Ames High School - Spirit Yearbook (Ames, IA)

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erforming in her own dance Andon’ to the music of U2. sen Lisa Banitt lunges. (Photo by Anne Johnston) MT tO the beat of reggae music, the dancers from “Ma ma's Pride and Joy” join hands as they trail off stage. (Photo by Anne Johnston) r'erpsichore Student Life 43

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12 Adriana Platt From the Greek myths come the nine muses. Young and beautiful, they preside over the fine and liberal arts. From the nine, Terpsichore emerges as the daughter of Zeus. Her name is taken from the Greek word ferpsi- choros: terpein meaning to delight and choros mean- ing a dance, according to the World Book Encyclo- pedia. Tryouts for the 1988 Terpsi- chore production were held January ó and . Junior choreographer Melanie Sto- ver said she felt the tryouts went over pretty well, but junior Jenny Lang felt differ- ently. erpsichore a dance to delight ከ ነሃ. ። were frus- trating! | thought The Terpsichore is and different. › volved with dance out- side of Terp- sichore so fun TS O moves were were used pretty com- | great way TO express | to learning plex, but | | yourself through | new dance nad my | dance! steps. IfS a friends there .Lexi Leacock, junior great little to help me, ` Jr TO Lang said. work with,” There were 85 students who tried out for the show. Only 6 were chosen to perform in the ten dances. Sopho- more Sarah Gitchell said she enjoyed performing in sen- iors Joelle Duea's and Renee dance entitled Klaus “sweet Thing. “You have fo work hard, but it's a lot of fun. Most of the people in my group are in- Dances from junior Ann Basart's jance Pangenesis rehearse for opening night, March 3. (Photo Dy Anne Johnston) D arcing to the song Purple Rain’ by Prince are seniors Steve Hoekstra and Jenny Beitz. (Photo by Anne Johnston) Gitchell said. One dance had an espe- cially serious mood to it. In memory of her older brother Eric O'Berry, senior Holly O' Berry choreographed her dance to Prince's Purple Rain.’ The dance symbol- ized death. Dance is an interesting way to express yourself. | dedicated my dance to Eric because he was really in- volved with The show in high school, O'Berry said. Being involved with Terpsi- chore fook dedication on everyones part. During Marathon Weekend, Jan- uary 30 and 341, choreo- grapners spent both days sweating | out in the audito- rium while trying fo teach Ther dances to those per- forming in Them. It felt like a long weekend DUT if wasnt as hard as | thought it would be. | made some new friends freshman Missy Thomas said. TOO X Although Terpsichore took a lot of time, dedication and nard work, most of those in- volved knew it was worth it when the curtain went up on opening night.

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:Stephanie Wessman The loud, excited voices of the fans become quiet as dark silhouettes appear on stage. The crowd holds ifs breath and waits for The mu- sic TO begin. After a concert you can say ‘Hey, | actually saw them, | was ten feet from them she touched my hand, sophomore Ward Black said. Some students only bought a ticket while others spent up to $70 for a concert, buying not only tickets but T- shirts, posters and programs. An alternative to paying the average $17.50 ticket cost fora big name group was to see a concert Or ተከ Maintenance Shop. The M-Shop offered a smaller, more personal at- mosphere with tickets usual- ly costing $4. Students that and the Range June 23 at C.Y courtesy of the R ruce Hornsby performed on Stephens. (Photo owa State Daily) “With an album you just listen, but with a concert there's ወጪ lit- tle bit of theatre. :Peter Fatka, junior regularly attended These concerts liked the fact that they could interact with The group. I could see a group at the M-Shop that might become famous and meet people that could someday be big,” junior Kate Wilson said. Although the M-Shop was popular with some studenrs, the majority preferred see- ing big name groups. With an album you just lis- ten, but with a concert there's a little bit of theatre. Rush is known for putting on a good show and the crowd was full of die-hard fans, so there was a great amount of energy, junior Peter Fatka said. Fatka saw Rush OCKIN e night away at concerts in Kansas City April 7. Junior Lexi Leacock was among the many students who traveled to lowa City to see U2 on October 20. It was incredible to see U2 live, Leacock said. We were in the midst of a crowd of people so intense that ዘ was both scary and exnila- rating. We were in the fourth row and when everyone rushed the stage, we seri- ously thought we were go- ing to die. Other acts were more laid Dack. The crowd at Whitney Houston was different be- cause there were a lot of older people. Everyone was mellow but enthusiastic, ` freshman Staci Kepley said. Hundreds of Bic lighters cre- ate a glow in the dark audi- torium. Applause weicomes the group back on stage for a final song. The concert may be over, but it won't be forgotten. 14