McClellan High School - Lion Yearbook (Little Rock, AR)

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1 . W W 'PHE WIZ h n n as. Q lik my Q N i h 'iran- we 1 Pulling their talents together are Seniors Brenda Nelson and Charles Malone and Junior Wade McCoy in Renegade h ' As one of the lead singers, Senior Jimmy Cripps performs N What a Fool Believesf' N Providing the bass accompaniment is Junior Jeff Penn. h M- f use fit sf' 1 'V -' -1 x ,155 N5 f . tml? K 'X rx 'f 4 Q ii?i'.', 1 0-3 v 1 1 J . h V 1 yi V Student Life f 11 r, 1 H..

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SEIUNIDS BF NEIW 1579... arkness enveloped the gymna- sium. Four strangely dressed char- acters walked out on stage. At a cue from the director a multi-colored array of lights brightened the area. The four characters sprang into a dance while eight vocalists provided the music of Ease on Down the Road. Each night, May 17-19, this act was the first of twenty songs performed by the choral department in its annual Sounds of Now concert. Sounds of Now was a student controlled activity in which the students chose their own directors 4 rofsuidem Life and songsg and handled their own staging, backdrops, lighting, publici- ty, and programs. Students involved in Sounds of Now worked many long hours after school preparing for their upcoming performances. Three performances were at night and one during the day for the student body. Some of the songs performed in Sounds of Now were The Gam- bler, Dog and Butterfly, Reunit- ed, Crazy Love, and Just When I Needed You Most. Admission was 81.50 and the four performances held, grossed approx- imately S4,000. Q K . PQ Singing Got To Be Real are Seniors Carla Ledbetter and Vivian Givens. On the song What a Fool Believes s Senior Lacey Harlan.

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he ear of the Child n 1959 the United Nations declared that Children have rights, and in 1979, the International Year of the Child, Arkansas celebrated this decision by a Governor's Day for Children held at the capitol grounds in October. At a meeting attended by students from Little Rock, North Little Rock, and Pulaski County Special School District, Andrea Pierkowski was appointed Pulaski County chairman for Governor's Day. She was in charge of the two activities of the Pulaski County schools which were face painting and the graffiti board. Andrea said, 1979 was the 20th anniversary of the United Nations decision for children's rights. The Governor's Day for the Children acknowledged the child as possessing the key to the future, and it encouraged his abilities to grow :Hi Sify' -.,, ' l'l kkk. vi , ... M creatively as well as intellectually. I think this year was very successful in that we were given the chance to take part in accepting responsibilities in local and state activities. 1979 was our year. With a little help from Pam Preller, Scott Embrey, and Dorothy Stacks, Governor Bill Clinton gets painted up like a clown at the Governor's Day for Children. l2fStudent Life