Danville High School - Medley Yearbook (Danville, IL)

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Topping Off The Week Con you move rhor bench over here I rhink ir would give us more room over rhere. Raise rhe srreomers up o holf inch Don'r forger ro bring in oil rhe plonrs. Ser rhe plorforms up for rhe queen's courr over rhere Who will volunreer ro come Tomorrow morning? Wirh rhese phrases of supervision, rhe decoraring of rhe boy's gym for rhe Home coming dance was ser inro morion eoriy on Friday morning Beginning rhe Homecoming fesriviries for rhe weekend, decororion of rhe gym wos followed by rhe Homecoming ossembly, rhe gome Friday nighr, rhe complerion of rhe decoraring Sorurdoy morning, and rhe donee irself Sorurdoy nighr. The decorarions were okay, bur I rhink rhe donee should be presenred in o berrer ormosphere orher rhon rhor of o gym, observed Srudenr Council member Keirh Holbwoy As for rhe Homecoming gome, ir wos a disappearing loss, bur ir wos exciring ro ride rhe sophomore floor or half-rime ond wove ro rhe crowd,” remarked Mike Creighron Tradirionolly, on Friday morning, rhe Homecoming gome ossembly is held, ond LAST DANCE. Hok ng Ns dare dose ro him for rhe lasr romonre donee of rhe evening. Andre Corrrell smies os rhe 1980 fesriviries come ro on end rhis year wos no exception Accordingly, rhe highlighr of rhe ossembly was rhe crowning of rhe queen The honor wos given ro Senior Berh Mason I felr rhe enrire week ond especially rhe weekend wos ex citing I wos shodsed ro receive rhe honor of Homecoming queen I won'r forger rhe dance eirher. I wos in sheer pain, and oil I could rhink obour wos rhe sliver of wood rhor wos causing my eyes ro warer, ad mirred Berh Mason, 1980 Homecoming queen. Tallying up poinrs, showing enrhusiosm for individual dosses by porriciporing in rhe hulo hoop conresr on Hawaiian day, declaring school spirir by wearing Moroon ond Whire on Friday, rhe end of spirir week, ond orrending rhe gome ond dance — rhor wos o general look of rhe 1983 Homecoming spirir week Like previous years, rhe Seniors coprured rhe spirir jug wirh o rorol of 1127 poinrs. Friday morning. Senior Berh Mason become rhe new reigning Homecoming queen Friday nighr, rhe Vikings were handed o 7-0 loss by rhe Maroons of Chompoign Cenrrol Culminoring rhe fesriviries, Sorurdoy nighr rhe Homecoming donee wos held in rhe gym, os rhe resulrs of Srudenr Council's lobor were pur ro rhe resr NEXT RUNNER UP De g od«x wledged os one of rhe Senior Homecoming orren donrs. HoHy Chopman presents herself on sroge or John Sand er s request

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STATE OF SHOCK. Sming or the onnouncemenr of rhe 1984 Homecoming queen. Robert Willioms worches rhe shocked Derh Moson TITLE IT 016! Mokjng o bonner for rhe Homecoming gome agamy Champaign, rhe cheerleoders scramble ro ger rhmgs ready for the big night A REFRESHING WAIT. Talking off ro rhe side of rhe donee floor. Vo Hickmon ond Jerne Floherry woir for rheir dotes ro return from rhe punch bowl IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE. S-ondmg or attention Yulondo Doiley. Tmo Morgan, ond Holly Chopmon woir for rhe rest of the Homecoming attendants ro be colled ro the sroge with rheir escorts TEARY-EYED. Derh Moson dnes her eyes ofrer she mokes herself comforToble on the queen's rhrone 22 Topping Off The Week

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A Feel For The Guild Foil ploys were o parr of school ocrivi ries rhor enriched oil ospecrs of sru-denr life Foil ploys olwoys promised greor performances, nor only from rhe casr, bur from rhe bactarage crew, di-recrors, and specrorors os well Gerring involved in Theorre Guild and fall ploys was also gerring involved in o lor of high quoliry srondords ond many sacrifices Ir rakes o tor of rime for everyone, including rhe small parrs. Ir's nor unusual ro work from 2 40 ro 5 00 p m ond rhor's all week ' exclaimed Anne Boggs Fall ploys weren'r all hard work ond no ploy. They were olso o chance ro meer ond enjoy orher people I reolly enjoyed myself When we consrrucred rhe ser, ir wos fun ro moke ir. There were cosr porries ofrer every rehearsal, ond rhey were a blosri said prop manager Michael Pope Afrer oil rhe hard work wos finished ond rhe finol mosrerpiece wos revealed, rhe overwhelming opprovol for Dork of The Moon wos soon conveyed Mr Beebe expressed his feelings: I rhoughr ir wos o major underroking Ir involved several sers. o large cosr, special Technical effecrs, ond highly emorionol acring. The srudenrs worked hard ond did o fine job handling rhe material. Every new ploy is o challenge in rhe beginning, ond ir rakes pracrices upon proc-rices ro even begin ro build up rhe ocrors' momenrum ond inspirorion Dork of The Moon wos in producrion for opproximorely o monrh and o half, bur o full monrh ond o half mighr os well be narrowed down ro o week Procrically every producrion is dis-rribured our in o couple monrhs, bur obour 85% of rhe work scenery, memory, direcr-ing, ond polishing Techniques ore done in rhe lasr couple of doys — which ore tore nighr hours, explained David Slifer Overall, rhe ploy wos os successful os rhose of posr yeors Since rhere were so many new Guild members in 'Dork of rhe Moon', ir gave me o chonce ro enjoy worching someone else discover rhe love of rheorre rhor I already hove I Think rhor is rhe greoresr rhing rhere is ro being presidenr of rhe Guild, showing someone else whor you hove leorned in rhe posr, expressed junior Brad Workins. Having never been in o ploy before, gerring rhe leod wos o big sfxxk ro me. I'll never forger being sropped in rhe hall ond rold rhor I gor rhe parr of John rhe wirch boy! Ir wos o greor experience! remembered sophomore Por Linn. LET US PRAY. In rhe acruol ploy. ‘Dork of rhe Moon.' rhe cosr comes rogerher for rhe church revival scene, where Anne Boggs (Borbaro) is forced ro confess her shome JUST A SOCIAL DRINKER? Preocher Drod Wotkrns resrs Krisrm Wmgo ond David Ammermonn's whiskey during on ofrer noon ploy rehearsal 24 A Feel for the Guild