pajama Day, and Michelle Duncan won for Wednesday’s Bum Day. Thursday’s Spartan Nerd Day went to Greg Wolodkin and David Cotton for their appearances as Spartan cheerleaders. And Friday’s Blue and Gold Day went to Wendy Livingston. The high school and the ju- nior high were also torn by the dressing up business. Ju- nior high students at the low- er campus were not allowed to dress up. People who did were sent home to change. At the pep rally the seniors were the only ones who had a chance at winning the spirit stick. The seventh and eighth grade just didn’t do it; the ninth and tenth graders didn’t care; and the juniors, in pro- test, refused except for a mi- nority of three or four people. So only the seniors were in competition for the spirit stick. Soccer play-offs caused the bonfire cancellation. No one cared. The “perfect” ending to a terrible season was rain. From the second quarter on, it poured. And in spite of a muddy and slippery field, the team fought to a 7-0 first half, be- fore giving up two more touchdowns and then scoring one. Just as the helium-filled balloons tried to get off the ground, so did the entire stu- dent body. Somehow it just wasn’t to be. pirit week 25