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

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“Asteroid”, “Pac-Man”, and “Space Invader” are just a few of the video machines that students play. Here Fain Wynn tries to top his score of 80,000 on the Star Trek pinball machine. Many students fix up their cars so that they are the fastest or best looking. Paul Bates has put much time and effort in his “bug”. Paul’s car is one of the best looking cars in Sherry ith thousands of albums to choose f om, Dale Coyner buys the “Molly Hatchet” album. A large percentage of the student income goes toward albur.w, - tern tapes and conG tickets. W Money 9

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Money Spending money is fun. Everyone in our school spends money whether it be for lunch or something new for that constantly broken-down jalopy. The Colonnade staff has compiled a list of costs for items from 1979 in comparison with 1981 prices. It is all too apparent that inflation presently affects our everyday lives greatly. Money even makes decisions. It can decide if a person goes to certain restaurants or wears certain clothes. As life progresses, it’s becoming more important to everyone. But no matter how much money a person has, it never seems to be enough. Below are a list of prices students would pay in 1981, compared to 1979. All prices are averages. 1979 1981 A soft drink .30 .45 Big Mac .90 1.15 Gallon of gas .70 1.30 A single album 6.89 8.99 1 ticket to the movies 2.50 3.50 6-pak of beer 2.35 2.50 class ring 70.00 100.00 concert ticket 8.50 15.00 School lunch every¬ day for 12 yrs. 1080.00 1836.00 After a busy day at school, Joe Brakowleckl likes to stop by McDonalds for a ‘Big Mac” and fries. 8 Money

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Name Your Tune Eight-track tapes, cassettes, for¬ ty-fives, or albums . . . which do you prefer? DC 101, WPGC, WKYS, or OK 100 ... which radio station do you listen to most often? Inter¬ views and questionnaires in music determined individual perferences. Because they are easy to carry around, cassettes won, and be¬ cause they play the music most students want to hear, radio stations DC 101, WPGC, WKYS, and OK 100 rated high. Rock-southern, slow, acid, hard, or soft — was the most popular type of music with soul in second place. Country, disco, jazz, and blue grass were next in line. Who were the favor¬ ite recording artists? From rock AC DC, Lynyrd Sky- nyrd, Led Zepplin, and REO Speedwagon lead the way. Rick james, Tina Marie, The Sugar Hill Gang, The Commodores, and Cameo represented soul. The Oak Ridge Boys depicted the country preference. “I like any kind of music as long as it has a good sound,” commented Renee Ford. On the other hand, Barry Hockett prefers rock by Blackfoot. Rosalynn Taylor said, “Soul captures my attention, because a special message is conveyed. Frankie Troilo likes the mellow sound of slow rock and Christopher Cross while Maxine White prefers Rick James. “I like DC 101, because they play Skynyrd,” said Keith Mckenzie. Because everyone is not alike, various styles of music have emerged. As a result, variety has been the key factor in musical popularity. RIGHT: Echoing melodies throughout the school, the Madrigal Chorus sings “The Last Words of David,” the song used for regional auditions. Madrigal Chorus is only one of the music classes available at CCHS. BELOW: Under the direction of Mr. Sheldrake, the jazz ensemble meets first period. “It’s a good way to start the day,” comments Donna Yowell. ANYlith At the Capital Centre, Foghat played Slow Ride as approximately 22 thousand people shouted while the band rocked about on stage. Steve Lipscomb, Mark Feriazzo, Glen Wessel, and Jon Ingram attended.