Danville High School - Medley Yearbook (Danville, IL)

Page 33 text:

AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION. During the Up with Peo pie” cone err rhe young performers chose people from rhe oudience ro ger more involved TAKE A DOW. Finishing up wirh rher grond fmole. rhe Up wirh People ' performers smfle or rhe sonsfocrion m rhe expressions of rhe specrorors Those OUT-Spoken People! Throughour every odolescenr's hferime. rhe rhrill of cone errs ond going our with friends produced some of rhe besr memories of youth Of course, odulrs orrend os mony concerts ond avic evenrs os rhe overage reenoger ond of Ten with os much enrhusosm I3ur ir is rhe younger ond more fertile years rhor ore bey remembered ond mosr cherished Freshman Scorr Geyer hod no problem gerrmg mro concerrs wirh his friends, considering his dod was rhe monoger of rhe Danville Civic Center I go ro ofl rhe concerrs They ore fun ond o good pkxe ro ger away ro wirh your fnends because it I seeps rhe younger generation off rhe srreers ond insures rheir safety I go ofl rhe nme with my fnends. ond my father usually gets me good sears, bur I yd hove ro pay for my own reisers I Use rhe selection I'm gong ro see John Cougar who is o forty big celebrity We don't get very big performances manly because rhe reisers would coy quire o bit more rhon people would spend, so rhere wouldn't be any profit.” summed up freshman Scorr Geyer

Page 32 text:

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

Page 34 text:

GORGEOUS GHOULS. Two lovely witches.” un known to oB visited stu dents end foculty on Hoi toween distributing condy ond other goodies Celebration In Motion On Thanksgiving, Mom gor up to start cooking for rhe day's doing Turkey was rhe mom course, ond since we had all rhe trim mings. boy did I overdo iri exclaimed Sro cey Srimoc Thanksgiving wasn'r rhe only rime for feosrmg With all rhe sugory cookies and mouth watering candies, who couldn'r help bur oversruff rhemselves or Christmas 1 “I’ve diered since Thanksgiving so I can gorge myself for a week and a half straight during rhe Christmas season. affirmed Mr Shafer Chrisrmos also meanr gifts from and for friends and neighbors ''Presents, gosh, rhey're so hard ro save for All rhe rime ir rakes ro buy them The Thousands ro shop for, finding jusr rhe right rhmg! I thought ir would never end Ir sounds like complommg, bur ir’s nor meant ro be because I love ir There's no rime like Chrisrmos. ond as much os I hore rhe prices, I love rhe looking, professed Ano Amorin Another holiday of this same wintry season was Hanukkoh “Hanukkoh is a rime ro see relorives. light rhe Hanukkoh candles, ear lorkes (potato pancakes) ond open gifts As a child we opened one gift each night for eighr nights I used ro srore our the window, watching for rhe sun ro set As soon os it was dork, we lit rhe candles and chose our gift One of rhe gifts was always chocolate coins. Yum Probably rhe beginnings of my chocolate addiction.” reminisced Mrs Kaulig After rhe Hanukkoh and Chrisrmos seasons ended, fellow parry goers often flocked to New Year's Eve boshes “On New Year's. I usually get together with some of my friends ond celebrate rhe New Year.” said sophomore Kelli Estepp Every holiday had its own unique tradition Thanksgiving hod its turkey; Chrisrmos hod irs tree, and Hanukkoh had its tradition ol lighting of rhe eight candles These rradi nons were nor only fun. but very special for families ond friends