Danville High School - Medley Yearbook (Danville, IL)

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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

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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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OUTsiders in JAMMIN! Leod gurfonsr and base gmtoriy of A Ido Novo jom Through rhe chorus of rhe losr song of rhe evening The Osmonds .. . Mickey Glley . . . Dlue Oysrer Culr . . . Aldo Novo .. . Donville's Civic Cenrer ployed hosr ro oil of rhese enrer-roiners during rhe posr year Srudenrs ond communiry members viewed rhe end resulr of much pre concerr preparanon According ro Mr Geyer, Civic Cenrer manager. rhe selecrion of an ocr wosjusr rhe beginning Afrer rhe group or individual performer wos chosen, Mr Geyer rook o rnp ro worch rhem perform, raked ro promorers. and orrempred ro schedule rhem when rhey were in rhe oreo. Srriving for a voriery of differenr performers, Mr Geyer emphasized rhar ir was somerimes difficulr ro ger enrerroiners ro come ro o small rown like Danville Srudenrs expecred o lor from rhe concerrs rhor rhey porronized — loud music, popular songs, ond good sroge shows Added sophomore Pom Shone, I expecr good music, a good rime ond some ocrion.” Weekend concerrs were rhe fovorires Said sophomore Chris Pew, ’’They're o good excuse ro ger our of rhe house!” In rhe posr year, performances such os Chuck Mongione. Mickey Gilley, Ponnie Mil-sop, Donnie ond Marie, Dlue Oysrer, Aldo Novo, ond rhe Up wirh People” concerr were big news They oil drew in fans of oil ages I loved rhe ‘Up wirh People' concerr Ir the Center wos o change of pace ro ger our of school for ir Ir wos really worrh seeing The only drawback wos rhe focr rhor I broke my ankle jusr walking down rhe sroirs — durz! exclaimed junior Srefonie Weller A DREAK FROM THE PUCKER NORM. Chuck Mon g one purs h6 world renowned rrumper down for o solo The DonvnUe Civic Cenrer sold our for h6 perfor monce m rhe fo of 1983