Danville High School - Medley Yearbook (Danville, IL)

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LlMDER HMDS. J V cheer leoders tryouts begin with some tension relieving yrerch exerc6es to help work of1 the ‘butterflies'’ Battle Of Butterflies SIGHT SOLOS. Debt Anglin and Dovid Ammermom sghr read o new piece of music be fore the rest of the doss, owcut mg the turns to sng solo The clods said 2 00 pm There was only o half hour before the tryouts The burrerflies that once twinkled inside your stomach felt more like bars trying to escape A quick glance at your hands revealed the remains of your fingernails. If you were a part of any athletic ream, in Theatre Guild or Singing Vikings, or were a cheerleader, you could probably identify with these feelings While cheerleading ond Singing Vikings’ tryouts were held lost spring, other organizations recruited during the school year The pomperres hod tryouts before every performance We had ro be sure that each girl knew her routine so one person couldn’t moke the rest of rhe squad look bad,’’ explained Senior Gina Moore Thearre Guild member Anne Boggs re FAST PACE. Steve Schendel keeps on his roes to prevent Anthony Carter from driving down court m JV basketball try ours membered reading for what seemed like hours’’ when auditioning for Dark of rhe Moon ' J V cheerleoder Amy Moffitr recalled the twinge of nervousness she felt when she compered against 30 other girls Everyone was so good, said Amy, ond no one really knew who would moke it. ' Lisa Robinson, also a J V cheerleader, commented that rhe hardest parr was waiting for rhe results Singing Viking members often had spot checks ” Spot checks, like the pomperre tryouts, were basically for making sure everyone was prepared ro perform. Sometimes I thought my voice was going ro crack, or I'd forger rhe words,’’ stated Elaine O'Bonnon Most of us tried out for something, one rime or another, and we could bet rhor someday we would do it ogam As junior Lori Davis summed up, Trying out now will be ro our benefit in rhe future YOU HEAR THE DOOR SLAM. Pomperres hove special rryours for eoch rourine proceed Leonn Koerner. Mi chette Clork. ond Gmo Moore rryour ro perform ThnB er or rhe Homecoming assembly ond gome 26 Battle of Butterflies

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SONG AND DANCE MAN. Dovxj Slifer begins rhe fes nvifies of rhe Dork of rhe Moon'' Townspeople wirh o solo song ond donee or practice TOP NOTCH NOVICE. Degmnng or rhe rop of rhe kxJder of success. Por Linn cloms Dorboro. ployed by Anne Doggs. from Sreve Deebe. tvs nvol rhroughour rhe ptay Those OUT-Spoken People! Every ospecr of Dork of rhe Moon hod been evokjored by more rhon just rhe ocrors rhemselves Three judges cnriqued rhe ploy ond irs speool effeers Joon Doily from rhe U of I reviewed. Some of rhe oudo ond visud effeers were yunnng Also rhe rwo highly emoronol momenrs were bonded wtfh greor rosre ond effecriveness' The ser wos very we done ond creored another world' feeing They were on movable plorforms which mode o quick scene change eosy ond convemenr. yored Mrs Judy Swigerr from Mahomet Seymour rtgh School In oddinon, Dr Sufcvon of Eoyern fcno Umversiry announced. The speaking chorus wos excellenr Nor only did rhe judges pur forrh rher opinions Mony specrorors gor ro voce rhetr rhoughrs obour rhe ploy ond ask queyons concerning rhe producrion s conyrucrion Vickie Doggs commenred. I rhoughr rhor on emononol yrom wos pur upon rhe chorocrer. Dorboro. ond rhor ir wos perfecred ro near reoksm IN the Swing of Things

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OUTDOING IN TRYOUTS. fVo Fre he«e ond ftegge Chopmon rry to impress Cooch Houpt ond not show rheir nervousness durmg rigorous rryours m rhe gym for posifons on rhe sophomore baskerboll ream NERVOUS MANICURE. Junior Srefome Weller inrensely srudies her scale sheer for her imporranr challenge rhor will decide w her her or nor she odvonces ro firsr choir in symphonic bond CHECK OFF. Mr Dugle supervises freshmon Ken Dyer os he reviews rhe nexr cone err piece from memory for o grade IN the Swing of Things 27