Culpeper County High School - Colonnade Yearbook (Culpeper, VA)

Page 17 text:

CCHS students Shelley Loving and Joey Pierce attend a school board meeting opened to interested observers. The open-door 6 p.m. meetings were es- tablished on a trial basis. Aspiring actors Steve Wenner and Sadie Thompson (John Proctor and Mary arren) rehearsing for “The Crucible,” a play by Arthur Miller about the Salem witch trials and the problem of guilt by association. The Man’ Woody Herman shows his supreme talent on the soprano saxaphone. Tom Shrack displays his eloquence and acting in Moliere’s “Tartuffe,” a play presented at Barbours- ville by the Four County Players. Patty Seiter also participated in the production. 13

Page 16 text:

a STUDENTS SET DOWm Budding performers Tricia Ferris, Chris Kallas, Debbie Gore, Steve Calhoun, Cammy Colon, Tim Roberts, Debra Scott, Ron Lee, Valerie Bauman, and Phil Cornett demonstrate their tal- ents in the Pink Ladies’ Follies. Waiting for their turn to go on stage, Kiki Steele, Robin Viar, and Billy Scott take a well deserved break during the Follies production. Busy is a familiar word to many students. Besides being engrossed with our studies, we have other afternoon and nighttime activities. For instance, the last week of Follies practice, which was the most important week of rehearsals, was held during the nine-weeks testing period. Just days afterwards, play prac- tice started for “The Crucible.” Every night of the week, except Friday, we were at school practicing. Also during that time ' , some of us were working on t he yearbook. Sports entered into the ' picture too. with practice ' s every after- noon. The Jazz Ensemble held their re ' - hearsals on e ' ve ' tiings twice a we ' ek. Activ- ities such as these went on throughout the year, and the participation and at- tendance ' showed the dedication and spirit of all of us involved. The bass trombonist of the Woody Herman Band explains the fundamentals of musical improvisational techniques to interested students. This clinic preceded the Woody Herman Concert. 12

Page 18 text:

“ . . . a fire that never went out!” That’s what homecoming spirit was like. It started with the spirit chain drive among the classes — a competition to decide which class had the most spirit, the most spark. As the week progressed, the blue and gold spirit chain became longer and longer. Hung around the school library, it seemed to really sym- bolize our unquenchable, unex- tinguishable spirit. The seniors won the spirit chain drive, al- though they were threatened many times by the junior class. The SCA which had sponsored the drive made S344.60. Another competition during homecoming week was the decorating of the halls. This was done by the classes to increase the spirit and confidence of the football team. The seniors, the spirit of ‘76, were victorious in this competition as well. The pep rally provided us time to really get into the spirit of homecoming. It gave us a chance to release tensions. The enthusiasm of the cheerleaders was infectious; just about every- one caught the fever. People were actually standing up and cheering. An unusual home- coming court of football beauties added to the humor and excite- ment of the pep rally. The prin- cesses were Robert Long, Alan Ramer, Dennis Deacon, and Mike Delligatti. Frank All was the chosen queen. WHAT LEGS!! The invisible spirit of home- coming was in the air throughout the week. We seem ed to take it in with each breath. The arsitv Football team’s loss of 13-0 to Varina tried our spirit. But this loss was not capable of extinguishing the blaze which had grown as the week progressed. Even though it is impossible to measure spirit, it seemed that homecoming was more of a “spirit week” than ever before. You might say that CCHS had fi- nally gotten the spark of spirit. The spirit and vigor that music creates was provided by the band at the homecoming pep rally.