George Mason High School - Mustang Yearbook (Falls Church, VA)

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Parlor Creates Interaction . . . The City Dump plays Garbage during the latter half of the evening. Underclassmen react to the innovative spirit of the hour. Words became their expressions for Sheila Jones and Jeff Burns. Dancers join in the Hora with a loss of inhibitions. 21

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Mike Davis provides music in quiet contrast . Jr. Class Ice Cream Spontaneously, couples become a group in dance. Getting together was the theme of the evening. The country music made us silly But those who clapped and sang were real. We did not divide up to dance, We came together. We held onto one another and wouldn ' t let go. I hugged someone I always wanted to hug But more importantly — I reached out to people I never wanted to touch But this time I meant it. We were altogether. The fog reflected the light of my mind, surrounded me, and made me very much an individual. It surrounded all of us and that made us so very much aware of our oneness though our ears were ringing and we were out of breath. We were smiling, sweating, kissing, hugging, feeling alive. If we never recover from it, It may very well be the best thing that has happened to George Mason. 20 Alycon Pierce

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The members of the families in hiding gather courage by singing the traditional Chanukah song. Although the price of admission to all school sponsored events was raised this year, those who saw The Diary of Anne Frank felt they were given more than their money ' s worth. Anne Frank was to date the most compli- cated production ever attempted. Memoriza- tion of lines was followed by hours of rehear- sal and blocking, while the actors merged themselves with their characters. The set, representative of the Frank ' s upper story an- nex, consisted of six small rooms: three bed- rooms, a living room, kitchen, and the W.C. . On November 21 and 22 the George Mason community came to know and empathize with the Franks, the Van Daans, and Dr. Dussel; the eight residents of the annex. The actor ' s por- trayals, almost invariable skilled, allowed the audience to enter into the shadow world of non-people — the Jews in hiding from the Na- zis. Frankly, Anne ' s Diary A burglar downstairs causes despair and anger for the attic occupants.