Clover Hill High School - Ducemus Yearbook (Midlothian, VA)

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é ‘ ¢ ¢ 3 4 44 } A Banner Year for Art Students Trends in art come and go, leaving traces on the artistic output of the art students. Recent art trends have empha- sized the use of fabrics in creating works of art, and the textile projects conceived by our students have earned the school recognition beyond all other art forms. Banners ... all sizes, shapes, and colors ... banners made by individuals or as group projects ... Our exciting banners found their way, upon request, to the Governors mansion and to a juried show commemorating March as the Na- tional Youth Art Month at the First and Merchants Art Center. The evaluation team was greeted by a WELCOME TO CLOVER HILL banner at the entrance and Mr. Gibson’s personal interest in aviation was depicted in another banner decorating his office. The Chesterfield Schools Administration requested one of our original creations for their per- manent art collection and a banner with an Egyptian theme now serves’ as a backdrop for the reception desk. Banners were highlighted at the first County-wide Festival of the Arts with a banner from each of the 35 county schools on display in the commons at Salem Junior High School. This array had such impact on the viewers that the F. M. Center requested a show of the ban- ners during the month of May. Under the theme “Experience the Arts in Edu- cation”, the Festival of the Arts provided a fitting showcase for all aspects of the performing, industrial, vocational and fine arts. Art 27

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26 Art Mother of Presidents (top row) Mrs. Mills Godwin, Mrs. Cen Waters, and Dr. Howard Sullins, Superin- tendent of Chesterfield County Schools, pose with Nita Burchett and her banner, which was presented to the Governor, Representing Virginia’s bi- centennial. A stitch-in Time (top row, second pic- ture) Art students stitch away in an effort to finish a Clover Hill banner. New Shoes (top row, third pic- ture) Mrs. Pat Brown, Director of Youth Services, accepts a painting from Charles Blankenship and Mr. Harold Gibson. This painting will tour New Zealand along with eleven other selected United States’ paintings. On a limb (second row, third pic- ture) Dennis Branch branches out, making intricate designs by the use of macrame. Clay Pays (second row, first picture) Mrs. Jeanne Moore, Chairman of the Virginia Ceramicists 1976 Show, presents Bruce Hembrick with a ‘Best in the Show” award and a two-hundred dollar check for the school. Snoopy vs. the Red Baron (second row, second picture) Bill Crostic, working in textiles, recreates model planes. Beauty in the making (top row, fourth picture) Ronald Brown makes fanciful shapes out of clay, while Steve Hackworth knots his macrame.

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Crushed Velvets and Brocades Mark Season “I’m no Elizabeth Taylor. Why should | sign up for drama?” “What a question. Everyone likes drama.” The latter state- ment was borne out by the burgeoning drama enrollments this year. For the first time the classes were divided into senior and jun ior high sections, and it wasn’t just reading plays day after day. ‘Im- provs” were a popular class activity and students in all classes wrote, staged, di- rected, and acted in scenes. The writing 28 Drama and recording of radio melodrama was another featured activity. The technical aspects of the theatre weren't neglected. Lighting and make-up were also taught. It was not unusual to see greasepainted clowns, monsters, and octogenarians reporting for their lunch. Definitely drama. The high points of the year undoubt- ably were the productions of Neil Simon’s recent Broadway smash, The Good Doctor and Moliere’s Sganarelle. The fall production of The Good Doctor went on before near sellout audiences. The actors, under the steady direction of Ms. Joyce Roberts, presented a series of vignettes from Anton Chekhov’s short stories. The lavishly costumed cast moved through an ingenious set of multi-leveled platforms backed by an ar- ray of rear-screen projections which faded in and out according to an elabo-