Pinson Valley High School - Chieftain Yearbook (Pinson, AL)

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The days of November 16th and 1 7th were totally devoted to the Miss PInson Valley Pageant, however they were the end of weeks of prep- aration for everyone involved in the pageant. The thirty-six contestants had been practicing and rehearsing long, hard hours for this event. The crew behind the scenes had spent days going over the routine. The Parent Teacher Association who sponsored the pageant, ordered flowers, prepared the girl ' s dressing room and provided a brunch, fvlr. Worley was kept busy as pageant director and Master of Ceremonies. The three individuals who judged the girls during the two days of the pageant were Mr. Victor Fichtner, Drama Resource Consultant with the Jefferson County Board of Edu- cation; Mrs. Janet Little, a private voice teacher and first runner-up in the 1960-61 Miss Alabama Pageant; and Mrs. Tim Orton, gymnastics teacher at Rocky Ridge Community School and a member of the 1968 U.S. Olympic Team. They selected Melanie Bell, junior; Pam Mitchell, senior; Terri Dunn, senior; Cathy Young, sophomore; Pam Hender- son, junior; Yvonne McDonald, sophomore; Kellie O ' Toole, senior; Kym Wynn, freshman; Dana Gann, junior; and Neva Self, sophomore as the top ten. Best talent was awarded to Cathy Young who also received the Miss Congeniality award. The freshman class winner was Kim Wynn, sophomore was Neva Self and Melanie Bell was the junior class winner. Yvonne McDonald was chosen as first alternate and Cathy Young was second. Miss Kel- lie O ' Toole was awarded the cov- eted prize of being Miss Pinson Val- ley for the year 1 979-80. Leading the back stage crew was Mrs. Deming who directed the stage decorations, curtains, lights and sound. Her crew consisted of Anna Box, Sid Minton, Brad Gilbert, Brian Hoyt, Karen Dykes, Leslie Blackwell, Jeff Patrick, Ricky Holmes, Anthony Smiley, Randy Watts and Robbie Roberts. The stage decorations were the work of Mrs. Reid, Mike Mckee, Bill Chiles and Anna Box. The runway decorations were sup- plied by Coach Currier and Mrs. Lit- tle. Greg Darden and Mike Hanner were the sound engineers and Earl Jackson handled the spotlight. The FHA were the pageant usherettes and the BOE department supplied the programs. The cover design for the programs was the creation of

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Anything Can Happen and Often Does . . . Weekends For five days out of the week, stu- dents must trudge to school. It is not a great deal of fun in the opinions of most. Although the five days are a big pain, the week consists of seven days and seven minus five leaves two. Students are blessed with two days to, theoretically, do as they please. These two days are com- monly called the weekend. Week- ends are generally characterized by late sleepers and late partiers. Its. relaxation is greatly appreciated and is probably as much a part of school life as English and algebra.