Yorktown High School - Grenadier Yearbook (Arlington, VA)

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utting it on the line “The results from the auditions of the Drama Club's play, THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER, have been posted on the bul- leten board in front of Ms. Dick- son's room. For all of those ... Your blood runs cold and your heart ceases to beat. You can no longer hear the teacher's incessant droning. The only thing you are conscious of is your intense desire to rush out of class and run down to the bulletin board and find your name. The bell rings and you dash out of class like a bull- dozer; piling people against the wall as you streak by. Clammor- ing down the stairs you halt, frozen in your footsteps. “What if I didn't make it? , “What if they didn't like my audition? , “What if I made a fool out of myself? Your insides are in a turmoil. Finally curiosity seizes your entire body and you quickly scan the posted results. Oh WOW — sheer relief overtakes you like a tidal wave. Faintness, yet exhilara- tion, has taken over and you feel as though you could con- quer the world with one hand tied behind your back. You stayed up late Thursday night slaving over your service club application so you could hand it in before Friday's two o'clock deadline. Now that all of the work has been com- pleted you can begin intensive worrying. “Was I accepted? , “Did they laught at my applica- tion? , “Or me? There is only one thing to do, wait. So you wait, and panic, wait some more, and finally give it up for a lost cause. Three o'clock Wednesday morning you awaken to a group of girls cavorting around your bedroom, throwing confet- ti. “They have no right to be up at such an ungodly hour of the morning, and neither do II , you tell yourself as you attempt to doze off. Then the covers are ripped off of you, and, still clad in your pajamas and shrouded in sleep, you are hustled off into the night. You are too tired to think anything except joy — and sleep. Trying out can entail the strug- gle involved in getting those de- sired grades, breaking twelve hundred on the S.A.T.'s, passing Functions, applying for a job, or to a particular college, as well as trying out for a team, club, sport, or a drama production. Trying out means putting your best on the line, being in the spotlight on center stage, the fear of being laughed at and ridiculed, as well as humiliation, risk, and worst of all, rejection. The possibility of being accepted is probably the only thing that helps us through those pressure filled times. The ele- ment of risk is so great that we quaver, then success shines, a beacon guiding our ship through the storm. The thrill of victory, versus the agony of de- feat. To fail and be crushed, or to succeed and rise above the masses, the ultimate goal in life is success. 20

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Splash! Kelli Heimendinger gets the sensation. Camera antics: isn't it amazing what people will do for a picture9 Principal Benny Hill dons his Steve Kur- ds impression. Here are the five semi-finalists in the bathing suit competition of the Miss Boardwalk Contest. He-Men Jeff and Paul ask, Which one of us is more adorable? Beach buddies David Laughlin and Mike Lindsay relax at a party

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“Don't mind me” physics!”, yells Joe Nolan. Mike O’Dea strives to improved his condition for football. Group effort ers for all.