Arcadia Valley High School - Tiger Yearbook (Ironton, MO)

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Finally the day comes. A parade is held and crowds line the streets of the three towns to cheer their selected Sophomore Float “Those Golden Memories” class float and to listen to blaring bands. That evening everyone gathers in the high school gym to complete the whole spectacle. After all the skits are presented, a procession of flower girls, candidates, and escorts file past an eagerly awaiting audience. Breaths are held, foreheads break into sweat, and classmates cling to each other as the results are read by an ever-so-patient MC. When the final announcement is made, screams of delight, groans of disgust from not-so-victorious classmen fill the air. And the Fall Festival goes on another year . . . Former Fall Festival Queens Candidate choosing is a day marked with yelling, cheerleaders, honking cars, and flowers. Each candidate has two weeks in which to develop a talent number. This must be performed before everyone on that fateful night. Meanwhile, floats are built at different places throughout town. Kids rush back and forth between IGA and their building locations, sneaking previews of other floats as they “stumble across” them. Miss Reese, special speaker, introduces former queens. Freshman Flout. Stairway to the Golden Crown'

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Watch me make a hole in this car. Just a little short, isn’t he Liz.