Morehead High School - Carillon Yearbook (Eden, NC)

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Q .... i I One Big Family Alfhough we are one big family aT Morehead, cerTain groups consisT of smaller families. The Dance Team is no excepfion. WiTh Mrs. Doris Redding as The head of The family, The Team consisTs of 34 members. Two very imporTanT people on The Dance Team This year are co-capTains Kathy Knlght and Judy Stevens. BoTh girls have been on The dance Team Their Three years aT Morehead. KaThy became inTeresTed when some of The dance Team members came over To Holmes in The ninTh grade, and she and her friends decided To Try-ouT for fun. Judy's sisTer was on The dance Team and enjoyed iT, and ThaT's how Judy became inTeresTed. For The 1980-84 season, KaThy and Judy made up one dance, and The choreographers, Cindy HollingsworTh, Judy Fox, and Lynn Spencer, made up The oTher ones aT camp. Camp is held aT The beginning of AugusT, usually for Three days. Dance Team members pracTice in The morning, afTernoon, and evening. While aT camp, The girls find iT very rough Trying To pick up all The new sTeps. MosT feel ThaT camp is really Tiring, buT worThwhiIe. The selecTing of capTains comes from Mrs. Redding and Mr. BarneTT, and musT have been on The Team aT leasT one year. Each capTain musT regard The feeling of every oTher member. KaThy replied, I respecT each person's feelings, and I consider ourselves as one big family. Judy said, I respecT everyone's feelings, and I know each girl is differenT. In addifion To The dance Team, Judy has Time for oTher hobbies such as swimming and skaTing. KaThy used To be involved in many oTher acTiviTies, buT now she dedicafes a greaT deal of her Time To The Dance Team. Each girls' advice on being capTain is To have a loT of Time, To have paTience, and To be a friend wiTh everyone. KaThy added, Dance Team requires a loT of work. However, when our Three minuTes are over on Friday nighT, The feelings each of us share from performing The dance well and hearing The applause pays off for every hour spenT in pracTice. I am very proud To be a parT of The Dance Team. BoTh KaThy and Judy do everyThing They can To make MHS proud of Their family. He's A Pickin', And 'X , I He s A-Grlnnin I If you ever walk down The halls or are ouTside aT lunch and Think you are on The seT of Hee Haw, Think again. You are hearing The familiar sounds of MHS's own senior, Wendell Evans. He is jusT one of The residenT banjo pickers ThaT has been playing The banjo for only a couple of years. Because of his Thinking of bluegrass as really wild, he boughf several albums and became inTeresTed in learning To pick The banjo To fulfill his dream Wendell Took banjo lessons for six monThs afTer ThaT he TaughT himself He plays his banjo aT IeasT once every Two days and more ofTen if Time permlfs He has developed a Terreflc TalenT and even enTerTains oThers aT school Wendell s feelings abouT bluegrass can be summed up as follows IT s wild' and his Ilsfeners will agree So Wendell keep on pickin I ' 1 , I , . I I I ' I I 1 1 , . - 1 . , - . . , Y . its Q 4 . K 4 27 fEveryday People

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..-riff' Pint-Size Panther 4980 might be the year for pint-size panthers, but senior Sherry Dodson has more than a pint when it comes to spirit. Standing only 4'8 in a crowd, Sherry is sometimes hard to find: but at a pep rally or a game she can be seen where the action is. l'Being different is what appeals to Sherry about being the mascot. After all, there are twelve cheerleaders, but only one panther. Learning all the cheers and chants has not been very difficult for Sherry because all the cheerleaders have helped, and for this Sherry is very grateful. The first game made her feel 'inervous and almost anything to promote spirit, with confidence and enjoyment. and show lots of imagination. In addition to being a pint-size panther, Sherry is a pint-size mechanic. After being in auto in the class! Sherr lans to be a Memphis, Tennessee. naked, but since the panther can do Friends ln Other Countries A difference king of pal in a very different kind of place is what Cindy Gover has. Cindy is a typical senior with a very special interest in other people from all over the globe' she has pen pals. I got the idea from a friend who lives in Charlotte said Cindy who then wrote to Dear Pen Pal for some names and addresses. She communicates with her pen pals in Israel Georgia and Trinidad about interesting differences within schools families and past time activities. Sometimes she sends small trinkets from our country to help them understand the American way of life. Because of the differences in life styles, Cindy enjoys learning about the culture of other countries. lf you ever need a pen pal, just ask Cindy: she will lend you one. Making Little Things A stitch in time saves nine Among the teenage girls who do cross stitch 99 percent argue that it is an enjoyable past time activity The other one percent disagree by saying that cross stitch is too time consuming and too tedious The reasons stated by the many students who were interviewed can be summed up as follows Making little things is relaxing and fun and it keeps bordom away When all is finished the product is something to be proud of l n n xx - - - - n . I . H. . ,, . , . 1 ' 1 . - 1 26fEveryday People those feelings were soon replaced Sherry's advice to anyone wanting to become a panther is to be yourself mechanics for three years, she knows a lot about cars. When asked how she feels among all those boys, she answered, I feel like the prettiest one Y D mechanic and work with her father in 5 J . NI K. df wi Practice ls Fun Gene Meade, three time world champion in blue grass picking, has greatly influenced one of Morehead's own to enter the world of blue grass music. Sophomore E.T. Jackson began playing the guitar about two and a half years ago after listening and talking with Mr. Meade. E.T. comments, After talking with Mr. Meade, I thought about making blue grass music my profession. In the beginning the practice sessions were long and hard, but now the usual practice of an hour a day is more fun than practice. Since he started playing the guitar regularly, E.T. has hopes of pursuing a career in music. ln 4979. he performed in the annual senior talent show and was well received by the audience.

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wk if G- !'se,a--MM The Person Behind The SkeTch NOT an everyday sTudenT buT an arTisTic young man senior Jon Cruise Tries To express life s realiTy in his drawings and skeTches. When he was six years old he sTarTed Taking an inTeresT in arT. People and Their expressiones and Their personaliTies are his primary models. Land scopes and sTill life which are skefched by oTher arTisTs do noT moTivaTe Jon. He feels Thaf he wanTs To express whaf life is all abouT and The way To do This is Through people. Jon has been Taking arT for The pasT Three years, and during This Time he has enTered several conTesTs and has received four awards. Of These four awards Jon has acquired a gold key, which is one of 460 in This area. He has also been in a nafional compeTiTion. IT's noT whaT you skeTch: iT's how you do iT, is Jon's philosophy. To Jon, arT is jusT a hobby. He never wanTs arT as a career, buT is planning To be a morTician. 28 fEveryday People Friendlier Relahonshrps DifferenT is a word used by Sabine Buhfz, a senior exchange sTudenT from SwiTzerIand when she compares Morehead wiTh The schools back home. There is a sense of TogeTherness here ThaT is missing in SwiTzerland and The relTionship beTween sTudenTs and Teachers is friendlier and more helpful. STudenTs in SwiTzerland aTTend school six days a week, buT go only half a day on Wednesday and SaTurday. Sabine compared The ThirTeen subjecf requiremenTs per year To our college requiremenfs. Thinking pep rallies and fooTball games are greaT, Sabine herself is a parTicipanT in spoTTs. She helped The PanThers compeTe in volleyball, baskeTbalI, and Track. Befween pracfices There is always Time for many junioreTTe acTiviTies, as well as The French club. Those who have been forTunaTe enough To meeT and Talk wlTh Sabine find her fascinaTion and informaTive.