Halifax County High School - Haliscope Yearbook (South Boston, VA)

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Talent show7 iftdeo, concerts tel ieve monotony Class Day and May Day assemblies postponed due to rain First Time Ever I Saw Your Face. Agnes Marable sings the popular Roberta Flack hit during her portion of the talent show. Startled audience. Students watch in awe as Buffalo Bill cracks his whip as hard and as loudly as possible at the Rodeo Assembly. 26 Assemblies

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Napkin stuffers prepare for the big parade as arrives with Susan Fulp to reign over the activities Homecoming 74 actually began on Monday when we chose the Homecoming court and started building the floats. A feeling of anxiety was in the air and everybody couldn ' t wait until Friday. Every night at 7 o ' clock I would bundle up and ride over to the stadium. There was never any question as to whether I would go because I was the chief napkin stuffer (alias club president). We were always running out of napkins and those we put in on Tuesday were so dirty by Friday that they had to be replaced. Being a cheerleader, too, I was very busy during the week. As a tribute to the varsity players, I drew over 50 paper footballs which I put on each of the player ' s lockers. I also made a huge cloth banner on which the theme of Home¬ coming was placed. It read Comets Almighty Workin ' All Knighty, and we hung it on the press box. Finally Friday came and all of us who had worked on the floats during the week got out of class. Final touches were put on the floats and judging took place before the annual parade began. Susan Fulp was crowned as the 1974 Homecoming Queen at halftime and the rest of her court was recognized. The lights went out as the band serenaded the queen and the majorettes performed the tradi¬ tional fire baton routine. The game was really close and I cheered with all my strength for Comet victory. They did pull through in the last minutes to win the game, 21-14. Afterwards most everyone went to the annual Homecoming dance. I was so tired from cheering I could hardly dance but it was really fun. When my head hit the pillow that night, I was exhausted from a week of work, but memories of Homecoming 1974 will always remain with me. Keep on truckin ' . Although the varsity and JV cheerleaders didn ' t build a float for the Homecoming parade, they yelled to lift the spirit of players and parade watchers. Homecoming 25

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Second place winner. Mary Ragland does her interpretation of a poem by Paul Law rence to win $15 in The 1975 Talarama Show. Serious acting. Mike Perkins and Tony Hill concentrate on their roles in The Lottery, one of two plays presented during the year. What do donkeys, Rock n ' Roll, a navy band and harmonica players all have in common? They were some of the year ' s assemblies. Students attended different types of assemblies, but they were all alike in some ways: getting out of class, being jostled in the main lobby, cramming into the gym, searching for friends, sitting in crowded bleachers, watching the clock and hoping the program would last at least until the end of the period. Few assemblies were cancelled due to bad weather, as was the case in previous years. Several assem¬ blies such as May Day and Class Day were postponed until the next day because of rain. Two plays were added to the list of assemblies. Rock ' n ' Roll and The Lottery were the first plays presented by the Drama Department in four years. Mrs. Nancy Barden and her drama students put much time and effort in both plays. Rock n ' Roll was performed at two different times: for the student body and for the public. Both performances received standing ovations. For music lovers, different musically oriented programs were presented. A rock concert, (continued on page 28) Assemblies 27