Brunswick High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Lawrenceville, VA)

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Much like the fruit in the bowl of the play “Getting It All Together,” these Drama students mix it up: Gwen Coleman, Yvette Jones, Allison Fletcher, Timothy Jones, Knefesa Garner, Shelia Hawkins, and kneeling, Joan Blackwell. In getting ready for a dance performance at Norfolk State University, Gwen Coleman, and Andre Cooper practice to the music of “One” from Chorus Line. Yvette Jones runs through a dress rehearsal of her tap number to be presented at Norfolk State University. As Punchenello in the play The Wonder Hat. Tim Jones rehearses his part. 17

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“I Write The Songs” The magic of the arts showed itself at BSHS this year in the Drama Club. In November they put on a play called The Wonder Hat and received a Certi¬ ficate of Appreciation for their partic- pation in the District Drama Festival. Some members of the Drama Club also participated in the prestigious Vir¬ ginia High School Dance company at Nottoway and placed 3rd out of twelve schools. Mrs. Ruby Short, Drama Club Spon¬ sor, would retire at the end of the ’84 school year, creating a vacumn that any new drama coach will find difficult to fill. In the past few yeras alone she has led the club to several victories around the state. The Drama Club created several un¬ forgettable charters and scenes for us this year. And though not everything that was performed contained music, in effort, they did ‘‘Write The Songs.” Allison Fletcher sits perfectly still as Mrs. Ruby Short applies make-up for the play The Wonder Hat; performed at Nottoway in March. Milton Tyler checks slides for clarity and depth that he and other drama students made for Fan¬ tasia. Learning the lines of The Other Other Woman, Gwendolyn Coleman and Sarah Turner read their scenes one more time for the spring play. The buddy system helps students learn lines: (1 to r) Tyunga Ruffin, Gwendolyn Coleman, Sarah Turner, Pearl Peebles, Michelle Trotter, Irma Walker and Allison Fletcher. The Drama Club: (Front 1 to r) Shelia Hargrove, Allison Fletcher, Gwendolyn Coleman, Yvette Jones, Shelia Hawkins, Joan Blackwell and Michelle Trotter; (back 1 to r) Coleman Adams, Russell Roberts, Sponsor, Mrs. Ruby Short, Michael Martin, Timothy Jones, Pamela Johnson, Andre Cooper, and Knafesa Garner.

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“Talking In Your Sleep” Each year a few students perfect an activity that most of us take for grant¬ ed— talking. The Forensics Team start ed their practice off with a visit by Mrs. Nancy Anderson, State Director of Forensics, who helped the team re¬ fine its presentation. Mrs. Sharon Newcomb added valuable bits of infor¬ mation and encouragement through the season as she led Michelle Myers to 1st place in Girl’s Oratory and Antoi¬ nette Peebles to 2nd place in Girl’s Prose in the State competition. The TAG members participated in several activities that involved talk¬ ing. The newly formed Quiz Teams practiced heavily for the bout in the Spring. And even though each of them could talk quite well, some of the off- the-wall questions kept everyone in the room from talking. The Girl’s man¬ aged to outscore the Guys two to one in that one. The Slide show that was seen at Open House was crafted by the TAG members. The time it took the mem¬ bers who helped narrate this show can only be imagined by someone who has worked on one. Both the Forensic and TAG groups rehearsed so frequently that it would not be unusual to hear them “Talking In Their Sleep.” TAG: (bottom 1 to r) Lisa Owens, Jewel Robinson, Tammy Brown, Tressaline Coleman, Angela Harrison, Sharon Gillus, Teresa Archer, Antoinette Peebles and Alisa Beasley; (2nd) Andrea Gillus, Vivian Jones, Dawne Scott, Janice Johnson, Cynthia Lee, Bianca Graves, Lisa Moore, Lisa Currier and Donna Lynch; (3rd) Teresa Powell, Melissa Jones, Juanita Stith, John Kelly, Kevin Whitby, David Baird, Russell Roberts, Charles Marks and Gary Stith; (back) Tonya Taylor, Carlton Cren¬ shaw, Wayne Towns, Gary Walker, Coleman Adams, Lawrence Hawkins, Rick Henry, Robert Edwards, Chauncey Blackwell, Donald Hammack and Sponsor, Kathy Wright. The Quiz Team questions were the hardest ques¬ tions anyone here had ever heard, as the expres¬ sion on the faces of Russell Roberts and Treessa- li ne Coleman prove. The Forensics Team: (1 to r) Robert Conners, Wally Edwards, Michelle Myers, Sponsor Shar¬ on Newcomb, Antoinette Peebles, Anglela Har¬ rison, Chauncey Blackwell, Coleman Adams and Russell Roberts. 18