Central High School - Sword and Shield Yearbook (Victoria, VA)

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A FIRST A MUSICAL FOR CENTRAL The last dress rehearsal brought to an end a month of long, nightly prac- tices for the production of Godspell. Directed by Central ' s Drama teacher, Dennis Dewey, the Fine Arts De- partment produced the first musical play in the school ' s history. Cast members learned choreographed dance movements under the guidance of Patricia Dewey. The musical selec- tions were memorized under the in- struction of Warren Powell. The tech- nical crew smoothed kinks in the lighting while acoustical engineers combatted the poor sound effects due to the gym ' s high ceiling. Costume, make-up, and publicity committees detailed and publicized tbe play. Au- diences ranged from two hundred to three hundred. They showed their appreciation with applause and a standing ovation on each of the three nights of the show played, December second, fourth, and fifth. On December eighth, fourth period was cut from its usual hour to only ten minutes. Students were delighted with the season ' s first snow and the school day ended at noon. Eleventh grade General English classes and Seniors journeyed to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts on the fifteenth. Students saw a review of Sir Noe! Coward ' s song and wit entitled Oh, Coward. Three days before Christmas vaca- tion, senior portraits arrived. Seniors, often excused by subject teachers, rushed to the office and bookroom to pay for and pick up their pictures. In the Nation ... Government financed mass inoculation against Swine Flu was suspended because the sho ts were linked to a rare form of paralysis. About Virginia . . . Cold weather bit fishing ports while the ban on fishing in the James River, due to Kepone contamination, continued. VEPCO was awarded 65.8 million dollars in rate hikes. Around the Towns . . . Central ' s Fine Arts Department presented John Michael Tebelak ' s Godspell, the first musical play to be presented in Central ' s history. Paying Shirley Underwood for senior portraits, Deborah Hicks and Gina Oliver take a peep at their pictures 48 December

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EXTRACURRICULAR CLASSRCOM ACTIVITIES What were your favorite classroom activities? Studying? Taking notes? Working problems and exercises? Don’t be silly! Teacher thought you were taking notes, but really you were writing a letter to cousin Henry, Aunt Agnes, or your buddy across the room. Of course, if you wrote to your pal, you had to get it to him, so you passed it from person to person all across the room. Then, he had to answer, and . . . What else went on behind teacher’s back? Probably the best pictures ever drawn were done in class on notebook margins. People who wanted their art work to last a little longer sketched in their text books, or carved on their desk tops. Instead of the 3 R’s, you studied the fine arts of playing tic-tac-toe, flirting, and getting the teacher off the subject. These courses probably do you more good in life than the author- ized ones because you can fall back on them. After graduation you may be- come a professional tic-tac-toe player. If you can’t handle the tough com- petition, you can always fall back on your second course, flirting, capture the heart of a millionaire, and settle down. You’ll probably never have an opportunity to use your third R, so you’d better hope one of the other two plans works out. Plotting and carrying out evil tricks also took your time. Thanks to your tender care,’’ your teacher’s poor plant kicked the bucket before mid- term. You didn’t stop with plants though, you also bugged your buddy. Among other things, you tied his belt to his chair, and he disrupted the whole class when he tried to get up to sharpen his pencil. How do you sup- pose you ever passed with all that going on? Preparing to give Mrs. Dean’s hanging plant its routine spin, mischievous Ollie Lafoon relaxes as he starts the wind up before third period English class begins. W- ■ J ' 0 -. ' ' ' . Desk top doodles display one of the students’ favorite pastimes. Classroom Activities 47

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Along with the rest of the cast, Gregory Wo- mack sings Turn Back O Man . CAST: Billy Penland as Jesus, Gregory Womack as John the Baptist and Judas, Kevin Hodges, Milton Watson, Randy Hudson, Chris Walker, Gloria Barksdale, Darlene McIn- tosh, Grade Reese, Laura Lewis, understudies Jane Bridgforth, Tab Brown MUSICIANS: Sue Wilkerson, Dale Cordle, Harold Crenshaw, Daryl Rich, Grayling Drum- mond LIGHT TECHS.: Tony Jones, Scott Thompson ACOUSTICAL ENGINEERS: Bernard Tisdale, Tracy Estes, asst.. Tab Brown COSTUMES; Ruth Minnix, Linda Covington, Mary Mull MAKE-UP: Michelle Pavlov, Mercedes Williamson, Rosemary Williamson PUBLICITY: Nancy Clark, Ralph Smith, Robbie Pryor DIRECTOR: Dennis Dewey, asst. Jane Bridgforth MUSICAL DIRECTOR; Warren Powell CHOREOGRAPHER: Patricia Dewey December 49