Cherry Hill High School East - Eidolon Yearbook (Cherry Hill, NJ)

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Valentine’s Day :y i» U+cj. V® ' fcw. , Valentine’s Day is a very special event at East as students take the opportunity to express warm wishes and love to friends, sweet- hearts, and valentines. Carna- tions, along with special messages, are purchased by friends and dis- tributed during homeroom. Many guys and girls can be spotted throughout the day carrying their pink, red, and white flowers or pinning them to their sweaters. Candy plays a large part in the holiday as candy hearts and , chocolate kisses are ex- changed among class- mates. The hallways also reflect the spirit of the day when A-wing is filled with hearts that are enscribed with amusing, embarrass- ing, or sincere sayings. The halls are quite con- gested while students V search for their hearts and I upon finding them, at- tempt to take them down. Valentine’s Day at East takes on an important A meaning as students have the chance to indulge in love, friendship, and fun times. 203

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This year, (he class of 1988 proved how impor- BH taut giving to others can he. The senior class spun 'ored an American Red Cross blood drive at Kast on January 24th. The turnout was remarkable. Seniors, juniors, and even some sophomores joined together to donate over two hundred and eighty pints of blood, a number exceeding last years’ total by almost twenty pints. Aside from the generosity of the donors, many students gave their time lend- ing a hand to aid the Red Cross staff. The students and faculty of East can truly be proud of the fact that a little bit of themselves will go on to aid many needy people in the future.

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Any alert student can discern when its Show Time at East — a select portion of the student body staggers around school exhausted from hours of hard work and lack of sleep. They fall asleep during physics tests and have delayed responses to all but the simplest of questions. Exactly who are these people, these “martyrs of the stage,” you may ask. Well, they are East’s talented and dedicated actors, actresses, musi- cians, stage, and costume crew members. To- gether, these students and an equally dedicated ensemble of teachers, spend long hours at school building the show. There are endless preparations to be made. Students and teachers spend their time rehearsing lines, blocking scenes, building props, fitting costumes, prac- ticing music and then doing it over again and again and again! Each aspect of the show is perfected individually. Slowly the parts merge. Scenery is added. Scripts are discarded during rehearsals. The actors and actresses perform in costume instead of T-shirts and sweatpants, and Mr. Mckenzie’s piano playing is replaced with Mr. Yurko’s Pit Orchestra. The hours are long, the work exhausting, the pay nonexistent. But when the curtain goes up and the show begins, it’s all worth it.