Centennial High School - Eyrie Yearbook (Ellicott City, MD)

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. 1 i t X .J V .uall N N X i Q! X Q lf rs X QNX V JJ Nj! xx x X I J by fx 1 Q X t ,N ,, .cg ,X x o f W tok get X L afatillll school can do no more than offer the opportuntiesg Cross-country team members decided last year when they student must make the choices and carry them out. won the district championship that this year they'd win the udy or not to study, to excel or not to excel, to partie- state title-and they followed through. Months of 6 A.M or not to participate the student, in the final analy- practices were only part of the intensive preparation endured must decide Choosing between alternatives and fol- by the determined team. Their efforts and personal commit through with decisions prepares him for tomorrow. ments were rewarded when they became the 1978 state cham pions. OPPOSITE: A dramatic production requires weeks of construction, memorization, and preparation before it is ready to be presented. ln this scene from the dress rehearsal of the comedy The Creature Creeps, dizzy Daisy Von Blitzen tKaren Christensenjsighs againsther bewildered boyfriend, Frank Sterling tjohn Emmettl, in the eerie Von Blitzcn castle. LEFT' Taking advan- tage ofthe view provided by the mirror in the weight room, six-foot-four-inch sophomore Kwame Workman performs legs extensions on a part ofthe sophisticated Universal Gym. ABOVE: Balloons, like birds, are unwieldy animals on the ground. Because of this it takes over half an hour to set up the Himmel Hoch. A jet of yellow flame shoots into the once flat canvas bag of the balloon, causing it to rise and expand off the ground until it becomes a 70-foot-tall blue creature. Prepiration 7

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