Prince George High School - Peerage Yearbook (Prince George, VA)

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,- 'VV' SESAME STREET, PG. Big as life Cookie Monster plays with amazed little boy during county fair in chiIdren's fantasy section of the one mile square model park MODERN TALENT. Sidewalk sale on downtown Petersburg street attracts weekend Nostalgia Festival crowd looking for number one artwork by upcoming artists. Things to Do 15

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FORMALITIES, FRILLS, AND THUDS HORSING AROUND. Animal expert saddles up State Fair pony before getting ready to ride in afternoon sporting event. CENTURY OLD MODEL. PG County Fair participants show off way-back- when life of the surrounding area with close-to-the-real-thing ideas. SPRINGTIME FESTIVAL. Deserving contestants Bridgitte Wyche, Terry Oakley and Lisa Crowder pose with Representative Daniel for picture formalities after Brandon Plantation ceremony. THE GOOD DAYS. Old fashioned lady displays out of date dress during Nostalgiafest near Petersburg's antique Civil War era homes. 14 Things to Do .'-J ,.-ld HIUMIDRUM E M EIDIIC-E9 A giant floating peanut! lt drifted on top of the water midst numerous barrels and two by four crafts and the ioneer dated log cabin raft. The Third Annual James River Raft Race had you preparing weeks ahead and forgetting the nothing to do around here gripes. Dancing the night away until you thought your feet would fall off while you tried to win first prize raised money for the Muscular Dystrophy campaign. When the weather got a little warmer, you changed the pace and alked around and around the old high school for a total - f ten miles or until your legs gave out for the March of imes Walk-a-thon. A filled up fall calendar kept you on the run if you just Elhecked out all the things to do. Halloween haunted ouses spooked you from all points around the tri-cities En October 31st. With your overall and straw hat ssembly on, you went down to munch on chili dogs and listen to good ol' bluegrass music at the Bluegrass Festival. The clock turned back to the 195O's, and you wandered around downtown Petersburg touring even Ms. arwile's house and listening to bands of 25 years back t the Nostalgiafest. Seeing old customs either brought ack or kept up had you busy forgetting boredom omplaints and just having fun. First the county, then the state fairs filled up the pening of school weekends. Seeing displays, eating BQ, and meeting the Cookie Monster in person at the ounty fair delighted and gave you a chance to find out all inds of facts about the county. Getting twirled, tossed, nd tumbled, winning stuffed animals, and seeing live nimals didn't begin to cover all the events at the state air that made up your funtime weekends. Practicing your smile, you hoped your formal dress looked as good in sunlight as it did in your full length mirror. Finally, judgement day came. After a week of interviews and teas, Lisa Crowder stepped out to get the May Queen honor with Terry Oakley and Bridgitte Wyche beside her as runners up. ln between all these special things to do, sports events Ind school dances kept on all school year long to make ure there was always something to do around here. All you had to do was look for it.

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FRILLS, FORMAUTIES, AND THUDS CAN'T TOP THAT! The senior float on a float glides by the judges to win the Best Float award. HOMECOMING FINALISTS Carla Hood Vera Wooden Lee Wheeler Page Minach Joan Arrington Velvet Brooks Vonda Greene Jill Wingfield I Beth Thompson 'ls . Q 5 lW ' lg Nwua QSM, r 'WM Q , ia., ai he 'swf 6419: vi N li..- I 'N 4. A .gms- . R 1 16 Homecoming I ' ni Q Float deadline at 7:00. Q Make sure hair is just right before getting in front of the crowd. Q Remember to smile nd wave at the fans during the pirade. Q Get clown costume made by game time. Q Tear up enough conf after the touchdowns Q Remember to bring etti to throw ough drops for when hoarsenessiets in after yelling out team encouragements. Q Don't forget the blamets and the long johns! Q Buy ticket early - it' Q Make sure to find out line the float goes. s cheaper! where in Q Buy Homecoming mum. CLOWNING AROUND, Denise Butler and Pagie Elder dance to a cheer before footballers charge onto the field.