Austin High School - Comet Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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SONG A D SPIRIT 8 X ,Ks 'te ,wx b at Irene Perez flashes a huge smile as she Claps in beat for the Cheer. bl Holding three drums, Randy Greyes provides the background beat to a song during a pep rally. CJ Rico Hernandez, Darreyll Fitz and fellow band members shout their support for the football team. dl Kari Hoff, Madelaine Umstaddt, Carla Dye and Laura Leggett, lunior powder puff football members, are watching the activities on the floor. el George Ann Robinson, George Ann Bode and Becky Hooper strike an unusual pose in the lunchroom. fl Marked paper plates and other general trash litter the second floor after an arousing pep rally. - 1-...,,MNM O 1

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The contemporary and the classic were brought together in this year's first production of the Red Dragon Players. In a fantastic fusion of science-fiction and Shakespeare, Austin l-ligh's own student drama group, under the new direction of Candy Buckley, produced Romeo and luliet in futuristic style. Shakespeare, it seems, is forever and with the science- fiction craze sweeping the country, it's only natural that the irresistible force should the unmovable object. This idea and the production built around it was an amazing success. This merger not only attracted a larger student audience, but provided both spectators and performers with a unique approach to Shakespeare. Austin High enjoyed this play like almost none other before it. The futuristic style was produced by using colorful, modernistic costumes iranging from silver afro wigs and glitter to the traditional leotardsi, experimental lighting and dance all performed in Austin High's own very modern theatre in the rounds lab Mike Moore, loan Riley, lulie Hall, Andrew Tullis, Phillip Allen, and Lori Sprauger in the final death scene of Romeo and luliet, tbl Lance Mora gan and Angie Garanzuay as dancers and townspeople, ici Katy O'Brien in futuristic make-up. idl Romeo iPhillip Allenl converses with the Nurse iKaty O'Brienl and servant lDeclan Flemingl,

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Soaring cheers and surging Crowds, pompoms flying, short skirts swishing with every exultant jump - it's spirit, the kind of spirit that makes you want to do your best -the kind that makes you want to win. lt's contagious - it's a pep rally. Red jackets Selling paper spirit Ribbons on the sidewalks Paper covered pickups Soap smears on the Windshields and shouting. Ruthless numbers Squeezing close together- Shoulder salutations Chanting loud encouragements While tin soldiers with tin instruments Play discordant notes And they leap And fired-eyed, The numbers sing a song Of fighting presupposed triumph They're contented-unified at last Disperse. 1.-ll li