Little Rock Central High School - Pix Yearbook (Little Rock, AR)

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FORENSIC TEAM Speech group gets top prizes Consisting almost entirely of students enrolled in second period communications class taught by Coach Ray Gillespie, the Forensic Team won numerous awards this school year in state speech festivals. These awards came in varied areas relating to communications, including debating, solo acting, etc. Members of the Forensic Team put on productions for several classes, including English, adult living, and human develop- ment. Too, the members went to Pulaski Heights Junior High and Fair Park Elementary during the fall to put on assembly programs. FORENSIC TEAM—(Bottom Row) Kay Miller. Joseph Adams. Kcithen Lloyd, and Tracy Badger. (Second Row) Sherrie Hairc. LeAnthony Vaughn, and Vincent Miller. (Third Row) Sharon Hyde. Keah Blevins. Jean Baltimore. Jon Dodson. Stacey Looney. Steve Wright, and Maurice Phillips. (Top Row) Chris Bellcw. Regina Carpenter. Cassandra Wilson. Kurt Norden. Richard Holland, and Joey Talley. Coach Ray Gillespie was faculty sponsor. Central’s Forensic Team won numerous awards in statewide competitions this school year, as evidenced by the trophies (above) on display in the Speech Department. (Right) Coach Ray Gillespie, sponsor, confers with junior Steve Wright about an upcoming statewide competition. Forensic Team members join with other students in the Speech Department to perform in a skit at Pulaski Heights Junior High in Oc- tober. Coach Ray Gillespie was the group's sponsor. 140

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Concert Choir member and Madrigals perform for students at the traditional Christmas assembly. The assembly was repeated in the evening as a free public concert. ppearances close t commencement (Continued From Page 136.) The Varsity Choir, the Tiger Concert Choir, and the Madrigals joined with the school's various bands twice luring the year to present public concerts. One of the roncerts came during the Christmas season and the pthcr came in the spring. The three groups, especially the Madrigals, ap- peared at numerous assemblies and civic affairs. The final appearance of the year for the choral roups came at the school's baccalaureate in the Roosevelt Thompson Memorial Auditorium and com- mencement at Barton Coliseum. Competitive tryouts arc used each year, usually in April, to determine members of the following year's :horal groups. The most advanced singers are placed in Madrigals, the intermediate singers arc placed in the Tiger Concert Choir, and the maturing singers are placed in the Varsity Choir. The three choirs met daily in modern music facilities located on the first floor. VARSITY CHOIR—(Bottom Row) Jackie McFaden. Amcanna Fisher. David Buckner. Roy Henderson. Suricee Chambers, and Ametalclah Alghaffari. (Second Row) Kim Bradley. Kathy Brown. Cassandra Wilson. Shirley Bryant. Lcanna Hendrickson, and Becky Carlscn. (Third Row) Gcavsa Morris. Camra Stotts. Missy Gifford. Andre Rogers. Caron Gupton. Debra Burgess. Angela Smith, and Da vet a Dunnick. (Top Row) Glenda Johnson. Tina Johnson. Connie Murphy. Jcrris Allen. Herman Botlcy. Richard Holland. Tironica Hamilton, and LaSonya Jones. Lou of lime is spent at the piano by Mr. Robert Brack. (Left) He works with two students. (Below| He uses the piano to start his Madrigals in rehearsing a selection. Choirs—139

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LABYRINTH STAFF Conducting a workshop on poetry in a sophomore English class are Labyrinth staffers Carrie Pinkerton and Nick Plastiras. seniors. The workshops were conducted in most of the school's English classes. Staff for literary magazine conducts many workshops Members of the Labyrinth literary magazine staff conducted poetry workshops in most of the school's English classes during the fall. In conducting the workshops, the staff also encouraged the students to submit works for possible inclu- sion in the 1985 Labyrinth, which was distributed in May to students who had paid the school's publica- tions fee. The magazine was published by students enrolled in Mrs. Renee Graw's creative writing class. This was Mrs. Graw's first year at Cen- tral. Sarah Mackey was editor. SARAH MACKEY Labyrinth Editor LABYRINTH STAFF—(Bottom Row) Wayne Willis. Jeff Warren. Mrs. Rcncc Graw (adviser). Darla Dillahunty, Sarah Mackes', and Putt Fuller. (Top Row) Rob Moore. Eric Brown. Mary Kay Burton. Stacey Looney. Hanna Bartsch, Kim Crawford. Nick Plastiras. Colin Ramsey, and Kim Hoffman. Labyrinth—141