Colonial Heights High School - Omnibus Yearbook (Colonial Heights, VA)

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1. Smiling bravely in the freezing winds, Jeanne Page sits atop her car in the parade during half time activities. 2. Sitting maiestically on the float, Micki Thackston, last year's queen, awaits her chance to crown the 1973 Homecoming queen. 3. With streamers and tape in hands, Greg Hoye, Francine Yount, and Mark Landa decorate the car before the procession. 4. Enioying the music, Tommy Little and Mary Beth Parker dance to one of the slower songs. 5. Pooh bear looks on as Senior candidates, with their fathers as escorts, nervously wait for the announcing of the new Homecoming queen. 6. Nervously waiting to be introduced to the student body, Senior queen can- didates smile at the audience and talk with one another. 22 Homecoming

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,Eg i, X Eli ii -.L . Chi ' , if 'ii 253521 . ' W 2? if 2 1. Notebooks, pencils, and pads are displayed to Steve Wilson by Mike Graves oi ihe SCA bookstore. 2. Speak- ing al Freshman orientation, Bobbie Gale Bonds welcomes the class to CHHS. 3. Lunchfime provides a chance for Jeanne Page io help the SCA by selling school supplies. 4. With a minufeman looking on, Nancy Hartley and Mrs. Oliver discuss SCA plans. 5. New ideas furnished by the SCA include a painting of Superman which provides a pleasanf change for the sludeni phone boolh.

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Freezing winds hind Jammed in with all the other weeks in the school year, one week stands out among the rest. This happens to be the week of Homecoming. Preparations for the November 9 Homecoming began with the choosing of a theme and band. After the theme We May Never Pass This Way Again won the most votes from the stu- dent body, the different classes searched for ways to use the theme in their floats and then put those ideas to work as they built the floats. As early as 6:00 signs of Homecoming 1973 preparations began to show up on the field in forms of floats being assembled and can- didates' cars being decorated. Fans loaded down with blankets and quilts and covered with every bit of winter clothing they could find arrived on the field as freezing winds I. Tearfully smiling, Karen Dick waits for Micki Thackston to place the crown on her head. 2. Criticizing the tree for the float, Danny Webb persuades other class members to change its design. er spectators, team whipped through the bleachers and onto the field. With Meadowbrook and Colonial Heights tied 6-6 at the end of the half, the teams left the field, and half time activities began. As candidates with chattering teeth rode around the field, the Junior float won the float competition. Excitement grew as each candidate walked onto the field and climaxed with the crowning of Karen Dick as Homecom- ing Queen for 1973. Stephanie Riley and Bob- bie Gale Bonds were named as runners-up. Those fans who braved the cold weather for the second half saw the team play a trying game, even though they did lose, 42-6. The next night, students dressed in long dresses and coats and ties wandered through the halls and danced to the tremendous music provided by Aa ron . Homecoming 23